Preservation laws need amending<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): One difficulty in preserving historical sites
\nwas that city rules were limited to maintaining buildings but not
\nthe buildings' environment, the head of the city's architectural
\nteam said.<\/p>\n
The Bandung Institute of Technology's M. Danisworo, addressing
\na town renovation workshop Thursday, said this was evident in the
\npreservation of the Menteng area, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Commercial activities entering Menteng were slowly changing
\nthe elite residential area's 1920s architecture, he said.<\/p>\n
The buildings once housed Dutch colonial government employees
\nwho worked in nearby government buildings.<\/p>\n
What Menteng needed was the preservation of its buildings and
\ntheir environment, Danisworo said.<\/p>\n
Menteng must be preserved as a residential area while
\nfunctioning as a transition area to the commercial areas along
\nJl. M.H. Thamrin, Jl. Wahid Hasyim and Jl. Cikini Raya, he said.<\/p>\n
Traffic was getting heavier on Menteng's residential roads,
\nthe architect said.<\/p>\n
"This will eventually lead to large-scale non-residential
\nbuildings," Danisworo said.<\/p>\n
Open space in Menteng like parks were still functioning but
\nhad physically degraded, he said.<\/p>\n
The rapid development of Menteng's surroundings meant there
\nwas a need to divide Menteng into three areas, Danisworo said.<\/p>\n
These should be a core area displaying Menteng's
\ncharacteristics, a supporting area with minimal economic
\nactivities and a transition area where economic activities were
\nallowed.<\/p>\n
"This area should be Menteng's borderline. It would be allowed
\nto accommodate economic needs but these needs must be kept away
\nfrom the supporting and core area," Danisworo said.<\/p>\n
Such efforts needed public and private sector cooperation, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The workshop ended yesterday after participants toured
\npreserved sites in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The city's renovation agency and the private Tarumanegara
\nuniversity organized the talks which began Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The aim was for people from 12 Indonesian cities to share
\ntheir experiences in preserving old sites. (02\/anr)<\/p>",
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