Identity

Challenge to design an urban locus of culture and heritage

Indonesia

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15 Entries

LANZA and Sebastiano

CCII - CULTURAL CENTER INDONESIAN IDENTITY

An urban arcipelago oasys

Jelena and Ivan

Spirit Ladder

As vernacular architecture is shaped by climatic conditions, the resulting forms often assume a mythical role. Exploring structures from houses to simple altars, the concept of a spirit ladder has been derived. Can the rules established for the movement of supernatural beings also be applied in a modern facility, and what role can they play?

Branislav and Ivan

Jakarta visitor center - Three faces of water

The proposed visitor center in Jakarta explores the relationship between people and water through three fundamental conditions: water as everyday life, water as ritual, and water as danger.

Ana and Ivan

PALM TRACE - A Linguistic and Cultural Experience Center

ALM TRACE is a cultural and linguistic experience center in Jakarta inspired by Aksara script and lontar manuscripts. The project translates writing into space through movement, layered experiences, palm gardens, workshops, and water infrastructure, celebrating the cultural significance of the palm in Indonesia.

Jelena and Ivan

harmony of heterogeneity

The Visitor Center for Religions in Jakarta explores how architecture can connect diverse religious identities without erasing their differences. Through ritual simulations, museum exhibitions, and shared spaces linked by movement and water, the project fosters dialogue, understanding, and interfaith tolerance.

Teodora and Ivan

Nusantara - Volcano & Botanical Center

Nusantara Volcano & Botanical Center is an interdisciplinary project that views the volcano as a natural, cultural, and spatial entity. Through architecture, landscape, and educational programs, it connects geology, ecology, and local context, creating a space for research, interaction, and sustainable development.

Ema and Ivan

Start: SenseScape

SenseScape is a visitor centre where Indonesia’s five regions are explored through the five senses. Visitors walk through 25 pavilions, each offering a unique sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste. The platforms and pavilions rise above the water, with a floating market below, turning architecture into a personal journey.

Uros and Ivan

Wayang: The House of Moving Shadows

A visitor center in Jakarta that reinterprets Indonesian wayang through light, shadow, movement and craft. The project combines exhibitions, workshops, kinetic panels, canvas screens and a natural courtyard to create an interactive cultural space that keeps tradition alive.

Jovana and Ivan

Gamelan Music Visitor Center

The Gamelan Music Visitor Center explores the connection between music and architecture through rhythm, resonance, and movement. Designed as an extension of sound, the space combines performance, education, and interaction, creating an immersive and collective experience inspired by the atmosphere of gamelan music.

Lara and Ivan

Indonesian Martial Heritage Center PARANG · KERIS · PENCAK SILAT

The project recognizes the need for a contemporary space that reconnects modern urban society with these traditions, transforming cultural heritage from static museum artifacts into active, lived experiences.

Mila and Ivan

Subak Protocol - Flood-Adaptive system for Jakarta

Subak Protocol is a flood-responsive prototype integrating rice storage, water management, and research. A Subak-inspired landscape collects and redistributes floodwater into tanks, freeing the site from inundation. Labs and educational spaces explore rice reuse and circular systems. The project proposes a scalable model for future flood-adaptive territories

Jana and Ivan

WORD OF SHADOW AND MYTH

World of Shadow and Myth is an interpretative center inspired by Indonesia’s Wayang Kulit tradition, transforming myth and storytelling into architecture. Through light, shadow, and crafted spaces, it creates a journey of discovery. More than a museum, it is a living cultural platform where heritage is experienced, shared, and reinterpreted.

Aleksa and Ivan

FESTIVAL FACTORY

The project is conceived as a Visitor Center and “Festival Factory” in Jakarta, inspired by the rich festival culture of Indonesia. The concept explores the complete process of festival creation, bringing together spaces for costume production, workshops, rehearsals, exhibitions, and performances within a single architectural complex. The form and materializ

Danica and Ivan

Maritime and Traditional Shipbuilding Visitor Center in Jakarta

This project proposes a visitor center and maritime museum inspired by the cultural and constructive logic of traditional shipbuilding and textile craft. Drawing from the Pinisi boat as a primary reference, the architecture reinterprets the vessel not as a literal form, but as a spatial system of structure, rhythm, and assembly.

Una and Ivan

The House of Music Indonesia

The House of Music Indonesia bridges the archipelago through a symbolic dialogue of timber and metal, echoing traditional instruments. Timber reflects heritage and cultural memory, while metal represents youth, innovation, and modern expression, creating a dynamic sanctuary where music, craftsmanship, and community unite