Balancing Accessibility & Affordability in Indonesian Transit-Oriented Development Projects, Case Study:

TOD Tanah Abang, Indonesia

The Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) concept has been hailed for successfully increasing public transit ridership and improving residents’ accessibility. Its approach involves capturing the increase in property values by redeveloping areas surrounding transit stations to fund public transit investment. However, when proposed TOD neighborhoods are already densely populated and home to low-income residents, development-based value capture mechanisms can worsen the housing affordability crisis and increase the risk of gentrification and displacement for existing residents.

This thesis examines the ‘Tanah Abang TOD Urban Design Guideline (UDGL),’ a newly proposed TOD area in Jakarta proposed by PT MITJ, a joint venture company of Jakarta’s Commuter Line and Jakarta’s Mass Rapid Transit companies. PT MITJ is appointed as a TOD operator responsible for regulating land-use changes and leading the development process. Tanah Abang TOD UDGL then presents an example of how an urban design proposal is used as a mechanism of urban regeneration. By evaluating the proposal’s impact on accessibility and affordability compared to the existing state, this thesis aims to provide a framework for anticipatory planning measures that balance potential gains and losses for communities in Indonesian TOD projects.

Romy Saint Hilaire Thesis Advisor: Delia Wendel

BLACK ART PLANNING: an exhibition manifesto

Black Art Planning: an exhibition manifesto, honors the many modes and forms of knowledge that inform Black artists acting as informal planners, designers and urbanists working to harmonize spatial urban realities for marginalized communities. This is a focused introspection of Black liminal realities and how art is used as a tool to challenge, redress and inform the healing of vulnerable communities in the United States. This thesis is in the form of an exhibit showcasing a series of manifesto posters highlighting the key elements of a Black Art Planning framework. Accompanied by a short film capturing the essence of what has informed this thinking through travel and research in Saint Martin and South Africa.

This thesis intends to combine an academic and practice-informed approach to synthesize the phenomena of Black artists and creative collectives cultivating planning solutions through an arts practice in cities across the US and abroad. In highlighting an approach that is intersectional in both the planning field and the art sector, Black Art Planning is positioned in conjunction with curatorial critique, black critical thought, and city planning pedagogies that inform possibilities for thriving communities through the arts. Essentially exploring who has the right to Art in the city?

Arianna Salazar-Miranda

Dissertation Advisors: Albert Saiz, Eran BenJoseph, Carlo Ratti, Emily Talen