Dennis Musalim Selected Works 2009-2019
Dennis Musalim My name is Dennis Musalim. I have completed my Bachelor of Applied Science (Architectural Science) at Curtin University of Creative Technology, Australia and graduated with a Master of Science in architecture at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. As an international student pursuing both degrees, I have spent my youth in multicultural environment. The exposure to diversity has shaped me into an individual who is highly adaptable to new places, open to new cultures and thus prepared to work within an international team. Throughout my working period, I have been exposed to almost every project scales and stages in architecture. As an architectural assistant in Indonesia’s foremost provider of architectural consultancy services, Airmas Asri, I experienced conceptual design stage of various projects ranging from villas, offices, and mixed-use projects both in Indonesia and Oman. This opportunity allowed me to explore various ideas possible to the project, reflecting their location, purposes, backgrounds and many other aspects. In this leading architecture firm, my communication skill to convey and discuss ideas were intensely honed. During my professional practice as a junior architect in PHL Architects, I was entrusted to handle projects from conceptual to construction stage. This precious experience helped me to be able to think creatively, connect the ideas to the reality, using site constrains and regulations as opportunities, and more importantly to realize those ideas with some constraints including budget. Moreover, it also gave me an understanding of the complexity in real practice, where architect needs to communicate to various parties including the owner, structural engineers, construction manager, contractors, workers, and many others. During my time as an architect and interior designer in D+E Architects, I underwent a deeper stage of architectural practice. Besides being involved in architectural project, I was also worked on building renovation and design and build interior projects. This experience helped me to understand architecture and design in more detail level such as the connection between architecture and interior, ideas and construction, and ultimately concept and budget. The most intriguing design fragment was how materials can bridge the above-mentioned design elements. These two years were certainly enriched my knowledge on materiality. I consider myself as a responsible and motivated employee who is eager to gather new experiences. Moreover, being a self-learner in software and music, makes me a person who like to develop myself and try something new. My positive attitude towards spatial interventions that brings influence to multiple scales in the built environment makes me an essential team player who can make great contributions in any design process.
PERSONAL Name Dennis Musalim Date of Birth 09 January 1991 Nationality Indonesian Languages English (Fluent) Indonesian (Native) Dutch (Beginner) CONTACT Email Mobile Address
Dennis.musa.lim@gmail.com (+31) 06 5555 8129 Vander Kamlaan, Delft, Netherlands Puri Kencana, Jakarta, Indonesia Choa Chu Kang North, Singapore
Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION 2017 - 19
Delft University of Tecnology
The Netherlands
MSc Architecture, Urbanism, Building Sciences
2012
Curtin University of Creative Technology
BSc Architecture Science
Australia
2009 - 11
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Malaysia
BSc Architecture Science
2008 - 09
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Malaysia Foundation in Built Environment
2005 - 08
Xaverius 2 Bandar Lampung
Indonesia
High School
SKILLS SketchUp Advanced Vray Advanced Rhino Beginner Revit Experienced ArchiCAD Experienced AutoCAD Advanced Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere Pro
WORK EXPERIENCE 2015 - 17 D+E Architects
http://www.de-architects.co/
Architect and Interior designer
H Residence, Jakarta
(Renovation, Interior design and build)
D House, Jakarta
(Interior design and build)
LSL Residence, Jakarta
(Interior design and build)
German Land Resort, Bali (9)
(Architectural concept)
A Residence, Jakarta
(Interior design and build)
2013 - 15
PHL Architects
http://phlarchitects.com/
Junior Architect
BSD Education Center, Jakarta (8)
TMII Convention Hall, Jakarta (5)
Aston Imperial Hotel, Jakarta (7)
Premiere Classe Hotel, Jakarta (6)
(Concept - Construction drawing)
(Concept - Design development)
(Facade develompent)
(Concept - Facade development)
Lounge 78, Jakarta (Interior design)
2013
Airmas Asri
http://www.airmasasri.com/
Architectural Assistant
Wisma 81 TOTO Office
(1)
Salalah and Sohar Resort Oman (Concept)
(2)
(Building and facade concept)
Menara Jakarta, Jakarta (Facade concept)
Signum Office, Jakarta (Concept)
(3)
Cipaganti Apartment, Bandung (4) (Concept)
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A Place to Breathe MSc Graduation Project | 2019
Apostolic Nunciature of The Holy See MSc 1 | Fall 2017
BSD Education Centre PHL Architects | 2014-15
Indian Ocean Museum AD302 | 2012
Paya Indah Wetlands Eco-Lodge AD202 | 2011
A Place to Breathe
‘An alternative for in-situ redevelopmment’ Academic | MSc4 Graduation Studio - 8.0| 2019 Mentors: Dr. Arq Nelson Mota, Prof. Ir. Dick van Gameren Globally, more than half of the world’s population resides in urban areas and it is projected that more than two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. According to the World Resource Institute, the global affordable housing gap is predicted to keep escalating from 330 million urban households in 2014 to 440 million households in 2025. Urban relocation to the city periphery has been endeavored by many cities to solve the problem. However, this attitude of isolating populations has generated its own problems as people’s social network and access to employment opportunities are interrupted. Confronting the issue of squatter settlements, Slum Upgrading and Slum Redevelopment schemes have been the two main approaches in providing housing solution. In June 2015, the Housing for All scheme has been approved by the cabinet of India, with the goal of providing housing to every Indian household by 2022. One of the major components of the program is to utilize in-situ Slum Rehabilitation through which the government has devised a strategy to incentivize private developers to use land as a resource. However, in the everyday practices this in-situ redevelopment scheme causes other socio-economic problems which should be addressed. The following project attempts to suggest an alternative process to the in-situ redevelopment of Baithi chawls in form of mixed use scheme that is suitable for the Economically Weaker Section and Low Income Group, enhancing the socio-economic network within the project and fundamentally connect the urban network.
