Abstract

As a result of a funding proposal for an international development and academic exchange program, a joint urban planning and design studio was initiated in 2014 between Seoul National University and Diponegoro University from Indonesia. The studio's objectives were to expose students to the urban planning issues of dealing with environmental hazards - the constant threat of a volcanic eruption - in a relatively remote rural area in Central Java Indonesia, challenging and enhancing individual students' problem-defining and problem-solving skills. Faculty members and graduate level students from both institutions participated in the studio whereby intense group collaborations, site survey and fieldtrips were conducted. Through this experience, students utilized local knowledge in introducing community-specific risk responsive measures whilst overcoming the problems of unfamiliarity through constructive intercultural collaborations. In this paper, the process of the studio development is discussed in respect to the pedagogical values of studio-based education, and design proposals for two neighborhoods are described which highlights the possibility of living in harmony with disaster through various social and physical interventions. In conclusion, the results of the studio are discussed in terms recognizing environmental hazard as a vehicle for understanding local perceptions, the advantages of designing through the use of local knowledge, and the need for a holistic approach in urban planning and design.

Highlights

  • A vulnerable site in a remote place associated with one or more types of hazard is frequently part of an unfamiliar, understudied region from the perspective of students and the instructors

  • The villagers’ reluctance to the government-led relocation plan was questioned during the workshop session, which became a starting point for the reframing of the problem

  • This allowed for the recognition that a strong top-down relocation plan with external assistance was highly susceptible to failure, and that in considering the applicability of the proposal other appropriate measures were needed

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Summary

Introduction

A vulnerable site in a remote place associated with one or more types of hazard is frequently part of an unfamiliar, understudied region from the perspective of students and the instructors. It is the problems per se—whether they are about economic costs or infrastructural planning for rapid recovery associated with hazard risks—that need to be defined and learned within the context of the site. Korean and Indonesian students, which focused on a highly vulnerable site associated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Indonesia. The process of a Korea-Indonesia joint urban planning and design studio is described in detail. Major academic lessons met by student groups based on the instructor’s and participants’ experience is demonstrated

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