Pluit City

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Community Information

  • Name: Pluit City
  • Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Slogan: A World Class Waterfront City
  • Website: www.pluit-city.com
  • Developers: Maha Karya Agung Podomoro (Indonesia)1
  • Architect: Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (USA)1
  • Size: 160 acres1,2
  • Type of housing: Houses, condos1

Self-Narrative

Note: online translator used. Edited for clarity.

“Maha Karya Agung Podomoro latest offering – Pluit City – is an amazing modern city that would be a plus for the capital city of Jakarta. Standing on top of a land area of 158 hectares, the contemporary city is purposely designed for you who wants to enjoy life balance.”1

Themes

A Brighter Future

  • ”SOM’s master plan for two new islands… creates the first phase of a unique “archipelago” city district to be built in the historic Jakarta Bay. They offer an affordable solution to providing for Jakarta’s swiftly swelling population, while helping to deliver a sea defense to protect the city from sea level rise and severe storm surges that threaten millions of its residents.”3

Balance, Community, and Harmony

  • ”Linking mixed-use districts with residential neighborhoods will be a network of boulevards, green spaces, and plazas, including a Central Park on each island. Vast water reservoirs integrated into this landscape are designed to manage peak tropical storm events as well as provide 80 percent of the development’s water needs. The landscape vision of the project also aims to address the loss of native flora and fauna from Jakarta’s waterfront by reinstating natural mangroves along the island edges.”3

International Quality

  • ”Pluit City is the largest township project of Agung Podomoro over an area of 160 ha to be made into an independent metropolitan city that will make Jakarta township of international standard. ”1

Location: Exclusive and Secure – Separate but Connected

  • ”It is located in per water an open bay of Jakarta which will give you experience life unforgettable . Sea will no longer be a matter foreign to you as it is part of everyday life you.”2

  • ”An exclusive island destination.”2

  • ”Exclusive neighborhoods taking advantage of the calm, quiet island life.”2

Media

Images 1, 3, 4, and 7 from www.infopluitcity.com; Images 2, 5, 6, 8, and 9 from www.pluit-city.com

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Sources

1Agung Podomoro, “Pluit City,” accessed January 31, 2014, http://www.pluit-city.com/.

2Heryanto Kwok, “Pluit City Jakarta,” accessed April 4, 2014, http://www.infopluitcity.com/.

3Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, “Pluit City Master Plan,” accessed January 31, 2014, https://www.som.com/project/pluit-city-master-plan.

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