A standard one-bedroom apartment is reimagined through a clever use of space and design, embodying the future of compact living in Jakarta.
Undoubtedly the biggest issues facing city-based architects are around space. However, AGo Architects prove that even in compact areas you don’t always need as much as you may think.
Founded in 2018, Jakarta-based architecture firm, AGo Architects take sustainable living to advanced levels as it seeks out how to maximise space and materials for healthy living.
Residents of Keraton Apartment in Jakarta bought the residence as a bare bones structure, before engaging Singapore’s Brewin Design Office for a full scope design.
Yvonne Xu sits down with Agatha Carolina and Chrisye Octaviani, founders of Jakarta-based Bitte Design Studio, to talk design business and what it means to create sustainable spaces.
Jakarta is expected to be 95 percent underwater by 2050. But while this looks to be a global warming issue, the reality is more complex.
In downtown Jakarta there exists an all-new, whimsical interpretation of contemporary Japanese street food – Gyoza Bar by AlvinT Studio – where you can dine in with, or sit in, a Japanese dumpling.
