UI's Admin Center Fresher Look

During his last day of UI's Rector, Prof. dr. Usman Chatib Warsa, SpMK. officially opened the lobby of University of Indonesia Administration Center, with its new fresher look. The renovation focused on creating more lively atmosphere for existing rooms and functions, such as the information counter, cafeteria, musholla, toilets and the professor's lounge. The idea was to let more light illuminates the interior, thus reflecting the colors and materials used in the furnitures and walls. A concept of cleanliness, freshness, and modern office ambiance (dominated by glass and glossy finishing) was emphasized in this lowest floor of PAUI building which allow multiple entrances to the building.

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IDEA covers Irman's House

Last July, IDEA has covered Irman's House for its special edition of 20 design inspirations, that mainly discuss many simple ideas that people can apply or have on their home. This edition focuses on dining area, along with its furnitures and layouts, where Irman's offers a semi-open terrace to the garden for family meals.

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JDC's new Lux: Urban Scarcity

Recently, we have won the third place for designing the Jakarta Design Center (JDC) facade competition with a rather unusual concept of spatial facade.

Despite the old look of the building and surrounding's irregularity, people would still look for JDC as it has become the only high class design center in Jakarta. We can say, it has a role in the jakarta's design centers network. Thus, the new facade as representative layer is not the issue here.

We prefer to relate the high class value as luxury of which the surrounding people would experienced, socially and architecturally. A luxury that can be sensed as a scarcity in Jakarta; Luxury is clean among the slum; Luxury means distant rather than dense; Luxury means green among concrete. With the minimum budget of the project, we proposed a clean slope of active green garden that limits frontal view towards the building, as well as creates more space for people to interact to and for JDC, in order to gradually relate the people to design that close to their daily activities. A rare feeling to have during a busy day on one of the busiest junction in Jakarta.

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Fit Properties on Irman's House

Last Tuesday (31/5/2007), one of the national property show from JakTV, Fit Properties, was covering one of our latest residential project located in Cilandak, Irman's House. The house was designed to look as if it has been on the site for quite a while, yet the contemporary ambiance is still felt by the owner by the use of tectonically exposed bricks and wood materials. Even so, the presence of greenery still dominates the house, which has become a luxury for those living in urban area.

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Upcoming in 2007

We are currently working on several projects in UI, that hopefully can create more contemporary looks and atmosphere in our green campus.

The Faculty of Dentistry Masterplan; The faculty is one of two last faculty to move in from Salemba. A new concept of compactness as well as eco-friendly design was proposed to fit in to the southern part of campus Depok, with up to 3 mid-rise educational buildings, 2 low-rise labs, student center, and an interconnected yards and corridors to link them together.

The MBRC extension Plan; An extension plan of the existing library (resource center) in FISIP UI, to be more accessible to campus members on the ground level. The plan was to be an integrated design with the central landscape, and 4 open terraces on each corner to hold many student activity related to the browsing informations. The new extension part then acts a virtual data center, complimentary to the existing on the upper floor.

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