A1 | Ellen McElroy

 

My grandmother’s house is situated in a dense, informal neighborhood in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. Due to the informality of the neighbourhood, it was difficult to gather visual information or references and for such reasons, I had to rely predominantly on my own memory as well as old photographs of the space to produce my drawings. When envisioning the space, the broken concrete and asphalt pathways are what first comes to mind, followed by the stray cats roaming around, and the abundance of sandals outside my grandmother’s house every time we held gatherings. The site plan captures these physical qualities primarily through the ground conditions while the neighbourhood plan highlights its informality, density and roof typologies.

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