ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO-Muhammad Isa Tsaqif, S. Ars.

Hi! my name is Muhammad Isa Tsaqif, S.Ars.

“Architecture is a way for me to channel my passion towards creating a better future, as i’ve always wanted to leave a positive impact to the world before my time comes, and sure those impacts could come in many different ways. That’s why i always prefer to be more flexible in pursuing those goals, To do that i’m always eager to learn new stuffs and take in suggestion from others.

Male Indonesia

Jakarta, October 6th 2001 Mitsaqif@gmail.com +6287877242507

Education

Middle school Labschool Rawamangun (2013-2015)

High school SMAN 21 Jakarta (2015-2018)

Undergraduate (B.Arch/S.Ars) Institut Teknologi Bandung (2018-2022)

Experiences

2018

Staff, graphic design division of KM ITB INMOVE Staff, graphic design division of Gaung Bandung : Ruang dan Emosi Staff, member representatives division of IMA-G

2019 Staff, external relation division of IMA-G Event organizer of Appreciation Night KM ITB

2020

Virtual exhibition manager of 2020 EPILOGUE IMA-G Creative designer of KM ITB cabinet Web designer of the 70th Anniversary of indonesian architechture education

2021

Speaker, site engineer workshop by Aksitaru Vice leader, Internal Relation Department of IMA-G Principal designer, Collaborative Interdisciplinary Design Project

2022

Volunteer, Bintaro Design District 2020 Architect, Two-story house project in Purwakarta

Hands-on Skills

Architectural sketching Architechtural model making Woodworking Bambooworking

Software proficiency

Achievements

Top 3 finalist at Facade : Emergency Architechture by Institut Teknologi Bandung (2020)

Second place award at GBC IDEAS 2021 by Green Building Council Indonesia (2021)

First place award at Collaborative Interdisciplinary Design Project by Institut Teknologi Bandung (2021)

Second place award at Architecture Student Contest by Saint Gobain (2022)

Best final project award by Architecture Programme of Institut Teknologi Bandung (2022)

Third place award at Final Project Design Award (Placemaking) by Arte-Polis (2022)

Internship and programs

2019 Bandung Sketchwalk (workshop) by IAI, participant

Workflow Rendering (workshop) by box 3d architechture, participant

2021 West Celebes Earthquake Relief Effort (humanitarian aid) by LPPM ITB, volunteer

AA Visiting School : Bamboo Lab (summer school) by Architecture Association School of Architecture, participant

Modular Disaster Relief Shelter (research and development) by Rumah Amal Salman, project supervisor

2022 Greenship Associate Training (training and certification) by Green Building Council Indonesia, participant

Table of content

Other

Localism

How would a traditional architechture held up it’s values in this modern-minimalistic minded world? A building should always embrace the identity of the place at which the building was built on in it’s design. this house which was built for a family of four, a pianist, a housewife, and two college students, takes note from the traditional balinese house layout as the Inspiration for it’s concept, which was modified to suit it’s client’s need. providing them with

easy accesibility based on their daily activities. The compound house nature found in the traditional balinese house also helped this house to have more open spaces that lets in air to come in and out througouht the house, it’s also used to capture many vistas of the surrounding landscape. The use of many locally sourced materials like red bricks and palm fiber also bolsters the traditionality of it’s design.

This design also considered the existence of a lake near the site as an integral part of it, many vistas are created to frame it’s surrounding area. This way the resident of this house would certainly enjoy waking up every morning surrounded by these views.

Second Year Studio Project

Taking into account the occupation of the ownes of this house as a ppianist, this design also accomodate a small studio for the owner to practice. This studio is then placed right beside an amphitheatre so that the owner could perform a play during a private event.

Sugeng Rawuh

Hello from the past! Design inspiration could come from anything, be it something as simple as a rock, to something as complex as a human body, but just because you could, doesn’t mean you should. Everything has it’s roots, a building should look like a building, a car should look like a car, etc. It helps the observer to identify the object that they’re observing, but it doesn’t mean that every building should look the same, they could take some design cues

from another building and build upon that concept, this is what comes to mind when designing this shelter/gate. It took inspiration from many traditional and historical building from Indonesia, mainly from Gapura Bajang Ratu which was used to welcome visitor in the past, this building also welcome it’s visitor to the rich history of indonesia, all while providing a shelter from the heat of the tropical climate.

Located near the heart of Jakarta, this design tries to pay respect to it’s surrounding by aligning it’s axis towards the National Monument Building at the center of the city. This way, aside from being a shelter, this design also acts as a gateway and a reminder towards the past, present, and the future of the nation.

Second Year Studio Project

Second Year Studio Project

Utilizing an extensive array of elaborate lighting, each carefully placed on the ground to shine upwards, evoke a feeling of grandeur to the design.

