budipradono architects

[English text below] Budi Pradono lahir di Salatiga, 1971, dan menyelesaikan pendidikan di jurusan arsitektur, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana, Yogyakarta, tahun 1995. Ia sempat meneruskan pendidikan di Berlage Institute Post Graduate Laboratory of Architecture, Rotterdam, Belanda pada 2003.

Ia memulai kariernya dengan bergabung di Beverly Garlick Architects, Sydney, Australia (1995) dan International Design Consultants, Jakarta – San Francisco (1996). Ia juga sempat bekerja di Kengo Kuma & Associates, Tokyo, Jepang (2000-2002) sebelum mendirikan budipradono architects (BPA) pada tahun 2005.

Budi Pradono terkenal dengan karya-karyanya yang inovatif dan banyak bermain dengan aneka material. Beberapa di antaranya adalah Pori Pori House di Jakarta, Flora di Taipei, R House di Depok, Kencana House di Jakarta, P House di Salatiga, Rumah Miring di Jakarta, dan Casablanca di Bali.

Pori Pori House, Jakarta

Rumah Miring, Jakarta

Sejumlah karyanya telah meraih penghargaan, antara lain Special Prize of the Permanent Deputy of Hainaut Province, World Triennial of Architecture, Sofia, Bulgaria (2009), Honourable Mention, World Architecture Community 20+10+X Architecture Awards 4th Cycle, 1st Prize IAI National Award 2011 untuk Pori Pori House, ARCASIA Award for Architecture (AAA) 2016 Hongkong, Category A-1 Single Family Residential Project, Dancing Mountain House (2016), dan Red Carpet ACE Awards (Asean Creative Excellence Awards) Sustainable Architecture (2018) untuk Casablancka Residence (2016).

budipradono architects juga aktif berpartisipasi dalam berbagai ekshibisi berskala internasional. Antara lain, D Chair Exhibition Jakarta Bazaar Art (2016), Venice Architecture Biennale (2016 dan 2018), MAISON&OBJET, Paris, Prancis, (2016); “Bamboo Biennale” Meditation Space, Solo (2016), dan Bintaro Design District (2018). Salah satu instalasinya, karya bersama Poppy & Brownie, pernah dipamerkan di ‘Capitalism is Over’, Milan Design Week 2017, Italia, ‘Trend Ambience X’, Design Indonesia Corner, dan Casa Indonesia 2017, Jakarta. Karya-karya Budi Pradono juga banyak dimuat dalam publikasi arsitektur, di antaranya buku House by Indonesian Architects oleh Imelda Akmal dan Tropical Houses Equatorial Living Redefined oleh penulis yang sama dan diterbitkan oleh Images Australia. Tahun 2015, Budi Pradono juga menerbitkan buku mengenai pertumbuhan ruang kota, Clay City.

Budi Pradono was born in Salatiga in 1970, studied architecture at Duta Wacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, and completed his bachelor’s degree in 1995. Then, in 2003, he continued his study in Berlage Institute Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam, Netherland.

He began his career by joining Beverly Garlick Architects in Sydney, Australia (1995) and International Design Consultants, Jakarta- San Fransisco (1996). He also once worked at Kengo Kuma & Associates, Tokyo (2000-2002). In 2005, he founded his own architecture firm named budipradono architects (BPA).

Budi Pradono is known for his innovation and usage of various material works. Several of his projects are Pori Pori House in Jakarta, Flora Building in Taipei, R House in Depok, Kencana House in Jakarta, P House in Salatiga, Rumah Miring in Jakarta, and Casablanca in Bali.

R House, Depok

Their innovative works have also acknowledged with several awards. Among them are Special Prize of the Permanent Deputy of Hainaut Province, World Triennial of Architecture, Sofia-Bulgaria (2009); Honorable Mention, World Architecture Community 20+10+X Architecture Awards 4th Cycle; 1st Prize IAI National Award 2011 for Pori-Pori House, ARCASIA Award for Architecture (AAA) 2016 Hong Kong, Category A-1 Single Family Residential Project for Dancing Mountain House (2016), and “Red Carpet” ACE Awards (Asean Creative Excellence Awards) Sustainable Architecture 2018 for Casablanca Residence.

Budi Pradono Architects also actively participated in several international exhibitions, such as D Chair Exhibition, Jakarta Bazaar Art (2016); Venice Architecture Biennale (2016); MAISON&OBJET at Paris, France (2016), “Bamboo Biennale” Meditation Space at Vastenburg, Solo (2016), and Bintaro Design District (2018). One of their installations, Poppy & Brownie, was showcased in “Capitalism is Over”, Milan Design Week 2017 in Italy. It was also exhibited at Trend Ambience X (Design Indonesia Corner) and Casa Indonesia 2017 in Jakarta. Their projects were featured in a number of architecture publications, some of them are House by Indonesian Architects by Imelda Akmal, and Tropical Houses Equatorial Living Redefined by Imelda Akmal, that is published by Images Australia. In 2015, Budi Pradono wrote a book about the development of urban space, titled Clay City.