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Dr. Undi Gunawan ST., MT.

Architecture Academician

based in Indonesia
+6287881100101
undi.gunawan@uph.edu

undigunawan.academia.edu/

Academic Positions

Full-time Lecturer

2006Now

Coordinator of Theory & History Department

Universitas Pelita Harapan, School of Design, Department of Architecture, Lippo Village, Karawaci, Indonesia

Educational Background

Doctoral degree in Architecture

20112015

Arsitektur Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia

Master's degree in architecture

20022006

Arsitektur Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia

Undergraduate's degree in Architecture

19921997

Arsitektur Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia

Public / Visiting Lectures

27 November 2021
Rapat Kerja Nasional Asosiasi Pendidikan Tinggi Arsitektur Indonesia (APTARI) 2021
Presentation Title: "The Hybridity of Theory and History in Universitas Pelita Harapan's Department of Architecture"

17 November 2021
OMAH Library Talks on The Hermits of Architecture
Presentation Title: "Ungkapan Batas Pengetahuan Tatar Pikir Arsitektur" (The Limits of Epistemic Landscape of Architecture Thinking)

9 September 2021
Universitas Tarumanegara, Architecture Department
Presentation Title: "Localism and Globalism in Architecture"

28 July 2021
OMAH Library Talks on Theory (FORM)
Presentation Title: "Bentuk: Sebuah Jalinan Poetika yang Keras Kepala" (Form as a 'Hard-headed' Poetic Texture)

31 March 2021
Critical Discussion on Design & Technology
School of Design - Universitas Pelita Harapan
Presentation Title: "B5MW Berpikir Teknologi"

20 March 2021
Anthology Festival 2021, Manila, Philippines - Anthology Session. International roundtable discussion on Architectural Education.

13-14 October 2020
THE COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN (ciaad.org) - PROJECT BOOMERANG WEBINAR - DESIGN AFTER COVID
Presentation Title: "Where is the studio ? (& some speculative notes on design)"

25 September 2020
OMAH Library Talks on Theory II (Studio Culture)
Presentation Title: "Studio as A Place"

18 June 2020
OMAH Library Talks on Theory I (7 Dos and Don'ts in Architecture) https://memahamiarsitektur.wordpress.com/

February 2020
Moderator on RAW ARCHITECTURE day 3 session, Anthology Architecture Festival, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines (https://anthologyfest.org/)

19 August 2019
Super Jury of Student's Final Projects Universitas Kristen Petra, Surabaya,

20-22 July 2018
Curator, UPH Design Week Exhibition: EXPERIENCES

Private Workshops, Classes, Forums & Discussions

#classtopics 2022

202201-202204
Theoretical Hybrid / Human Hybrid / Historical Hybrid / Cultural Hybrid / Digital Hybrid / Tectonic Hybrid / Material Hybrid
https://oenggun.svbtle.com/teori-arsitektur-lanjut-1212

#classtopics 2021
202101-202104
Power/Difference/Embodiment/Aesthetics/Pleasure/Excess/Nation/World/Spectacle/History/Memory/Tradition/Design/Production/Practice/Science/Technology/Virtuality/Nature/Ecology/Sustainability/City/Metropolis/Territory https://oenggun.svbtle.com/teori-arsitektur-lanjut-1202

#ideamatters
20210708, 20210715, 20210722 (three sessions)
On Architecture & Anthropology

20210601, 20210608, 20210615, 20210622 (four sessions)
On Critique and Postcritique

20210408, 20210415, 20210429, 20210506 (four sessions)
Rethinking History

20210310
Architecture & Technology workshop https://oenggun.svbtle.com/workshop-arsitektur-dan-teknologi-2021

202011-202012 (six sessions)
Architecture Theory Marathon
Theories&Histories/Between History&Philosophy/Beyond the Image/Critical Displays/Theories of Things/The Transactions of Architecture/Forms of Engagement

20200803, 20200907 & 20201017 (three sessions)
On Richard Sennett's Trilogies.

