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Rudy Kelana was born in May 1968, later on, he continued his undergraduate studies at Tarumanegara University in 1986. He is currently the Principal Architect of the Wahana Architects, the firm that he started in 1995. Various achievements have been achieved by the Wahana Architects which is engaged in some variations of the residential project and public buildings. He loves the challenges of creating spaces that have strong relationships with nature to provide our clients with a unique experience. One of the basics thought that he held so far is that buildings affect human life because almost all the time now humans spend it in buildings. This eventually propagates to the fundamental question “why and for what architect is needed?”

Erick Kristanto is an Indonesian born architect who lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. He graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago with a Master of Architecture degree and Parahyangan Catholic University Bandung, Indonesia for the Bachelor of Architecture Engineering degree. Prior to establishing Studio Kota Architecture, Erick worked as project leader for Rem Koolhaas’s OMA Hong Kong and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) New York where he tackled various projects with different scales and complexity. Erick’s practice focuses on specificity in architecture and the discovery of new building typologies. He believes in progressive architecture, which shapes the way people live and interact in the future. Before settling in Jakarta Erick has lived in the United States, China, and Hong Kong SAR. At times he serves as a critic and guest speaker for local universities.

Design is something free, without limits. It can be sourced from anywhere, without having to be limited by culture, race, or any rules. Just be creative, create something from nothing. Design is created beyond universal thoughts and imagination, the experiences have led us to break all boundaries in order to visualize our client’s needs. The soul of design is created by the good quality of concepts and details that have been developed by many years of experiences passions, and efforts.

Budi Pradono (Salatiga,1971) founded studio BPA budipradono architects a+u a research based architecture and urbanism firm in 2005 after travelling around the world and working at international office of Kengo kuma associates in Tokyo, Monolab in Rotterdam, and Beverlly Garlick architects Sydney. He studied master of architecture at Berlage Institute post graduate Lab of architecture in Rotterdam(2003) and Duta Wacana Christian University Jogjakarta (1995). Pradono is also studio tutor for several universities including The AEDES Metropolitan Laboratory in Berlin, Sydney University, Pancasila University,and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), University of Indonesia and also act as studio critics for various Universities His research interest are Interdisciplinary perspectives on (post)colonial architecture and urbanism, Sustainability, social nature and technical assemblies in the built environment, Architectural knowledge production and disciplinary (trans)formations, and Contemporary Design culture in Asia and remote islands in the region Pradono received Bunka Cho Fellowship Award of the Japan Institute Architecs as young talented architect in 2000 as his first debut. His achievements among others: Received Design Anthology Awards 2019, First Prize on Astra Polman Green Campus competition 2018, Casablancka House received red carpet ACE awards in 2017 and also nominated building of the year 2017 by Archdaily. Received Arcasia Awards for Architecture (AAA) 2016, in Hong Kong; ; Honourable mention at World Architecture Community 20+10+X Architecture Awards 4th Cycle, Barcelona, June 2009 and Special Prize by the Permanent Deputy of Hainaut Province; Silver Interarch Medal & Diploma, World Triennial of Architecture, Sofia, Bulgaria (2009), WAF in Barcelona 2008, AR awards for architecture, London 2005. And Cityscape architecture awards, Dubai 2005 Pradono actively published book: ‘Clay City’(2014), ‘Fortress Europe’ (2016) and ‘Inbetween boundaries’ (2018) as part of 15th & 16th Venice Architecture Biennale.

Received his degree in architecture from Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia; he has gained 20 years of post-qualification experience ever since. Prior to form Aboday in 2006, he worked for AXIS Architects Planners in Singapore from 1998-2006 where his last position is Principal Designer. Aside from practicing as an architect, he is also a part-time lecturer and writer. He has published 2 books of his firm’s work, Fame Fortune and Flirt (2014) and Firmitas (2017). In 2018 he was appointed as Lead Curator for Indonesia Pavilion in Venice Architecture Biennale; for which he and his team published a book titled “Sunyata: The Poetics of Emptiness”. Currently pursuing his other interest in art and public work advocating pluralism, he is now working on a number of social projects with his “Ary Indra + Sahabat Selojene”.