anami apartment

My studio assignment for this semester is a mid-rise, low budget, anami class apartment. The site is in a slum area in Bandung, one of Indonesia's biggest city (3rd most populated). Yesterday I did a site survey with my friends.

The site is right next to the river that went through the city. Apparently the density of the housing along the river made it extremely not hygienic.

It is a very populated area. The linear arrangement of trees among the houses is where the river is. It is the only natural vegetation in the area.

I'm not pretty sure yet how to determine my design concept. I need to find out approaches that is valid for this case. It can be by seeing the environmental aspects, social aspects, economic aspects, or even all of them plus who knows how many more aspects.

The one that interests me the most is the social aspects. The people from that area are close to each other (neighbors, family) which reminds me that vertical housing can be tricky for social interaction. Most apartment unit are very private and separated (yeah, they have a space full of everyday rooms and the only view from the window is the sky, and the only place they meet each other is when their on their way in or out the apartment unit) that it almost cut entirely the social interaction between the end users. So in this design, I need to find the solution to make social interaction more intense in a vertical housing). It can be applying family values, neighboring values, etc.