Hostel.

A backpacker hostel located on a historic area in Bandung for tourist to stay. This design offers a lot of open spaces despite it’s small size, and to help lower the price of rent this building also maximizes the use of natural lighting and cooling by creating many shaded fenetration area for cool air to come in. to maximize the use of space in the building, this design also make use of a clever bed module that each acts as a tiny room for it’s user.

To wrap it all up the facade of this building is then lined with an array of shading devices that took inspiration from local wisdom. The concrete overhang are shaped to mimic the face of traditional storehouses roof found near the site, this array of overhang is created to block the heat from the afternoon sun, and the facade also make use of traditional bamboo shades that could be lowered when needed to let air in but blocks incoming light.

The interior of this hostel is designed to be simple and easy to understand, the use of primary colors make sure that visitors understand the use of each and every room. Red is to indicate an emergency exit, while yellow meant that those room are aither only accesible to employees only, or a darker shade of yellow meant that it’s a communal space. And lastly green meant that those space are

designated for visitors to use, and are a lot more private than the dark yellow colored communal spaces.

The use of simple design language is chosen to accomodate visitors that came from around the world.

Imah Nagara

An ecotourism site that is located on a local plantation in Maribaya, Jawa Barat. This site was designed to promote the local produce from the surrounding plantation and also it’s local tradition to a larger audience from around the country, to do that many activities are incorporated into the design such as farming, local arts performance, and traditional restaurants are made for the visitors to enjoy. The site also tries to blond in with the surrounding plantation

by ensuring access through it for local farmers to passthrough, this circulation access also adds to the value of ecotourism because now the visitors could watch and interact with the local as they go on about their daily activities throughout the site.

The design of buildings throughout the site took cues from local traditional architectures, from the famous Julang Ngapak roofs of Jawa Barat to the less known design of local rice storehouses. This was done to promote the local identity to the greater audience. These design cues are translated into a modern look with added functionalities such as urban roof farming as to experiment with the thought of “how could the future be incorporated to the past?”

Third Year Studio Project

Pendhapa Anyar

Pendopo Anyar was a study towards making a pavillion using modern parametric method, then name comes from a traditional javanese language which roughly translates to “new pavillion”. It was an homage towards javanese culture which the design of this pavillion took inspiration from, specifically in the shape of a joglo roof that is then translated into modern design language using the advance of computer assisted parametric design.

This design also utilizes a modern structural system called waffle structure to achieve it’s otherwise complicated shape.

The extensive use of prefabricated laminated recycled wood chips along with fabric tensile structure which covers the top half of the pavillion were chosen to further accentuate the point that this design was created as a study on combining both the past and the future together, as wood were the main material of traditional joglo houses.

Third Year Studio Project

HUNI

A mixed-use project located on Sudirman Street, Bandung, West Java. This street specifically is in need of revitalization because it was once a bustling street with shops everywhere, but now the shops were mostly empty due to the fact that most people would go to a mall or a supermarket nowadays. So to combat this issue without being another mall that further killed the local economy in the first place, this project aims to provide the locals with spaces on which

they could grow from. These spaces were placed on the ground level of the building facing the existing arcade as to not interrupt the local steetscape. Aside from that many new facilities are introduced to the site such as a supermarket, and department store to cater to the needs of the residents above. An easily accesible plaza were also placed on the street level of the building to allow interaction between the locals and the resident of the building.

As the other main objective of this project was also to create a housing that could strengthen both it’s own community and surrounding community’s resilience towards future change. Many aspect of the design was created to be as flexible and adaptable as possible so that the user could make their own modifications as they see fit.

Spaces inside the retail store area of the building were designed to be open and accessible for visitors to come. This was done to minimize the exclusivity found in modern malls and shopping centre. Many plaza and resting area were also placed as to encourage people to come even if they weren’t in the mood for shopping.

These plazas were then placed on a high traffic area throughout the site so that they’re easily accessible both visually and literally. This was done to introduce a new anchor for visitors to rest at during their shopping trip on the surrounding area, and also for locals to use to perform or play at.

(K)A(M)PUNG

An effort to save the local existing community in Cilincing, due to the threat posed by rising sea level, this desgn tries to approach this issue realistically considering that the issue of Jakarta sinking is a complex issue and cannot be solved solely by a project of this scale. So instead this project intends to be a responsive and adaptive platform upon which the local existing communities could grow along with.

To ensure the operability of the design in times of flooding, while remaining easily accessible on the street level during normal condition. This project utilizes many floatation modules that has been simulated carefully as a base for many of it’s crucial functions such as the residential tower, local market, battery room, control room, dock, and many other.

