reza ambardi pradana selected works 2013-2018
Observe! “You see but you don’t observe, the distinction is clear, Watson.” SH
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Foreword
This simple quote by the renowned (fictional) detective Sherlock Holmes triggered and has been steering my journey in the academic and professional realm of urbanism so far. It puts forward the fact that observation is a critical part to thoroughly understand what happened in a crime scene – how people walk; what people touch; where the shortest path to escape is. Then, you might ask, what’s the relation to the realm of urbanism? This notion has strangely linked me to the likes of people-first, cities urbanists’ beliefs e.g., Jane Jacobs, William H. Whyte, Kevin Lynch, and Jan Gehl, just to name a few. Instead of a crime scene, they observed how people behave in cities and how cities affect people’s behavior – how people behave on the sidewalk; use movable chair; imagine their city; or choose their path. Gehl’s ‘cities for people’ concept in particular, have piqued my academic and professional interest and over the past five years, I have been exploring this topic – from the undergraduate studies to professional experiences to graduate studies.
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Why me ? 4
Ambi tion
Allround ness
Atti tude
First, my ambition in combining the realm of masterplanning and peoplefirst approach. As mentioned, I have been exploring the topic of peoplefirst design for the past five years. From these brief experiences especially working in the realm of masterplanning, I realized that the biggest challenge that the future cities will face is not on the existing settlements but rather the new settlements – the clean slate urban developments. This is inevitable, not only because of the magnitude that this kind of developments will bring to the livelihood of the people, but also because our profession (the urbanists) rarely or even have not yet been successful in developing them – or even worse, our apathy towards them. Case in points are: the never-ending suburban developments in American cities; Asian new towns – the gimmick, the copycat, and the smart types; or even the ‘old’ Post-War new town of European cities. Here, where the vast majority of people are living and will be living in the future, is the very place that needs the idea of peoplefirst approach to be implanted. While people-first approach idea has been really significant in helping cities across the globe, these ‘future people-first approach’ are the next stop that Gehl’s people need to be. Second, I believe that the expertise involved in the masterplanning realm is not only the design expertise but more of the full spectrum of the urban development i.e., the processes – design, development, management, and space in use; and the scales – from the regional, city, masterplan, block and street scale. This wide range of expertise demands urbanist to be an all-round urbanist rather than the specialist – the one that knows something about everything rather than knows everything about something. In this respect, I regarded myself as an all-round urbanist. For every project that I do, I always tried to consider the perspective of people in the ground – in the eyelevel. “What would this regional strategy be like in the people’s perspective? What would this street configuration be affecting people’s daily life?” Asking this kind of questions are not always easy in the realm of masterplanning, where developer’s profit is the main priority. Apart from the cross scales, my understanding of the whole processes of masterplanning have helped sharpening my way in approaching the projects. Thus, I believe that the qualities of an all-round urbanist are needed – from the very technicality of site analysis and observation, to the design development and simulation, to the project presentation, and stakeholder engagement. Third, I realized that the qualities that I mentioned above required tremendous amounts of dedication into everything I do: to not only constantly learn, but also to be open-minded and critical. This is not a matter of expertise but more of an attitude. Across my academic and professional experiences, I have been trying to open my view in dealing with many kinds of people. From experiencing to coordinate more than 300 architecture students during my bachelor study in Indonesia, to expanding my view from architecture to urban planning by working in a planning firm in Singapore, to pushing my limit by pursuing my graduate study in TU Delft, Netherlands – all for the sake of expanding my views, in my works and in my life. The key success in my pursuits are to always try to exceed people’s expectation and to always follow my passion. Because ultimately, my goal in life is to dedicate my works in helping cities across the world – especially Indonesian cities to be a better place for people to live. To achieve that, I believe that learning from the like-minded people is very vital. All in all, what I am trying to show through this short collection of my works is how the qualities that I mentioned above – my ambition, all-roundness, and attitude, have helped shape all my works to date. Enjoy!
Why me?
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Halo!
