Title: Current Architecture: Between Living with Nature and Living Within Nature Architecture is the answer to human needs on shelter, from the basic structure copying the structure concept in nature to more complex buildings that can be in harmony or in contrast with the surroundings. Nature and architecture are two distinct but related things, mutually affecting their existence. The two paradigms of architecture; modern and post-modern, have their own views about them. Based on those paradigms, architect must select the position where they and their creations belong. With the case studies of architecture in Indonesia, this paper aims at exploring architects’ points of view about nature and site’s coverage and demanding architects not merely to take sides with human being. Using data collection and descriptive method, this paper will provide overview of which architectural paradigm is better with more attention to the nature and the site’s coverage. Even though the architectures presented in this study are built in contemporary era, their paradigms about nature are different. Some use the paradigm of living with nature, and others use the paradigm of living within nature.
Pemaknaan arsitektur tidak pernah memiliki pakem dari para praktisi maupun teoritikus. Pencarian identitas arsitektur terus dikaji dan berlanjut hingga menghasilkan ragam definisi yang tumpang-tindih dalam aktualisasinya, sebut saja teori Vitruvius dan Wastu Widya. Arsitektur kemudian disempitkan lagi oleh pandangan publik yang hanya sebatas bangunan indah. Paradigma ini kemudian melahirkan pemikiran bahwa bangunan dengan tampilan yang indah adalah arsitektur, sebaliknyabangunan yang kotor dan kumuh adalah bukan arsitektur. Padahal lebih luas dari itu arsitektur juga merupakan alat penyelesaian masalah sosial yang berusaha menghilangkan disparitas sosial yang terjadi. Disparitas ini berwujud dalam bentuk hunian kumuh atau slum yang dianggap sebagai sumber permasalahan. Dengan mengumpulkan data dari hasil penelitian maupun isu terkini tentang bagaimana melakukan pendekatan arsitektur pada kawasan slum, tanpa harus menghapuskan keberadaannya, tetapi dengan meningkatkan derajatnya seperti yang dilakukan oleh Romo Mangun di Kali Codhe, penelitian menunjukkan bahwa slum adalah salahsatu solusi dalam mendesain perumahan sosial skala massal yang bisa meningkatkan taraf hidup sekaligus sosial penghuni di dalamnya.
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