[English text below] Biro arsitektur Aboday pada mulanya didirikan oleh Rafael David, Ary Indra dan Johansen Yap, pada tahun 2006 di Jakarta. Setelah Johansen Yap memisahkan diri pada 2016, kini Aboday dipimpin oleh Rafael David dan Ary Indra. Sepanjang perjalanan karier rancangannya, Aboday tidak menyematkan diri dengan “style” tertentu. Mereka lebih memilih untuk membuat desain yang kontekstual dan relevan, yang dapat dilihat pada beberapa contoh karyanya, seperti Hotel Morrissey, Jakarta, Perumahan Alexandria, Surabaya, Foresta Business Loft I, BSD City, Apartemen Saumata, Serpong-Tangerang, Rumah A+K, Jakarta, dan Menara BNI 46, Jakarta.
Aboday telah memenangi sejumlah penghargaan, diantaranya IAI Jakarta Awards 2012 Kategori Hotel (Morrissey), IAI Awards 2015 Kategori Bangunan Perkantoran (DMHQ), IAI Awards 2015 Kategori Bangunan Rumah Sedang (Alexandria) dan IAI Awards 2018 Kategori Bangunan Pendidikan (Sekolah BPK Penabur Summarecon Bekasi). Aboday juga masuk nominasi dalam AR Awards for Emerging Architecture 2016 Architecture Review di London, United Kingdom (UK) atas karya Slide of Joy dan mendapat Holcim Nasional Awards 2016 untuk Beranda Jakarta di Museum Nasional Indonesia. Tim Aboday juga turut berpartisipasi dalam eksibisi Indonesian Architects Week @ Seoul (IAWS) 2017, Korea Selatan. Biro ini sudah mengeluarkan dua buku yang berkisah seputar praktik arsitektur Aboday, yang berjudul F (2014) dan Firmitas (2017).


Apartemen Saumata, Tangerang Selatan

Hotel Morrissey, Jakarta
Rafael David, lahir di Cimahi pada tahun 1971. Ia menyelesaikan pendidikan sarjana Teknik Arsitektur di Universitas Katolik Parahyangan Bandung tahun 1995. Sebelum membentuk Aboday, Rafael pernah bekerja di Axis Architects Planners, Singapura selama enam tahun.
Ary Indra, lahir pada tahun 1971 dan menyelesaikan pendidikan sarjananya di Teknik Arsitektur Universitas Brawijaya Malang, 1995. Seperti Rafael, ia pernah bekerja di Axis Architects Planners di Singapura periode 2000-2006. Tahun 2018, Ary terpilih menjadi ketua kurator tim Paviliun Indonesia, Sunyata, yang dipamerkan selama enam bulan di Venice Architecture Biennale 2018, Italia.
Aboday was originally founded in 2006 by Rafael David, Ary Indra and Johansen Yap in Jakarta. After Johansen Yap disassociated himself in 2016, Aboday is now led by Rafael David and Ary Indra. Throughout their design career journey, Aboday prefers to make contextual designs to creating a certain architectural style. This can be seen in several examples of their works, such as Hotel Morrissey, Jakarta, Housing Alexandria, Surabaya, Foresta Business Loft I, BSD City, Saumata Apartments, Serpong-Tangerang, Rumah A + K, Jakarta and their latest project – the BNI Tower 46.
Aboday has won a number of awards, such as IAI Jakarta Awards 2012 for Hotel Category (Morrissey), IAI Awards 2015 for Office Building Category (DMHQ), IAI Awards 2015 for Medium House Building Category (Alexandria) and IAI Awards 2018 for Education Building Category (BPK Penabur Summarecon Bekasi School). Aboday has also been nominated in the AR Awards for Emerging Architecture 2016 Architecture Review in London, United Kingdom (UK) for the 2016 Slide of Joy and Holcim National Awards for Beranda Jakarta at the National Museum of Indonesia. Aboday’s team also participated in the exhibition of Indonesian Architects Week @ Seoul (IAWS) 2017, South Korea. The firm has published two books about the practice of Aboday architecture, entitled F (2014) and Firmitas (2017).
Rafael David was born in Cimahi, 1971. He completed his undergraduate education in Architecture Engineering at Parahyangan Catholic University of Bandung in 1995. Before establishing Aboday, Rafael had worked at Axis Architects Planners, Singapore for six years.
Ary Indra, born in 1971, completed his undergraduate education in Architecture Engineering at Brawijaya University, Malang, 1995. Along with Rafael, he worked at Axis Architects Planners in Singapore from 2000 to 2006. In 2018, Ary was selected as the head curator of the Indonesian Pavilion team, Sunyata, which was exhibited for six months at Venice Architecture Biennale 2018, Italy.
Aboday
Category: Architect
Location: Jakarta
Website: http://www.aboday.com/
Founded: 2006