VERTICAL KAMPUNG

Vertical Kampung is an interesting idea as available land for housing in Jakarta shrinks by day. Going vertical is solution, but we need to be sure about what option to take. There are rusunami (low cost apartments) and rusunami (low-cost rental apartments).

Apartments have now become desirable commodities but unaffordable. Younger urban generations experiment with shared living space to cut down on expenses. One of the underlining problems with apartments that administration is addressing is how to ensure that residents do  not lose their livelihoods after moving into an apartment.

Many kampung improvement programs that were meant to be community base redevelopment but had  turned into top down projects with government employees failing to communicate with residents.

Vertical Kampung are planned as inexpensive apartment complexes with dedicated public and commercial spaces. A  kampung has a very elastic usage of space. An open area- like it narrow alley or a small field - can turn into a nursing area, a children's playing area and a clothes drying area.

Going vertical is one possibility, but not the only possibility. we need to make sure that the social reality and the people within the kampung ca go vertical. This is important.