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Alvin

February 28th, 2004, 02:46 PM

Subject: IN/ECON: IMN - President Approves Jakarta Tower

INDONESIA-P

Indonesia Media Network (IMN) - All translations 'as received.' - John
17 Apr 96
President Approves of Jakarta Tower

JAKARTA - President Soeharto approves of the plan of conglomerate
Sudwikatomono and friends to build the Jakarta Tower, which will be
complete with communication facilities and tourism facilities with
hundreds of billion rupiahs investment.

This approval was expressed by the Head of State on Tuesday, in Bina
Graha Jakarta, when he summoned the well known businessman
Sudwikatmono who is entrusted with the construction of the tower.

Sudwikatmono came with a number of ministers and the Governor of
Jakarta, Surjadi Soedirdja. The ministers present were, Tourism, Post,
and Telecommunications Minister Joop Ave, Public Works Minister
Radinal Mochtar, Informations Minister Harmoko, and Investments
Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo.

The plans for the Jakarta Tower, which will be constructed on the
former Kemayoran Airport, has already been reported to the Secretary
of State Moerdiono as the Head of the Kemayoran Organizing Body, last
year. The 500 meter Tower which will be built by the private sectors
will run an estimated cost of more than Rp 500 billion.

The three conglomerates who will finance the construction of the
tower, are Sudwikatmono, Prajogo Pangestu, and Hendry Pribadi. While
the contractor appointed are from Shanghai, China.

However, the plan to build the tower has caused several pro and contra
reactions, that the House of Representatives are still questioning
whether or not there are more important things to be built nationally,
instead of the tower which will cost a tremendous amount of money.

After about a year, there was no news of the construction of the
tower, yesterday, they met with President Soeharto, however, they
limited themselves to the topic of the construction of the tower.

In the meeting with President Soeharto yetsterday, Sudwikatmono chose
to remain quiet. The spokesperson who reported the result of the
meeting with President Soehart was Joop Ave.

"The trust to build the tower was given to the private sector, because
these days the national private sector has been entrusted with the
satelite projects. However, this project is a national project, which
means, that the planning to the construction must be done by
Indonesians," he said.

According to Ave, the involvement of foreigners is perhaps needed as
Indonesia is not yet capable, however, it is only limited to , for
example, consultants.

Sudwikatmono was not ready to explain the details of this project,
including the costs, and others as they are still being reviewed.
However, the location is the former Kemayoran Airport. THe most
important thing, according to Joop Ave, is that the Jakarta Tower is
hoped to be a national pride as the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

"This tower will be a tourist attraction, and the private sectors
appointed are aware of this. In Jakarta, there is the completion of
the highest building that is the BNI 46 Jakarta building, which is 46
storeys tall," he said.

However, said Joop Ave, height is not the primary issue, it is the
function of the tower itself which will be the most complete
telecommunication facility and tourist object besides TMII and Ancol.

"The Head of State has stressed that the materials used should be
produced in Indonesia, make use of all the nation's experts so it will
become the pride of our next generation," he said.

The presence of the ministers and the Governor according to Joop Ave,
is because this project involves the duties fo the officials. It is
hoped that Sudwikatmono, who is appointed to build this project, can
soon announce the details of the project.

Alvin

February 28th, 2004, 02:59 PM

IT Peaks In Valleys
By Mersagita Prabudi, 1-Jan-2001

The success story of Silicon Valley in boosting the
American economy has triggered other countries to
emulate the idea. In Asia, this is evident in
Singapore, Hong Kong, and in Malaysia's Multimedia
Super Corridor.

Indonesia, in turn, will have its own two "Silicon
Valleys"-CyberCity, a joint venture with the Japanese,
and Bandung High Tech Valley (BHTV), to be built by a
team of well-respected Indonesian IT experts.
CyberCity will be at the old Kemayoran Airport in
Jakarta, about 6 km from the country's Presidential
Palace. The project is expected to be completed by
2003. CyberCity appears to be the largest and is
intended to be the country's centre for e-commerce,
software R&D, telecommunications and multimedia.
The project is to be managed by PT Jakarta
International Trade Fair Corporation (JITC), a S$14
million (US$8.08 million) joint venture between
Indonesia and Japan.
The players include Indonesia's PT Griya Nusantara
Pratama (GNP), the State Secretariat, the city
government of Jakarta, as well as the Japanese
government (through the Overseas Economic Cooperation
Fund) and 57 private sector players from Japan (they
include Sumitomo, Toyota, Mitsubishi, and the
Industrial Bank of Japan).
According to Edward Soeryadjaya, CEO of GNP and
chairman of Executive Committee of L&M Group
Investments, the project will take up 44 ha of the 450
ha area and will comprise six zones-CyberCity nucleus,
light industry, education and training, hotel and
residential use, recreation, and entertainment. L&M
Group Investments acts as a catalyst for some
multimedia projects in CyberCity.
Soeryadjaya says the idea of building CyberCity is to
put as many IT and business players in one place as
possible. "With the right concept and a different
approach, we hope this will be a good niche to attract
new capital," he adds.
In June 2000, L&M signed a strategic alliance
agreement with Lucent Technologies. In this agreement,
Lucent's Network Care Professional Service (NPS) will
design, implement and operate the network, as well as
provide network monitoring, support and marketing
initiatives for CyberCity. L&M also named Lucent as
its primary supplier of communications network
infrastructure for its current and coming projects,
including the CyberCity initiatives.
Interestingly, Indonesia's highly regarded IT experts,
such as Onno Purbo, Budi Rahardjo, and Roy Suryo, are
not involved in CyberCity. Instead, Budi is leading a
team to build BHTV, a corridor along the industrial
areas in West Java and Jakarta. BHTV is expected to be
ready by 2010.
The idea for the project came about a few years ago
when Indonesia's Ministry of Trade and Industry
collaborated on a study with a consulting firm on
boosting income from non-oil and non-gas exports.
Results from the study suggested that by 2010,
Indonesia must gain US$20 billion from the electronics
manufacturing sector. In 1999, the country produced
US$3 billion, while the Philippines, for example,
already boasts US$26 billion from the sector.
Budi, who is considered the pioneer in building
Web-based applications in the country, says the reason
for choosing Bandung, the capital of West Java, as the
place to build BHTV is that highly recognised
universities, especially the Bandung Institute of
Technology (ITB), are located there. The city is also
the hometown for some IT-related enterprises,
including PT Telekomunikasi and Indonesian Science
Institute (LIPI).
Budi, who is also the head of The Center of
Microelectronics Research from ITB, is unperturbed by
comments from the industry that BHTV should be in Bali
or Batam instead.
"We should not dispute about where the project will be
based? Even Solo (the capital of Central Java) High
Tech Valley seems good to me. But why do we choose
Bandung? Because there is already a community (of
high-tech universities and IT-related enterprises)
there," he says.
Despite the separate projects, Suryo, Indonesia's
e-provocateur, doubts the two groups of players will
head in different directions. "In fact, they will
converge as each project becomes mature and then form
an integrated e-Indonesia," he says.
In Suryo's view, the private sector, or in this case
Edward's L&M Group Investment and its partners, should
take the lead in the integration. With their existing
funding resources, land properties, and technical
readiness, they have a responsibility to do so. The
team headed by Budi might play the role as builders of
the upcoming integrated e-Indonesia, he adds. There
certainly are opportunities for synergies.
CyberCity will provide an intelligent environment in
which IT players can manage their businesses; Bandung
can act as the anchor to generate IT human resource
for BHTV which will largely depend on the government
to regulate foreign investments to fill up the
corridor.
If both projects are to combine forces, an integrated
e-Indonesia will pose a challenge to its Asian
counterparts.
(see Figure)

baqthier

March 6th, 2004, 02:11 AM

It'll be cool if they add more habitable storeys :D
Great news for Jakarta! :cool:

SUNNI

March 8th, 2004, 10:22 AM

wha~~
love the design ey??;)

Alvin

March 11th, 2004, 10:31 AM

Jakarta Tower CONFIRMED Under COnstruction!!
according to www.bisnisproperti.com (Indonesian)
yay! :guns1:

Mahaputra

March 12th, 2004, 12:02 AM

woohooo..
do u know when it'll be completed?>:D

SeeMacau

March 17th, 2004, 01:15 PM

Great news for Jakarta !!

Yamauchi

March 18th, 2004, 12:57 AM

Wow, that's the coolest Christian project I've ever seen.

David-80

March 23rd, 2004, 12:06 PM

Hey, does anyone know the guy name "Tan Kian" ? I heard about him from Ray White property that actually hes the one who finance the Jakarta tower........but maybe hes from Bethany too :colgate:

hey guys check raywhite site, all the list that Alvin mentioned is on the list. :cheers:

ryanr

March 23rd, 2004, 01:52 PM

Wow, is this actually underconstruction right now? I cant believe that i live in jakarta and i know nothing of this...

Pretty cool...its so tall. Ironic that the church is part of the project, seeing that Indonesia is the world's largest Islamic country.

btw, did u guys know that the two main avenues in Kemayoran used to be runways and taxiways for the old airport? They are so long and wide, you can really picture planes going down them.

Alvin

March 23rd, 2004, 10:22 PM

heheh of course. that is why it's often dubbed 'Kota Bandar Baru Kemayoran' (New Port Kemayoran City), and some of the roads are called 'jalan landasan pacu' ('Runway Road') etc. ;)

SeeMacau

March 24th, 2004, 01:45 AM

Any pics of the construction site ??

Alvin

March 24th, 2004, 04:00 AM

no pics from me, as I don't reside in Jkt. Perhaps David-80 or GreyX could take some pics for us;)

Mahaputra

March 25th, 2004, 02:05 AM

Originally posted by Alvin

no pics from me, as I don't reside in Jkt. Perhaps David-80 or GreyX could take some pics for us;)

yeah good idea..david-80, greyx.. would u take this job? ehhehe
:D

ryanr

March 26th, 2004, 04:00 PM

When i just happen to go into that area, i'll take pics.

RafflesCity

April 3rd, 2004, 06:17 AM

a very unique design it will make an instant landmark for Jakarta :)

ethan

April 8th, 2004, 08:48 AM

wow....great news for jakarta indeed......hope the project will start very soon!!!

David-80

April 11th, 2004, 05:45 AM

Its already underconstruction, the base foundation that left after the 1998 financial crisis is already refurbished and many cranes there. That was like a month ago. I will take pics if i visited again, i am in melbourne now for 2 weeks.

Cheers

drwho

April 11th, 2004, 06:02 AM

will be very cool!!..if anyone has some construction pictures..please post them! :)

huaiwei

April 11th, 2004, 07:49 AM

I first thing I tot of when I saw the design was the one in Shanghai...the triple tower structure sparked the comparison! :D

Anyway....its great this one is coming up right here in Southeast Asia.....I look forward to the day the "Torontonians" have to say a little less about their tower! D

Alvin

April 11th, 2004, 01:04 PM

Hey everyone,
bought a copy of the current edition of 'Bisnis Properti' magazine, there's a special report on the Kemayoran Development. Some points:
- 12 investors will develop this area
- the concept is 'garden city', with only 24% of the 454 Ha land allowed for development - the rest will be open green areas =)
- will be positioned as a high tech 'City within a City', will develop into Jakarta's new CBD in the next 10-20 years.
- International standards of city planning will be implemented in this area, including wide pedestrian sidewalks, places for street vendors, and access for the handicapped. It will support the development of Jakarta as an international 'service city' with service and trade facilities, information facilities, business centers, offices, and high rise residentials.
- there's a small picture of the vision.and yes, as Mahaputra have said, I can see about 80 towers rising up in the future. According to the Director of the Kemayoran Development Agency, all the construction will be completed within 15 years.

And even more interesting news about the Jakarta Tower:
- Confirmed 558 metres.
- multimedia and broadcasting faciltiies.
- large shopping Mall at the base.
- it will be a new tourist attraction - the Project Director expects 2 million visitors to Jakarta/year once completed.
- There will be a hotel.
- A Museum of Indonesian History, which will be presented using cutting edge technology.
- Total investment exceeds Rp2 trillion (approx. US$250 million) - not including the Hotel.
- According to the Kemayoran Development head, it will be completed 'within 6 years'.

