Fermanto Lianto

• Professor
• Lecturer at Tarumanagara University

Humans and nature have always coexisted. However, humans have increasingly developed and distanced themselves from nature over time. Learning through physical experiences is also being forgotten due to the ease of obtaining information in the present era. Yet, physical experience is something crucial. This research examines how sensory architecture...

The phenomena of modernization have questioned the world of architecture due to the occurrence of generic design. One of the adaptive solutions to internationalization and standardization without losing architectural roots is to develop architecture by using vernacular modules. This alternative may be suitable to address the stagnancy issue which i...

The architectural world’s reliance on off-the-shelf building materials has led to the issue of standardised replication in building design. On the one hand, modularity helps the scientific logic of construction, but it often causes constraints on creativity. The research aims to build another perspective in developing recycled architecture through...

Post-COVID-19 pandemic work activities faced a readjustment, but work activities are now more flexible regarding place and time. Therefore, it is necessary to reconsider current work activities, which are now based on the workers’ activities. Office buildings are a main physical factor in comfort and worker productivity. With an activity-based conc...

One of the most recent phenomenal biomaterial trends is produced by kombucha. Its cellulose becomes viral once it is experimented on as a synthetic fabric in architectural and fashion products. The uttermost issues still lie on the unstable layer and larger plane production, while most experimentation goes slow on organic processes. Kombucha cellul...

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the way of learning in all types and levels of education, including architectural education. All parties, lecturers, students and employees carry out activities from home online, including in this context, the Bachelor of Architecture study program, which is always carried out offline, especially the des...

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have unique characteristics different from other children of their age. They tend to be more sensitive and easily distracted by things that can cause them to lose focus. This unusual character makes it difficult for them to be in a space or the environment in general, and it can trigger anxiety and unsta...

Mental disorders, including schizophrenia, are significant health challenges in Indonesia. Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that affects millions of adults globally. However, despite the relatively high prevalence of schizophrenia, the accessibility and quality of mental health services in Indonesia, especially Jakarta, remain problematic...

Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects memory function and causes short-term memory to deteriorate. Alzheimer’s disease often affects people 60 years of age and older, and it is predicted that by 2050, that number will have doubled. There hasn’t been a precise cure for this ailment, despite the extensive research that has been done. Alzheimer’s pati...

Jakarta consists of various unique cultures from various people from various regions. However, as with other regions that have local culture, Betawi is the culture of Jakarta's original ethnicity. However, in reality, Betawi culture and arts are increasingly being displaced by city culture and international culture which are more loved by its diver...

The phenomenon of temporary architecture in contemporary urban and rural areas occurs due to permanent space limitations in accommodating dynamic environments. One of the temporary architectures that offer high flexibility is the tent. Despite often being underestimated or not entirely accepted as architecture, its adaptability has opened up opport...

Some time ago, in the Laguna apartment, incidents such as murder, suicide, and the fall of a five-year-old child occurred. The management’s lack of supervision in the Laguna apartment causes the possibility of crime, suicide, and accidents to occur. The research method is a descriptive qualitative analysis by studying the phenomena that occur, then...

The ratio for parking spaces is determined based on the number of residential units, the ratio is based on the government standards, but some apartments do not follow the standards due to the undeveloped parking system, for example, in Belmond Residence Apartment in West Jakarta. The research used descriptive-interpretative methods by observing the...

The problem of limited space due to overcrowding in flats is still common in several areas, one of which is the Benhil II flat. This condition has resulted in some residents exercising “mastery” over public spaces to carry out their privacy activities, such as placing their belongings and earning a living. This claim causes the change of ownership...

When architecture is articulated, the response to the existing problem or context becomes the part that influences it; therefore, human activities could occur according to their suitability. The downtown area already has a high density, the construction of apartments is a strategy that continues to be used to meet the need for housing in the middle...

The Gembrong Market site in the Jatinegara area, East Jakarta, is an area that has become a variety of destinations that come to buy cheap toys. However, the potential of the Gembrong Market will not always have; the development of road infrastructure at one time is a seller's product to continue peddling his wares. The research was conducted to fi...

