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4.3.4 Key features of the project

Planning & • It is designed to blend multiple
Organization experiences and programs in a
seamless way, using contour to
define open or more intimate
/secluded areas.
•There are numerous designated
and spontaneous gathering points
which are free flowing in terms of
zoning as all the spaces don’t
have a rigid zoned function but
flexible to the user adaptability.

Multiplicity of • The programs include skate

Programs area, an art market, basketball
field, seasonal pavilion, main
square, amphitheater, office,
musholla, toilet, street vendor
kiosks, parking area, zen garden
and a canyon ending in a water
feature for children.
• Rusted steel ribbons are used to
organize the flow of visitors
around these functions in form of
a topography of stepped hills,
lending its form to the
surrounding landscape of
Bandung.
Narrative • With the introduction of the
Architecture/ stepped topography in form of
Storytelling in stairs and seating the architect
team created spaces of rest and
architecture
movement with the intention to
& Circulation
animate the visitors to explore
pattern and take different vantage points
along the park.
• Circulation of entire space is
free flowing from all the access
ways into the public square.

Architecture • The entrance of the public

that is complex doesn’t have a rigid
boundless compound wall but instead it
merges with an open frontage
with the pedestrian streetscape or
the footpath that makes the
space more public centric and
welcoming to the city users.

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Open public • The area above the street

realm design vendor kiosks is materialized in
form of a deck intended to be a
quieter area overlooking the
whole park.
• In elevation the pavilion is
designed to have two main areas,
again a stair for seating, walking
and viewing and an area
underneath for displaying art
temporarily.
• The result is a 3-dimensional,
rusty steel zig zag which serves as
central point of the park being
also visible from outside the park
and becomes a sculpture itself.
Relaxed • The whole park is accessible at
ambiance any point for people of city via
additional ramps not only stairs.
• Adjacent to the main square a
steel pavilion was placed. In
elevation the pavilion is designed
to have two main areas, again a
stair for seating, walking and
viewing and an area underneath
for displaying art temporarily.

Design to • The tops of the hills serve as

portray platforms for six local artists to
inclusive place and display their steel
sculptures like pedestals in
character of
museums.
Modern &
• The upper terrace deck is made
contemporary partly from steel grating and
art & culture voids for trees piercing through,
establishing a visual connection
between deck above and steel
workshop alley beneath but also
to bring daylight down to the
lower part.
4.3.5 Aim of the project
• The idea is to provide a common social gathering public square for all user
groups and varied age groups from the busy rustling city to a central open
breathing space with multiplicity of various programs.
• To integrate different programs, establishing accessibility, animating visitors to
move, stimulating curiosity, introducing a coherent material theme and
sculpting the park and pavilion, a synthesis of the arts & culture for people.
• It is designed to blend multiple experiences and programs in a seamless way,
using contour to define open or more intimate/secluded areas.

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