Can't wait! :)

Mahaputra

April 12th, 2004, 05:59 AM

good stuff alvin...
btw, where did u get a copy of bisnis properti from? are u in Jakarta right now?

Alvin

April 13th, 2004, 03:13 PM

yeahh in Jakarta at the moment. going back to aust. tomorrow though.....
:runaway:

SeeMacau

April 13th, 2004, 04:35 PM

so u got any pics ?? Alvin

Alvin

April 14th, 2004, 05:08 AM

sorry, no pics =) haven't got the time to visit it and take pics. anyway, there's nothing much in the construction zone at the moment - only cranes and construction machines.
there's an article about it in today's newspaper, they've finished removing all water from the big pond (yes, it was dug in 1997, and 6 years of neglect has turned the construction zone into a lake - used by local residents for fishing/swimming), and a Minister will pay a visit and officially mark the re-commencement of construction tomorrow. it will be completed in 2010.
there will be 2 17 storey office buildings on both sides of the tower. The highest 'occupiable' floor will be at a height of about 390 metres. That point might be a 'sky garden', or a revolving restaurant, or the observatory deck, i'm not quite sure. anyway there's a big article about that in a current magazine...but i think i'lve told u guys everythign already :drunk:

Alvin

April 14th, 2004, 06:10 AM

Rabu, 14 April 2004

Menara Jakarta, Obsesi Memiliki Menara Tertinggi di Dunia

SETELAH "tertidur" hampir tujuh tahun karena didera berbagai kendala, terutama menyangkut anggaran, pembangunan Menara Jakarta (Jakarta Tower) di kawasan bekas Bandar Udara Kemayoran, Jakarta Pusat, diteruskan kembali.

Peresmian pembangunan menara yang diproyeksikan menjadi menara tertinggi di dunia itu akan dilakukan Menteri Sekretaris Negara (Mensesneg) Bambang Kesowo dan Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso, Kamis (15/4) besok. Jika menara itu selesai dikerjakan tahun 2009, ia akan menjadi bangunan menara tertinggi di dunia, mengalahkan ketinggian CN Tower (553 meter) di Toronto, Canada, Menara Ostankino (540 meter) di Moskwa, dan Oriental Pearl Tower Shanghai (468 meter). Ketinggian Menara Jakarta juga masih mengatasi tinggi menara kembar Petronas, KL Tower, 421 meter.

Menara Jakarta menjadi bangunan tertinggi jika selama lima tahun mendatang tidak ada negara atau kota yang membangun menara di atas 558 meter. Maklumlah, sejumlah negara sejauh ini terkesan "bernafsu" membangun menara atau gedung tertinggi di dunia.

Menara Jakarta akan didirikan di atas lahan seluas empat hektar. Lama pembangunan diperkirakan lima tahun. Menara akan dilengkapi gedung podium setinggi 17 lantai. Menara tersebut dilengkapi lift untuk mencapai puncaknya. Di sana terdapat restoran berputar yang amat berkelas dan atraktif. Sambil makan, wisatawan asing dan domestik akan tersenyum menikmati wajah Jakarta.

PT Persada Japa Pamudja (PJP), pengembang Menara Jakarta (konsorsium sejumlah pengusaha besar), memperkirakan menara itu menampung jumlah wisatawan sebanyak 4-6 juta orang per tahun. "Saat ini, alat-alat berat sudah sampai di lokasi pembangunan. Dalam waktu dekat, pembangunan akan segera dilanjutkan," ujar Ferry Sanger, Direktur Investasi dan Keuangan PT PJP.

Pembangunan Menara Jakarta sekaligus membuka kembali peluang Jakarta untuk "berkompetisi" dengan kota-kota besar dunia dalam hal mendirikan gedung atau menara tertinggi. Masuk dalam "kompetisi" ini sama dengan masuk dalam sebuah ruang elite dunia, yang tidak banyak kota atau negara dapat masuk ke dalamnya.

Agaknya, salah satu pendorong "nafsu" itu ya faktor kelas dunia itulah. Bayangkanlah, setiap berbicara tentang gedung pencakar langit, nama gedung dan kota itu akan selalu diucapkan. Atau ada kalimat seperti ini. "Menara tertinggi di dunia sekarang ada di Jakarta, Indonesia!"

ADA suara yang menilai pembangunan menara tertinggi sekadar menjual bualan atau membangun mercusuar. Pandangan itu menggarisbawahi situasi ekonomi dalam negeri yang masih sulit. Rakyat miskin masih mencapai puluhan juta orang. Kalau ingin membangun, mengapa bukan membangun infrastruktur? Mengapa bukan pabrik yang bisa menghasilkan produk ekspor. Atau, mengapa bukan membuat bendungan yang bisa digunakan untuk mengairi sawah rakyat? Mengapa pula tidak solider pada banyak warga yang hidupnya masih serba susah tersebut? Mengapa kok justru membangun menara, yang mestinya masuk dalam urutan kesekian puluh daftar prioritas?

Ristanto Himawan, konsultan pada sebuah perusahaan properti di Jakarta, menyatakan, keliru kalau membangkitkan sentimen sosial seperti itu. Kesejahteraan rakyat merupakan tanggung jawab pemerintah, sesuai perintah konstitusi. Akan halnya para investor, mereka memang mempunyai tanggung jawab moral untuk ikut peduli. Namun, sikap peduli itu bisa beraneka rupa. Membangun menara hendaknya jangan hanya dipandang dari aspek negatif sebab menara niscaya membuka lapangan kerja yang amat luas.

Menurut Ristanto, begitu banyak bidang bisnis dapat hidup dalam pembangunan proyek properti besar itu. Dari perusahaan jasa, kontraktor, angkutan, besi, kaca, semen, batu bata, pelbagai barang kerajinan, makanan, dan sebagainya.

BERBICARA tentang seluk-beluk pembangunan itu, Ronny (30-an), warga Kemayoran, yang ditemui hari Selasa (13/4) siang, dengan enteng menjawab, "Lahan ini sempat menjadi tempat iseng-iseng memancing ikan. Ada juga yang nekat berenang. Tapi, sudah empat orang yang akhirnya tewas tenggelam," katanya.

Para korban kolam itu mulai dari anak sekolah, pemuda kampung, sampai yang terakhir tukang kerak telor. Mudah-mudahan saja, kata Ronny, pada pembangunan menara ini semuanya berjalan mulus dan tidak ada yang menjadi korban.

Pembangunan menara itu pada awalnya dikembangkan oleh trio usahawan besar, masing-masing Sudwikatmono, Prajogo Pangestu, dan Henry Pribadi, melalui PT Indocitra Graha Bawana. Biayanya sekitar 400 juta dollar AS (waktu itu masih sekitar Rp 900 miliar).

Desain dan maket menara itu diperlihatkan kepada Mensesneg (waktu itu) Moerdiono selaku Ketua Badan Pengelola dan Pengembangan Bandar Baru Kemayoran di Sekretariat Negara.

Desain menara diciptakan arsitek yang tergabung dalam East China Architecture Design Institute (Ecadi). Sebelumnya, desain itu disayembarakan secara terbatas di antara perancang menara kaliber dunia. Ketentuannya, menurut Sudwikatmono, harus mengandung lambang Trilogi Pembangunan, Pancasila, dan 17 Agustus. Hasil sayembara, Ecadi yang menang. (Kompas, 12/9/1995)

Pembangunan menara Jakarta mulai dibangun tahun 1997. Karena anggaran membesar, pengembang mulai mencari suntikan dana dari investor asing. Total dana yang dibutuhkan menjadi sekitar 560 juta dollar AS (waktu itu sekitar Rp 1,2 triliun). Pihak asing ditargetkan memiliki sebagian saham dan sebagian lagi dimiliki pengembang dalam negeri.

Namun, sayang pembangunan menara itu terhenti karena datang krisis ekonomi yang hebat (1997-2001). Beton-beton yang sudah ditanam dibiarkan mangkrak. Hujan turun pun mulai menggenangi lahan itu.

Kini, megaproyek itu akan dilanjutkan. Sebelum krisis moneter lalu, kalkulasi biaya Menara Jakarta diperkirakan mencapai 560 juta dollar AS (Rp 1,4 triliun). Kini biayanya diperkirakan membengkak menjadi Rp 2,5 triliun. Pembengkakan biaya itu belum termasuk kenaikan harga baja yang akhir-akhir ini mengalami kenaikan.

Di luar Menara Jakarta, sejumlah pengembang besar ramai-ramai membangun gedung tinggi. Raja properti, Trihatma Kusuma Haliman, kini tengah membangun dua gedung kembar di kawasan segitiga emas, yakni The Peak. Tinggi gedung kembar itu masing-masing 55 lantai. Trihatma juga tengah merancang membangun gedung yang jauh melampaui tinggi The Peak.

Sementara itu, Direktur Utama Megaglodok Kemayoran Sasmita Winata menyatakan, Megaglodok juga segera membangun gedung pencakar langit. Rancangan awal 48 lantai dan jika memungkinkan akan lebih tinggi dari 48 lantai itu. Gedung ini kombinasi dari hotel, apartemen, dan perkantoran.

"Saya yakin ini akan disambut publik sebab kebutuhan publik terhadap sebuah gedung multiguna cukup besar. Tinggi gedung ini akan menjadi daya pikat lain," kata Sasmita. (OSA/AS)
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2010...i wonder if we are all still members of this Forum (or even if this forum still survices) by then =)

sorry, article in Indonesian only =(
don't worry, i've basically detailed all the info you need to know already..one info is that the office tower of Mega Glodok Kemayoran may yet surpass 48 storeys ..

Mahaputra

April 14th, 2004, 08:39 AM

sounds very promising.. and I especially want to know more about Trihatma's new building that he's planning on right now.. that'll be interesting.. cant wait to see jakarta's skyline in 5 years time ...

huaiwei

April 14th, 2004, 09:20 AM

I actually wonder if people outside SEAsia even realise this is happening.....especially the torontians.....:D

Alvin

April 14th, 2004, 09:45 AM

ryanr

April 14th, 2004, 01:01 PM

hahaha yeah. I doubt they know that there is a new world's tallest structure already u/c. CN Tower will be beaten.

Mahaputra

April 15th, 2004, 05:28 AM

hehe...i doubt it...
maybe in 2 or 3 years, when the construction site becomes visible from afar, then the world will take notice :)

btw Mahaputra, maybe Trihatma's new tower is that 75-storey killer at the SCBD which we know very little about...

waaaa... 75 story... that'll be awesome
hehee.. cant wait to see the faces of torontonians when they see the Jakarta Tower.. wahhahahhaa

Alvin

April 15th, 2004, 08:28 AM

http://www.suarapembaruan.com/News/2004/04/15/Jabotabe/040415me.gif

pic taken during the official commencement of the project, today 15/4.

Alvin

April 15th, 2004, 01:25 PM

RI to have world's tallest tower

JAKARTA (AFP): Governor of Jakarta Sutiyoso here on Tuesday oversaw the initiation of construction work on the Jakarta Tower in the district of Kemayoran on the site of the city's former airport, which what is billed as the tallest tower in the world.

The tower will stand 558 meters (1,860 feet) tall, surpassing the Canadian National Tower in Toronto which is 553 meters.

"The tower is is going to be the landmark of Jakarta and will be like other famous structures in big countries. This will enhance the image of Jakarta as a metropolitan city," Sutiyoso said.

Work is expected to end in 2009. Construction was due to start in the late 1990s but the 1997/1998 regional financial crisis forced a postponement.

The project is being financed by local tycoons. The cost was originally projected at US$400 million.

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David-80

April 15th, 2004, 05:59 PM

Lets all drink for Jakarta !