Pasaraya Manggarai is a shopping center which is a branch of Pasaraya Grande. Pasaraya was originally a shopping center building with the first department store system in Jakarta and is one of the buildings that has become the center of attention in the Manggarai area. But with current technological advances, Pasaraya, which used to look modern, is...

Kwitang Book Market-Senen is now no longer a book centre for Jakarta. Physical and social degradation as well as reduced economic activity in the Kwitang Book Market began with the regional control carried out by the DKI Regional Government and the lack of action taken by both the government and economic actors to adapt in the digital era. This res...

Along with the times, more and more new tourist or recreational places are opening, and old places are being abandoned. One of them is Pasar Santa, a market with a reasonably well-known existence for food and antiques, especially antique musical instruments, since 2014, then slowly abandoned by the public. The author uses the urban acupuncture meth...

The design of the kelenteng (temple) building using a typology of the form of the Chinese temple building is very interesting to be used as a research issue, which raises some interesting questions, namely: (1) Does this aim at the uniformity of all the temples outside China?; (2) Is this building still feasible to use wooden structures?; (3) What...

Nomadic architecture from the past until now has been adapted to the spirit of the age. The research aims to search the nomadic lifestyle that has become a phenomenon of local and global movements worldwide. This paper investigates the meaning of nomadic architecture using historical and bibliographical methods. Our exploration provides a better un...

Tent architecture is used in disaster conditions and emergencies, but in this millennium era, it is not only a disaster condition but as a glamping tent or glamorous camping. This writing aims to produce a hybrid architecture, a prediction of the needs of Generation Z for temporary space. The research method is qualitative interpretive, shaping the...

The green building phenomenon stimulates new green material production to optimize the sustainable design quality goal. While the issue lies in the limited exploration and production of local biomaterials, the acceptance is still problematic in actual practice mainly because of the unfamiliarity. One of the most promising green materials comes from...

City parks are one of the green open spaces needed by the community for outdoor activities and to improve the quality of life. Currently, residents of Jakarta feel that city parks in Jakarta have not been able to fulfill this function optimally in terms of quality. One reason is the construction project management system which is felt to have not b...

From the past until now, urban kampong is often ignored and neglected from the landscape of a city. When viewed physically, the urban kampong is generally known as a settlement that grows in an urban area without any infrastructure planning and urban economic network. Even so, the urban kampong is a residential area in urban areas. The identity of...

Development of City Parks is one of the targets of the Green City Action Plan in Indonesia to realize the strategy towards 30% Green Open Space. City Parks are also needed by the community for outdoor activities without paying. Its existence can improve the quality of life and the environment. Currently the City Park in Jakarta has not fulfilled th...

Communality is prime in kampungs; the phenomenon of collective activities in kampungs is reflected in their structure, especially in the network of corridors, i.e., the in-between spaces that are the topic of this research. This research explored territorial analysis by converting photographs into architectural mapping diagrams and photo-collages u...

The narratology model of museum architecture divides storytelling into four layers; history, story, narrative, and narration. The model is a translation from the narratology model in the literature field by the logical argumentation method. The narratology model has not been examined in the existing museum. Therefore, this study aims to find a way...

This research aims to determine the sacred indicators of the Cathedral Church before the Second Vatican Council. This research method was used quantitatively by taking 250 respondents as users and observers. The research findings are (1) Although the Cathedral Church building had been erected before the Second Vatican Council. There is a slight dra...

Life in urban areas, which is accelerating and capitalist, makes humans less sensitive to their environment. Students only learn about nature and the environment through literacy and lack opportunities to learn directly from nature in urban areas. It causes a lack of awareness and mindset and indifferent behaviour towards nature and the surrounding...

The waste in the integrated waste treatment place (TPST) Bantargebang has been piling up, and a lack of action in the waste processing system. As a result of the garbage causing unpleasant odors, groundwater contamination, and disease for the surrounding environment, so to solve this problem, a waste management site is designed. This project aims t...

The phenomenon that occurs is the amount of deforestation that occurs due to forest fires during the dry season, making forest areas dry. That makes a lot of forest land that has been burned to be barren without reforestation. So that the loss of biodiversity in the forest area and damage the existing ecosystem. A project is needed to reforest burn...

