CitraLand Surabaya

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Community Information

  • Name: CitraLand Surabaya
  • Location: Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Slogan: The Singapore of Surabaya
  • Website: www.citralandsurabaya.com
  • Developers: Ciputra Group (Indonesia)1
  • Major investors: Kerjasama KPR Bank (Malaysia), Bank Mandiri (Indonesia), Permata Bank (Indonesia)1
  • Size: 1701 hectares2
  • Type of housing: Apartment, houses1

Self-Narrative

Note: online translator used. Edited for clarity.

“CitraLand area development as a modern city has begun to form. Evaluating and reorienting the city’s growth to the changing times is an essential to building the city in order to always meet the development needs and aspirations of its people. Therefore, the current required improvements to development and city management will lay a solid foundation for the long-term development of the city.

Singapore is a source of inspiration for the development of an endless city. Planning, development, and management of the city prepared for the needs of the population that always adapts to the changing times. There are three aspects that really stood out for the city: Modern, Clean and Green. Provision of public space for the activities of the population, both as a place of recreation, exercise, or just walking to cultivate a lifestyle of its own for its residents.

The vision for the CitraLand development is a city in the future, and Singapore will be a source of inspiration and be a model for the planning, development, and management of CitraLand.

In contrast to the cities that are usually grown naturally, the CitraLand development has been planned, which is continuously evaluated in accordance with the changing times. It is a great pleasure to live in a town that has been planned since the beginning, which is uncommon in the rest of the world.”1

Themes

Balance, Community, and Security

  • ”Citraland Surabaya is designed to be a self-contained city, offering a perfect combination of style and excellence. This first-class living environment is equipped with business, entertainment, sports and shopping facilities, including a commercial district, shopping area, water park, and 27-hole golf course that meets international standards.”3

  • ”Today, Citraland Surabaya houses 3,500 families and continues to expand. It offers an impressive number of amenities including a modern family recreation area, a commercial area with Ciputra Waterpark and G-Walk food court, education facilities including a preschool and Ciputra University, religious places, and an international standard golf course. Slowly but surely Citraland is carving a name for itself.”3

  • ”A self-contained city with a “clean, green and modern” theme.”3

International Quality

  • ”For us, the commitment to realize CitraLand as The Singapore of Surabaya is something we must uphold. Therefore, we take Singapore as a benchmark for the quality of the CitraLand development. A benchmark allows for the assessment and evaluation of the quality and management of CitraLand.”1

  • ”Gradually, you will be able to feel the presence of Singapore. You no longer need to fly all the way there to feel the atmosphere.”1

  • ”In order to strengthen the presence of Singapore as a model for the development of the region, CitraLand will also present a variety of features and icons that have become a trademarks for Singapore.”1

  • ”Structuring landscaping standards will refer to Singapore, which has open spaces and lush green. The similarity of the geographic and climatic conditions of Singapore to Surabaya allows CitraLand to use the same type of vegetation.”1

  • ”CitraLand has repositioned itself as “The Singapore of Surabaya” to be a clean, green and modern city through putting icons of Singapore, adding greenery, improving the quality of infrastructure, and improving the city management.”2

Media

Image 1, 3-5 from www.citralandsurabaya.com; Image 2 from www.auick.org; Image 6 from www.ciputrasurya.com

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Sources

1Ciputra Group, “Citraland Surabaya,” accessed January 31, 2014, http://www.citralandsurabaya.com/.

2Ciputra Group, “PT Ciputra Surya Tbk,” accessed January 30, 2014, http://www.ciputrasurya.com/.

3Upu Rasmijaya, “Ciputra News,” text/html, Ciputra News, December 3, 2013, http://www.ciputranews.com/.

This research sponsored by National Science Foundation Cultural Anthropology Program Award No. BCS-1026754.