KIM'S PUBLIC LECTURE ON INFORMAL URBANISM IN JAKARTA

Department of Architecture FTUI in collaboration with Belajar Design Community presents you a Public Lecture:

"INFORMAL URBANISM"
Prof. Kim Dovey
The University of Melbourne

Chair:
Prof. Triatno 'Gotty' Yudo Harjoko

Time:
Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 7pm-9pm

Venue:
Ruang Kelas Besar Lt.3 Gedung Magister Manajemen Teknologi FTUI, UI
Salemba

ABSTRACT:
Informal settlements house about a billion people globally. Being strongly identified with 'slums' and 'squatter' housing, they are rarely seen as forms of 'urban design' and are largely unstudied in morphological terms.This lecture will present a morphological study of informal urbanismin Yogyakarta and some prospects and dilemmas for research into the forms of informality.

BIO:
Kim Dovey is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at theUniversity of Melbourne . He has published widely on social issues in architectureand urban design including the books ' Framing Places: Mediating Power inBuilt Form ', ' Fluid City ' and the forthcoming 'Places of Becoming:Mediating Power in Built Form II. Current work is focused on urban assemblages and constructions of place identity.

This event is free of charge and open to the public.
Further information:
Mayang Ratih
Public Relation Departmen Arsitektur, FTUI
Email: arsftui_publikasi@yahoo.com
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