Taman Ismail Marzuki





TAMAN ISMAIL MARZUKI

The existing Taman Ismail Marzuki is an old place dedicated for arts. The design for revitalization of Taman Ismail Marzuki has the vision to relive Taman Ismail Marzuki as a vibrant public space and a green reservoir for the city. This vision will be achieved with these five missions:

A. Thematic Park.
The name ‘Ismail Marzuki’ had already been attached to this place for long. Ismail Marzuki is a native musician. His legendary works had been a bench mark in Indonesia Musical History. As a commemoration for him, we explored the notes in ‘Indonesia Pusaka’, a most wellknown song created by Ismail Marzuki, in every possible manner, and used it as a tool to define the landscape and architecture of this park. Superimposed on the site, the notes become the placement spots for the new trees, sky lights, and park’s furnitures, while the grid lines mark the access into the sites. Superimposed on the building, the composition will create dynamic façades; consist of different intensities of lines, dots, layers and depth.

B. The Bridge
The bridge is designed as a packed container to reduce building coverage area by accommodating as many function as it can, not only from the previous existing building, but also the new programs related to arts and other supporting facilities like food and beverage outlets. In the same time, it symbolically connects the old and new function, and the public and private area of the whole park. The container itself is five storeys high, but it is elevated 12 meters high above the ground to allow the continuity of space.

C. Preservation
To preserve the memory and the soul of the place, and to minimize the waste, we decided to preserve the old Jakarta Art Institute campus on the back side of the site. Only the ground floor parts of these buildings will be renovated. The walls will be dismantled, leaving only the structures to allow the continuity of space. All the functions on the ground floor will be relocated either to the first floor of the buildings or to the bridge. The whole ground floor will be a continuous open space, dedicated for the mingling of public and private.

D. Multifunctional Park
Not only as the lungs for the city, is a place where people meet. From the beginning, the narrow opening is designed to attract people to flow freely inside. Afterward, the movement of the space is fluid. The surface is designed as a continuous plane, allowing all places to be easily accessible. Even though there are defined spaces, the whole composition of the elements in the park suggests a more informal functions and activities.

E. Water Front
The river, which used to be the public common waste bin, is revitalized to be waterfront. The waterfront is periodically transformed into a theater on the river. This strategy is applied to create a rich spatial experience, and at the same time arouse our awareness of this water body as a very important element of the city, not only to prevent flood, but as a prominent mean in the old days for many activities, including arts. Artificial River is created along the North West side of the site to help conserve rain water and replace fence as a friendlier boundary between this park and its surroundings.

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