javatrip, 2021: whom you go with, adds up to how much you learn. so thank you, monokroma architect, my life-long architectural school.
9-12 dec, semarang: pretty amazed by the development and cleanliness of its old town (Kota Lama); love the scale of this area!
felt sorry yet stunned by one hotel across Stasiun Tawang called Pelangi Indah, "you, such an old good quality building, are deserved to be renovated better, man!" ; this is the view from the hotel's fourth floor balcony...
like this famous old market, Pasar Johar by Thomas Karsten. although is not the same great as how it was before the fire, it looks much much much better than when i visited it in 2017.
moving on to some new projects, how nicely disorienting yet functional this cafe called "Lika-Liku Coffee" is of no question; but i learned about the VOID too! in this picture, my phone camera on the second floor was looking up to the skylight that reflected where we were sitting and the void to the first floor
in another project, by the same architect, Ady Putra, it was clear to me that: a site is the source of identity for its architecture. it's the newest building of Forme Factory complex, a site where Forme produces its kayu jati furnitures, imported world wide.
we met Oscar Randy, one of our first alumni, now the head of Osara, a humble emerging architeure firm in the city. he showed us how he turned Marabunta, then a sugar factory, to now such a hype restaurant and bar.
we even unintendedly stayed at a hotel, Mahima, that he designed when he was still in his previous firm. i found this adorable cat, calling this facade her home.
last but not least, a huge thanks to our fellow lecturer at Universitas Pelita Harapan, pak Dani Hermawan, his wife, Imma, and their four beautiful minions. such a nice breakfast; i love your veranda!
