Nagara Rimba Nusa: Creating a Co-Existence Living Between Indonesia's New Capital City and the Forest Ecosystem in Borneo Island, Indonesia

Abstract

The capital of Indonesia is planned to be relocated to East Kalimantan, Borneo Island starting 2024. Borneo Island is treasured for its vast biodiversity and enormous rainforest ecosystem. Entitled "Nagara Rimba Nusa, " the design of the core area of the new capital city Ibu Kota Nusantara, brought the idea of building a city with the wisdom of Indonesian Culture and Forests. Taking forest ecosystem as the foundation and core, the design approach reflects urban forming process, responsive design, and nature-inspired architecture. This article strives to unfold the design principles and inventions dealing with the complex interlaced relations between the city and the forest, which reflect the ideas and literature of landscape urbanism. Landscape urbanism is portrayed as a development agent and a way of thinking in the design strategies for Kawasan Inti Pusat Pemerintahan (KIPP), to embed the urban form into Borneo's forest ecosystem. Through this perspective and innovative design approaches, Nagara Rimba Nusa creates an ideal city that fits in the context of forest environment.

● Integrates Indonesia’s local wisdom of nature and landscape urbanism in creating a sustainable urban environment for the new capital city

● Proposes a new urban morphology allowing the interplay of built environments within the forest landscape and act as one organism

● Proposes a multi-layered compact city with the 10-minute city model and green mobility oriented transportation system

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Keywords

Landscape Urbanism / Forest Urbanism / Local Wisdom / Ibu Kota Nusantara / Nagara Rimba Nusa / Capital City

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