Baithi Chawls
Social space
In-situ redevelopment process
Place for generating income
Mid-rise buildings (Loadbearing buildings)
Playground
Current In-situ Redevelopment Scheme
Pattern of Inhabitation
As many other countries, India experienced an economic liberalization in the 1990s. This marked the start of market-driven housing developments. With the increasing demand of affordable housing in Nala Sopara as an alternative region that offers cheaper living cost, the private sector including private developers and local builders are tempted to commodify existing one story chawls. Many private sectors illegally apply the In-situ Slum Redevelopment Scheme; as a means of providing more residential units and generate more profit. By demolishing the row houses and replacing them into four to five story buildings on the exact same building footprint, producing more profit for the developers. This has resulted in a lack of diversity, cramped units, insufficient infrastructures and open space and a disregard to the existing socio-economic practices of the people.
In order to establish a dwelling complex with appropriate community spaces to accommodate the inhabitant socio-cultural value that has been neglected by the current redevelopment scheme, the graduation project recognizes the importance of understanding the existing practices and pattern of inhabitation of the people. As Martin Buber stated in Community and Environment: A Discourse on Social Ecology, “The architects must be given the task to build for human contact, to build an environment which invited human meetings and centers which give these meetings meaning and render them productive�.
Urban Strategy
High-rise Mid-rise
Unlocking Resource
Building Types
Clustering Plots
Decentralized Amenities
Commercial edges Mixed-use streets
Clustering Programs
(Mobile Hawkers, working and socializing area, community area)
Vehicle street
Buildings Setting
Ground Porosity
Vehicle street
Vehicle street
Ground Porosity In contrast to the current redevelopment approach, the urban morphology of this scheme designed to be more porous and uses the streets in between buildings as the main element for socio-economic activities. Furthermore, Every buildings located in the middle of a cluster, has an open passageway for connecting building within the cluster, thus creating a porous ground floor which is essential to enhance socio-economic network of the dwellers.
Compression and Dilation The units are crafted to be shifted one another to create spaces of ‘compression’ as an indistinct gateway and spaces of ‘dilation’ suggesting a point of actions and gathering place. Ultimately, this forming five to eight wide streets to be used for mobile hawkers, place for working as the house extension, and social space.
Building Interaction As the streets become socio-economic spaces, the buildings are designed with no front and back side. Instead, they have two fronts and thus, there will be no leftover spaces as happen in the current in-situ redevelopment scheme. Moreover, by this strategy, the dwellers can freely communicate with others living in both opposite sides of their unit. Therefore, this will enhance the livelihood of the cluster and it will also become a security apparatus as this scheme accommodates the pattern of inhabitation in India where people are really familiar one with another.
Facade Section 1 Ground Floor Plan Cluster B
Facade Section 2
Ground Floor Plan Cluster B Scale 1:400
Facade Section 3
Meeting the existing building Amenities as a place for new and existing communities to interact
Community street A place for economic, social, and cultural activities
Synthesis drawing
Apostolic Nunciature of The Holy See
Academic | MSc 1 Public Building | Fall 2017 Mentors: Marc Schoonderbeek, Oscar Rommens, Sang Lee
The Kingdom of Armenia became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion in the early 4th century. According to the Census of 2011, 94.8% of Armenian population is comprised of Christians, of whom 1% of them are Catholic. The objective of the studio was to design an apostolic nunciature of The Holy See in the center of Yerevan. This poses a controversial challenge as it is located within the Cascade Complex where all the public attention are drawn to. Therefore, how architecture operates within a spatial field of power structures; how social relations have their physical effect in and on space become main challenges to the project. The project is intended to celebrate the unity and togetherness between the minority and the majority. In fact, there is no religion conflict between the majority of Christian in Armenia and Catholic. Likewise, it also characterized by the mission of the embassy, which is to spread the message that God want to invite people to know more about Him. In order to support this mission, this Vatican embassy is designed to be a gathering space for public and continuous destination of the cascade.
