UNDIP International Student Spatial Planning Competition for IKN Forest City
MISSION
Evolutionary Planning Of The Capital Habitat 2045
UNDIP and MARS are excited to announce EPOCH45: a multidisciplinary student and young professionals spatial planning competition for the new capital city of Indonesia, Nusantara (IKN). EPOCH45 seeks urban and landscape solutions for the next phase of its development.
This open ideas competition acts as a catalyst for reimagining entrenched planning paradigms within the dynamic landscape of Kalimantan. EPOCH45 invites participants to explore the concepts of Evolutionary Planning and envision pathways of incremental development for Nusantara from an administrative core in 2025 to a self-reliant and resilient “Forest City” of 2 million people by 2045.
EPOCH45 is an initiative by UNDIP and MARS Architects, lead by Prof. Wiwandari Handayani, guest lecturer Dr. Neville Mars, with Dr. Rukuh Setiadi, and Hon. Prof. Dr. Bambang Susantono.
IN BRIEF
Region // District // Block
EPOCH45 seeks new strategies for the integrated development of IKN Capital City for the year 2045. Emphasis is on designing the expansion towards an inclusive “Forest City” — a landscape where jungle and metropolitan functions are symbiotic. The existing administrative core will need to expand in two stages from the current settlement to an urban constellation of 1 million by 2035, to a metropolitan region of 2 million people by 2045.
Spatial integration is critical to achieve a vibrant metro region that encompasses 70% diverse jungle by 2045, on what is currently an Acacia and palm oil plantation. The competition unfolds across 3 scales, and asks for: 1. a regional vision that lays out the infrastructural, economic, agricultural and ecological backbone of IKN, 2. town planning of one or more districts, indicating urban fabric, typologies, and transit systems, 3. articulation of the block and street level, including possible architectural impressions, which illustrate how regional and district plans work together and manifest at the scale of its inhabitants (see figure 1).
These goals introduce many practical challenges such as walkability and inclusivity, but also opportunities for IKNs business case. For the two stages of its development, basic urban indicators (i.e. built footprint, GFA, FAR, land use, population density, walkability) and performance indicators should support the vision.
Ultimately, the proposal must reveal how it engages the landscape over time to achieve a self-sustaining, multifunctional region that unites urban, agricultural, and natural systems. In short, EPOCH45 asks: how can the human habitat and the natural habitat — City and Forest — be planned to become complementary?
SUBMISSION
a Singular vision
Participants must submit a presentation, driven by a clear spatial concept, presented in 3 parts:
Visual Exposé: up to 6 renderings showcasing the design vision.
Technical Exposé: plans, section, and system diagrams detailing the evolving spatial proposal.
Written Exposé: a 500 word introduction, elucidating the main concepts underpinning the proposal, demonstrating the planning logic, the growth strategy, possible KPIs, and business case.
Deliverables
A PDF file of 3 posters in A0 landscape:
At printable resolution 200-300 DPI, with all images and links embedded.
Written English text and statistics must be integrated within the design of the posters,
Using an open type font (OTF) such as Helvetica Neue, at point 13 for the body copy.
It is encouraged to organise the schemes for the three scales —Region / District / Block— one per poster, while indicating correlations.
It is encouraged to fully cover the background for each A0 poster, for instance using one full spread rendering, with the title, intro, diagrams and additional images superimposed onto it.
A 2 minutes video presenting the scheme with English voiceover: 1920x1080 pxl (MP4, 1080p)
Total file size per item cannot exceed 130MB.
Entries are anonymous and are only marked by the provided code that participants receive on registration. This code should be used as the file name of the PDF and MP4 that are submitted.
ELIGIBILITY
Epoch45 is an open ideas competition, calling for multidisciplinary teams of around 3 to 6 members consisting at least half of students, academics, or young professionals (graduated after 2020), who can reflect on the general themes listed below. International collaboration is encouraged.
Regional and City Planning / Landscape Urbanism
Nature-Based Solutions / Infrastructure Planning / Energy, Water and Environmental Engineering / Resilience
Geography / GIS / Climate Adaptation
Ecology / Reforestation / Ecosystem Services / Biodiversity / Permaculture
Sustainable Architecture / Housing / Material science / Life Cycle Design
Economic Sustainability / Community Planning.
REGISTRATION
Send an email to epoch2045@gmail.com by end of day 17 January 2025 with “team registration” as the subject line.
Include the names and emails of each team member, and designate one contact person.
Provide a brief description of your team’s educational institution / affiliation.
Teams will receive a link to a personal google drive folder to upload entries and an entry code to be used as the file names of final submissions.
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