On Friday, June 28th, 2024, the final presentation of the Masterplan Competition in the 2024 Urban Planning Competition (UPCO) organized by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang, was held. The final presentation began with an exposition followed by a Q&A session regarding the masterplan’s ideas. During the presentation, the student team also showcased a video of their rendered 3D design. Afterward, the judges, consisting of lecturer teams from various universities and representatives from the Demak Regency’s Regional Secretariat, conducted the Q&A session.
The student team from UNDIP’s Urban and Regional Planning Department, consisting of Dede Suhendar, Akbar Ramadhani Destu, and Dihya Alfadhil Umar Al Haddad (Class of 2021), supervised by Ms. Novia Sari Ristianti, a lecturer from the Bachelor’s Program in Urban and Regional Planning, successfully reached the top 5. Other participants included representatives from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Institut Pertanian Bogor, and Universitas Islam Sultan Agung. This opportunity was granted thanks to their previous 3 posters’ panels, which competed against 23 other posters from various universities across Indonesia. Each team was given 4 weeks to complete their poster, video, presentation materials, and masterplan design.
The masterplan concept presented was based on the issue of “Empowering Coastal Communities through Cultural Landscape Planning and Designing Resilient Mangrove Villages,” emphasizing a design sensitive to community and coastal environments. The concept was named TIRAM SENANG or “Timbulsloko-Bogorame Sustainable Eco-creative Neighbourhood and Mangroves”. The word “TIRAM” (oyster) represents a local marine biota that has its philosophy: just as oysters turn sand into pearls, the villages are expected to become resilient through adaptive capacity enhancements facilitated by the design. “SENANG” is an acronym for the concept zones: Sustainable (S), Empowerment (E), Nature-based solution (N); and the concept indicators: Adaptive (A), Net-zero (N), and Green infrastructure (G).
In addition to the planned design, the team also established activities programming and house designs tailored to the characteristics of coastal communities, including sea production and fishing activities, as well as household activity characteristics in coastal areas. The design also allows space to be used throughout the day for different activities, and houses to be multi-functional for resting, sheltering, and working (and additionally generating income). Multi-layered landscape planning and coastal protection, known as ecosystem-based protection, were also implemented; considering the habitat and characteristics of flora and fauna, water depth, wind and wave strength, as well as river estuaries and water currents.