09 October 2025
Tampelas Project
Katingan Mentaya - Tampelas Project:
Shifting Intent Into Action
Exhibition Context at Jakarta Architecture Festival 2025
Tampelas is a pilot village in the Katingan Mentaya Project, shifting from extractive practices toward a regenerative economy that restores the peat swamp forest. The development demonstrates how participatory planning with the local community can generate adaptive architecture that responds to new programs and seasonal river changes.
Facilities include a multifunction hall, albumin production center, guest house, and supporting infrastructure. The central area functions as a gathering space in the dry season, while the multifunction building also serves as shelter during floods. Designed, built, and operated together with locals, the project strengthens community capacity while restoring the environment.
Click links below for more articles about Tampelas Project
- Watch! Tampelas Project is a collective effort of shifting intents into action, on YouTube
- Participatory planning and design.
- Climate-responsive design.
- Desa Tampelas: how to get there.
- Timber construction details in Desa Tampelas
- Tampelas, during wet and dry season: how design responds
- Watch 2024 Indonesia Independence Day in Tampelas, on Youtube
On 2023, this project received a Gold Award from Singapore Institute of Planner (SIP), for Excellence in Planning for Community Engagement & Social Inclusiveness.
In recognition of its transformative approach in implementation, the project received ISOCARP Awards for Excellence 2025, Grand Award (Realized Project) from International Society of City and Regional Planners, a body representing diverse planning professionals from around the world.
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