House is the safest place to avoid Covid-19. The lives of people who live in landed houses and flats are different. People's lives have changed drastically from all aspects, namely health, economic, social, and other aspects. This Covid-19 condition requires people to stop doing normal activities temporarily. This condition can be done by redesigni...

The expression of architectural forms is currently very diverse because technological advances influence it in materials and structures; this is understandable because public buildings are competing to attract the attention of visitors. The architectural work can also produce new structural works, which are expected to become a work of art that mat...

In order to face the era of technological disruption and the industrial revolution 4.0, it is necessary to improve the curriculum and educational methods for the Bachelor of Architecture that is friendly for disabilities. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate, research, and apply online and digital technology, architectural computing systems that...

The football stadium is a building for soccer sports activities consisting of a field of play, athlete facilities/competition area, grandstand and facilities for spectators, both for match and training activities. With the COVID-19 pandemic, these facilities have to adapt to health protocols to reduce the spreading of the virus. Currently, there ar...

Bioculture development in Indonesia is considered limited in comparison to its global phenomena. It is influenced by Western culture and mainly dictated by market demand. Indonesian advanced bio culture development is dominated by food technology. Few focus on the fashion industry, while the rest is categorized as a traditional home industry. Altho...

Architecture trends are continuously searching for a new design alternative. If architecture is dominated by a permanent structure in the last decades, the latest trend suggests temporal, ephemeral, and informal architecture to emerge as the other alternative. While the world becomes complex, these other spatial forms are in demand, resulting in va...

According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the COVID-19 virus has spread to all countries and regions of the world, infecting and killing people globally since it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. The impact of COVID-19 has caused several tourism destinations in Jakarta to be closed. One of the public facilitie...

The awareness of the negative effect of the intensive usage of synthetic material has led to a significant phenomenon in recent global development. Moving forward to become a fully ready developed country, Indonesia shall move toward a more sustainable architecture for presenting a greener environment. Despite blessed with a distinctive collection...

“Jelantah” as household waste produced from kitchen activities is used frying oil that has been used several times. This used cooking oil is harmful to health because it already contains carcinogens. Carcinogens are substances that can trigger cancer. Body cells will be triggered to become cancer cells. Then, how to handle this used cooking oil? Ma...

This research aims to find out that education significantly influences the way people live in the world; with today’s education, humans and robots have become blurred. Therefore, it is necessary to change the curriculum and education, architecture which are the main problems Heidegger’s views used as a reference in this study. The solution offered...

Currently, the existence of Kampung Deret Petogogan is due to the Jakarta government's work program, especially in the field of alleviating slum areas. In the past, this region was a slum area and it was the government's vision to transform it. Since 2013, it has been in a neat condition, not only for its occupancy, and also for its infrastructure...

Japanese architecture retains the characteristic of appreciating its culture, despite the growing influence of Western architecture. Based on this issue, it is a very interesting area to study to understand the design concepts behind two masterpieces from the world’s architects Kisho Kurokawa and Tadao Ando. This study uses a qualitative method by...

As the iconic buildings in Yogyakarta, the Mangunwijaya’s churches contribute a great influence on the city. His wisdom is not only written in his books, but also has been implemented through his architectural projects, revealing a specific composition of a spiritual language. A qualitative study is used to reveal Mangunwijaya’s architectural princ...

The phenomenon of the Millennial generation illustrates a tendency of mobile, flexible, tech-savvy, achievement-oriented, and prone to job-hopping groups. This suggests a provision of space, created to facilitate their common characteristics as an issue. Described as narcissistic, instant, confident, and mobile; this “Me Me Me generation” attitudes...

In dwelling, humans will always adapt to all changes that occur to stay alive and exist. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many changes, one of which is in the way we work. Responding from WFH (Work From Home) to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Work Trends (remote working) which cause various problems (anxiety, loss of restroom, etc.) an...

Because of the covid-19 virus pandemic in 2020, Indonesia is implementing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to protect healthy people from contracting the covid-19 virus. So most residents of Kampung Muka losing their jobs and unable to buy food for their daily needs. So they have to rely on the government’s non-cash food assistance program (B...

