THE REVITALISED WALL OF PASAR IKAN: Second Year speculative project at Architectural Association School of Architecture

I used to make $25 to $40 a month working on a boat and my wife had a fish stand in front of our house. We relied living close to the water, catching fish and selling fish - that was our livelihood and that’s what my family has been doing for generations. With resentment and sadness we were forced to move to the flats. Now we live far away from the water and we are not allowed to trade freely here.

Synopsis:

The Revitalised Wall of Pasar Ikan is a speculative architectural intervention utilising the idea of an alternative way of living to address a delicate issue of land ownership and the impacts of urbanisation in Jakarta. The project is set in an urban fishing village where residents were evicted and relocated by the Indonesian government.

The design proposal revolves around utilising the existing wall on the site that was built in order to prevent constant floods. Here, the wall is used to envision various possibilities of living, working and adapting to an environment that included frequent floods and scarcity of space in order for the community to stay in the place that they believe righteously belongs to them.