Olahraga Residences - Development Proposal

UNIT COORDINATOR

Michael Muir

How do you create mobility from and within an immobilising context of extreme population density? Compared to three Australians occupying each kilometre square, the Indonesian capital Jakarta has thirteen thousand. This context of extreme population density, a combination of immigration and attractiveness to the nation’s economic hub, has been reflected in equally restrictive and congested housing, especially regarding low-socioeconomic social segments. A traditional boarding house to be developed in Tanah Abang would thus only further highlight the immobility brought within population density. To empower individual and communal mobility in a

STUDIO TUTOR

Laszlo Csutoras

physically restrictive space, we must open up intangible space:the past. Sport, street sport specifically, is an emblem of youth. The integration of sports courts within my design influences both an aspect of escapism from the traditionally static of a boarding houses’ activities, as well as opening up the intangible past for workers to mobilise them from extreme population density. Social housing is thus revaluated within this development proposal, the opporuntiy for continual revenue generation from leasing sports infrastructure and memberships to the gymnaisum, creating an opportunity for subsided rent rates. Olahraga Residences is a example of contemporary social housing: rethought.

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