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Alvin

April 16th, 2004, 01:39 AM

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Jakarta to get world's tallest tower
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The fact that Indonesian people have a per capita income of only US$710 per annum according to the World Bank does not appear to embarrass the Jakarta Administration as it pushes ahead with its plan to restart the construction of the 558-meter Jakarta Tower, claimed to be the tallest tower in the world.

The Rp 2.7 trillion (US$314 million) project will stand tall in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, and will replace the capital's current landmark, the National Monument (Monas), which was built during the president Sukarno era.

The Jakarta Tower will be higher than the 553-meter Canadian National Tower in Toronto, Canada, currently the world's tallest tower.

Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso, accompanied by State Secretary Bambang Kesowo, officiated at the restart of construction on Thursday.

"This large-scale project when completed will become a symbol of pride for Jakarta as well as Indonesia," Sutiyoso said.

He said the construction of the tower was in line with the grand design in the capital's masterplan, which positioned the Kemayoran area as a main center for development.

PT Prasada Japa Pamudja, a consortium of individuals and medium-scale companies, is the sole developer of the project.

However, company director, Ferry Sangeroki, refused to name those involved in the project, saying only that "more than 100 companies and individuals" were participating.

He said the project would be financed in three ways: equity participation (Rp 400 billion), syndicated loans (between Rp 600 billion and Rp 800 billion) and pre-project sales (around Rp 1.3 trillion).

The Jakarta Tower compound will cover a total of 40,550 square meters, comprising a 10,000-capacity convention center, a four-star, 200-bedroom hotel, a 4,000-square-meter education center, 8,000 square meters of office space, a revolving restaurant and an observation deck.

The tower is expected to be open by 2010.

The ground breaking ceremony for the Jakarta Tower took place in 1997 during the time of governor Surjadi Soedirdja and state secretary Moerdiono. The project's developer at that time was PT Indocitra Grahabawana, which was owned by Sudwikatmono, former president Soeharto's stepbrother.

The project had to be suspended due to the 1997 economic crisis, which dealt a severe blow to all sectors, including construction.

huaiwei

April 16th, 2004, 01:56 AM

In Singapore's Straits Times:

APRIL 16, 2004
Jakarta begins building tallest tower

JAKARTA - Construction of what is billed as the world's tallest tower began in the Indonesian capital yesterday. Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso oversaw the start of work on the Jakarta Tower in the Kemayoran district on the site of the city's former airport. The tower will stand 558m tall, surpassing the Canadian National Tower in Toronto which is 553m high, Detikcom news portal quoted a press release as saying.

'The tower is going to be the landmark of Jakarta and will be like other famous structures in big countries. This will enhance the image of Jakarta as a metropolitan city,' Mr Sutiyoso said. Work on the tower is expected to end in 2009.

Construction was due to start in the late 1990s but the 1997-1998 regional financial crisis forced a postponement. The project is being financed by local tycoons. The cost was originally projected at US$400 million (S$676 million).

-- AFP

Mahaputra

April 16th, 2004, 08:45 AM

bad news guys..
tokyo is going to build a 600m broadcast tower..
dunno whether it's gonna be confirmed or not.. but still... a threat for Jakartatower as the tallest tower in the world.. damnn.. ehhehe

ryanr

April 16th, 2004, 12:13 PM

Damn, you guys beat me to it. I was gonna post those articles!!:D

:applause:

One thing concerns be though. They are building something at this magnitude/cost when many of Jakarta's residents live on less than $1 a day...:(

Alvin

April 16th, 2004, 12:50 PM

well I guess the justification for that is it's not the job of entrepreneurs and investors and highscraper freaks to look after the poor =) it's the government's job... these ppl are interested in making as much $$ as they can =) the good side about it is that construction will require heaps of labor thus employing heaps of ppl - giving people jobs :)
if towers like this are made every month, then there will definitely be more jobs around =)

David-80

April 16th, 2004, 01:04 PM

I agree with Alvin, this will open more employment chance for the jakartans, especially when this thing opened....this gonna be reciprocity mutual.

:cheers:

Alvin

April 17th, 2004, 02:58 AM

Jakarta restarts work on 'world's tallest tower', despite subsidence concerns
By Kathy Marks in Sydney
17 April 2004

An Indonesian consortium has recommenced work on what it says will be the world's tallest tower, despite concerns that the site is sinking into the sea.

The Jakarta Tower, which is being built on an old airfield in the centre of the national capital, will eventually soar to 1,830ft,The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. At present the world's highest free-standing such structure is the CN Tower, a 1,800ft-high communications building and outlook point in Toronto, Canada. The Sears Tower in Chicago is 1,453ft tall, while the Petronas Towers in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, reach 1,483ft.

Land in the city's northern sections, along the Java Sea shoreline, has been gradually sinking as a result of thousands of illegal wells pumping out water from the ground. The Jakarta Tower is to be situated in that district.

The governor of Jakarta, who has the single name Sutiyoso, said: "This large-scale project will become a symbol of pride for Jakarta as well as Indonesia."

Mr Sutiyoso has been accused of concentrating on showpiece projects such as the tower while ignoring the capital city's crumbling infrastructure and the squalid housing that is home to millions of impoverished city-dwellers.

Work on the tower began in 1997, but was halted later that year when the Asian financial crisis hit the region. Dozens of other large-scale building projects were also abandoned.

Construction has restarted because of an upturn in the economy, which is now growing at 4 per cent a year, fuelling a mini-building boom in the city. Several new shopping centres, apartment blocks and office buildings are springing up or have recently opened.

The tower is expected to cost 2,700bn rupiahs (£174m) and to be completed in 2010. It will hold a 10,000-seat convention centre and a 200-bed hotel.

The newspaper reported that the Jakarta Tower will include a hotel, shops and office space. The city's tallest building is currently the 56-storey BNI Tower, which stands at 820ft.

Alvin

April 17th, 2004, 06:10 AM

http://www.detik.com/berita-foto/2004/04/images/ACFB23.jpg http://www.detik.com/berita-foto/2004/04/images/ACFB27.jpg http://www.detik.com/berita-foto/2004/04/images/ACFB2B.jpg http://www.detik.com/berita-foto/2004/04/images/ACFB2F.jpg http://www.detik.com/berita-foto/2004/04/images/ACFB33.jpg

MiCH

April 17th, 2004, 07:49 PM

It looks...horrible. No offence, but seriously... Disproportioned.

Mahaputra

April 17th, 2004, 08:24 PM

what? how is it horrible..??
it looks better than the cn tower

JktCity

April 18th, 2004, 01:23 AM

aaaacchhhh MICH tog jongen...wees tog niet zo jaloers.....kan je niet tegen dat een 3e wereldland een hogere toren bouwt dan 'jouw' Euromast!! ;)

anyway....ieders zijn mening

ryanr

April 18th, 2004, 01:23 AM

I think this isnt horrible, its actually quite nice. But i think that CN Tower still beats it.

David-80

April 18th, 2004, 08:50 AM

Well, IMHO, horrible or not, this will still be a new trademark for jakarta and taller

:cheers:

SeeMacau

April 18th, 2004, 09:10 AM

I reckon is not bad lookin la ...

Alvin

April 18th, 2004, 04:15 PM

hey, its not the most original design i've seen...but admittedly, once completed, the world will marvel at it..i have a feeling that the end product will look much nicer than pictures..

CULWULLA

April 19th, 2004, 08:05 AM

i think its superb! lots of different elements/shapes all thrown in together. what a monument!
good on you Jakarta! you deserve it.
Ive made a scale model of it back in 1997 and removed it from my display back in 99. ill post pix of it compared to worlds talelst towers/bldgs ect.
cheers

Mahaputra

April 19th, 2004, 09:24 AM

cheer's mate....
it'll be great to see Jakarta Tower compared with other towers

Alvin

April 19th, 2004, 10:23 AM

there was actually a small diagram in Kompas comparing Jakarta Tower to CN Tower, Petronas Towers, and shanghai's vision Bionic Tower..
unfortunately i don't have a scanner =(

Mahaputra

April 19th, 2004, 02:34 PM

yo.. the skyscraperpage actually updated their page on jakarta.. ehhee but they only changed the status of jakarta tower and the completed estimation..
there's this diagram comparing jakarta tower and BNI 46
and what's with the sun center office tower thingy? is it actually proposed?

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?c750

Mahaputra

April 19th, 2004, 02:46 PM

here's a diagram from skyscraperpage.. comparison of other towers with Jakarta tower...

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?5984871

David-80

April 19th, 2004, 03:48 PM

Wow, that looks great, I also wanna see CULWULLA comparison ! :cheers:

btw, BNI 46 looks smaller in that diagram !

Cheers

Mahaputra

April 19th, 2004, 06:21 PM

yeah.. BNI 46 looks tiny. ehehe
yeah culwulla... cant wait..

JktCity

April 19th, 2004, 07:29 PM

CULWULLA???:$......i'm a bit slow...:$...:D

David-80

April 20th, 2004, 02:02 AM

Yeah, CULWULLA have the design comparison and he said it was in sydney city council. must be very cool, cant wait to see it :cheers:

Cheers

CULWULLA

April 20th, 2004, 07:57 AM

heres some pix of my 1;1000 model display at Sydney city council.
i did the Jakarta model 7 years ago and its not detail but it shows the size comparison.
you might spot other tall towers/bldgs of the world!

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/jakartaworld.jpg
compared to worlds tallest skyscrapers>

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/jakartawtc.jpg

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/jakartempre.jpg
compared to CN Towwer, Moscow,Eiffel and Sydneys. (the large object in background is top 350m of the planned 1000m solar tower)

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/jakartatower.jpg

Mahaputra

April 20th, 2004, 10:17 AM

COoollll :eek2: :okay:

U rock mannn :rock:

David-80

April 20th, 2004, 10:45 AM

OMG, Nice one mate !

:applause: :applause: :applause:

:cheers:

Alvin

April 20th, 2004, 12:27 PM

nice :drunk:

Alvin

April 20th, 2004, 12:28 PM

btw Culwulla, waht does the description say? :)

CULWULLA

April 20th, 2004, 12:50 PM

i knew you were going to ask that? lol.
it just says how it was started back in 97 and halted and now recommenced with new consortium. Also how it will be taller than CN tower ect. all good!

Alvin

April 20th, 2004, 01:26 PM

cool.
just thought i'd say that the Centrepoint (AMP Tower) looks so tiny next to it!

CULWULLA

April 21st, 2004, 01:29 AM

yeah and thats over 1000ft high!!!! this Jakarta tower will be nearly twice as high!!
amazing!
309m Sydney tw.
http://www.rc.au.net/pics/ausday1999/1999012619-w.jpg

250m view>
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~mkruse/australie/towerview_g.jpg
Jakarta towers 391m observation deck will be mond boggling!

David-80

April 21st, 2004, 07:57 AM

The sydney tower view to the CBD somehow similar like Melbourne Rialto observation deck view :)

Its cool though, to have oberservation deck in the city.

cheers

Alvin

April 23rd, 2004, 02:13 PM

Kota Baru Bandar Kemayoran
Mimpi Menjadi Kota Perdagangan Internasional

JAKARTA – Bicara pengembangan kawasan Kemayoran tak ubahnya seperti merajut impian yang tak kunjung tercapai. Betapa tidak, desain awal kawasan yang diberi sebutan Kota Baru Bandar Kemayoran (KBBK) ini bukan main hebat: sebagai kota dalam kota bertaraf internasional.

