SIURA Studio proudly partnered with Karsa City Lab to share talks session titled, “City Talk Series – Urban Resilience: Decoding The Success of Tebet Eco Park“. Led by Odelia Humairah of Karsa City Lab, the panel brought together a multi-disciplinary coalition of urban leaders: Anton Siura (SIURA Studio), Suzi Marsitawati (Karsa City Lab), and Frans Surjadi (Astra Property).
As Anton Siura emphasized during the session, transforming this neglected park in just 15 months was not merely a triumph of design. Tebet Eco Park↗ stands as a powerful testament to successful public-private partnerships, driven by continuous alignment, shared vision, and trust between government entities, private developers, consultants, and the community. Today, almost five years later, it remains a successful prototype for a nature-based, sustainable, and regenerative approach to public parks in Jakarta.
Shaping the Way We Live
The core of the discussion centered on a fundamental urban challenge: how thoughtful design can actively shape and elevate the daily human experience.
The panel demonstrated that Tebet Eco Park is a testament to spatial equity. By establishing carefully curated zones for dynamic play, civic interaction, and quiet reflection, the design proves that high-density metropolitan areas do not have to sacrifice well-being. When engineered with intention, high-density cities can—and must—offer a high-quality public life.
A Circular Landscape Economy
A key focus of the ARCH:ID dialogue was the uncompromising approach to sustainability that anchors the park’s success.
The panel highlighted the project’s circular material economy as a standard for future developments. Rather than discarding the site’s history, the landscape architecture actively integrated recycled materials from the pre-existing infrastructure. By upcycling construction waste into gabion walls and transforming felled tree logs into playground elements, the project redefined what sustainable construction looks like in the public realm.
A Local Landscape with a Global Standard and Its Impact on Reaching Millions
During the discussion, Suzi Marsitawati highlighted the profound ambition behind the project. While Tebet Eco Park is deeply rooted in the local context and community needs, it was strategically designed with a global vision. It aims to elevate urban life in Jakarta while establishing an entirely new, international standard for how urban parks are engineered and perceived.
Translating this global vision into a physical reality requires strategic civic partnerships. Frans Surjadi, representing the driving force behind the park’s realization, emphasized the sheer scale of the landscape’s social impact. Touching the daily lives of millions of Jakarta residents, the development proves that when sustainability is placed at the absolute core of a project, its long-term value translates into a living legacy.
A Replicable Standard
Ultimately, the City Talk Series reinforced a powerful message for the architectural, landscape, and development community. The engaging Q&A session that followed highlighted the industry’s hunger for similar ecological frameworks.
More than just a public park, Tebet Eco Park has become a replicable standard. It stands as living proof that with a collaborative vision, deep ecological respect, and humanistic programming, true urban resilience is entirely achievable.
