“A dual approach to upgrading informal settlements” – Holcim Awards Jury
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Project Entry 2014 Asia Pacific - Megacity Skeleton: Stakeholder participation for urban up-grading, Jakarta, Indonesia
For sustainable urban regeneration, it is important for the community to think that they themselves do manage their own environment with pride. Megacity Skeleton is designed with the elements which are understandable for everyone such as daylight or wind so that community residents can learn and apply the “Environmental Void” idea to their own practice, and local construction techniques are positively adopted so that the other construction initiatives could reference our project.
The jury commends the dual approach to upgrading informal settlements. Whereas the first step falls in the domain of the collective, establishing a primary urban framework of alleys for light and air within a quarter, the second step addresses individuals and their specific needs. Recalling Le Corbusier’s Dom-ino open plan frame, the Megacity Skeleton project explores an extension of the model’s evolution, adapting the formalized Corbusian structure to the needs of informal communities, with a particular emphasis on stakeholder participation as a fundamental principle of collective living.
Last updated: July 18, 2014 Beijing, China
The jury commends the dual approach to upgrading informal settlements. Whereas the first step falls in the domain of the collective, establishing a primary urban framework of alleys for light and air within a quarter, the second step addresses individuals and their specific needs. Recalling Le Corbusier’s Dom-ino open plan frame, the Megacity Skeleton project explores an extension of the model’s evolution, adapting the formalized Corbusian structure to the needs of informal communities, with a particular emphasis on stakeholder participation as a fundamental principle of collective living.