Budi Pradono

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.