Tidak seperti kota mandiri yang ada semisal Bintaro atau Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD), Kemayoran diharapkan jauh lebih berkelas dan mentereng. Impiannya kala itu kawasan ini menjadi landmark atau mercusuar Jakarta.
Kemayoran yang luasnya 454 hektare itu pun lantas dibagi-bagi atas beberapa peruntukan. Lahan komersial menempati areal terbesar yakni seluas 122 hektare, pemukiman dan fasilitas lingkungan seluas 88,5 hektare, infrastruktur 137 hektare, dan sisanya 106,5 hektare untuk taman umum, hutan kota, waduk dan lapangan olahraga. Badan Pengelola Kompleks Kemayoran (BPKK) yang dibentuk tahun 1985 dan dipercaya untuk mengelola pengembangan KBBK awalnya berambisi membangun sebanyak 3.350 hunian mewah, 10.000 unit rumah menengah dan 16.650 unit rumah sederhana.
Untuk menunjang itu, infrastruktur pun dibangun. Kita bisa saksikan sendiri, jalan-jalan yang dibangun di Kemayoran lebar-lebar dengan akses tol ke pelabuhan dan bandara. Infrastruktur telekomunikasi yang canggih berupa jaringan berbasis serat optik dibangun. Semua itu demi satu tujuan: Kemayoran menjadi kawasan perdagangan internasional.
Pranoto Sunarto, Kepala Satuan Pengawasan Intern Direksi Pelaksana Pengendalian Pembangunan Komplek Kemayoran (DP3KK) berujar,” Idealnya kawasan ini menjadi kota pusat perdagangan dengan tempat hunian yang sangat memadai. Dengan demikian orang-orang tinggal dan bekerja di sini, dengan lingkungan yang aman dan nyaman serta tertata baik ,” ujarnya kepada SH di Jakarta, Kamis (22/4).
Sayangnya, pengembangan kawasan ini tidak seindah impian yang tengah dirajut. Investor yang mengembangkan kawasan ini boleh dibilang bisa dihitung dengan jari. Tercatat Perum Perumnas (dengan Rusun Kemayoran) yang menggarap sebagian dari 30 hektare yang menjadi bagiannya.
Demikian pula PT JITC sekarang menjadi JITF yang punya lahan 44 hektare, Yayasan Graha Trias (2.000 meter persegi), Kodim (4.324 meter persegi).

”Image”
Lebih tragis lagi, krisis ekonomi tahun 1997 memperparah minat investor melirik kawasan Kemayoran. Boleh dikata, tidak ada pembangunan baru di wilayah ini. Bahkan proyek prestisius Menara Jakarta (MJ) yang sedianya dibangun pada pertengahan 1997, justru terjerembab didera krisis. Akibatnya, lahan seluas 4 hektare ini sempat menjadi kolam besar yang dijadikan tempat pemancingan oleh warga sebelum kini dibangun kembali. Justru wilayah Kelapa Gading dan Sunter yang belakangan berkembang, kini telah melampaui perkembangan di Kemayoran.
Dari total luas lahan 454 hektare, menurut penuturan Pranoto, baru sekitar 15-20 persennya yang sudah dikembangkan oleh developer. Artinya, luas lahan Kemayoran yang benar-benar digarap baru mencapai 90,8 hektare dan sisanya 363,2 hektare masih kosong melompong, menunggu investor/pengembang.
Ketua Dewan Pengurus Daerah Real Estat Indonesia (DPD REI) DKI Jakarta, Alwi Bagir Mulachela punya pandangan tersendiri tentang lambannya pengembangan kawasan Kemayoran.
Menurutnya, Kemayoran perlu menata kembali kawasan tersebut dan mengubah image atau citra jelek yang kini masih melekat.
“Sesungguhnya prospek Kemayoran ke depan bagus karena sekarang menjadi satu-satunya tanah dengan skala luas di Jakarta. Masalahnya terletak pada penataan dan image (citra), karena Kemayoran sementara ini masih dianggap sebagai daerah kumuh. Kita kalau pameran di sana susah mengumpulkan pengunjung. Yang terpatri di benak masyarakat, Kemayoran itu serem,” katanya ketika dihubungi SH di Jakarta, Kamis (22/4).
Dia mengakui, dari segi infrastruktur Kemayoran sudah sangat bagus. Kawasan ini baginya sudah siap dengan tersedianya jalan besar dan akses yang mudah.

Promosi
Meski terkesan lambat, namun perlahan-lahan pembangunan di Kemayoran sudah mulai kembali bergerak. Tahun lalu Mega Glodok Kemayoran (MGK) mulai dibangun oleh PT Jakarta Kemayoran Properti.
Proyek-proyek yang sedang dan akan selesai antara lain The Gandhi Memorial School, dan perumahan Blossom Residence seluas 3 hektare oleh PT Blossom Utama. Selain itu Grup Agung Podomoro (GAP), juga kini tengah membangun Apartemen Mediterania Pallace dan Mediterania Lagoon seluas 3,2 hektare dengan total unit apartemen 1.855 buah.
Sejumlah developer lain juga berancang-ancang membangun di sini. Sebut saja PT Theda Persada Nusantara (TPN) yang akan membangun China Centre, apartemen dan gedung perkantroan Menara Dapenbun (Dana Pensiun Perkebunan Samingun). Lalu ada pula PT Pelita Propertindo Sejahtera yang akan mengembangkan shopping arcade, office dan residensial (The Pallazo) dan PT Dwi Putra Karsa Cipta (Universal School).
Seperti diakui oleh Pranoto Sunarto, tahun 2003 lalu boleh dibilang menjadi titik balik pengembangan kawasan Kota Baru Bandar Kemayoran, yakni mulai dibangunnya Mega Glodok Kemayoran (MGK).
“Tahun ini menyusul Menara Jakarta (558 meter) yang akan menjadi menara tertinggi di dunia dan akan menjadi mercusuar sekaligus landmark bagi Jakarta dan Indonesia). Kita berharap ini akan memacu investor masuk dan mengembangkan Kemayoran seperti yang kita inginkan,” kata Pranoto.
Tentu saja ini bukan pekerjaan mudah. Di mata Alwi Bagir Mulachela, derap langkah Kemayoran masih membutuhkan waktu yang tidak singkat. Supporting area atau areal pendukung menurutnya perlu dibangun agar pengembangan kawasan Kemayoran tidak asal-asalan.
Ia berkata,”Mesti ada upaya dari pemerintah untuk mengubah image dari Kemayoran. Barangkali perlu ada promosi gencar, sehingga kawasan ini bisa berkembang seperti halnya Kelapa Gading, Sunter dan Kapuk. Karena pada dasarnya Kemayoran memiliki nilai plus yang jauh lebih besar.
Percayalah, citra buruk bukanlah akhir dari perjalanan Kemayoran menjadi kota perdagangan bertaraf internasional.” (SH/rudy victor sinaga)

Pranoto Sunarto
Kemayoran Akan Menjadi ”Landmark” Jakarta

JAKARTA—Kota Baru Bandar Kemayoran (KBBK) barangkali hanya bernasib kurang mujur. Kawasan ini sesungguhnya memiliki segalanya untuk menjadi kota masa depan.
Lokasi yang strategis, akses yang mudah ke bandara dan pelabuhan, infrastruktur yang menunjang, semua itu ternyata tak kunjung mampu mengangkat derajat Kemayoran. Kawasan ini masih terbentur dengan label “kawasan kumuh” yang melekat padanya.
Bagaimana pengembangan kawasan ini ke depan, keunggulan apa saja yang dimiliki, berikut wawancara SH dengan Pranoto Sunarto, Kepala Satuan Pengawas Intern Direksi Pelaksana Pengendalian Pembangunan Komplek Kemayoran (DP3KK), di Jakarta, Kamis (22/4).
Bagaimana prospek kawasan Kemayoran di masa mendatang?
Prospeknya ke depan saya kira akan lebih baik. Jika mau jujur, di tahun 2003 lalu sudah ada pembangunan Mega Glodok Kemayoran, dan tahun ini proyek Menara Jakarta. Kita punya moto “Bangkitlah Kemayoran”.
Dengan ini, kita harapkan kawasan ini terus berkembang. Mudah-mudahan kondisi politik aman dan pemimpin yang terpilih nanti dapat menarik investasi ke Indonesia sehingga investor mau mengembangkan bisnis di Kemayoran.
Kawasan Kemayoran ini pada awalnya didesain sebagai apa?
KBBK akan dikembangkan sebagai kawasan perdagangan internasional, pusat perdagangan antarbangsa. Menara Jakarta akan menjadi landmark Jakarta. Turisme dan telekomunikasi akan menjadi andalan kita.
Akan ada pusat-pusat perdagangan. Kita berharap pameran di sini dapat berlanjut pada transaksi bisnis.
Intinya, semua terintegrasi dalam satu kawasan, termasuk urusan imigrasi dan pengurusan L/C (letter of credit). Di era telekomunikasi ini, Kemayoran juga telah mengembangkan sarana infrastruktur berbasis serat optik (fiber optic) dan mendukung akses pengiriman suara, gambar, dan data.
Berapa sebenarnya total luas lahan di Kemayoran dan untuk apa saja peruntukannya?
Keseluruhan lahan yang ada luasnya mencapai 454 hektare, tetapi yang sudah jadi hanya 15-20 persen, dulu terhenti karena krisis ekonomi. Kemayoran dulu sudah siap. Tadinya bakal ada hotel bintang lima dan lapangan golf serta kondominium.
Apa keunggulan Kemayoran dibandingkan kawasan lain di Jakarta?
KBBK merupakan kota modern yang menyesuaikan diri dengan abad ke-21. Ini berarti Kemayoran menjadi kota dalam kota dengan akses yang sangat mendukung. Dari sini bisa dengan mudah mendapatkan akses baik ke tol luar kota maupun dalam kota, ke pelabuhan dan pusat pemerintahan. Adanya tempat hunian yang akan dibangun akan membuat mereka yang tinggal di sini juga dapat bekerja di kawasan ini. Kita mengembangkan Kemayoran sebagai lingkungan nyaman dan tertata baik. (*)

Alvin

April 24th, 2004, 03:58 PM

hey guys, it turns out that the current Jakarta Tower design was actually number 2 in the competition. It's by ECADI Shanghai, the same team that designed Pearl Orient Tower in Shanghai. THe winning design by Murphi/Iohn from the US was considered way too expensive..

http://www.gatra.com/images/gambar/107/37.jpg

Mimpi Spektakuler Pancasila

WARGA Toronto, Kanada, boleh bangga punya Canadian National (CN) Tower. Selama 30 tahun lebih, belum ada yang menandingi julang menaranya. Tapi dalam enam tahun ke depan, mereka harus siap menyerahkan kebanggaannya kepada rakyat Indonesia.

Pada 15 April, di lokasi bekas Bandara Kemayoran, Jakarta, pembangunan Menara Jakarta diresmikan kelanjutannya. Memang, menara itu "hanya" 5 meter lebih tinggi dari Menara CN. Tapi tetap saja Menara Jakarta yang setinggi 558 meter itu akan merebut seabrek gelar Menara CN. Salah satunya, sebagai "World's Tallest Free Standing Structure" di Guinness Book of World Records.

Sebenarnya, ide untuk membangun menara tertinggi di Indonesia itu sudah dipantek pada 1995. Rencana semula, akan dibangun di kawasan Kuningan. Tapi Surjadi, Gubernur DKI waktu itu, tidak setuju. Maunya, menara itu dibangun di Kemayoran. Soalnya, Kemayoran waktu itu adalah daerah yang pertumbuhannya masih sulit. Diharapkan, kehadiran Menara Jakarta di situ bisa menggairahkan kembali kawasannya.

Maka, diadakanlah kompetisi internasional. Pesertanya adalah perusahaan Kenzo Tanse dari Jepang, Dwaing & Meril, Skidmore dan Murphi/Iohn dari Amerika, ECADI dari Cina, sertan ada pula tim Universitas Indonesia dan Institut Teknologi Bandung. Filosofi menara adalah Pancasila. Selain itu, ada ketentuan, menara itu harus memiliki tiga kaki. "Ini untuk menggambarkan trilogi pembangunan," kata Prof. Mohammad Danisworo, ketua dewan juri.

Para peserta kompetisi pun muncul dengan ide-ide brilian dan spektakuler. Bahkan, ada sebuah desain yang benar-benar menerapkan filosofi Pancasila. Karya ini menjadikan lambang garuda Pancasila sebagai dasar menaranya. Meski dinilai sangat bagus oleh juri, desain itu tak dimenangkan. Soalnya, begitu dilihat dari atas, terlihat seperti garuda Pancasila tertusuk menara di bagian dada.

