As we know, urban habitation is a very crucial issue to be discussed so that we can constantly improve our living condition together. In many capital cities accross the globe, housing has been treated merely as an economic commodity as if it were an investment to be bought as soon as possible and to be sold when the price is soared.
This economic convention has triggered some of the most severe crises in the recent history such as Japan’s property market crash and US subprime mortgage crisis. Meanwhile, the current housing conditions in Surabaya has been showing the similar symptoms with US and Japan’s housing conditions prior to the crises. We held this alternative housing workshop in order to provide responses to the symptomatic urban housing conditions in the city, with the hope to spark a widespread discussion on the issue.
Watch the video below to see how it went.
We published the post-event catalog. For offline reading, download the pdf (English version) here, and (Bahasa Indonesia version) here.
Alter-Shelter is a serial international urban-studies activity that provides opportunity of practice for creative groups and
individuals to deliberately respond towards diverse critical but hidden urban issues and its phenomenon. Through forms of
workshop, exhibition and colloquium we try to produce art / design works and/or social programs that function as alternative
public media, accessible by the local population.
Operations for Habitat Studies 