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Urban Kitchen: a Form of Urban System Based on Collective Operation

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This paper aims to explore various spatial strategies in urban operations, particularly operation of collective kitchen as a form of the urban system. Through the tracing of micro spatial practice, this paper expands the idea of domestic in urban design discourse. This paper uses a case study method to investigate urban kitchen system in Kampung Bustaman, Semarang, Indonesia, where cooking operations are part of everyday life that is carried out collectively. It shows that the kampung’s everyday operations generate the system of an urban kitchen, where domestic activities shift from the household to become integrated into society, challenging the dualities between domestic and urban space. The mapping of the everyday operations reveals hidden systems of society where connectivity and spatial negotiations play important role. This paper introduces the idea of the urban kitchen as a form of urban system that is transformative, dynamic, and flexible that is driven by collective domestic operations.

Source: Journal of Architecture and Urbanism

DOI: 10.3846/jau.2023.17723

Authors: Arnis Rochma Harani, Paramita Atmodiwirjo, Yandi Andri Yatmo

Institutions: Diponegoro University, University of Indonesia

Language: English

Topic: Architectural and Urban Studies

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Universitas Indonesia