[English text below] Sigit Kusumawijaya memiliki minat besar pada arsitektur hijau. Ia lahir di Jakarta, 1981 dan mendapatkan gelar sarjana arsitektur dari Universitas Indonesia tahun 2004. Empat tahun kemudian, ia menerima gelar Master of Science of Urbanism dari Delft University of Technology, Belanda. Sigit memiliki pengalaman kerja di sejumlah biro arsitektur, baik di Indonesia maupun di luar negeri, yaitu di andramatin (2004-2005), Mei Architecten & Stedenbouwers B.V (2009), dan PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta (2010-2012).
Pada tahun 2012, ia mendirikan sigit. kusumawijaya | architect & urban designer. Dalam mendesain, ia berfokus pada isu ekologi, pertanian perkotaan, ketahanan pangan, dan arsitektur berkelanjutan. Sebagian besar karyanya merupakan hunian, perkantoran, food & beverages, hotel, resort serta masterplan dengan prinsip tersebut, contohnya Rumah Beranda di Jakarta atau Food Self-Sufficiency House di Tangerang Selatan. Selain di ibu kota negeri ini, karya-karyanya tersebar di kota-kota di Indonesia maupun luar negeri, seperti Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Bali, Amsterdam, dan Rotterdam, Belanda, serta Washington, Amerika Serikat.
Rumah Beranda, Jakarta
Rumah Riung, Jakarta
Sigit juga kerap mengikuti kompetisi arsitektur dalam lingkup nasional dan internasional. Salah satunya adalah Jakarta Art Center, International Architecture Design dan meraih juara pertama untuk kategori Conceptually Adventurous pada tahun 2001. Selain itu, prestasi pribadi yang diraih yaitu menjadi Finalis Satu Indonesia Award 2011 dari Astra Indonesia untuk Pemuda Indonesia Inspiratif.
Karya-karyanya pernah ditampilkan dalam sejumlah pameran arsitektur, seperti International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Belanda (2016), dan Indonesian Architects Week @Seoul (IAWS) 2017, Korea Selatan. Juga dipublikasi di beberapa media arsitektur internasional, seperti majalah FuturArc.
Selain itu, ia juga berperan sebagai co-initiator dan public relation ‘Indonesia Berkebun’, sebuah komunitas urban farming yang menyebarkan kepedulian penghuni kota terhadap lingkungan. Komunitas ini pernah dianugerahi penghargaan Google Award 2011: Web-Heroes.
Sigit Kusumawijaya, born in Jakarta in 1977, who have a great interest in ecological architecture. He was born in Jakarta, 1981, and earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Indonesia in 2004. In 2008, he received a Master of Science in Urbanism from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. He worked for several architecture firms, such as for andramatin (2004-2005), Mei Architecten & Stedenbouwers B.V, Netherlands (2009), and Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta (2010-2012).
Sigit Kusumawijaya founded sigit. kusumawijaya | architect & urban designer in 2012. His design concepts focus on ecological, city farming, food endurance, and sustainable architecture. Their works include residences, offices, food & beverages, hotels, resorts, and masterplan use the same concept. One of them is Rumah Beranda in Jakarta or Food Self-Sufficiency House in Tangerang Selatan. This firm has completed various projects in several cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, and Bali, as well as in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Washington, USA.
Food Self-Sufficiency House, Tangerang Selatan
Ijen Resort Banyuwangi
He actively participates in various national and international architectural competitions. He participated in the Jakarta Art Center, the International Architecture Design, and won first prize for the Conceptually Adventurous category in 2001. He was also a finalist of Satu Indonesia Award 2011: Indonesia Inspiring Youth by Astra.
His works have been displayed in several architecture exhibitions, such as the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2016, and Indonesian Architects Week @Seoul (IAWS) 2017, South Korea. His projects have been published in several publications, such as FuturArc magazine.
Besides that, he also became the co-initiator and public relations for an urban farming community named the Indonesia Berkebun. Recognized for their consistent drive to pursue ecology-based architecture and great influence in Indonesia, this firm received the Google Awards 2011 for Web-Heroes category by Google Asia Pacific, Singapore.
sigit. kusumawijaya | architect & urban designer
Category: Architect
Location: Jakarta
Website: http://sigitkusumawijaya.com/
Founded: 2012
