Description: Tanah Teduh is a residential project in Jakarta to emphasize Indonesian contemporary architecture with environmentally friendly urban living.
It has been a pleasant task to work on the 2 hectares land, with lush and luxuriant trees growing in the eastern part of the site and on the dale in the west.
The first thing I decided when I began working here was to keep as many original trees as possible, and to make an optimal use of the land contour. I also use the existing ponds on the west as the wastewater processing facility and water catchment area. The existing bodies of water also serve as aesthetic elements in the complex.
I then proposed for the government of the special capital territory of Jakarta to simplify their street plan to enable us to keep the land with the existing trees intact. Some of the houses in the complex share a communal parking lot to maximize the verdure.