Light Box in Between

Light Box in Between

LOCATION

Jakarta, Indonesia

YEAR

2023

SIZE

785

TYPE

Commercial

STATUS

Completed

SCOPE

Architecture

Located in a bustling commercial district in South Jakarta, Indonesia, Light Box in Between is a three-floors-high commercial building.

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Light Box in Between is a three-story building in the commercially robust area of South Jakarta, Indonesia. A strategic location that urges for a design that seeks great flexibility and openness, where the spaces could host any possible retail scenarios to attract distinct tenants to come in.

The project aims to create a fully integrated architecture with the current existing conditions that maximizes the lot’s buildable area, as well as maintaining a captivating architectural standard inside and out. For this purpose, we designed a steel mass that is lifted and clamped between two distinguished concrete service core. The front core serves as vertical circulations, and the back core accommodates for back-end service programs such as: the kitchen, storage, and bathrooms.

Kelvin Thengono
Kelvin Thengono

Casting a dynamic and intriguing “wayang” performance from the street level at night that shrouds the building’s exterior.

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Light Box

One of the project’s most distinctive feature is a cantilevered volume floating above as a roof for the 1st floor and a terrace for the 3rd floor. The cantilevered mass is cladded with a double skin system of poly carbonate material with an illuminating strip of light fitted in-between. Combining the frosting property of the skin system & the strip lighting, they create a shadowing silhouettes of people or objects moving within the space.

To further emphasize cantilevered storefront, the 1st & 3rd floor is enclosed within a frameless glass for a complete transparency that blurs the boundary between indoor & outdoor. Nested underneath is a continuous urban carpet that connects the streets to the 1st level of the building, designated as an FnB business. This commercial building is accommodated with a semi-basement level as an extension parking to the ground level.

People in Charge

LEAD ARCHITECT
Kelvin Thengono
DESIGN TEAM
Fachrudin Faruq
COLLABORATORS
Ethelind LaurenciaPT Cipta SuksesRAH ContractorStudio Nimmersatt
PHOTOGRAPHER
Mario Wibowo Photography