Childhood is a stage in life where a children's foundation is starting to be built to prepare them for all aspects of life in adulthood. It is a stage where children learn and understand how to behave from the environment they live in. Childhood delinquency and immorality can continue up to adulthood. If that happens, it will affect the family's dw...

The Covid-19 pandemic case, which until now has no solution, causes us to live in the new normal era. But this new normal era has not completely prevented the spread of Covid-19. Many areas are feared to become new clusters of deployment and one of them is traditional markets. For millions of people in Indonesia, traditional markets are on average...

The space requirements due to the increasing number of occupants and goods, make the residents of low-cost flats (‘rusuna’) share the corridor to put personal items and socialize. These corridors will form behavioral patterns of the residents in adapting and generate the phenomenon of territorial domination, especially on the meso scale (building s...

p>According to Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic building church after the Second Vatican Council reduced the value of sacredness so that the sacredness of the expression of the form of a Catholic church is considered to fade. This statement from the Pope is exciting to be an issue for researchers to search for indicator values of the Catholic Church...

p>According to Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic building church after the Second Vatican Council reduced the value of sacredness so that the sacredness of the expression of the form of a Catholic church is considered to fade. This statement from the Pope is exciting to be an issue for researchers to search for indicator values of the Catholic Church...

Sharing a corridor space in a rusunawa could form patterns of adaptation and exemplify the phenomenon of territorial mastery. This research aims to understand the form of this mastery as perceived by the occupants using the Grounded Theory method. The results show a theory of territorial mastery that can be developed from the findings in the field...

Kampung Tanjung Gedong is located at Tanjung Gedong lane. It is situated at the back of the educational area in Grogol, West of Jakarta. This kampung area is surrounded by the city’s facilities, like the University of Tarumanagara, the University of Trisakti, the Sumber Waras Hospital, other residential and commercial areas. In terms of the urban f...

Changes in technology are currently developing very rapidly and dominate the lives of millennials in the industrial revolution era 4.0. Changes in settlement design are needed to keep up with technological changes through digital infrastructure facilities. The design method used is digital performance form, hi-tech architecture design concepts. The...

Kampung Deret Petogogan program is considered successful in changing the face of housing that was previously shabby, neatly arranged with sturdy houses, and housing facilities. Slums are no longer visible in the settlement. Residents now live in a cleaner, neater, and more comfortable environment than before. The government also plans to make the K...

This study aims to determine the design paradigm at the Galeri Indonesia Kaya (GIK). The paradigm shows how the orientation of a museum in utilizing digital media for delivering information. Knowing the design paradigm is useful for GIK to be more effective in developing ways of conveying messages and how to structure the narrative system. There ar...

Amartapura Apartment was one of the tallest and luxury apartments in 1987. The building consists of 2 towers with each floor: Tower A consists of 41 floors, and Tower B consists of 51 floors. Located in the elite area of Lippo Village Karawaci Tangerang-Banten, this apartment was developed by Lippo Developer Hyundai Development, which is a Joint Op...

The existence of apartments today has become a residential choice for people in big cities, including Jakarta. These vertical dwellings usually consist of various types of dwellings and buildings are designed with an area, space pattern, location of furniture, and supporting facilities that are similar in each type. Another thing to note is that mo...

This paper explores the importance of implementing green spaces not only horizontally, but also vertically, particularly in residential buildings. Cities around the globe, including Jakarta have planned to provide decent number of open spaces. However, this two-dimensional way of planning is not sufficient in providing living spaces for wildlife. T...

This paper explores the relationship between thermal comfort with body behavior. Thermal comfort which is usually measured using a thermo hygrometer, but in this paper the author will more focus on analyzing the body behavior of the occupants in identifying spaces that are comfortably and thermal discomfort. The classification of spaces, elements,...

Urban Modern Society daily activities can not be separated from all the bustle in the office, as well as at home with all the routine activities. All this daily bustle demands the people in the urban and urging them to keep working, and moving almost without them knowing the time so that there is a high possibility for the people to forget the need...

The problem of population density has become a fairly common problem in big cities. The effects that can arise from population problems include the appearance of slums, the decline in environmental quality, and the impact on psychological conditions in the form of stress. One method that can solve the problem due to population density is the constr...