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Full Name Reza Ambardi Pradana Address Oosteinde 175-1, 2611VD Delft, The Netherlands Nationality Indonesian Date of Birth July 13th, 1992 Phone +31 645012484 E-mail rambardip@yahoo.com Website (link) issuu.com/rezaambardipradana
Work Experience
2017 KCAP Architects & Planners, Rotterdam / Urban Design Intern 2016 PDW Architects, Jakarta / Urban Designer 2013 - 2016 CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, Singapore / Urban Designer 2013 - 2014 Kota Tua Creative Festival, Jakarta / Designer in collaboration with Kees Christiaanse (KCAP) 2012 Pusat Studi Urban Design (Centre for Urban Studies), Bandung / Urban Design Intern
Educational Background
2016 - 2018 Master of Science in Urbanism (Cum Laude) Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Science in Architecture (Cum Laude) Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Awards & Achievements
2018 Archiprix Awards 2019 Nomination Delft University of Technology, Urbanism Department, Netherlands 2018 ECHO-award Candidate Nomination Expertise Centre for Diversity Policy, Netherlands 2015 Merit Award of Urban Design for Ecopark Masterplan Project Singapore Institute of Planner (SIP) Award, Singapore 2014 1st Prize Winner, PubliCity: Your Ideas for Public Spaces Competition Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore 2012 Top 11 Winner, World Architecture Festival Student Competition World Architecture Festival (WAF), Singapore 2012 2nd Prize Winner, Visioning Jakarta 2045 Student Competition Jakarta Architecture Triennale 2012, Indonesia
Skills & Competences
Language Indonesian (native) English (IELTS Academic, average score 7.5/10) Software Adobe Suites (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Autodesk Autocad 2D ArcMap & QGIS Trimble Sketchup Microsoft Office Suites Video & Animation (Adobe Photoshop)
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Curriculum Vitae
I am an urban designer at work and an observer in life. As an all-round urban designer, all my works always demonstrate my passion and thoroughness: from the pragmatic analysis using tools like GIS and Space Syntax; on-site observation; designing with sketching and modelling; simulating with parametric urban design tools; to project storytelling with all kinds of media – presentation, illustration, video and animation. I believe that passion is my number one forte in life, hence collaborating with people with the same passion has always been my priority.
Key Projects & Experiences
Masterplanning
Jurong Lake District / 181 ha / Singapore VanGiang Ecopark / 499 ha / Vietnam Phu Hoa Lake New Urban Area / 324 ha / Vietnam Bac Giang New Urban Area / 86 ha / Vietnam Tropicana Danga Cove Master Plan / 75 ha / Malaysia Ponnami Township / 25 ha / Myanmar Telkom University Gegerkalong Masterplan / 3.6 ha / Indonesia
Strategic Planning
Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone Master Plan / 660 km2 / Myanmar SwarnAndhra Vision 2029 / 160,000 km2 / India
Healthcare
Tampines Placemaking for Health Promotion Board / Singapore
Urban Design & Architecture
Sentosa Island Redevelopment Urban Design / Singapore Your Ideas for Public Spaces Competition / Singapore Jakarta Old Town Reborn: Revitalization of Samudera Building / Indonesia Jakarta Architecture Triennale Design Competition 2012 / Indonesia
Workshop & Publication
Towards the Edge of the Anthropocene / 2018 / Contributor & Layout Urban & Landscape Week 2018, Delft, Netherlands Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 Urban Design Workshop / 2017 / Participant Tongji University, Hangzhou, China Jakarta Old Town Reborn Design Workshop and Exhibition / 2013 / Collaborator Erasmus Huis-OMA-MVRDV-KCAP, Jakarta, Indonesia International Design Workshop in Architecture and Urban Design / 2013 / Participant Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
Organisational Experience
Urban & Landscape Week / 2018 / Organizer - Publication & Design TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands Urban Thinker Campus: Education for the City We Need / 2017 / Organizer TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands Architecture Student Association / 2012 / Head of Internal Division Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia Architecture Department Orientation Program / 2011 / Vice President Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
Key Projects
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I . C I T I E S F O R P E O P L E - OF TOM O R R OW
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I I . N E W TOW N M AST E R P L A N N I N G
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I I A . VA N G I A N G E CO PA R K M AST E R P L A N
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I I B . P H U H O A L A K E N E W U R B A N A R E A
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I I C . J U RO N G L A K E D I ST R I C T M AST E R P L A N
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I I I . U R B A N I SM T H R O U G H S CA L E S
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I I I A . J A K A RTA O L D TO W N R E B O R N
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I I I B . S E N TO S A I S L A N D R E D E V E LO PM E N T
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I I I C . KYAU K H PY U S E Z M AST E R P L A N
