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[English text below] Muhammad Thamrin lahir di Bandung, 1964 dan menyelesaikan studi arsitektur di Institut Teknologi Bandung (1988). Ia kemudian meraih gelar Master of Business Administration dari University of Hawaii, Amerika Serikat dan Hitotsubashi University, Jepang (1996). Mengawali karier arsitekturnya di Buskon Engineering (1988-1992), ia kemudian bergabung di Rekamatra hingga tahun 2000. Dalam masa kerja ini, pada tahun 1996, ia sempat magang di dua biro arsitektur ternama di Jepang: Azuma Architects & Associates dan Kenzo Tange Associates. Kariernya dilanjutkan di Sarawak Public Works Department, Malaysia (2000-2006), sebelum kemudian mendirikan biro sendiri.

Nama biro yang berdiri pada tahun 2008 ini sebelumnya dikenal dengan nama Pasagi Designworks. Namun kemudian diubah menjadi Muhammad Thamrin Architects, sesuai nama pendiri dan principal-nya. Biro yang berbasis di Bandung ini menangani aneka bangunan, mencakup rumah tinggal, hospitality building, bangunan edukasi, dan bangunan kebudayaan.

Beberapa karya mereka antara lain Hotel Neo Green Savana Sentul City, Bogor, Holiday Inn Express Pluit Citygate, Jakarta, Hoshinoya Bali yang berasosiasi dengan Azuma Architects and Associates, Kolam Renang Taman Lalu Lintas Ade Irma Suryani Nasution, Bandung, dan Rumah di Karangasem, Bali.

Greenhouse, Bogor

Selain berpraktik, mereka juga aktif mengikuti sayembara desain dan menjuarainya. Pada 2011, Muhammad Thamrin Architects meraih Honorable Mention untuk The Three Stonor Architectural Ideas Competition, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, lalu pada 2013 sebagai juara kedua untuk Sayembara Desain Galeri Nasional Indonesia, dan juara kedua Sayembara Transport Hub Dukuh Atas pada tahun 2018. Mereka juga dinobatkan sebagai juara pertama Sayembara Desain Paviliun Indonesia di Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 dan disebutkan oleh direktur Frankfurt Book Fair sebagai presentasi tamu kehormatan terbaik.

Selain Frankfurt Book Fair, mereka juga kerap terlibat di sejumlah pameran, baik nasional maupun internasional. Seperti Pameran Segar di DiaLoGue Art Space, Jakarta (2015), Indonesia Land, Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung (2016). Lalu Indonesian Architects Week di Bandung dan Surabaya, 2017. Adapun ekshibisi internasional yang diikuti adalah Indonesian Architects Week @ Tokyo (IAWT) 2011, Jepang, Fortress Europe, Ideas from Indonesia at Venice Architecture Biennale (VAB), Italia 2016, dan Indonesian Architects Week @ Seoul (IAWS) 2017, Korea Selatan.


Muhammad Thamrin born in Bandung, 1964, and earned his bachelor’s degree from Architectural Study at Bandung Institute of Architecture in 1988. Later, he obtained his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii, US, and Hitotsubashi University, Japan (1996). Commencing his career at Buskon Engineering (1988-2002), he later joined Rekamatra until 2000. In 1996, he did an internship at two famous architecture firms in Japan, Azuma Architects & Associates, and Kenzo Tange Associates. He continued pursuing his career at Sarawak Public Works Department, Malaysia (2000- 2006) before starting his own firm.

Pasagi Designworks was founded in 2008, however, it was later changed its name to Muhammad Thamrin Architects. This Bandungbased firm handles various projects such as private residences, hospitality buildings, schools, and universities, as well as cultural buildings.

Some of their notable works are Hotel Neo Green Savana Sentul City, Bogor, Holiday Inn Express Pluit Citygate, Jakarta, Hoshinoya Bali in association with Azuma Architects and Associates, Ade Irma Suryani Traffic Park Swimming Pool, Bandung, and a private house in Karangasem, Bali.

Hoshinoya, Bali

The firm also actively participates in various competitions and has scored some achievements. In 2011, they received an Honorable Mention for Three Stonor Architectural Ideas Competition, Kuala Lumpur; in 2013, they won the 2nd Prize for Indonesian National Gallery Design Competition; 2nd Prize for Dukuh Atas Transport Hub in 2018; 1st winner of Indonesian Pavilion Design Competition at Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 and mentioned as the best presentation by an honorary guest.

The firm often takes part at local and international exhibitions, among them were Pameran Segar at DiaLoGue Artspace, Jakarta (2015) and IndonesiaLand, Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung in the year after, Indonesian Architects Week in Bandung and Surabaya in 2017, Architects Week @Tokyo (IAWT) 2011, Japan, Fortress Europe, Ideas from Indonesia at Venice Architecture Biennale (VAB), Italy, 2016 and Indonesian Architects Week @Seoul (iAWS) 2017, South Korea.


Muhammad Thamrin Architect

Category: Architect
Location: Bandung
Websitehttps://cargocollective.com/pasagi
Founded: 2008

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