Jakarta Megalopolis

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ISBN: 9789078088011
English edition
Valiz
Softcover, 176 pages
17 x 24 cm
colour
February 2007
€20,75 (excl. VAT)

Jakarta Megalopolis

Vertical and Horizontal Observations

Arjan van Helmond, Stani Michiels

This book focuses on two projects located in the city of Jakarta by artist/architect Stani Michiels and artist Arjan van Helmond. From their different lines of approach they try to get a handle on Jakarta’s housing culture, the experience of private as opposed to public space and the consequences of city migration, as well as the city’s infrastructure, its increasing density and the coherence of the city as a whole. Many megalopolises in developing countries undergo explosive growth, with the cultural, social, political and economic complexity developing at an unprecedented rate. This phenomenon is being given more and more attention within the world of art and architecture. The essays by Charles Esche, Abidin Kusno, Gerardo Mosquera and Agung Jenong provide the book with a theoretical framework.

Contributing authors: Charles Esche, Agung Jenong, Abidin Kusno and Gerardo Mosquera.