URBAN IDENTITY II

"THE SKYSCRAPER" (Urban Identity II)

“Lightening Flash”, this word mention on Thomas Kuhn book. About the metaphora of view phenomenon, a revolutionary change.

If you see Indonesian cities today, the images are very different with the cities before 2001, the starting year of decentralization. Some cities growing very fast because they get “wind fall profit from fiscal transfer”. In Jakarta, during 10 years of implementation decentralization, we find many things change. The building of skyscraper can be found everywhere. High rice building is climbing the sky. Open space become the focus of the urban managers and the planners. Mall become a cozy place for reunion when home become smaller.

This is very interesting, because we can see that we have a capability to do the same as developed country in developed high tech building. The engineer and workers can implement an utopia of urban managers, architects, urban planners and engineers. A dream to developed a place with impression and convenience like the other countries.

The revolutionary change is not an easy task.
An engineer should draw and design precisely to make a high rice building, safe and beauty. Those are about an effort in implementing a dream. A vision of city manager, as a dream, must have a good image of city. The engineer make dream become true.

So, if you want to develop your city, be confidence with the ability and experience of your human resources, their ability and experience. Some of them have an experience outside country. Don’t forget to pay them a good enough or reward enough.

(Reference book : Evalution Image of Cities by Kevin Lynch, and Urban Utopia by John Friedmann)