Vision for Bener 2025 : Architectural Intervention for Creative Space of Desakota

Abstract

This design thesis is about developing the creative economy embryo of the urban informal community through architectural intervention. It took setting in Bener, desakota in the western part of Yogyakarta municipal area. Desakota, as the melting point between rural and urban characters, is the feature of urbanization in most Asian cities, where rapid changing from agricultural-based economy to creativity-based economy, takes place. In this case, Bener is fortunate for having the creative economy embryo in the form of micro community-based industry named Salingsih that recycles inorganic trashes e.g. plastic bottle and snack wraps into wearable products such as bags, pillowcases and accessories. The project proposes various level of community based-design intervention to create "creative space" namely macro; meso; and micro that range from urban guideline to small-scale architectural intervention e.g. single pod. At urban design level, the project proposes the urban design guidelines on how to create the creative space. At meso scale planning, the project proposes the master plan to generate the creative space of Bener which is divided into 3 five-yearly stages started at year 2012 and is expected to be completed at 2025; the first step of the project is initialization, continued with proliferation, cultivation, and then advancement. Initialization phase is based on the author's dialogue with the actress of the creative industry, that the crucial need to develop the industry is the establishment of workshop facilitation. Proliferation phase is trying to embrace the men folks into the industry by providing alternative to create another product of the trash recycling industry. The cultivation is the effort to generate creative support infrastructure by merging the creative economy to the educational institution. Advancement phase is the urban guidelines for the façade of the Bener Street to generate it into Bener Promenade. The phases in the project master plan need the formal device that covers every requirements of each stage. The design of the formal device is the micro scale planning in the project.