Design Ideas
Changes of level define public and private spaces within the city
Facade and Programs Facade
Programme
Gabion wall Glass
(Primary) Chapel Bedrooms for Nuncio, Pope, guests
Glass
Gabion wall Glass
(Secondary) Gallery, Library, Guest welcoming area, Multipurpose rooms
(Primary) Outdoor event space Offices, Archives room, Bedrooms for Nuns
Public - small stones
Semi private medium stones
Private - big stones
The project sequence is started with an open public space for people to gather and an open even space such as charity that will be held by the embassy. Next is the chapel that could be entered from outside and through the library and gallery. Following those public programs are office and housing area that could be accessed from the continuous roof terrace of the building. The faรงade is divided in to three parts, solid-void-solid which divine where the main programs and the secondary programs are positioned. Furthermore, the gabion wall as solid faรงade for the main programs are distinguished into three types, small stones, medium stones, and big stones. At the same time, it divines as public, semi private and private spaces in one continuous roof.
Design and Program
Public area Chapel
Semi public area Office, Archives
Private area Housing
Smallesr stones, Creating less lighting and poetic effect
Medium stones, Allowing light penetrates the working area
Large stones, Allowing light More light for healthy living condition
Roof Plan
Site Plan
Housing Floor Plan
Outdoor area and Chapel Floor Plan
Office and Archives Floor Plan
Office and Library Floor Plan
Chapel Interior Perspective
Elevation
Section A-A
Section B-B
Structural Diagram
Section C-C
ROOF TO CURTAIN WALL DETAIL
WINDOW-STEEL FRAME-GABION WALL
END OF CONCRETE WALL DETAIL
FLOOR TO WALL DETAIL
Floor to Wall to Roof Detail
Roof planes as social value
BSD Education Center
Professional Practice | PHL Architects | 2014-15 Supervisor: Patrick Lim and Hendy Lim
This Education Center lies at the opposite of Jakarta Nanyang School, BSD, Tangerang, Indonesia. BSD is a developing suburban area around Jakarta with some well-planned residential and formal education projects. BSD education center is designed monumentally iconic as its first branch and going to overspread to greater jakarta area. The main goal of this project was to produce an iconic architecture in a limited space and the design character could be applied on other sites as business branches. Moreover, this characteristic should be adaptable to the changes of the building function, just in case the owner wants to convert the building as an office. The phrase of “Education forms people’s mind to be brilliant”, inspires this project to be ‘sculpted’ the very efficient boxy form into an iconic yet monolithic form. Just like a diamond, it’s brilliantly formed from it’s rough form. Dominant solid façade enhance its monolithic expression and reduce solar heat.
Entrance view
(rendered by Out-source rendering studio)
Education forms People
The idea of Sculpting
Form follows context
Sculpting
Crafting process
Bird’s eye view
(rendered by Out-source rendering studio)
Ground Floor Plan
Section A-A
Entrance Lobby
Lift Lobby
Structural concept of the canopy
Materialization of the canopy SOLID FACADE SECTION
Facade structural detail SOLID FACADE DETAIL
SOLID COMPOSITE WALL DETAIL
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Construction progress in early 2016
Indian Ocean Museum
Academic | AD302 | 2012 Mentor: Dr Annette Condello
Going far beyond maritime history, the Indian Ocean connects and separates countries, has formed many nations’ cultures and ideas not only through the transfer of spices, goods, ideas, people and faiths across the sea but most definitely through architecture. Initially, when the Portuguese, Dutch and French explorers landed on our shores, there was no culture and people did not feel like they were at home here. Since that time, however, the architecture lined on the shores of the Indian Ocean offered, and still offer, a ubiquitous influence that has formed the lives of many cultures. The Indian Ocean Museum is Located at The Bather Beach in Perth, Western Australia. In Western Australia, museums with facilities including a restaurant and display areas have become significant venues for cultural tourism. The proposal takes a deep thinking of “Civic Narrative” school of thought, which composes the project to tell the story behind this area, by expressing the building metaphor of ‘hoarding together’ with the potential to strengthen architectures’ relationship to the objects it contains and surrounds. The initial form and materialsused in this project work as signs and architectural language, that reflects its maritime history.
