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WATER RESPONSIVE HOUSE SEMARANG 2050 Semarang, Indonesia | 2021 Academic, Final Project Supervised by Wahyu Setyawan, S.T., M.T.
Due to the natural land subsidence occurring since 11.000 years ago, Semarang is prone to rob flooding that reaches 10–13 cm in height every year. By 2050, Climate Central predicts that most northern and central parts of Semarang will drown by rob flooding. Consequently, it risks the resilience of Semarang communities in the long term, especially for the lower economic class, in retaining housing as their fundamental need due to their limited adaptive capacity. This study proposes a settlement that can help lower-class communities corresponding to Semarang’s flood in both short and long terms in 2050.
This study resulted in a government-owned floating co-housing settlement that enables the community to mitigate communally, considering the design’s formal, spatial, material, construction, landscape, and utility. It highlights four main concepts: low-cost floating co-housing, detachable modular structure, social connectivity through linked pathways and public spaces, co-housing with up to 15 family members of accommodation, water entry exclusion, and sustainable drainage system. Lower-class communities will be able to rent the housing if dwelling loss occurs due to rob flooding.