Pilihan pun jatuh ke desain Murphi/Iohn dari Amerika. "Cuma, saat diuji, harga konstruksinya sangat tinggi. Kita nggak sanggup," kata Danisworo. Mereka lalu memutuskan untuk memilih pemenang nomor dua, karya ECADI (East China Architecture Design & Research Institute), lembaga desain yang pernah membangun Menara Shanghai Eoriental Pearl di Cina. Itu dipilih karena para juri menganggap desainnya sederhana dan masih bernuansa Asia.

Selain memiliki tiga tiang utama, di bagian kepala menara terdapat lima lantai yang melambangkan Pancasila. Lantai di ketinggian 500-an meter di atas tanah itu nantinya berfungsi sebagai pusat penyiaran dan telekomunikasi. Sayang, ada badai krisis moneter. Proyek pun digantung.

Sepuluh tahun terbengkalai, tiba-tiba sekelompok pengusaha bergabung untuk melanjutkan proyek itu. "Seperti semut, kami bahu-membahu untuk mewujudkan impian itu kembali," kata Ferry Sangeroki, Direktur PT Prasada Jasa Pamudja, perusahaan yang menangani proyek. Ferry tak bisa menyebutkan jumlah pasti para pemilik modalnya. "Jumlahnya sangat banyak," katanya. Dari kalangan pengusaha besar, kecil, bahkan sampai pendeta dari Gereja Bethany.

"Kami memang berusaha menarik siapa saja pemilik modal yang ingin bergabung," kata Ferry. Sempat tersiar kabar, menara itu akan diganti namanya menjadi "Menara Doa". Soalnya, beberapa calon penyewa gedungnya mengklaim akan menggunakan salah satu lantai untuk pusat kegiatan gereja.

Rumor itu buru-buru ditampik oleh Ferry. "Memang ada gedung serba guna yang bisa disewa oleh siapa saja untuk kegiatan apa saja. Tapi bukan berarti mutlak dijadikan tempat ibadah Kristen," tutur Ferry.

Lama terkatung-katung, pihak kontraktor lalu mengadakan sedikit perubahan pada desain meski tak signifikan. Demi kelangsungan perawatan menara, akan dibuat sebuah gedung lagi di sekitarnya. Gedung yang melatarbelakangi Menara Jakarta itu akan menjadi "sentra gaya hidup" dengan segala fasilitasnya. Antara lain hotel, mal, kafe, taman hiburan, gedung serba guna, bioskop, hingga pusat olahraga. Keseluruhan lahan yang digunakan, termasuk untuk menaranya, 10 hektare.

Desain gedungnya tetap mengikuti panduan pancang kota dari Kemayoran. "Gedung itu bisa ditembus oleh orang dari selatan ke utara," kata Roesdiman Soegiarso, direktur yang menangani langsung proyek. Dengan adanya gedung tambahan itu, Menara Jakarta menjadi satu-satunya di dunia yang dilengkapi dengan fasilitas. Diharapkan, dengan adanya fasilitas tersebut, biaya perawatan menara bisa tertanggulangi.

Seperti desain awalnya, menara tetap memiliki tiga kaki yang akan menjulang hingga ketinggian 500 meter. Masing-masing kaki berbentuk silinder, berdiameter 13,2 meter. Dua di antaranya berisi masing-masing tiga lift dengan kecepatan 7 meter per detik. Kaki ketiga berisi delapan lift khusus untuk pengunjung.

Tidak seperti pada umumnya, menara tinggi dengan kaki melebar ke bawah, Menara Jakarta akan tetap terlihat langsing tanpa pelebaran. "Dengan tiga kaki itu, menara ini sudah stabil," kata Roesdiman. Secara struktur, ada perbedaan ukuran yang dari luar tidak terlalu kelihatan.

Selain itu, pada bagian bawahnya, menara itu diikat lagi dengan cincin beton berdiameter 40 meter dengan tinggi 15 meter. Untuk lebih menstabilkannya, menara tertancap dengan fondasi berdiameter 80 meter sampai kedalaman 58 meter di bawah tanah.

Dengan segala gegap gempitanya proyek, faktor keamanan memang menjadi hal yang krusial. Apalagi di bagian menara. "Keamanan adalah kriteria utama kami," kata Roesdiman. Begitu tingginya menara itu, hingga keamanannya akan menggunakan sistem seperti pesawat yang mengudara. Artinya, jika terjadi sesuatu, menara itu tidak bisa bergantung pada pemadam kebakaran di bumi. Dalam tubuh menara itu sudah disiapkan seperangkat alat keamanan. Ada juga lift darurat khusus.

Proyek senilai Rp 2,5 trilyun itu juga akan mempertontonkan pertunjukan spektakuler. Sejarah akan mencatat sebuah sistem pembangunan menara dengan teknologi paling baru. Dengan ketinggian mencengangkan, crane tak akan sanggup menjangkaunya. "Menara ini akan dibangun dengan sistem step by step," ujar Roesdiman. Artinya, setiap kali menyelesaikan satu lantai, dari lantai tersebut dimulai lagi pembangunan untuk tahap berikutnya. Begitu seterusnya, hingga mencapai ketinggian yang diinginkan.

Pada saat menaranya selesai dibangun, proyek itu akan menggunakan helikopter untuk memasang antena di puncak. Harus diakui, bangunan dengan ketinggian 558 meter itu akan mengalami sway atau goyangan karena angin. Secara natural pun, orang akan merasa gamang. Tapi kegamangan itu tak akan mengganggu terlalu lama, kecuali bagi orang yang baru pertama kali naik ke tempat tinggi. "Kami sudah memperhitungkannya. Kita toh bisa belajar dari Menara CN. Orang enjoy berada di puncaknya," kata Roesdiman.

Asmayani Kusrini
[Arsitektur, GATRA, Edisi 24 Beredar Jumat 23 April 2004]

David-80

April 29th, 2004, 12:38 PM

Btw, 2 weeks from now there would be a construction updates website from the developer or the city of jakarta (something like busway website)

Mac, can you check howthe construction goes ?

cheers

Alvin

May 2nd, 2004, 04:59 PM

INDONESIA: Fierce criticism over bid for world's largest tower
23/04/2004 19:57:11 | Asia Pacific Programs

Indonesia has joined the race to build the world's tallest tower. Work has begun on the Jakarta Tower in Kemayoran, the site of the city's airport. The project is due to be completed by 2009, at a cost of more than 300 million US dollars. But while the Jakarta authorities say it will enhance the city's image, the project faces widespread opposition.

Transcript:

MACGREGOR: When it comes to cities and their status symbols, size certainly does matter. For years, Kuala Lumpur's famous Petronas Towers were the envy of the region. Now Jarkarta is getting its own back, with a multi-million dollar, 558-metre tower on the site of the city's former airport. The Jakarta Tower will take about five years to build. Once it's complete, the giant structure, housing a convention centre, a four star hotel, eight thousand square metres of office space, and the obligatory revolving restaurant, will enhance the city's image. That's according to Jakarta's provincial governor Sutiyoso, who recently presided over the start of construction. But not everyone is impressed. Architect and lecturer at the University of Technology Bandung, Yuswadi Saliya:

SALIYA: Architecturally speaking I think it's meaningless because the design is so bad. I saw in the papers the photographs of the models of the tower. It's very old-fashioned I think, compared to the tall buildings nowadays being built in Malaysia or China. I think it's a mere economic gimic. I think it's being built just to attract the investors, to give their capital here in Jakarta so that perhaps they will believe that Indonesia is capable of building a tall building...here in Indonesia.

MACGREGOR: The government has been trying to get the project off the ground for over a decade. It was originally to have been developed by a firm headed by a cousin of former president Suharto, at a projected cost of four hundred million US dollars. After the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the tower acquired a new developer, PT Prasada Japa Pamudja, and a more conservative budget of 314 million. But critics of the project say this saving is hardly significant when sixty percent of Indonesia's population live on about two dollars a day. They're outraged that governor Sutiyoso is continuing to evict tens of thousands of city dwellers to make way for showpiece developments. Wardah Hafidz, director of the Urban Poor Coalition, says at least five thousand homes have been demolished in the Kemayoran area since the Jakarta Tower project was first planned.

HAFIDZ: It started since Suharto time, some ten fifteen or twenty years ago, so evictions have been happening since then. It's an insult to the urban poor, because their economic situation is still very bad now. And the local government continues to evict informal economic activities and also the poor settlements and yet on the other hand, they are planning for this tallest tower in the world or whatever.

MACGREGOR: Wardah Hafidz says the evictions have resulted in unemployment as well as homelessness. And she'll continue to try to force the authorities to rethink their approach.

HAFIDZ: I think they should stop the evictions. And what they have to do is to make an inventory of lands say for instance in Jakarta...vacant lands, the occupied lands and so on. I think the policy should be that the city is replanned to accommodate those business activities traditional activities and economic activites and communities, so each can support each other for a city for all.

David-80

May 3rd, 2004, 06:25 AM

I think macgregor has made some mistake there.

1. theres no eviction in kemayoran, because the area was 100% used for International/aviation airport

2. if there was eviction in a small scale, it must be settled long time ago (10 years) because like the developer said....they are resuming the project.

3. Indonesia population below poverty level which is living under 2 dollars or less are 27% (check the figure on CIA website) and according to bps.go.id its now 18% (2003). so what in a sense 60%??

cheers

Alvin

May 3rd, 2004, 07:02 AM

yeah I think social welfare issues should be totally separated from private business...like seriously, name me one entreprenuer who would rather spend $300 million to provide housing for the poor rather than to build a commercially viable project, such as the world's tallest tower! In today's capitalist world, such idealism is fantasy...it just won't happen...it's the government's job to address these issues, not the business community. People often overlook the benefits in terms of employment opportunities projects like this can generate...

Mahaputra

May 3rd, 2004, 08:22 AM

they're just jealous.. ehehhehe
;)

Alvin

May 3rd, 2004, 09:00 AM

Penawaran Sewa Area Shopping Menara Jakarta Dibuka Agustus 2004
Laporan -

JAKARTA, investorindonesia.com

Manajemen pengembang proyek Menara Jakarta (Jakarta Tower), PT Prasada Japa Pamudja (PJP) menargetkan, dalam empat bulan ke depan sudah dapat membuka penawaran sewa properti berupa area pusat perbelanjaan (shopping center). Rencananya, strategi marketing yang akan diterapkan manajemen dalam menjaring calon tenant (penyewa) bisa dalam beberapa opsi. Salah satunya, adalah hanya mengundang satu pelaku usaha ritel besar. “Pelaku industri ritel terbesar yang akan dibidik dinamakan anchor tenant,” papar Direktur PJP Ferry Sangeroki saat ditemui Investor Daily, Senin (27/4) di Jakarta.

Ferry menyampaikan, teknik penawaran semacam itu biasa dikenal di sektor properti. Jika penyewa besar (anchor tenant) dapat ditarik untuk membuka gerainya di shopping center di Menara Jakarta, pelaku usaha lainnya yang berskala lebih kecil biasanya akan ikut serta.

Seperti diberitakan, Kamis (15/4) lalu, Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso dan Sekretaris Negara (Setneg) Bambang Kesowo, meresmikan dilanjutkannya pembangunan kembali Menara Jakarta. Menurut rencana, Menara Jakarta seluas empat hektar itu akan terdiri dari dua unit bangunan, yakni Tower dan Podium.

Bangunan berikut towernya tersebut akan menjadi menara tertinggi di dunia dengan ketinggian 558 meter. Saat ini rekor menara tertinggi di dunia masih dipegang oleh CN Tower di Toronto, Kanada, dengan ketinggian 553 meter. Disusul Menara Ostankino di Moskow setinggi 533,3 meter, Oriental Pearl Tower di Shanghai setinggi 468 meter, dan Petronas di Kuala Lumpur (421 meter).

Biaya pembangunan Menara Jakarta diperkirakan sebesar Rp 2,5 triliun ini akan berfungsi sebagai lokasi pariwisata dan pusat telekomunikasi. Di lokasi itu juga akan dilengkapi mal, hotel, pusat pendidikan, ruang perkantoran, restoran berputar (rotating deck), dek pengawasan (observatory deck), dan fasilitas broadcasting (penyiaran multifungsi).

