FROM LANDED TO VERTICAL: WORKER HOUSING DI BANTARGEBANG, BEKASI

• Main Author: Gery Lineker, Davin
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Arsitektur
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/42220
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The rapid expansion of the industrial area in Bekasi has been and still attracts workers to come and settle in. This expansion seems to not slowing down. However, the inadequacy of housing supply for workers leads to underperforming housing rent that could be reached by their own purchasing power. A worker housing plans to be built on 1.9 ha area of land in Bantargebang, Bekasi. This plan aims to accommodate the housing needs of ever-growing industrial workers in Bantargebang. The project is expected to improve the quality and productivity of workers in Bantargebang. The design process of this housing focuses on the issue of affordability and the transition of horizontal housing interaction pattern to the vertical ones. Workers have an attachment to the social structure built on horizontal housing plans. From Landed to Vertical is a phrase that states the shift and adjustment of the horizontal housing interaction patterns to vertical ones. The final design aims to accommodate the adjustments needed for workers to adapt and make connections easily in a new environment. This worker housing consists of several blocks, divided by gender and marital status of future residents. To support the creation of the connections needed, there is multi-layer of shared spaces for them. The shape and space are varied, supporting the needs of the residents.