20200504
Zizek's Pandemic book discussion https://oenggun.svbtle.com/zizek-pandemic-sebuah-ringkasan

#imagematters
20200508 Why Drawing Spaces Matters
20200518 Drawing Spaces
20200528 Drawing The Vernacular
20200614 Breathing Films I
20200628 Breathing Films II

Academic, Research and Community Services

2023 September - December ; Design Optimalization of Nagrak Public Housing. A design research commissioned by DKI Jakarta Provincial Public Housing and Settlement Areas (Dinas Perumahan Rakyat dan Permukiman Provinsi DKI Jakarta).
2022 July 17-26 Curator for HYBRIDTUAL Exhibition. UPH Architecture - School of Design Exhibition. Mbloc Space. Jakarta. Indonesia.
2021-2025 (on going) Reviewer Board of ARTEKS (Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur)
2019 (on going) Architectural Design Initiator of Sekolah Lentera Harapan - Rote, East Nusa Tenggara (with School of Design-UPH team)
2019 Architecture Consultant in the architectural design development of Bumi Perkemahan Kitri Bhakti (Kitri Bhakti Youth Scout Camp), Curug, Tangerang, Indonesia. (with Ayu Larasati)
2018 Team Leader on Building Performance and Functional Evaluation of 7 Indonesia International Cross Border; PLBN Skouw - Papua PLBN Motamasin, PLBN Wini, PLBN Motaain - NTT PLBN Aruk, PLBN Entikong, PLBN Badau - Kalbar by Satker Pengembangan Kawasan Permukiman Strategis, Direktorat Jenderal Cipta Karya, Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat Universitas and LPPM Pelita Harapan (with Andreas Yanuar Wibisono, Rifandi Septiawan Nugroho, Rio Sanjaya)
2018 Architecture Expert on Tourism and Cultural Centre design in Wailolung, Sumba Tengah,joint research by LPPM-UPH and Umbu Marisi Foundation (UMF) (with Andreas Y. Wibisono, Alvar Mensana, Manuela Rosalin Kristi Ratag, Yudi Andrean, Lea Dara Rendra)
2017 Architecture Expert on Preliminary study for Tourism and Cultural Village in Kab. Sumba Tengah and Sumba Timur, joint research by LPPM-UPH and Umbu Marisi Foundation (UMF) (with Rudy Pramono, Andreas Y. Wibisono, Yustisia Kristiana, Theodosia C. Nathalia)
2015 Architectural research on Rumah Betang Saham, Pahauman, West Kalimantan Architectural documentation (with Dicky Fujiarto)
2015 Architectural research on Rumah Adat Minahasa's Architectural Wooden Knockdown Detail documentation (with Johanes A.R.)
2014 Architectural Research on Manado Churches Architectural documentation (with Ayesha Aramita)

Books

(editor and author)

Technical Standard and Guide for Designing Type C International Cross Border Facilities (Panduan Teknis Penyusunan Kebutuhan Ruang Tipologi Pos Lintas Batas Negara (PLBN) Terpadu Mini), UPH, Karawaci, 2018, ISBN (pending)

(editor and translator)

Pensiero: Kompilasi Karya Tugas Akhir Desain Berbasis Riset Mahasiswa Arsitektur UPH 2019, Karawaci, Fakultas Desain UPH, 2019, ISBN 978-602-5005-9-2 (A Compilation of Works from UPH Architecture Undergraduate Program)
Rupture in Culture /public lecture series UPH Department of Architecture, Karawaci, UPH Press, 2007, ISBN 978-979-9103-46-8
DAYA: Kilas Pemikiran Sosial dalam Foto, writers: Didid Adi Dananto, Fred Hehuwat, Helen Lok. Photographer: Freddy. Published by Ashoka Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia. Funded by Ford Foundation. (A popular photobook on social initiatives and social practices by national NGOs)

Journal

Basuki, A., & Gunawan, U. (2016). Relation between urban physical image elements and local urban folklore of Kudus City, Indonesia. Dialectics of Space and Place across Virtual and Corporeal Topographies, 179–193. https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848885103_017
Hypothetigraphy as Architectural Image Diagrams (Case: Wayang Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia) - International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) (2015) Volume 21, No 1, pp 164-177