Bird’s eye view
Form follows context Circulation
Porous ground floor
Market and community area
Iconic architecture expresses the history behind Indian Ocean
Linear journey
Museum and amenities
Ground - Sky - Sea
Public outdoor exhibituon
Outdoor - Indoor relationship
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Entrance Reception and Cashier Shop along the way Toilet (male)
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Ground Floor Plan 5. 6. 7. 8.
Toilet (female) Office Exhibition- Spice Route Exhibition- History of Australind
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Exhibition- Contemporary Art Exhibition- Oceanic Space Ramp to the civic canopy Market space
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Storage and Plant room Ramp to the roof exhibition Public gathering area Roof exhibition area
First Floor Plan
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In Spice Route and History of Australind, openings are designed to be widen upward to invite natural light, considering the height of the surrounding landscape. 10
Oceanic and Contemporary art has apertures
come from pool skylight creating space with subaquatic ambience. 16
Roof exhibition area is designed as roof garden with
pools and some railings as structural element to put some outdoor exhibition planes 17
Entrance view and it’s relation to the existing landscape. The journey starts on the firstfloor, while outdoor market place happens on the ground floor serving the beach visitor
Section A-A
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Section B-B
Section C-C
Legend 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Floor Plan
Section
View on the roof deck
From musuem to the civic canopy
Civic Narrative Canopy Regards to Bather Beach, Fremantle History (1829-1945), this canopy is designed contemplating the precious maritime history and memory in this area. Those reminiscences stimulate both initial ideas construction concept of the canopy. Without leaving the indigenous construction material of Western Australia, wood and limestone partake as the canopy main material while series steel structures are designed to support the long span overhang.
Monumental Canopy Reclining area Wood decking Outdoor shower area Toilets Drinking water fountain
Paya Indah Wetlands Eco-lodge
Academic | AD202 | 2011 Mentor: Anna Kamelia, Mohamad Faisal Hishamuddin Talha
This underground spatial living project is located at Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia. The project is about creating an Eco-Lodge including bedrooms, lobby and restaurant in this area which meant to be an Eco-tourism destination. Moreover, some leisure activities have to be supplemented and designed in a way that it is architecturally sensitive to the context and surrounding. The approach was to create a cavernous Eco-lodge scheme. By building the living units under the ground, the visitor can still enjoy the existing scenery without being distracted by some elevated structures. The living units thus blend with the nature and become part of the scenery. In addition, the main services including lobby is deigned to be engaged to the existing structure as the main elevated structure within the area. The cavernous scheme was generated from the six postcards which representing the view frames formed by the existing trees. Therefore, creating the ambience of living below the existing setting with trees framing the view and filtering the natural light.
Legend 1. 2. 3. 4.
The six Postcards as the idea generator of ‘Cavernous’
opening which captured from six natural aperture formed by the existing trees filtering the natural light on the site.
Drop-off Point Parking area Lobby Management office
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Main Canoe Pier Lodge type 1 Lodge type 2 Restaurant
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9. Lily pond 10. Jogging Track 11. Existing open barn (As multi-function hall)
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Site Plan
Various facade opening design
Topography and possibility study to build a underground unit
In order to preserve the recreational area, the provate zone s are located underground. By this, the unit’s roof still can be use as garden.
The natural light comes in from the unit’s roof that functions as public garden, creating a cavernous atmosphere in the private area.
The proximity to the water area helps sun light to reflect and lighten up the living space during the day.
The project becomes part of the landscape and does not distract the garden visitor’s circulation.
Section A-A (Lobby) Scale 1:200
Lobby is located under the existing open barn. The existing structure is used as the drop off area to welcome customers.
Section B-B (Unit type 2) Scale 1:200
View to the infinite panoramic scenery through the Grotto style opening.
Bathroom opens to the exisiting landscape
Legend 1. 2. 3. 4.
Drop-off Point Parking area Lobby Management office
Bedroom with natural ventilation and lighting
Kitchen area with natural light and ventilation
Section C-C (Restaurant) Scale 1:200
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Main Canoe Pier Lodge type 1 Lodge type 2 Restaurant
Composition of the entire underground Eco-lodge Ensemble
9. Lily pond 10. Jogging Track 11. Existing open barn (As multi-function hall)
working model showing the ‘Cavernous’ ambience with textured material and natural lighting in the unit
Section D-D (Unit type 1) Scale 1:200
Dennis Musalim 09-01-1991/ Indonesia +61 5555 8129 Dennis.musa.lim@gmail.com