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I V. ACA D E M I C WO R KS
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I VA . C I T Y AS ZO O : P O RT RAY I N G T I L B U R G
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I V B . H A N D VA N Z U I D : I N C L U S I V E ROT T E R DA M
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I V C . M I N D T H E GA P : C I R C U L A R A MST E R DA M
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Table of Contents
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IIA IIIC I I B I VA IIC IVB IIIA IVC Selcted Projects
This is a story about the exploration of my ambition to combine the realities of ‘cities for people’ and the masterplanning realm. Section I showed the turning point of my exploration where I juxtaposed the three realities in my TU Delft Urbanism graduation project. Here, I explored the potentials of implementing the ‘cities for people’ idea in the new town masterplanning context. Next, is the starting point of my pursuit where I explored the first realities of the urban development business in Asia through professional experiences. Section II will be focused solely on the new town masterplanning realm, while Section III will show the variety of scales and scopes of urbanism. Lastly, the first reality of implementation of ‘cities for people’ idea in Dutch cities will be explored in the Section IV.
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I.  CITIES FOR PEOPLE -OF TOMORROW Graduation Project - Urbanism Studio TU Delft
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Cities for People -of Tomorrow
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Main Task
Full Report (link)
Van Giang, Hanoi, Vietnam / on-going Vihajico / CPG Consultants Masterplanning & urban design Graduation project Literature reviews Accessibility analysis (SpaceSyntax) Public life studies (Gehl Institute) Stakeholder engagement Project visioning & positioning Masterplan & public realm design Density simulation (Modelur) https://issuu.com/rezaambardipradana/ docs/p5_report
This exploration reached its turning point in the summer of 2017 when I went to Paris (France) and Tianducheng (China), where I incidentally found two Eiffel Towers, one obviously trying to copy the other. This striking phenomenon depict the very idea of my graduation project as the culmination point of my pursuit – to juxtapose the two topics: Gehl’s ‘cities for people’ (depicted by Paris old town and many other European old towns as the ideal ‘cities for people’) and Le Corbusier’s (1947) ‘the city of tomorrow’ (Tianducheng new town and many other new towns) –hence, the name of the graduation project: Cities for People -of Tomorrow. In short, the interesting question to be explored is, “how to create cities for people (as Gehl proposed) from scratch (in new town form as Le Corbusier proposed)? Graduation Project - Urbanism Studio TU Delft
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Figure 2. Three blocks with the highest accessibility in Hanoi (local (left), niehbourhood (middle), and global (right)
Hanoi City Centres Investigation The main task for this graduation project is to seek the way to design a vital city centre of Ecopark New Town that promotes urban vitality through the masterplanning process. The first step to do that is by investigating how do vital city centres work in Hanoi (where the project is located). The investigation is done by examining the accessibility aspect – where the most accessible places are located and which of them are accessible based on the transit coverage. Accessibility in this graduation project is analysed using the Space Syntax simulation. Based on the simulation, streets with high accessibility level are expanding as the transit coverage grows (Figure 1): the most locally accessible streets are located around the old town of Hanoi; the most neighbourhood accessible streets are located around the newer part of the old town e.g., the French quarter; and the most globally accessible streets are mainly the highways (ring roads). Each location (Figure 2) will then be investigated through on-site observation (i.e., pedestrian rate and urban quality assessment).
Legend Accessibility, R = various Figure 1. Accessibility analysis of Hanoi city centres
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Figure 4.  Urban vitality principles on-site
On-site Observations The next step is to clarify the study through on-site observations. The on-site observations here are performed using the observation tools from Gehl Institute in the three blocks that have been defined in the context analysis: Hanoi city centres (R800, R2700, and Rn). The two tools that this project used in performing the on-site observation are: people moving count and twelve urban quality criteria. The result showed that in most streets, there are gaps between the two: the streets are lively, but the qualities are bad (Figure 3). The exception is on the car-oriented city centre of Hanoi where the qualities are better, but the streets are deserted. Apart from the quantitative observation (Gehl Institute tools), qualitative observation is done to investigate the principles of urban vitality that occur in each city centre (Figure 4). These principles will then be used in the proposed design.
