Travelling Studio Indonesia: Studio Co-urban

2025 Travelling Studio Indonesia

Studio Co-Urban

Studio Leaders: Assoc. Prof Amanda Achmadi & Dr Ash Alam (MSD)

Applications close: 15 May 2025

Introduction

STUDIO CO-URBAN examines the various localised innovations and strategies that communities often self-organise to address crises such as climate change, pandemics, and the persistent issue of poverty and resource scarcity in urban areas. The studio will use "comparative urbanism" as a lens, which recognises the diversity of urban experiences of the Global South and stays away from theoretical reductionism. Instead, it learns about urban conditions by closely examining a range of different empirical realities, contrasting yet interdependent socio-spatial practices. Observing three Indonesian cities, students will investigate three major thematic areas: urban settlements, urban nature, and urban infrastructures.

This is a multi-disciplinary studio bringing together students of urban planning, urban design, and architecture from MSD and ITB and UGM of Indonesia. Co-learning and co-design are at the heart of the studio; therefore, students will do initial research and fieldwork in group settings prior to delving into their individual project.

Approximate costs to students

This subject has international fieldwork component. Students will be required to cover travel (airfare), accommodation and food costs. The approximate cost is estimated at $2000 per person.

Travel Location: Jakarta - Bandung - Yogyakarta Indonesia

Funding Available:

Participating students will receive a one-off subsidy of $800 from the Faculty utilised towards student’s accommodation costs.

Dates:

Applications close: 2 June 2025
Study Period Start Date: 01 September 2025 
Subject census date: 19 September 2025
Overseas travel dates:  29 September - 10 October 2024 
Teaching End Date: 25 October 2025 
Final submission/presentation: 07 November 2025
OH&S information session: TBC

To Apply:

This subject is a quota subject and places are limited. Students may provisionally enrol via the Student Portal, but places are not guaranteed until selection is completed. You will be notified in writing by Stop 1 if you are selected.

Selection criteria: Send a maximum of 300-word Expression of Interest, CV, and P by explaining your motivation for the travelling studio as well as how the topic of travelling studio helps align with your programme/pathway trajectories, to the subject coordinator aachmadi@unimelb.edu.au not later than 2/06/2025.

For detailed information on the quota subject application process and due dates, refer to the EDSC Quota Subjects webpage: http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/quota-subjects

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