Selain itu, Menara Jakarta juga dilengkapi gedung setinggi 17 lantai. Menara ini juga akan dilengkapi lift khusus hingga ke puncak. Di lantai puncak bisa menampung 10.000 orang lebih. Peluang Tender Internasional Ferry Sangeroki melanjutkan, saat ini pihaknya tengah melakukan pengerjaan diafragma wall serta ground anchor sebagai perangkat dasar untuk menahan masuknya air tanah ke dalam konstruksi yang sedang dibangun di bawah permukaan tanah. Proses pengerjaan tahap awal tersebut diperkirakan memakan waktu sekitar enam hingga delapan bulan ke depan.

“Proses pengerjaan awal ini masih kami tangani sendiri,” kata dia. “Setelah proses awal itu selesai, dalam enam atau delapan bulan mendatang kami akan membuka proses tender internasional bagi calon kontraktor utama yang akan mengerjakan Tower Menara Jakarta. Ini karena kami tidak ingin kontraktor utama itu diambil dari institutsi yang belum berpengalaman dalam membuat suatu tower.”

Serap Tenaga Kerja

Sementara itu, untuk kontraktor utama pembangunan podium Menara Jakarta, bisa diserahkan pengerjaannya kepada kontraktor lokal. “Pengerjaan podium itu tidak serumit dalam pengerjaan tower. Sehingga pengerjaannya bisa kami percayakan pada kontraktor lokal saja,” ujarnya.

Sebenarnya, pembangunan Menara Jakarta sudah dimulai sejak tahun 1995 oleh PT Indocitra Graha Bawana. Tetapi pembangunan menara yang sudah memasuki tahap pemasangan pondasi itu harus terhenti pada tahun 1998 karena krisis ekonomi yang melanda Indonesia.

Kelanjutan pembangunan Menara Jakarta rencananya dilakukan pada 2001, setelah terjadi perbincangan P3K dengan PT Indocitra Graha Bawana. Namun, PT Indocitra Graha Bawana menyerahkan pembangunan Menara Jakarta ke pihak lain.

Selanjutnya, PT Prasada Japa Pamudja membentuk konsorsium baru untuk membangun Menara Jakarta. Konsorsium ini terdiri dari beberapa perusahaan. Sementara itu, Direktur Proyek Menara Jakarta Roesdiman Soegiarso mengatakan, visi pembangunan Menara Jakarta adalah 'Sentra Gaya Hidup'. “Sentra gaya hidup merupakan impian dan konsep Menara Jakarta yang mengedepankan sebagai tempat yang memberi semangat hidup, pengembangan dan pusat teknologi, hiburan, pendidikan pariwisata dan perdagangan untuk menghadapi abad ke-21,” jelasnya.

Roesdiman menyatakan, segi positif dari dibangunnya Menara Jakarta antara lain, akan memberi nilai tambah dan positif kepada masyarakat sekitar. Itu karena setelah selesai pembangunannya akan menyerap 40.000 lebih tenaga kerja. Pada tahap pembangunan ini, sudah menyerap 20.000 lebih tenaga kerja. (c42)

SUNNI

May 18th, 2004, 10:12 AM

wow that tower looks like the one in Aukland, exept its bigger hehe:D

David-80

May 25th, 2004, 09:16 AM

Lets re-start this thread guys.

Ok here is info, the jakarta tower website is still underconstruction www.jakartatower.com

-Jakarta tower will also have glass elevator (unconfirmed but this is what i heard)

cheers
cheers

Alvin

May 25th, 2004, 01:06 PM

David-80, any news on when that website will be up?

David-80

May 26th, 2004, 10:02 AM

Alvin, i havent heard any news yet...maybe because they are working on the website with flash and animation or maybe they still need to find remote server which is easy to access from outside and inside Indonesia.

cheers

coth

May 31st, 2004, 11:59 AM

You guys forgot, so present second tallest 540m Ostankino Tele Tower planed to increasing to 568 meters in 2007.
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=24

Mahaputra

May 31st, 2004, 12:11 PM

You guys forgot, so present second tallest 540m Ostankino Tele Tower planed to increasing to 568 meters in 2007.
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=24

yeah.. definitely it wont be the tallest tower for long.. there will be many buildings and towers taller than 558m by that time..
so yeah.. good on russia..
we're just proud that our country has one of the world's tallest structure..

David-80

June 1st, 2004, 05:10 AM

You guys forgot, so present second tallest 540m Ostankino Tele Tower planed to increasing to 568 meters in 2007.

we aint forgot...we just didnt know of those news...anyway every tallest tower would lose their title anyway..so its alright. Jakarta tower can also increase their height anytime soon, looking at the fact that its still underconstruction and want to regain the status of the tallest tv tower.

cheers

SeeMacau

June 1st, 2004, 12:32 PM

I don't think it's important to consider about how long the tower to stay for the world tallest structure ... at least Indonesia has the ability to build the world tallest structure !! right !! :D

macgyver

June 1st, 2004, 03:07 PM

Lets advise them to increase the spire by 20 meters.
So Jakarta Tower will be 578m :) :banana: :carrot: :grouphug:

Avatar

June 4th, 2004, 02:25 PM

Mahaputra

June 4th, 2004, 03:25 PM

I will say it again... regardless of how tall this project is and how mighty and exciting the development; It may well be a source of embarrassment for Indonesia.

So original... it looks like the designer has just cut and pasted sections of the OPT and the Ostankino television tower to make their own design... hmmm what a joke.

It is the most vile and ill conceived tall tower anywhere on this Earth. Disproportionate, unbalanced, a failure in fusion of form and style... the aesthetics are a massive failure on every level of design and architecture. If they seek to build such a massive icconic tower why would they not run a competition or rather look at some additional designs... from memory there was another design far more unique and far more appealing... what ever happened to it?

ehmmm... it's not an embarassment thank you very much.. for a country like Indonesia, we're quite proud to have this tower.. it may not be the tallest one.. but it'll sure create massive job opportunities and boost the economic of our country..
and as for the design.. it actually has meanings implanted on the tower..
the 5 rings in the middle actually represents the Pancasila, which is the constitutions of this country..
for ur information, they did run a competition for the tower design..
and the winner had an absolute stunning design, but the cost to build this tower is massive.. so therefore they went for the second best.. which was designed by an architect firm from shanghai (if I'm not mistaken)..
and this has a positive effect to Indonesia's and China's relationship. China nowadays has invested quite a lot of money in Indonesia and have worked with the Indonesian government in constructing various projects, such as the Suramadu bridge, JORR (Jakarta Outer Ring Road), and others..
architecture nowadays dont just rely on aesthetics, but also function, purpose and the meanings behind the design..

Mahaputra

June 4th, 2004, 03:29 PM

JktCity

June 4th, 2004, 09:02 PM

let him talk guys....he has the right to express his opinion, it's a 'free' forum....N beside ....who gives a **** bout his opinion anyway??? i certainly dont!!

Alvin

June 5th, 2004, 04:39 AM

Avatar

June 5th, 2004, 07:26 AM

The design does not look innovative

Avatar

June 5th, 2004, 07:46 AM

oh yeah another thing.. talking about "the most vile and ill conceived tall tower anywhere on this Earth"..
I wouldnt judge people's design.. as I respect their work and the effort they have put into in designing these amazing structures...
but if u want to put it that way, why dont u take a look closer to ur city first before making any judgement.. ie (sydney tower)...

I might not like SydneyTower but it is far more elegant and stylish than your offering. The only reason I am slaging off this design is beacuse it is poor!
I appluade Indonesia for building such a large project and so tall but honestly look at it... it is vulgar, and it does not hold a candle to OPT.

Mahaputra

June 5th, 2004, 01:23 PM

I might not like SydneyTower but it is far more elegant and stylish than your offering. The only reason I am slaging it off this design is beacuse it is poor!
I appluade Indonesia for building such a large project and so tall but honestly look at it... it is vulgar, and it does not hold a candle to OPT.

well.. thank you
about the tower.. we'll just see how it looks like when it's finished shall we?
maybe it'll look better when it's finished.. or maybe worse.. we never know..
:)

Alvin

June 5th, 2004, 02:21 PM

The design does not look innovative
I was actually being sarcastic, quoting yourself ('innovative' should've been 'original')

macgyver

June 5th, 2004, 04:25 PM

If they seek to build such a massive icconic tower why would they not run a competition or rather look at some additional designs... from memory there was another design far more unique and far more appealing... what ever happened to it?

Read before you write he he he :) :bash:
They DID DID run a competition .... It was the 2nd on the competition, the design was from ECADI

Avatar

June 6th, 2004, 05:04 AM

Mahaputra

June 6th, 2004, 09:04 AM

Im sorry guys there was no offence intended in my ripping into your tower design. I also now know there was a competition which initially i was unaware of... I'd rather them spend the extra dollars and go with the original first choice. It was innovative, exciting and a really interesting design.

no worries man..
all of us wanted the 1st winner's design as well.. but doesnt really matter..
I just want the tower to be built.. ehhee no more delays :drunk:

David-80

June 6th, 2004, 09:11 AM

Avatar i explained why they choose the 2nd design on the world forum did i ?

cheers

Alvin

June 6th, 2004, 10:18 AM

http://www.toto.co.jp/GALLERMA/hist/im/exhibi/53orig/jahnhe.jpg

Avatar

June 6th, 2004, 01:38 PM

Yeah I think that is the one I recall... I have seen better images of it but yeah it looks rather expensive to construct.

David-80

June 29th, 2004, 08:08 AM

Hmm..seems everyone in the main forum even forgot this project, do most of them dislike jakarta tower so much?

cheers

tata

June 29th, 2004, 02:20 PM

i don't forget... instead I'm waiting for more news about it. Since the website of jakarta tower is not ready, it's very difficult to follow the construction status especially I only count on internet based news from here

JAG2

June 29th, 2004, 09:45 PM

Hmm..seems everyone in the main forum even forgot this project, do most of them dislike jakarta tower so much?

cheers
No not at all I could not wait till it s ready. :)

David-80

June 30th, 2004, 07:31 AM

I mean, in the world forum, overseas people seems forgot this project...sad

cheers

huaiwei

June 30th, 2004, 07:34 AM

I mean, in the world forum, overseas people seems forgot this project...sad

cheers
I dont think they have "forgotten" it....they just arent aware of it yet. This project really needs alot of publicity. Why dont you guys make a bolder announcement in the international section? I am sure this warrants more attention then that cn thing in toronto! :D

David-80

June 30th, 2004, 07:36 AM

We already have a thread there, thanks to Rafflescity, but seems most of them have very negative opinion regarding the design itself, some said..its like copycat, etc. Oh well, maybe we just wait until its finished :D

cheers

huaiwei

June 30th, 2004, 07:42 AM

That kind of response is to be expected....people get jealous when their height records get busted, I suppose? :D But they cant deny that something IS going to be higher, so what can they do about it? ;)

tata

June 30th, 2004, 11:36 AM

I dont think they have "forgotten" it....they just arent aware of it yet. This project really needs alot of publicity. Why dont you guys make a bolder announcement in the international section? I am sure this warrants more attention then that cn thing in toronto! :D

"Marketing" is one thing that we Indonesian must learn a lot :yes: . We shouldnot think because we're building world's highest tower then everyone will look at us. Not that simple. We must market it. Show it and continously inform people. Update with news.
Internet based marketing can be cost efficient promotion. This can be followed by, say, putting a big welcome in CGK airport like: "Welcome to Jakarta, the city of world's tallest tower'...