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Figure 3.  Quantitative observation result (people counting) in the three city centres, local R800 (top), neigbourhood R2700 (middle), and global Rn (bottom)
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Cities for People -of Tomorrow
Mixed-uses
1 / Hanoi R800 - Mixed of Uses
Transitional Place
2 / Hanoi R800 - Ground floor Extension
Social Composition
4 / Hanoi R800 - Anchor Tenant
3 / Hanoi R800 - Terraces
Transitional Place
6 / Hanoi R2700 - Private Facility
9 / Hanoi R2700 - Public Transport Stop
High Density of People
Transitional Place
11 / Hanoi Rn - Tower Lobby
Informal Economic Activities
13 / Hanoi Rn - Mixed Used Sidewalk
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Clear Regional Position
Public Provision
8 / Hanoi R2700 - Parking
10 / Hanoi R2700 - Motorbike Parking
Private Initiative Events
Private Initiative Events
5 / Hanoi R800 - Car Free Day
7 / Hanoi R2700 - Common Lobby
Transitional Place
12 / Hanoi Rn - Triangulation
Accessible Street Network
14 / Hanoi Rn - Accessible Street
High Density of People
Informal Economic Activities
15 / Hanoi Rn - Extended Transaction
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Design Development Based on the positioning, original design assessment, and scale comparison, three design options for the focus area are derived (Figure 6). The first option is the [safe] option which prioritized to minimize the change. The second option is the [moderate] option which introduce the concept of superblock (inspired by the Barcelona grid) along with the 1:2 block width ratio (inspired by the New York grid). The third option is the [radical] option which fully implement the concept of superblock. Next, option 2 as the chosen option is developed through 10 major steps (Figure 5).
note. Step 1: sunken the road Step 2: put the LRT in the centre of the area Step 3: establish the east-west connections Step 4: create 4 superblocks Step 5: create the 1:2 blocks Step 6: establish the public uses corridor Step 7: mix the land uses Step 8: densify Step 9: mix the building uses Step 10: establish public space programs
Figure 6.  Design options: option 1 (top), option 2 (middle), option 3 (bottom)
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Figure 5.  The 10 steps of developing the design
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Figure 7.  Design evaluation
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Persona B Industry owner, established family moving from Hung Yen
Persona C Residential investor, elderly family moving from Hanoi
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Design Evaluation The design is then being evaluated using 4 personas, each with specific occupation, specific living condition, and specific demands (Figure 7). The compositions are consciously taken to the extreme to fully test the design. The evaluation will be demonstrated through how each persona will use the spaces in the city centre of Ecopark from the start of the day towards the end of the day. This evaluation is crucial to combat the status quo of Hanoi new towns which rarely consider how the spaces are actually being used. Cities for People -of Tomorrow
Legend Public Spaces 1. LRT Station 2. Station Park 3. The Superblock Nodes 4. The Waterfront Parks 5. The Mall
Uses 6. School 7. Community Centre 8. Hospital 9. Offices + Commercials 10. Offices + Residentials 11. Commercials 12. High-rise Residentials 13. Mid-rise Residentials
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II. NEW TOWN MASTERPLANNING Professional Work - Masterplanning Projects
The exploration started when for more than three years I worked in a multi-disciplinary design consultant in Singapore and The Netherlands in which I was involved in various international projects: coordinating, executing and assisting process of conceptual architecture, urban design, GIS-based analysis, masterplanning and urban planning projects. During this time, I realized the reality of the built-environment business in Asia: the dominance of large new town masterplanning projects which often missing the human scale – what really happen in the ground and the practice of tabula rasa – clean slate development which oriented towards Western-like urban development. Two phenomena that ironically against the very nature of my pursuit. Alas, that is the reality.
