This project consists of office spaces and
training classes including a small cafeteria for an institute of property
management which has a small site area. It is situated at the corner of a
narrow road that facing to the railway in front of it. The appearance of this
building becomes a unique attractiveness compare to its surrounding where this
project is located in a straight row of two or three stories height likewise
building in Menteng, Jakarta. The uniqueness comes from the façade’s material
(exposed bricks and concrete, rusty iron); which is composed in certain
patterns to give texture to the ‘skin’ of the building. The key idea is to let
the building exposing its local material without much finishing while trying to
adapt some issues of sustainability in design strategy and material selection.
As well as the interior, the same idea is applied to the partition and furniture
which is using natural and eco-friendly processed rubber wood as the main
material. In addition, the openings’ design considers the natural wind flow
which circulating inside the building through its small holes constructed from
the bricks combination. The brick wall was designed in a way at some area that
intended for glass windows and the result allows the natural light and wind to
enter the room freely and thus creating the ambience or light pattern in
interior.