From concrete canal to restored river corridor teeming with riparian vegetation.
Taman Bendera Pusaka reimagines Taman Langsat, Ayodia, and Leuser into one unified park. Through Water Sensitive Urban Design, canal naturalisation, and inclusive design, the landscape restores ecological value while strengthening community connection. Bridging history and sustainability, the park celebrates Jakarta’s civic spirit, a park where water, trees, and people come together in harmony.
Sectors
Services
Landscape Architecture
Client
Jakarta Park and Forest Service & PT Wisma Nusantara International
Collaborators
Weharima
Architect
PT. Sucofindo
Construction Management
PT. Karsa Prabala
Contractor
Suka Studio
Visual Branding
Integrasi Transit Jakarta (ITJ)
Project Delivery Partner
Reuniting Three Parks into One Living Landscape
Taman Bendera Pusaka reconnects three beloved public spaces — Taman Langsat, Taman Ayodia, and Taman Leuser — into one continuous urban park. The rejuvenation transforms Jakarta’s historic green heart into a civic landscape that honors memory, restores ecology, and renews the city’s connection to nature.
Rejuvenating historical park into one living system
In Jakarta’s warm and rain-soaked climate, the park faced rainwater overflow, unstable soils, aging facilities, and green spaces fragmented by city roads. Once a nursery, a fish market, and a neighborhood park, each site carried its own story. The challenge was to revitalize the water system, restoring nature function as a park for biodiversity, and ensure connectivity for city and community life through landscape systems that seamlessly stitch the three parks into one unified Taman Bendera Pusaka.
Water, Heritage, and Unity in Motion
The design weaves ecology, accessibility, and national identity into one landscape narrative. A new sky bridge shaped and colored after the Indonesian flag, unites the three parks into a shared public realm. Canal naturalisation and wetlands transform old drainage lines into living water corridors, expanding floodplain capacity while restoring biodiversity.
From Grey to Green in Six Months
Delivered through a rigorous six-month construction period, the execution focused on surgical interventions to restore ecological function. By dismantled the concrete canals, replacing them with planted embankments and wetland zones that naturally slow and filter runoff.
The choreography of the site is anchored by the Merah Putih Link Bridge, while the Cakrawala Tunnel creates a safe passage between Langsat and Leuser alongside modern culvert systems. From the preservation of legacy trees to the placement of the "Fatmawati Statue" within a serene lotus pond, every detail was a collaborative effort. The final layers, vibrant signage, viewing decks overlooking the amphitheater, and a rich palette of perimeter planting, ensuring the park is as functional as it is poetic.
The Daily Life of a Unified Landscape
Since its opening, Taman Bendera Pusaka has become a vibrant stage for Jakarta’s civic life. The impact is visible in the spontaneous picnics on the open lawns, the rhythmic pace of runners on the jogging paths, and the laughter echoing from the play spaces. By distributing programs throughout the landscape rather than isolating them, we allowed ecological systems and human activity to coexist in a beautiful dialogue.
The naturalized waterways now serve as a sanctuary for local birdlife and aquatic vegetation, the expanded floodplain turning seasonal water fluctuations into an educational spectacle rather than a hidden problem. Native planting, thematic gardens, and community facilities bring renewed purpose to mature trees and shaded lawns. Playground developed with idea of archipelago exploration, encourage kids to explore and play around with cultural context. It is a place where a diverse community, from all generations and backgrounds, gathers to rediscover their connection to nature and to each other.
Through inclusive circulation, Water Sensitive Urban Design strategies, and cultural symbolism, Taman Bendera Pusaka transforming beyond park, it is a place of gathering, learning, and renewal for the city.