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New Town Masterplanning
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IIA . VAN GIANG ECOPARK MASTERPLAN HANOI, VIETNAM
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Contribution Status/Award Collaborator Project (link)
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Van Giang, Hanoi, Vietnam / 2016 Vihajico Masterplanning, urban design, conceptual architecture Architectural design coordinator, secondary project manager Coordinating in architectural housing product sketch design Coordinating a high-rise architecture competition Managing masterplan and architecture concept design Under construction / Best Green Development in Vietnam (2013) SIP Award Merit Award of Urban Design (2015) CPG Consultants http://ecopark.com.vn/
Van Giang Ecopark Masterplan
Project Summary Ecopark is an integrated township with land area of 500ha located on the southern part of Hanoi, Vietnam. Located on the fringe of a capital city, Ecopark aimed to cater urban population from Hanoi that are looking for specific criteria of home: closed to nature. With the expanding needs, the client wanted to begin the phase 2 of the project with still leveraging on their signature. I was involved in this phase 2 development comprised in a wide range of scopes starting from masterplanning with landscape (1) and concept architecture (2) included in it, then preliminary design of high-rise mixed-use development (3), and finally in architecture concept of integrated commercial area (4). Throughout this project, I experienced the projects viability factor of shaping urban life that are depending on many factors. Project (3) & (4) will be further elaborated since I had full responsibility on handling the project.
Figure 9.  Project (2) Conceptual architecture design
Figure 8.  Project (1) Ecopark Sourthern Gateway masterplan
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Figure 10.  Project (3) high-rise design competition / source: CPG Consultatns
Figure 11.  Project (4) integrated commercial area site section
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Van Giang Ecopark Masterplan
Project Developments For project (3), high-rise design competition was held by the client seeking to find the best proposal to develop 4 (four) plots for high-rise development with total area of more than 4 ha. The design scopes were visioning, site planning, and architecture concept collaborating with architect’s team to develop the detail design. I was responsible to develop the two plots and succeeded to secure the project. For project (4), responding to the market fluctuation, marketing team from the client suggested to amend the uses of 21 waterfront plots to a denser seven to ten storeys of shophouses. One of the requirement on the design brief was to propose architecture concept design targeted for high-end market of Hanoi. The main principle of the public ground floor corridor was seamless experience with series of unique landscape features (Figure 11 &12). I was responsible to manage the whole project with the output of urban design guideline. These two projects are currently being constructed (Figure 13).
Figure 13.  Construction process of project (3) & (4)
Figure 12.  Project (4) integrated commercial area ground floor plan
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IIB . PHU HOA LAKE NEW URBAN AREA QUY NHON, VIETNAM
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Contribution
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Quy Nhon, Vietnam / 2016 Phuc Loc Group Masterplanning Secondary design coordinator Assisting lead designer in various design scope and process Coordinating in project positioning GIS based analysis Masterplan design & illustration Approval process CPG Consultants
Phu Hoa Lake New Urban Area
Project Summary This project is located in Quy Nhon, Vietnam with the area of about ± 208 ha. The scope of this project is to revise a 1/500 scale masterplan and prepare for approval process by the local authority. The masterplan is for an integrated township consist of several districts i.e. Lakefront District, Commercial District, Sports Hub, and Residential Districts.The process started with site analysis in which I was responsible for the GIS based analysis e.g. topography, slope, water flow, and view shed analysis. Parallel to the site analysis, I conducted the project positioning supervised by the main planner by analyzing the market context i.e. local and regional market.
Figure 15. Proposed commercial street / source: CPG Consultants
Professional Work - Masterplanning Projects
Figure 14. Illustrative plan of the proposed design
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Project Analysis and Design GIS-based site analysis (Figure 16) was conducted to help see the potential and challenge of the site. Approved masterplan was put into the GIS system to analyse the quantum of the landuse and its relationship to its surrounding. Based on the approved masterplan, some of the residential area on the southeast side are actually on the steep slope area (more than 15%) which are very costly to build. Topography and water flow analysis helps to determined where the concentration of water will flow that might need appropriate treatment as this site has some flood issues in the past. Viewshed analysis was conducted to see the opportunity of having the two best views in the site: to the Phu Hoa Lake and to the Quy Nhon City on the southeast. Based on the site analysis, project positioning and project vision, design workshop was conducted to come up with two design options as per the client request which I was responsible for one of the option (Figure 17). The main idea of this option is to break the lake into two parts by creating a connecting gesture between the existing wetland on the west and the central area of the site on the east side.