In todays modern era, the development of industry and commerce is extremely potent, producing lots of factories, and shops ranging from large scale to micro scale. An example of the district that is known to develop in this field is East Cengkareng located in west of Jakarta.This district, this area is packed with activities, from commerce and prod...

Along with the times, the Kemayoran area changed its function to become an office area, so that the history of Kemayoran is increasingly eroded. However, we cannot refuse the current of the times, especially the Kemayoran area, which has the potential to become a Central Business District (CBD). After searching the data by conducting interviews and...

As one of the ethnic groups that enrich the diversity of customs and culture in Indonesia, the Chinese people have a cultural characteristic that their ancestors brought more than 400 years ago to Indonesia. This certainly gives a great influence on various aspects, one of which is the building architecture. This study aims to examine the architect...

Almost every day, apartment buildings in Jakarta have to face a long hour exposure of solar heating which caused temperature gain inside the building. It creates a high room temperature and requires an air-conditioning system to reduce room temperature. This problem arises from the ineffective function of architecture design elements used. The meth...

Since pre-modern times, architecture has acted as a medium between the sky and the earth: the sacred and the profane. After rationalism took over architecture, the genius loci apparent in traditional architecture began to disappear. In the case of Indonesia, in Jakarta, the capital city has suppressed traces of cultural identity, replacing them wit...

The turn of the 21st century saw a transformation in urban society as the abundance of physical resources no longer serves as the sole determinant of a city’s economic development, rather it is the human capital and the ideas produced which generate growth through the creative economy sector. The image of a city, engraved by diversity and distincti...

The urban life is not separated from the saturation of the daily routine and activities, which causes the level of stress ratio in major cities such as Jakarta is quite high. During the demands and routine of life, many people looking for entertainment or recreation to take off the fatigue of daily activities. The role of interaction room for the p...

Market competition and the demands of the Indonesian fashion world, encourage the tailors of Kampung Baru to involve educational institutions to provide new academic and technical insights on fashion architecture in order to increase the usability and product image that results. Therefore a study was arranged to stimulate the participation of new v...

The rapid development of Jakarta city is sometimes uncontrollable and independent of supervision. Likewise, a series of villages on the banks of the Duri river opposite Roxy Mas, which grow and develop without control, so it looks very vile. The residents of the village series consist of middle to lower class people, with livelihoods; motorcycle ta...

Abstract—The phenomenon of the Catholic church after the Second Vatican Council has lost the expression of its sacred form. This study aims to trace the liturgical relation with the spatial configuration of the architecture form from the Catholic Church to get the Ideogram and Godly symbol that will influence the form of architecture of the Catholi...

Fenomena tersingkirnya industri kecil dibidang fashion terjadi karena kompetisi global dari busana yang kian kompleks, menempatkan mereka yang berdaya ekonomi lemah dan kemampuan intelektual rendah menghadapi isu tidak bergeraknya sebuah usaha kecil akibat terhimpit oleh keadaan. Masalahnya kemampuan penjahit terbatas pada menghasilkan produk denga...

As Urban Interchange of Jakarta, Transport Hub is a key to promote sustainable transportation and mobility and to promote the use of public transportation. Dukuh Atas, as an interchange between major public transportation such as : MRT, LRT, KRL Sudirman, and KRL Bandara has become Transit Oriented Development based on masterplan of Dukuh Atas by G...

In this era where millennials increasingly dominating the world, especially in the world of works, the boundaries between working with other activities are increasingly fading too. But because of their characters whose tend to be flexible in everything, millennials also prefer to work anywhere as long as there is an internet connection and electric...

The growth of ecommerce in Indonesia especially is getting vast. The millennial generation which has been the prime generator of the economics shares the most user, either becomes the seller or the buyer. In online shop, a user is immediately directed to the main page that also directs to the category of a wanted item in less than a second. Althoug...

Acculturation of foreign cultures in the era of advances in communication technology is very quickly accepted by society. In order to maintain the identity, then the issue of Neo-Vernacular in the architecture design of Catholic churches is very interesting to study. This problem is the relation between sacred function and the form. The method in t...