JOWATA (GBC IDEAS Competition Entry)

What are two words that immediately pop out of our mind when we heard kota baru parahyangan? Yes, beside all new integrated city, we also know that Kota Baru Parahyangan is prominent for its mountain range scenery, and how the concrete jungle is in harmony with nature. Hejo which is green in sundanese, and perwata, which is mountain range in Sundanese immediately become the pioneer for encouraging our design process. And from that driving force,

we choose to have green terracing for the main concept, as a form of harmonisation of mimicking the hilly context around Kota Baru Parahyangan. Looking to the west java context, we also adapted Luhur Handap, a Sundanese hierarchy, in forming our massing program, where Ambu Luhur which has the highest hierarchy belongs to the private area, and Ambu Handap which has the lowest hierarchy belongs to the public area

Second Place Award

The extensive use of bamboo as both structural and finishing material of the design was driven by the fact that there are many bamboo plantation and local experts surrounding the site. So to further minimize the carbon footprint needed to construct this project, this material was chosen as they are easy to grow and could be easily replaced given the right design.

GKU-Baru (CIDP Competition Entry)

GKU-Baru is a design that aims to rejuvenate the ITB Public Lecture Building, so that it can adapt to the demands of learning in this post-pandemic period. The first time it was used for lectures for students of TPB ITB class of 1985 was the even semester (early 1986). The ground floor is used for 4 classrooms, several seminar rooms, canteen, and toilets. The second and third floors are used for 8 classrooms and supporting rooms, including toilets. The total

number of lecture halls is 20 rooms in the form of an amphitheater, each with a maximum capacity of 100 people. GKU Barat is located at 6°53’25” South Latitude, 107°36’32” East Longitude or south of Labtek II on the west side of the campus.

First Place Award

Although still operating to this day, this college building is starting to show its age. Various problems such as the demands for a hybrid learning system in the post-pandemic period, noisy teaching rooms, unfulfilled thermal comfort, public spaces such as toilets and small prayer rooms, minimal natural lighting in teaching rooms, poor circulation access. confusing and disabled friendly, coupled with the demands for green building standards as a response to

global climate change. Making the GKUB rejuvenation option the best choice for the sustainability of one of the main icons on the Ganesha Campus ITB. For this reason, our team of 18 students from various fields of study conducted research and design on the building which is almost 40 years old.

Bamboozle

A study on parametric bamboo design for a summer course held by Architecture Association School and Institut Teknologi Bandung. This design capitalize on the strong points of full-culm bamboo construction to it’s fullest potential. This project is located near a traditional farming field in Maribaya, West Java. The aim for this project is to create an adaptable market where local farmers could sell their produce, while also attracting tourist to come and visit. The

use of easily replicable modules made out of bamboo made sure that this market could be extended to suit their ever growing needs in the future, and because the simplicity of it’s design, locals could easily made new modules without the need of heavy machinery.

AAVS Study on

To design the base for each bamboo module, a script was developed on grasshopper that has many parameters that could be easily modified to suit every condition. Why? because bamboo needs to be protected from water and the sun, so an easily customizable module that could be integrated with one another is necessary.

An example of how an array of these module would look.

Urban Symphony (St.Gobain Competition Entry)

A mixed-use project consisting of student dormintory, working space, rentable housing, and an art gallery. Located near a train station in Warsaw, Poland. This project aims to integrate urban mobility to it’s design while also ensuring the privacy of each residents. The extensive use of easily replicable building modules that are aranged in a way that corresponds to it’s surrounding context ensured a cost effective and efficient building. Also taking

into account the rich history of Warsaw itselfwhich are being shown through an elaborate design process to create a harmony between the past and the future of the city.

Second Place Award

Communal spaces are layered on top of eachother to maximize the use of space throughout the site.

Muhammad Isa Tsaqif

Block House (Construction in Progress)

A house located on Purwakarta, West Java. The client specifically asked for a minimalistic design that could attract buyers that are bored of the conventional house design abundant throughout the city. So a simplistic design derived from the local traditional house principal is made. For example, a traditional house on Purwakarta mainly has a unique outer wall where the bottom half of it are made out of woven bamboo to let air in, while the top half of it are made

out of wooden planks to ensure privacy of. These principal are then translated into a 2 story house design where the bottom half of it (first floor) maximizes sunlight and air fenestration, with an open plan to boot so that the user could re-arrange furnitures as they see fit, while the top half (second floor) are used for a more private fuction. To maximize the privacy, the facade consists of mostly non-see through material like concrete and sand blasted glass.

An open space on the first floor that are lit by natural daylighting creates a spacious atmosphere despite the small size of the house.

The use of custom furnitures that are space efficient to maximize the use of space on such a small footprint.

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