Figure 16.  GIS-based site analysis (top-bottom): viewshed, slope, lake viewshed, water flow, original design
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Phu Hoa Lake New Urban Area
Figure 17.  Proposed option for the central area of the site
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IIC . JURONG LAKE DISTRICT MASTERPLAN SINGAPORE
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Contribution Status/Award Collaborator Research Report (link) Published Project (link)
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Singapore / 2017 Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Singapore Masterplanning, urban design, conceptual architecture Assisting lead designer (as urban design intern) Undertaking comparison study of pedestrian friendly street design Researching about the best practice transfer of Dutch cycling infrastructure system to Singapore Under construction KCAP Architects & Planners https://issuu.com/rezaambardipradana/docs/paper_ra_pradana https://www.jld.sg/
Jurong Lake District Masterplan
Project Summary This is a masterplanning project for a new Central Business District township located in the western part of Singapore. This masterplan mainly comprises of mixed use buildings, regional and local transport hubs, parks, and civic uses. The project was a continuation from a design competition held in 2016 which was won by KCAP and consortium of consultants and formally commissioned in 2017. My role in the project as an internship student is to support the urban design team of KCAP as the lead masterplanner. Some of my tasks are namely, coordinating in the consolidation of street sections among consultants, exploration of the design of the urban blocks, studying the proposed concept of walkable street comparing existing street with proposed street, and researching about best practice transfer of Dutch cycling infrastructure planning to Singapore.
Figure 18.  Principle section of the proposed design / source: KCAP Architects & Planners
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Jurong Lake District Masterplan
Project Research The first research is to do a study about walkable street with the intention to convince the clients that Singapore’s streets could be further developed to become more walkable. A study comparing the existing street with the proposed street in the masterplan is done (Figure 19). To promote a car-lite environment, a study of the existing typical street section in Singapore Downtown area is done regarding the street walkability. We proposed 3 main principles to create a walkable street in the masterplan: (1) dedicated cycling track (2) narrow setback between the carriage way and the building facade, (3) narrow carriage way with restriction for specific users (public or private vehicles) in some of the street. The second research is in relation to my study in TU Delft to produce a research paper based on the internship work. This paper explores the considerations in applying Dutch cycling infrastructure planning as best practice to Jurong Lake District (JLD) masterplanning project in Singapore. CROW-fietsberaad was used as Dutch cycling infrastructure planning guidelines, with cohesion, directness, and comfort aspects as the chosen masterplan assessment criteria. In summary, cohesion, directness, comfort cycling infrastructure planning aspects as Dutch best practices are specific enough to be applied in another context. The research is done using GIS-based simulation (Figure 20).
Figure 20.  Cycling infrastructure planning simulation
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III.  URBANISM THROUGH SCALES Professional Work - Various Projects
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Urbanism Through Scales
Apart from the new town masterplanning projects, I was involved in various urban projects across scales: from regional project to the smallest of installation project. Through this wide range of professional projects, the reality of the developer’s dominance is apparent. The common thread is that no matter the scale is people-first design is needed. However, the interpretation in each scale have to be difference. This interpretation will be the key in successfully creating cities for people. Alas, that is the reality.
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IIIA . JAKARTA OLD TOWN REBORN JAKARTA, INDONESIA
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Contribution Status/Award Collaborator Publication
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Jakarta, Indonesia / 2013 Kota Tua Creative Festival Building conservation design, installation design Collaborator Assisting lead designer in the design development Managing the installation construction process Presenting the project to the panel Built (installation) Kees Christiaanse (KCAP Architects & Planners) https://issuu.com/kotatua/docs/ktcf2014_summary_online_version
Jakarta Old Town Reborn
Figure 21.  The three-phase implementation of the project
Project Summary Jakarta Old Town Reborn is an urban initiative event held by Dutch Embassy of Indonesia, Erasmus Huis, in collaboration with Indonesian and Dutch Architects. Indonesian architects are represented by some well-known architects e.g. Andramatin, Djuhara, Yori, and Daliana. OMA, MVRDV, and KCAP are some of the well-known architects representing Dutch architects. This project aimed to revive this part of Jakarta that has been long dead. The design of the installation was inspired by the installation of Delftsche Poort Rotterdam reconstructed as steel skeleton. Reflecting on Indonesian local culture, bamboo was chosen as the main material of the skeleton installation. The design of the skeleton was mimicking the shape of the original building (Figure 22). By doing this installation, the objective was to raise awareness to the surroundings of these abandoned building that has many development potentials. Apart from the installation, implementation phasing is also taken into account (Figure 21).
