paul rudolph jakarta

وفاحه -فً إلكخىن، كىخاكً 1918، 18مىالٍد أكخىبر ) بول مارفن رادولفأو بول رادولفو عمٍد كلٍت ٌال لمدرست أمرٌكً مهىدس معماريهى ( وٍىٌىركفً 1997، 8أغسطس

، . اشخهر بخصامٍمه المعمارٌت الخكعٍبٍت، ورسىماحه العالٍت الخعقٍد. سىىاث 6العمارة و لمدة . ُعِرف بإسخخدامه للخرساوت و مسطحاحه األرضٍت الُمَركبت والُمعقدة. وهى ذو صبغت حجرٌدٌت

المعروف بطابعه (A&A)حَُعد مه أشهر أعماله مبىً كلٍت ٌال للعمارة و الفىىن، مبىى المركب و هٍكله الخرساوً(Brutalist)البروحالسج

Since its construction in 1982, Paul Rudolph's Dharmala headquarters

located in Jakarta, Indonesia has been considered one of the best

examples of "green" architecture in the city. In fact, the government cites

this building as an example of how other buildings should be designed in

order to conserve the local environment according to an article in the

Jakarta Globe

Exterior Façade

The building, previously known as the Wisma Dharmala Sakti, is now called the

Intiland Tower, after the Dharmala Corporation changed its name to PT Dharmala

Intiland

Rendering of the project by Paul Rudolph

As reported in IndonesiaDesign, the building bears the slogan "Health of the Future,"

a catchphrase that was conceived by Paul Rudolph to represent a building that

cares for the physical as well as the mental health of its occupants.

Rudolph's drawing of the open air court at the building base

During the design of the building Rudolph was quoted as saying,

"Traditional Indonesian architecture offers a wide variety of solutions to the problems

of a hot and humid climate. The unifying element in this rich diversity is the roof."The

building plan itself is roughly the shape of a square, rotated around itself to create

alternating floors of projected balconies and terraces. Not allowed to use exposed

concrete by local building codes, the tower is instead completely covered in bright

white ceramic tile. The resulting form was so striking that the Dharmala Corporation

uses it as a symbol of its company.

A typical floor plan

While the occupants of the Dharmala building celebrate Rudolph's combination of

traditional architecture within the design of a modern building, the owners of

neighboring buildings do not see themselves as so fortunate. As reported in the

Jakarta Post, owners of the Sampoerna Towers facing Wisma Dharmala on the busy

Sudirman business strip believe the design of the building is bringing them bad Feng

Shui.

The goal of feng shui as practiced today is to situate the human built

environment on spots with good qi. The "perfect spot" is a location and an axis

in time.

Qi (roughly pronounced as the sound 'chi' in English) is a movable positive or

negative life force which plays an essential role in feng shui. A traditional

explanation of qi as it relates to feng shui would include the orientation of a

structure, its age, and its interaction with the surrounding environment

including the local microclimates, the slope of the land, vegetation, and soil

quality.

Feng shui makes calculations involving geography, compass points, design and birth to

predict where to place certain elements in order to create harmony among the

environment, the house, the owner and the living creatures surrounding them.

According to the Jarkata Post article,

In Feng shui, a sharp corner is considered "Shar", which means killer or disharmony.

People surrounded by large amounts of Shar are likely to become embroiled in conflicts.

Their mental and physical well-being can be affected.

In the case of the Sampoerna Towers, known previously as Danamon towers, the sharp

angles of the white high-rise designed by American architect Paul Rudolph, which

stands in front of it, is said to be bad for business.

A rumor in the business world says the towers are losing tenants because of the

negative energy.Feng Shui experts are installing 20 round mirrors on the facades and

building a garden after having spent nights on the building's roofs to test the flow of

energy believed to be emanating from the Rudolph-designed structure.

Pei Cobb Freed, the architect of Sampoerna Towers, is not thought to have considered

Feng Shui when designing them. Mr. Pei is considered to be a non-believer of Feng

Shui, and his design for Hong Kong's Bank of China caused a neighbor to install a pair

of metal rods to deflect negative energy.