This study aims to draw attention to the architecture of kampung  housing, as an attempt to identify those circumstances under which people live in the context of limited space. A kampung housing is a dense non-formally planned cluster of residential dwellings in urban area, which are packed together in a contiguous area created by a large number of migrants. We tried to determine the way in which the spaces are arranged into a place to live, which implies a certain dynamic of survivability among the kampung’s inhabitants. The research methodology is conducted with questionnaire surveys, interviews, and detailed observations of daily life cycles, dwelling elements, and the pattern of domestic space arrangements. The study revealed that the characteristics of particular high-density settings have been adapted so that kampung inhabitants devised a particular set of rules and behavioral strategies to cope and support themselves in crowded situations.

Jakarta has been experiencing rapid urbanization and severe housing shortage, especially for the under privileged. This condition breeds slum, or kampong in Indonesia, as solution to provide affordable housing. In the absence of right of ownership, as the basis of objective secure tenure, kampong dwellers have been delivering self-help house improvements. It proves subjective tenure security, as alternative of objective tenure security, encourages self-help housing. The research aims are identifying the general condition of landownership, the other factors of subjective tenure security that become impediment of land titling program and its implication to house condition in Kampong Cikini, Jakarta, as the research area. The information was obtained from 79 respondents by utilizing snowball technique sampling. The findings indicated only small numbers of respondents obtained right of ownership, while most of respondents claimed landownership based on documents that referred to colonial, customary and religion laws. It described inadequate knowledge of the land regulation of kampong dwellers, following by expensive and complicated procedure, as the impediment of land titling program. Escalating land price, kampong improvements programs and support from political parties become other factors that strengthen subjective tenure security which encourage self-help house improvements. This research is not only complemented the existing theory of subjective tenure security but also demonstrated how the intricate tenure security and its implication to self-help housing improvements in kampong settlement. It will useful on refining the the new implemented intervention to improve kampong without degrading formal land titling program.

Y generations, or better known as the millennials, are currently the most significant addition in work place. Globalization and industry 4.0 development are the biggest external factors that shaped their character. Both of them has changed the way millennials live as a part of the society. This characters are reflected in the work place in a form of collaborative work. It is becomes the main reason why coworking spaces are now a global trend. Coworking spaces exist as a manifestation of millenials adaptation in occupying work place. With its shared-knowledge based system as the main concept, coworking spaces need a certain proximity with one another. It has an impact on coworking spaces distribution that tends to concentrated in a certain area, particularly in existing industrial cluster. This phenomenon is often called agglomeration economies or spatial clustering. The emergence of coworking space and the phenomenon of agglomeration are most likely occured simultaneously in urban environment. It is also occurred in Jakarta. However, it is still in its early development compared to Silicon Valley. Reflect on that successful cluster and based on current development studies on agglomeration economies, this paper will discuss about coworking space and cluster agglomeration process, relation, and potential capacity which will be integrated with Jakarta spatial structure current condition. The results will indicate the city structure adaptation towards cluster development and give depiction to foresee its future development possibilities.

A pedestrian bridge can be more than just a crossing facility as it provides a gateway that connects communities. While rush and flow are taking place on the bridge, there's also a possibility of underworld happening beneath a pedestrian bridge, as shown in several spots throughout Jakarta. Based on the data of the local government in 2015, Jakarta has 324 pedestrian bridges all over the city mainly used for crossing highways and mostly placed near transit areas. It is a very common sight; as the elevated urban infrastructures in public space constructed, some residual spaces subsequently appear; consumed and owned by no one but the public-which what de Solà-Morales describes as the "terrain vague" (1985) or "superfluous landscape" according to Nielsen (2002). The residual spaces beneath these pedestrian bridges connote freedom and opportunity for engagements. As the residual spaces are open to free way of perceiving, it provides potential outlets for unexpected and informal events. This paper explains further upon the phenomena of unexpected and informal events discovered beneath pedestrian bridges in crowded transit area using the study case of Lenteng Agung Pedestrian Bridge, located in South Jakarta.

Colonization affected urban areas in Asian countries, where none had existed before because they were needed as administrative centres in the imperial system. As one of the great waves of globalisation, colonization covered the entire surface of Asian countries, including Indonesia. Colonial towns and cities left impressions and shaped succeeding built forms in the next period. Using some cases of former colonial cities in Indonesia and supported by a detailed study of Medan and Jakarta, this paper constructs the pattern of urban fabric through analysis of old city maps and images as well as observation of existing cities. The study reveals the typical morphology among those cities that demonstrates the linkages between colonial urban form and social, economic and symbolic dimensions during the colonial era. Beyond these urban development forces, much effort therefore should be applied to sustain the intrinsic sense of colonial urban context that is identified as the local language of the Indonesian urban form.

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With a population of around 260.100 and covering an area of 5.4 km2, Kampung Tambora is one of the densest urban areas in Jakarta. The area is well known for its home-based garment industry, which supports the livelihood of the community. Typically, several houses in one alley run the garment industry business, where both men and women work and live under the same roof. The study aims to understand how all actors in the home-based garment industry negotiate with the limited space to fulfill domestic and working needs. Three houses were selected for observation to understand how all involved actors maximize the use of the limited space through spatial interruption in domestic space. The study found that the actors define the activities through the utilization of space, the allocation of spatial functions, and symbolizing objects. Multi-story houses were built to expand space and enable the owners to work without disrupting the privacy of domestic activities. Although the actors of the home-based enterprises found ways to cope with the issues of crowding, alternative ideas are needed to increase their well-being and improve the environmental quality of similar high-density urban settlements in many parts of Jakarta.

in 1999, focused on urban transformation and livability of the inner-city area in big Indonesian cities. She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture Universitas Indonesia, teaching Architectural Design Studio and Urban Design. As the head of the Urban Research Cluster, she conducts various research to explore the character of the local urban environment and vernacular settlements. Her research had been published in some of the international journals and proceedings https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-3884.