Figure 22.  Architrave of the design principle of using bamboo to mimick the original structure
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IIIB . SENTOSA ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT SINGAPORE
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Singapore / 2014 Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Singapore Urban redevelopment design Designer Assisting lead designer in various design scope and process Designing some areas of the project Coordinating various project illustrations Proposal CPG Consultants
Sentosa Island Redevelopment
Project Summary
Figure 23. Design sketches and segments of the proposed design
This project is located in Sentosa Island, Singapore with the area of about ± 500 m length corridor. The scope of the project was to redevelop the south-central of Sentosa Island with retaining some of the existing structures. The main concept was to create the main boardwalk connecting people from the arrival plaza into the beach with seamless yet rich experiences. I was involved in the design process and responsible for the masterplan illustration. I was mainly designing The Boardwalk and The Terrace features (Figure 23). In designing these features, I made sure the experience will be fit to human scale and also developable.
Figure 24. Illustrative plan of the proposed design
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IIIC . KYAUKHPYU SEZ MASTERPLAN KYAUKHYU, MYANMAR
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Kyaukphyu, Myanmar / 2014 Kyauk Phyu SEZ Management Committee Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Masterplanning Urban designer Assisting the principal planner for the GIS based analysis Coordinating various project illustrations Approved CPG Consultants, DTZ Consulting Team Global Maritime and Port Services Pte Ltd (GMAPS), Ernst & Young Solutions LLP, PM Link Pte Ltd
Kyaukhpyu SEZ Masterplan
Project Summary This project is located in Kyaukphyu, Myanmar, with the area of about Âą 19 km2 for phase 1 development and 75 km2 for overall development area. The scopes of this project are SEZ masterplan and tender preparation to attract investor. The KP SEZ, in its initial phase, will comprise the development of deep-sea port and industrial park. I was involved in some of the planning part of the project including water requirement calculation, water catchment allocation, and the GIS-based suitability analysis. Based on these analyses I helped the main planner on the masterplanning process. In order to create a comprehensive masterplan with high considering the context, GIS-based suitability analysis was conducted (Figure 25). This analysis was done in consideration of several factors e.g. environment, infrastructure, construction cost, Kyaukphyu town expansion, and disaster risk. Based on the consideration and the element, preferred criteria for each consideration was determined for further used in allocating the most suitable area for development. This analysis was then used as the main consideration on the masterplanning process.
Figure 25.  GIS-based suitability analysis / source: CPG Consultants
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IV. ACADEMIC WORKS Urbanism Studio TU Delft
Struck by the realities, the pursuit continues to the academic realm when I took my master’s degree in Delft University of Technology, Urbanism track. Here, I experienced urban projects through various scales: from regional design to urban intervention design. With the context of Dutch cities, the idea of ‘cities for people’ is pretty much visible in many aspects and scales – which I always tried to explore in every project, as Dutch cities are mature and advance enough to implement such concept. This concept is so implanted in Dutch cities as if it is redundant to even bring it up in the project.
Q1 Tilburg City Portrait
Q2 Hand van Zuid Urban Regeneration
Q3 Mind the Gap Circular Economy
Alas, that is the reality.