How about that?

macgyver

June 30th, 2004, 12:32 PM

I mean, in the world forum, overseas people seems forgot this project...sad

cheers

Let's make it a surprise then ... he he he

Remember ?
Indonesia is full of surprises ....
:)

Mahaputra

June 30th, 2004, 04:44 PM

JAG2

June 30th, 2004, 08:47 PM

I agree, but on the other hand , the Indonesian people should cherrish their country , what I mean is : preserve the jungle ( for eco-tourism ) their beaches and underwater world ( don t use dynamite for fishing ) and many more. I love Indonesia but the Indonesian people ( no offense ) ' like ' to litter.
And make a good promotion film , like Malaysia did and still does.

huaiwei

June 30th, 2004, 11:43 PM

"Marketing" is one thing that we Indonesian must learn a lot :yes: . We shouldnot think because we're building world's highest tower then everyone will look at us. Not that simple. We must market it. Show it and continously inform people. Update with news.
Internet based marketing can be cost efficient promotion. This can be followed by, say, putting a big welcome in CGK airport like: "Welcome to Jakarta, the city of world's tallest tower'...

How about that?
Any form of publicity is usually better then none! :)

Not everyone is going to sit up and love the design from day one...it often takes alot of getting used to. Just look at how many people are still groaning over how T101 looks like. So what they will usually need is lots of visual reminders of this tower, till the point whereby they wont fail to mention it in any discussion about significant buildings coming up.

Whatever the case, I am just proud that Southeast Asia will grap another "world tallest" title again, once by KL, and now by Jakarta. Way to go, everyone! ;)

tata

July 1st, 2004, 12:42 AM

[QUOTE=huaiwei]Any form of publicity is usually better then none! :)
QUOTE]

this is exactly what I'm saying, promote promote and promote. I've no idea how much Jakarta Provincial Government involves in this tower, anyway whoever in that project, IMHO, should, say work together with JKT Tourism Board to promote both the city and the tower. Give and take. :blahblah:
Or if that idea is so high in the sky that our hand so short to reach... why dont we, forumers, start do something. Host a website for instance.

Anyone?

(sing this: You may say I'm a dreamer... But I'm not the only one...)

tata

July 1st, 2004, 12:59 AM

uppsss.... forget one thing... errhhh what's that T101? (beginner's question :bash: )

Mahaputra

July 1st, 2004, 06:23 AM

T101 is the Taipei 101 tata...
it's currently the tallest building in the world.. it's located in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan

JAG2

July 14th, 2004, 10:22 PM

Are there any latest news now abt this project??

tata

August 2nd, 2004, 06:16 PM

T101 is the Taipei 101 tata...
it's currently the tallest building in the world.. it's located in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan

Oooo is it higher than Petronas building? *DON'T laugh please*

Mahaputra

August 3rd, 2004, 03:57 AM

yeah it is.. If I'm not mistaken the height to the spire is about 501m or something like that..
it's currently the tallest building in the world

coth

August 3rd, 2004, 08:33 AM

508.

by the way - can anyone make update photos of Jakarta Tower?

David-80

August 3rd, 2004, 07:04 PM

I was there this night, they still digging the foundation, i saw 3 cranes and couple constructions machine beside mega glodok which actually massive!

cheers

tata

August 3rd, 2004, 10:17 PM

any construction picture anyone?

Alvin

August 10th, 2004, 01:59 AM

guys checkout skyscraperpage.com, they've updated the diagram.

Mahaputra

August 10th, 2004, 04:16 AM

yupp.. I saw it as well.. the diagram looks so much better..
and they've added the construction of ritz carlton as well.. but no diagram yet though..

tata

August 10th, 2004, 01:39 PM

Only 8 buildings in Indonesia listed? Any specific criteria for a building to be listed there?
They need our help to update their database! :)

Alvin

August 10th, 2004, 02:48 PM

Only 8 buildings in Indonesia listed? Any specific criteria for a building to be listed there?
They need our help to update their database! :)
well, they need to know the exact height and the exact design of the building I guess.

627

August 28th, 2004, 11:17 AM

any pics of the construction site??

David-80

September 12th, 2004, 03:29 PM

Alvin

September 12th, 2004, 03:31 PM

yes PLEASE. we want PICS of the Jakarta Tower construction site, eventhough there's nothing much there atm :)

Also, pics of THe Peak ! haven't seen any construction pics of this magnificent development :cheers:

Alvin

September 12th, 2004, 03:32 PM

oh and Forum Senayan, while I'm at it. AND the new pedestrian sidewalks in Thamrin/SUdirman/Bunderan HI.

JAG2

September 12th, 2004, 08:04 PM

Seems we are talking to much politics and missing the biggest project in Indonesia.

Anyone want to meetup this week for taking pictures? anyone in Jakarta

Mac? give me ur number? anyone? Andi yo?

cheers
Hi guys , just I mentioned before I was planning to go to Jakarta by the end of the month but due to the bombing I cancelled this trip . But I l now go after the election as soon as I arranged my visa to go to Indonesia , so probable I will be there ( Jkarta ) beginning of october and I certainly will take any pictures of this site.

JAG2

September 12th, 2004, 08:10 PM

yeah man.. a lot of things in Indonesia needs to be marketed more ..
like tourism.. we've got so many places to go... and so many nice beaches.. forests...
but no-one knows about it.. and as well.. lack of infrastructure.. like roads and highways..

I made a thread of : Nationals parks and other wild places of Indonesia.

This is what I read lately that Sumatra forest diminish every day by illigal lodging and that by the end of 2005 there will be no more rainforest on this island.

sanhen

September 13th, 2004, 04:13 AM

Me still going to Indonesia too.
But not Jakarta. Bogor that is. And maybe I'll take pics of Bandung and other coastal cities.

Alvin

September 28th, 2004, 06:23 AM

To non-Indo readers:
- there will be slight change of design , but it will only affect the base, toewr itself and final height remain unchanged.

Menara Jakarta Berubah Desain

Tambah Kamar Hotel, Bang Yos Minta Dikaji
KEMAYORAN - Salah satu calon bangunan tertinggi di dunia, Menara Jakarta, mengalami perubahan desain pada bagian podium dan lobi, agar lebih semarak. Hal tersebut diungkapkan Kepala Dinas Penataan dan Pengawasan Bangunan (P2B) DKI Djumhana di Balaikota DKI, kemarin. "Yang sedikit berubah hanya desain podium dan lobi. Tinggi menara tetap 560 meter," jelasnya.

PT PJP berniat menambahkan penginapan di area lobi guna menambah semarak bangunan, terutama pada malam hari. Selain hotel, PT PJP juga bermaksud menambah ruang pendidikan dan ruang perkantoran pada bagian podium.

Usulan itu tidak langsung disetujui Gubernur DKI Sutiyoso. Orang nomor satu di Jakarta itu meminta Kepala Dinas Tata Kota DKI Nurfakih Wirawan untuk mengkaji rencana itu.

"PT PJP minta supaya proyeknya tidak dihentikan. Kalau bisa, berjalan terus sambil dilakukan pengkajian. Memang membutuhkan waktu beberapa bulan. Mudah-mudahan, pengkajian akan selesai Desember," ujarnya.

Konsep Menara Jakarta yang punya luas bangunan 306.810 meter persegi ini dikembangkan pada 1996. Menara akan diisi mal, ruang perkantoran seluas 8.000 meter persegi (8 lantai), restoran berputar, dek pengawasan, ruang penyiaran multifungsi, serta area parkir seluas 144.000 meter persegi.

Ada juga ruang konvensi di lantai puncak podium yang mampu menampung 10.000 orang, pusat pameran, perhotelan dengan 200 kamar (bintang 4 plus), pusat pendidikan seluas 4.000 meter persegi. Menara ini mempunyai tiga kaki yang masing-masing berdiameter 13,2 meter dan memiliki 17 lantai serta lift.

Menara yang dibangun di atas lahan seluas 40.550 meter persegi dengan bentuk setengah lingkaran yang dikelilingi jalan raya ini akan dijadikan pusat gaya hidup (life-style center) warga Jakarta.

Pembangunan menara memakan dana Rp 2,5 triliun dan direncanakan akan selesai pada tahun 2010. Secara terpisah, Direktur Proyek Menara Jakarta Roesdiman Soegiarso mengatakan, pembangunan menara terbagi dua bagian. Bagian pertama pembangunan ruang podium 17 lantai yang direncanakan selesai dalam waktu tiga tahun. Bagian kedua adalah pembangunan tower yang diprediksikan selesai dalam lima tahun. "Tetapi kami berusaha untuk membangun lebih cepat," kata Roesdiman.(fol/lis)

David-80

September 28th, 2004, 01:48 PM

Tinggi menara tetap 560 meter," jelasnya.

So they rise the height to 560 M +2m more :lol:

Anyway, macgyver, ryan, andi, peseg5, joko are you up for this weekend jakarta tower meeting (taking pictures and lets have chit chat)

cheers

sanhen

September 28th, 2004, 01:57 PM

David, you need to fix your sig. Your jakarta list of undercons is still pointing to the old thread. Broken link.

David-80

September 28th, 2004, 02:18 PM

Done matey, thanks yah :)

cheers

sanhen

September 28th, 2004, 02:48 PM

Np :)

and maybe rename this thread to [JAKARTA] 558 tower.. to make it more descriptive.

Vespa

October 4th, 2004, 06:08 PM

Such a cool tower! :eek2:
When completed this (together with all the other projects) will make Jakarta a world-class city! :cheers:

Trances

November 4th, 2004, 04:15 PM

so its 558 or 560 as me a people are disagreeing

David-80

November 4th, 2004, 04:26 PM

Last time reported its 560.

What do you mean disagreeing? with 558?

cheers

Alvin

November 4th, 2004, 04:30 PM

hey, I think it is still 558m. I think that guy who said 560 was simply rounding it up when he said it..

David-80

November 4th, 2004, 04:35 PM

Oh okay, i thought they officialy change the height, thanks for the correction alvin

cheers

SeeMacau

November 12th, 2004, 09:01 AM

I read the Chinese newspaper today and saw the article about Guangzhou TV tower, the construction will begins at the end of this year and will be complete in 2007/2008. The height of the tower is estimate to be around 580-600 meters !!

Alvin

November 12th, 2004, 09:08 AM

shit, so fast! the Jakarta Tower won't be completed until 2010

SeeMacau

November 12th, 2004, 09:16 AM

Here is the article in Chinese, it also says the tower will becomes the tallest structure when complete.

穗將建六百米世界最高塔

五百八十米至六百米的新廣州電視塔設計方案現已初步選定，並交由廣州市政府審核。據透露，徵地拆遷工作正在順利進行，預計今年十二月可以進行前期施工，並將於二○○七年八、九月竣工。竣工後它將成為世界第一高塔。　　

據新廣州電視中心建設指揮部辦公室信息，此前由廣州市建設委員會、廣州市規劃局、廣州電視臺聯合組成競賽委員會，通過技術審查、專家評審並經過三輪投票後，從參賽的十三份作品中評出了三個優勝設計方案。他們已從中基本選定實施方案，由於還需市政府審核，因此暫不便透露。這三個優勝方案分別來自法國AS公司、英國ARUP公司和德國來沃文公司。新電視塔徵用單位用地約一萬五千四百平方米，需拆遷房屋一萬八千三百四十二平方米。　　

據《信息時報》報道，廣東省環境輻射硏究檢測中心對新電視塔進行的環境影響評估報吿也將於近期提交。新電視塔不會超過國家規定的輻射標準，建設指揮中心將“用數據說話”，評估結果出來後將進行公示。

Alvin

November 16th, 2004, 02:24 AM

Nov 16, 2004
Guangzhou to build tallest tower in the world

Beijing - THE southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced plans to build the world's tallest tower.

Work is expected to begin soon on the Guangzhou TV tower, which will measure 580m to 600m above the ground.

It will surpass the current record holder - the 553m CN Tower in Toronto.

It will also be taller than New York's new World Trade Center, which will measure 541m at its spire, according to the BBC.

To be sited along the Pearl River, it will occupy 84,880 sq m in the city's premier business district of Tianhe.

Thirteen local and foreign companies were bidding for the right to design the landmark structure. Three have been shortlisted.

Mr Huang Jiatian, deputy director at the Headquarters for the Construction of the Guangzhou New TV Tower, said the companies were Arup Qualification of Britain, Architecture Studio of France and Leon Wohl Hage Wernik of Germany.