Past Academic Presentations

Towards an Augmented (Critical) Regionalism, IASTE 2022 SINGAPORE: RUPTURE AND TRADITION- DISRUPTION, CONTINUITY, REPERCUSSIONS, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 14-17 December 2022
Imagining World Expo: Towards An Embodied Documentary of Architecture, Eighth International Conference on The Image, 2017 Special Focus: Imagining Ourselves, Venice International University, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, 21 October-1 November 2017
UM-UNPAR Postgraduate Colloquium on Regional Architecture Research 2015, Universiti Malaya, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, 25th-26th November 2015
Evocative Description Techniques For Lived Space (Case study: Wall of Death, short story by Seno Gumira Ajidarma), ARCHTHEO 2015, Architecture Theory, Istanbul, Turkey, 5-7 November 2015 (with Andreas Yanuar Wibisono)
Allusive Topos: The Roles of Image Making in Architectural Thinking, ARCHTHEO 2015, Architecture Theory, Istanbul, Turkey, 5-7 November 2015 (with Fernisia Winnerdy)
Architectural Hypothetigraphy; Towards A Descriptive Image in Phenomenological Architecture Design Method, The 4th Global Conference Time, Space & the Body, 20-22 September 2014, Mansfield College, Oxford, UK
Ranah suci dan Ungkapan Majemuk Elemen Arsitektur pada Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta dan Peziarahan Sendangsono, Seminar Nasional Arsitektur Merah-Putih; Ruang & Tempat dalam Latar Indonesia, 23 Mei 2014, Universitas Duta Wacana (FAD- UKDW) (with Tania Utomo)
Architecture as Embodied Culture; the Traditional as a Cultural Body in Ganjuran Church, Yogyakarta -
presented on 2012 International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Society - ICKCS 2012 29 to 30 June 2012 Jeju Island, Korea (South)
The Narrative Possibilities On Reading Museum Architecture (Case: Museum Fatahillah, Jakarta, Indonesia)
(with Bunga Yuridespita) presented on World Congress of Philosophy 2013, held at University of Athens, School of Philosophy, ELTA-University Campus, Athens, Greece, 4-10 August 2013
Relation Between Urban Physical Image Elements And Local Urban Folklore of Kudus City, Indonesia
(with Angeline Basuki) presented on 4th Global Conference Space and Place: Exploring Critical Issues 9-12 September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Kampong Tua Tunu: Hyper-Tradition and Power-Space-Place Making. Presented on IASTE 2006: Hyper-Traditions, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand—December 15-18, 2006
Riuh Rendah Kesepian Menggoda Ruang Kota; Tekstur-Tekstur Kesepian dan Kota (Loneliness as Textures of the City). Presented on CP Urban/Reflections Symposium (an international symposium on urban culture in conjunction with the CP 2005 International Biennale event) organized by CP Foundation. Museum Bank Indonesia. 6 September 2005
Kampong Tua Tunu Bangka; Contestations and Challenges. Simposium Sehari Arsitektur Vernakular (a national symposium on vernacular architecture). Organized by Department of Architecture, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan. 22 May 2004
Menyoal Avant-Garde: Menjelajah Arsitektur Kontemporer Nusantara (Rethinking Avant-garde; Nusantara’s Contemporary Architecture). Simposium Jelajah Arsitektur Nusantara 2002 (a national symposium on Nusantara Architecture). Organized by Universitas Merdeka Malang, Indonesia. 14 October 2002
All Ghost That Is Solid Melts Into The Air: Violence, Imagination, and Representation in Urban Environment. Presented on Simposium dan Lokakarya Internasional II GLOBALISASI DAN KEBUDAYAAN LOKAL: Suatu Dialektika Menuju Indoneisea Baru (An international symposium and workshop on Globalization and Local Culture) organized by Department of Anthropology, Universitas Andalas, Sumatera Barat. 18-21 July 2001
Hantu Subjektivitas Wacana Teori (Arsitektur) (The spectre of Subjectivity in Architectural Theory). Presented on Seminar Nasional Teori Arsitektur (a National Seminar on Theory of Architecture) organized by Department of Archtecture, Universitas Indonesia , 16-17 February 2001
Decoding State ideology and Violence as An Agent of Negative Pluralism. Presented on 4th International other connections’ conference “Sites of Recovery: Architecture (Inter)disciplinary role” organized by American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. 25-28 October 1999
Multicultural Togetherness and The Violence in The Logic of Natural Selection - The Indonesian Experience Of Violence In The Phase of Political Transition. Presented on Re-Imagining Multicultural Conference. Organized by Department of Anthropology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 1-3 October 1999

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