Why 2 May ?
In Indonesia, 2 May is commemorated annually as National Education Day. The date is corresponded to the anniversary of one of the nation’s foremost educational figures, Ki Hajar Dewantara, born Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat.
He established a school for indigenous Indonesians known as Taman Siswa in Yogyakarta in July 1922.
Notably, KH. Ahmad Dahlan had, in fact, already founded educational institutions and developed an inclusive system of education accessible to all as early as 1912. By 1918, these initiatives had expanded across residencies in Central Java and Yogyakarta.
It appears that the designation of National Education Day—its date, form, and mode of commemoration—has been inseparable from the political choices of those in power. The selection of 2 May as National Education Day was formalized on december 1959 during the “Orde Lama”,
in what may be interpreted as an effort to diminish and obscure the historical role of educational movements rooted in Islamic traditions.
Fast forward Today, KREA have the opportunity to design numerous schools and educational buildings. Through this work, we aspire to uphold the ideals of Ki Hajar Dewantara and, indeed, the Enlightener, Sang Pencerah, KH Ahmad Dahlan.
Education, in this sense, is a means of empowerement and intellectual advancement—one that fosters societal welfare and brings benefit for all creation.
Al-Ikhlas school Cipete, Jakarta Selatan
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Krea Architects registered as PT. KREAMATRA CIPTA RUPA. Previously known as Platform Collaborative.
Krea Architects is a collaborative network of practicing young architects. Based in Jakarta with a close collaboration with Singapore counterpart. We are constantly searching for innovative, sustainable and contextual design solution that reflects our contemporary living. At its earliest development stage, we are always looking for opportunities to maximize its true potential.
19/04/2026
“Never demolish. Always transform, with and for the inhabitants” Anne Lacaton. - Lacaton Vassal-
When we are faced between designing from scratch, but we chose otherwise. we see bigger and better opportunities in transforming it, act beyond sustainability by reducing carbon waste
So here it is. Invicible beams on voids, extending slabs, rerouting services, and seamless connection to the cities with new public spaces.
Commercially civic.
Karang Indah Mall, Bandar Lampung. 2024
10/04/2026
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How it creates important buildings, monuments, urban design and importantly generations of architects.
Cesar Pelli, one of Saarinen’s office alumni described his formative time as
“ A wonderful years to be young”
This is studio and working environments,
We are aiming.
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29/03/2026
Program first-Architecture Later.
KAI Cirebon Development, 2025
Situated in a prime location within inner city, the development was to optimize and adapting new functions to the 7 existing building, formally have not been categorized as heritage buildings, we committed to keep the legacy intact.
Our presentation is to propose what type of program we need to propose, from we have learned that, there were too many, Buildings that carrying burden of “cultural center, creative center, community design center” etc. were never fulfilled their true potential.
The approach of “COMMERCIALLY CIVIC” altogether with HERITAGE will provide more feasible and sustainable proposal in increasing it lifespan and adaptive to future needs. Embedded to its city contexts.
22/02/2026
Extending legacy. Continuing future
Perpustakaan pusat UGM-Phase 1 ,
inbetween Romo mangunwijaya and alvar aalto. Using white, indirect lighting and warm wood panel, in reference to the harald herlin learning center. Contrasting with the heaviness of the precast panel from the exterior.
The extension itself will be subtly added and treated as a “linear void” from both of the existing volumetric masses.
01/02/2026
Architects Don’t do buildings, We create Drawings.
Series of instructions, guidelines, Law abiding documents, and systems embodiment
Its a thoughtful process, involving specialists, experts and different workflows.
Its diagrammatic device acts as an operative tools and descriptive ideas.
From the archive :
2020, RSPTN & IRC (Integrated Research Center) Unila.
Design Document 2021, - tendered 2023.
14/12/2025
Understanding human scale, in order to achieve it, we feel that, the best to do it , is yo exercise in designing single houses. and at afterward, to be expanded and tested to a much larger scale.
when Rem Koolhaas and OMA did the Villa dall’ava (1991), dutch house (1992) it was designed and constructed at the same time as Nexus world housing,Fukuoka, Utrecht educatorium , and Kunsthall Rotterdam. It shares the same drawing board timing.
All projects Different in scales, however, we can see the ideas of continuum through spaces, fragments of functions, and a blunt use of materiality.
It is something we would like to envision. Where The houses shares the ideas of publicness and the public realm space use the tactility and intimacy of a domestic spaces.
TD House-2025, house of voids and volume.
Interior Design :
Contractor : .id
30/11/2025
From the archive :
2023, Transit Commercial Hub
Keep it relevants, in this age of high speed consumerism, commercial establishments more than ever needs to more adaptive.
Programmatic, Technical, code compliance, all aspects need to be easily transform, whether it is expandable or shrinked in scale.
The days are long gone, where architectural statement are build for eternity. nowadays, keeping relevant and adaptable is key to survive” in this economy”
23/11/2025
IFL Wanagama , Institute of future learning,
is an learning lab and working space for GadjahMada University (UGM) in area Of KIPP IKN . where only up to 20% of the land that can be used. The lesser the better. And In consists of several functions.
IKN it self, as we all know is problematic. with the current state, the condition that already been built, with all the pouring state funds., Made decisions that sacrifices a lot of things. and We ought to think, this should NOT be another wasted resources.
Another exploring propositions is, mid term possibilites to let the development to be come an educational township, precedent from Dublin, Boston, Oxford etc. An urban area that consists of several world class university and college. utlilizing the recently finished buildings. while maintaining close relationship to the Tri- City, Samarinda and Balikpapan.
While the overall policy making in politics and economic side need to be settled for a long run and to have a stronger foundations that built over time.
In collaborations with
PENTA Architecture,
Drone photos by Contractor , PT. APG
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