'We expect the project to be open to tourists by 2008,' he told Agence France-Presse.

'The TV tower will be a symbol of Guangzhou, a tourist attraction combining cultural and entertainment facilities.'

The reason for the height was related primarily to the television transmitter, Mr Huang added.

An official surnamed Luo from the Construction Committee of Guangzhou said around 200 families will have to move to make way for the project.

'Relocation work has already begun and construction work will start at the beginning of December,' he told AFP.

According to the China Daily, the project will cost more than 1.5 billion yuan (S$300 million).

Guangzhou's old TV tower will be demolished and the Guangdong provincial TV stations will move into the new building.

Television towers have often become architectural symbols and tourist attractions in many cities around the world, including one in China's financial hub, Shanghai.

Fir3blaze

November 16th, 2004, 04:52 PM

OMG....they're really fast. I hope those ppl doing the Jakarta Tower better work harder from today, or at least redesign the tower to be 601m instead of jsut 558m (can they?)....Oh man...imagine building "the world's tallest tower" but got surpassed by others even before completion.... :bash:

David-80

November 16th, 2004, 11:04 PM

I have the feeling they will OR they can just cheat the whole thing with spire. But of course, its not what we really want....neverthless upon completion, we still have something to proud or a trademark for Jakarta.

Cheers

Mahaputra

November 16th, 2004, 11:35 PM

yeah.. it doesnt matter if jakarta tower wont be the tallest in the world, but it'll still be a landmark for Jakarta...

Alvin

November 17th, 2004, 02:34 AM

i think its possible that, mid-way or towards the end, they'll decide to extend the spire, seeing that jkt tower will be completed only AFTER guangzhou tower is completed, so they have a time advantage. :)

Fir3blaze

November 17th, 2004, 04:38 AM

Heee...that would be cool :) Well, it'd be nice to see it when its complete

David-80

November 21st, 2004, 10:43 PM

China shelves tallest tower plans

China is undergoing an architectural revolution
The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has cancelled plans to build the world's tallest tower.
The local authorities rejected a plan for the tower which would have reached the height of 580-600m (1,914-1,980 feet), state media reports.

Instead, Guangzhou will construct a building 400m high - which will fall 20m short of Shanghai's Jinmao tower - currently China's highest building.

The tallest building in the world at present is the CN Tower in Toronto.

"The design requires the building to reach a height of 400m, 200m lower", the director of Guangdong province's urban planning department, Pan An, was quoted by the China Daily newspaper as saying.

Ye Ronggui, professor of architecture at the South China University told the publication the new design would fit in more with the surrounding architecture.

The new tower would also be cheaper to build and would better be able to resist typhoons and storms, he said.

David-80

November 21st, 2004, 10:44 PM

Let me buy beers for all of you :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

cheers :cheers:

Alvin

November 22nd, 2004, 01:37 AM

yeah, well IMO it was pointless anyway to build the world's tallest building when Burj Dubai is alrealdy U/C. Anyhow, a superstall structure could turn into an eyesore if its not supported by sufficient skyline density and a really good design. :)

Fir3blaze

November 22nd, 2004, 07:25 AM

Let me buy beers for all of you :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Bring on the beer, man!! :cheers: :cheers:

Anyway, i haven heard of the Burj Dubai. Alvin, can gimme an overview?

Alvin

November 22nd, 2004, 09:36 AM

check out the world forums :)
but basically its a 750 m tall (or something like that) building...

Ara

November 22nd, 2004, 09:37 AM

Have they started the construction yet? I'll be moving back to Jakarta in January and would love to see the site.

Alvin

December 1st, 2004, 04:23 PM

Here's some pics on the cosntruction site, taken in August (found these pics online btw):

http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/221.jpg

compare August to November last year:
http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/222.jpghttp://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/204.jpg
http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/223.jpg http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/224.jpg http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/225.jpg http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/226.jpg http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/227.jpg

Mahaputra

December 2nd, 2004, 01:57 AM

man.. glad that there's something going on there.. havent heard any news of the tower for ages... thanks for the pics alvin..
btw.. the site is damn huge.. it's gonna be a damn big tower...

drwho

December 2nd, 2004, 02:27 AM

nice pics:)
finally the work has started:)

Yamauchi

December 2nd, 2004, 04:09 AM

Oh, it's still being built by Bethany Church. I didn't know that.

David-80

December 2nd, 2004, 04:18 PM

Good one Alvin, it seems they really focusing on the landbase concrete to prevent earthquake?

cheers

JktCity

January 27th, 2005, 11:06 AM

no news here????

Wisma

February 1st, 2005, 09:35 PM

Pictures please!!!!

Alvin

February 2nd, 2005, 04:20 AM

yes please! who's in Jakarta right now??

sanhen

February 8th, 2005, 05:20 AM

errr..
I am too lazy to browse all the post hehehehe
So anyone remember how high the observation decks is?
at 300 m? 400 m?

Alvin

February 28th, 2005, 12:45 PM

"Menara Jakarta = Monumen Keberhasilan Orde Baru"
Amazing how times have changed... :)

MENARA SUDWIKATMONO AKAN TERUS
Walaupun dikecam, "Menara Trilogi" tetap akan dipresentasikan di Bina Graha

Jakarta, 27 September 1995

JAKARTA (PIPA) -- Akhirnya Mensesneg Moerdiono bersuara tentang
menara tertinggi di Indonesia yang kontroversial. Dalam rapat kerja dengan
Komisi II Senin lalu (25 September), ia mengatakan bahwa menara itu akan
bermanfaat -- yaitu bagi dunia konstruks i dan arsitektur, serta siaran
radio dan televisi.

Moerdiono adalah juga Ketua Badan Pengelola dan Pengembangan
Bandar Baru Kemayoran. Menara ini akan dibangun di lahan sekitar empat
hektar di Kemayoran. Namun, ia belum memastikan kapan proyek swasta itu
akan dipresentasikan di Bina Graha.

Sebelumnya, Sudwikatmono, salah satu pemegang saham proyek itu,
memang telah mengatakan bahwa presentasi akan diadakan di kantor presiden
Bina Graha. "Jadwalnya sedang diatur oleh Pak Moerdiono," ujar
Sudwikatmono seusai mengikuti peresmian Pab rik Olefin Chandra Asri oleh
Presiden Suharto pekan lalu.

Seandainya jadi, itu memang bukan pertama kalinya proyek swasta
dipresentasikan pada, bahkan diresmikan oleh, Presiden. Contohnya, antara
lain, peresmian Chandra Asri dan presentasi proyek stasiun terpadu
Manggarai. Proyek Manggarai dikerjakan ol eh konsorsium yang dipimpin oleh
Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, putri Presiden. Sedangkan Chandra Asri, antara
lain, dimiliki oleh Prajogo Pangestu (40%), Henry Pribadi (25%), dan putra
presiden Bambang Trihatmodjo (25%). Bersama Sudwikatmono, Prajogo dan Henr
y juga memegang saham di bangunan yang diberi nama "Menara Trilogi" itu.
Menurut Sudwikatmono, itu semua setelah ia menghadap Presiden .

Presentasi yang akan dihadiri oleh anggota DPR itu antara lain
dimaksudkan agar mereka faham. Sebab, menurut Pak Dwi ini, banyak anggota
DPR yang memprotes karena tidak mengerti. Mereka yang sejak awal mengecam
proyek itu, misalnya, Theo Syafei ( F-ABRI), Andi Matalatta (FKP). Royani
Aminulllah dan Budi Hardjono (keduanya dari FPDI).

Menurut Sudwikatmono, para anggota DPR yang protes itu lalu
menemuinya dan meminta maaf. (Tapi, ketika dikonfirmasikan, mereka
menyangkal telah berubah pikiran. "Apalagi meminta maaf. Bertemu saja
tidak pernah," ujar Royani Aminullah.)

Proyek Menara Trilogi menjadi kontroversial karena biayanya yang
membumbung, sementara Sudwikatmono mempromosikannya sebagai monumen
"keberhasilan Orde Baru". Proyek ini diperkirakan menelan sekitar 400 juta
dolar AS (hampir satu triliun rupiah). Nama "Menara Trilogi", menurut
taipan itu, didapat atas petunjuk Presiden. Sebelumnya, Sudwikatmono
pernah mengusulkan nama "Menara Jakarta".

Direncanakan mulai dibangun 1996 dan selesai 2001, monumen
"keberhasilan Orba" ini akan menjadi bangunan tertinggi di Indonesia. Dan
di dunia, ini merupakan menara ketiga tertinggi, setelah CN Tower
(550meter) di Toronto, Kanda,dan Ostankino (530) di Mos kva. Jika
dibandingkan dengan Monumen Nasional yang dibangun zaman Sukarno dan
menjadi lambang kota Jakarta, Monas cuma seperempat tinggi Menara Trilogi.

Selain itu, menara ini juga penuh dengan simbol mengenai
Indonesia. Pancasila yang selama ini diajarkan sebagai dasar negara,
dilambangkan dengan gedung berlantai lima di pucuk menara. Yang paling
dasar adalah tiga tiang yang menggambarkan Trilogi Pembangunan. Rancang
bangunnya dikerjakan oleh arsitek yang tergabung dalam East China
Architecture Design Institute.

Proyek ini ditangani oleh PT Indocitra Graha Bawana, yang sahamnya
dipegang oleh tiga taipan: Sudwikatmono, Prajogo Pangestu, dan Henry
Pribadi. Ketiganya dekat dengan keluarga Cendana. Sudwikatmono masih
kerabat, sementara Prajogo dan Henry sering b erbisnis bersama putra putri
Presiden.

Yang menjadi bahan kecaman terutama adalah dana serta fungsi
Menara Trilogi di tengah kesenjangan sosial dan ekonomi yang masih
membentang. Theo Syafei, bekas Pangdam Udayana, mengatakan, "Lebih baik
dana sebesar itu digunakan untuk pembang unan kawasan Timur Indonesia."
Karena itu, menara ini mulai dikenal pula dengan sebutan "Menara
Kesenjangan". Koran The Jakarta Post menyebutnya sebagai "tower of
indifference" (menara ketidakpedulian). Beberapa anggota DPR menyebutnya
proyek "merc usuar", suatu penamaan terhadap proyek-proyek di zaman Bung
Karno yang dianggap (terutama oleh pendukung Orde Baru) sebagai proyek
untuk pamer ke dunia luar, tanpoa manffat yang jelas bagi rakyat.

Namun, Sudwikatmono membantah jika menaranya disebut proyek
mercusuar. Alasannya, tidak seperti Monas yang dibangun pemerintah, Menara
Trilogi murni bikinan swasta. Sampai saat ini, Sudwikatmono belum merinci
pendanaan proyek tersebut. Ia mengajak dua taipan lain karena tak punya
cukup dana.

Moerdiono, ketika ditanya anggota FKP Tjahjo Kumolo mengenai
kesenjangan sosial yang ironi dengan proyek ini, hanya menerangkan manfaat
teknis bagi dunia arsitektur, konstruksi, dan dunia penyiaran radio dan
televisi. Rencananya, pucuk menara mema ng bakal dijadikan pacak antena
radio dan televisi.

Dalam tanya jawab dengan Komisi II itu, Moerdiono beberapa kali
mengatakan "bukan urusan saya". Misalnya, mengenai nama dan soal
keuntungan. "Apakah akan untung? Mestinya iya. Kalau tidak, itu bukan
urusan saya sebagai Ketua BP Kemayoran," ujarnya.

Beberapa pihak meragukan jika Menara Trilogi akan memberi untung.
Selain biaya perawatan yang akan tinggi sekali, menurut Direktur PDBI
Christianto Wibisono, pasaran perkantoran masih akan loyo ketika menara
itu siap. Menara ini memang akan menjadi perk antoran. Christiano yakin
bahwa Menara Trilogi adalah proyek yang lebih bermuatan politis ketimbang
mempertimbangkan keuntungan bisnis.***