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Academic Works
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IVA . CITY AS ZOO: PORTRAYING TILBURG TILBURT, NETHERLANDS
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Main Task
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Tilburg / 2017 Analysis and design of urban form Individual project City formation spatial analysis Urban functions spatial analysis City portrait exploration Future city prediction and visioning 8.5/10 https://issuu.com/rezaambardipradana/docs/20161124_atlas
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City as Zoo: Portraying Tilburg
Project Summary This is a study about analysis and design of Tilburg urban form. Apart from the given themes, the intention is to also see it from human’s perspective. This study is approached with a city metaphor theory (Ungers, 1982) as the underlying theory and bridging the link between investigating the physical aspect of a city and interpreting it into the portrait of a city. City metaphor are used in the two investigation, Tilburg formation: City as Zoo, and Tilburg today: City as dynamic ecosystem. The conclusions of the study are the transformative power of each investigation. These transformative powers are used to predict Tilburg future development to be the open(ing) city. As final products, the investigations are interpreted in the three-city portrait in a form of video portraying the dynamic of Tilburg formation, Tilburg today, and Tilburg future (Figure 26). Figure 26.  The three portraits of Tilburg in motion
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IVB . HAND VAN ZUID: INCLUSIVE ROTTERDAM ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Main Task
Score Full Report (link)
Rotterdam / 2017 Socio-spatial urban regeneration Individual project GIS suitability analysis Urban pattern configuration Sustainable sub-surface investigation Urban regeneration design & phasing 9/10 https://issuu.com/rezaambardipradana/docs/hand_van_zuid
See the full project video here: https://youtu.be/AU8Ly_f1Pq
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Hand Van Zuid: Inclusive Rotterdam
Figure 27.  Suitability analysis of finding the most suitable location for the design interventions
Project Summary For this project, I came across Ian McHarg’s Design with Nature (1969) with the main intention of bridging the gap within human and natural environment. Practically in one of McHarg’s cases, it was the case to find a suitable location between preserving nature and building a network of highways. The case here in Rotterdam South is pretty much similar with the case of finding a suitable location in decentralizing the program of municipality program to the adjacent neighbourhood. Suitability analysis thinking is used here as the base for all the coming design intervention. So, the notion here is, in doing any intervention in the build environment, the most critical part to begin is to know exactly where the suitable area is to do so. The next step is the elaboration of how to implement this work. Urban Acupuncture (Lerner, 2014) intrigued my curiosity since it is the bridge between understanding human dimension in the built environment in small scale with analysing location-based suitability analysis. The whole project is presented in a video format with the intention of making it easily conveyable to the people involved in the project.
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IVC . MIND THE GAP: CIRCULAR AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Location/Year Client Project Scope Involvement Main Task
Score Collaborator Full Report (link)
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Amsterdam / 2017 Spatial strategies for the Global Metropolis Group project GIS suitability analysis Spatial mapping Regional visioning Intervention design 8/10 Eva Labrujere, Rashed Ayoubi, Selina Abraham, Yue Mao (TU Delft) https://issuu.com/rezaambardipradana/docs/mind_the_gap_-_report
Mind the Gap: Circular Amsterdam
Project Summary This project seeks to address circular economy and the closing of material flows in the context of the metropolitan region of Amsterdam (AMA). This is done by using the potential of the region’s highly concentrated creative industry to create spatial interventions in the peri-urban regions of the AMA, in order to close material flows, link different cycles, make them visible to create awareness and demonstrate a sustainable lifestyle. The scope of the project was narrowed to address the individual lifestyles of the material cycle, to address the disconnect between the abstract concepts of circularity and the people. This focus on the individual lifestyle is consciously taken as the interpretation of the people-first design in the scale of a region. The collective individual lifestyle will then be consolidated in the region to achieve a common vision of becoming circular cities.
Figure 28.  Regional vision of the proposed Circular Amsterdam
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What they said about me “… There are very few professionals in this field who show so much promise in the early years of their career as Reza does. He exhibits a deep understanding of the needs of the project at hand before embarking on finding the solution... ...He is able to collaborate very well and respects the inputs from others when they add value to the challenge at hand. He also has a great personality of being self-disciplined and selfmotivated.” Karhik Karkal (Senior Vice President, CPG Consultants) “… I experienced Reza as highly skilled and communicative person, giving an essential contribution to the project. Reza is both skillful in design, drafting and model-making, as well as in compiling presentations, doing explanatory speeches and negotiations with important stakeholders. As I and my staff don’t speak Indonesian, his role as a moderator between us and the stakeholders was essential…” Prof. Kees Christiaanse (Partner, KCAP Architects & Planners) “… According to my opinion Mr. PRADANA is undoubtedly an enthusiastic student and a quick learner. I feel that Mr. Reza Ambardi PRADANA’s previous academic and professional experience would allow him to successfully complete graduate study in his chosen topic…” Prof. Widjaja Martokusumo (Dean, School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development, Bandung Institute of Technology)
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