Center for Nusantara Architecture Studies was born on Friday, May 3, 2024 in the room of Doctoral Study Program, Building C, 1st Floor, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Universitas Trisakti. The establishment of a new study center at FCEP was initiated by Dr. Ir. Hadi Prabowo, MT., the Dean of FTSP and Dr. Ir. Ar. Martinus Bambang Susetyarto, MT.,CIAR as a lecturer in the Nusantara Architecture History course in the Undergraduate Study Program, and the Traditional and Vernacular Architecture course in the Postgraduate Study Program.

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FTSP aspires to go further in exploring knowledge about Nusantara Architecture, both in terms of architectural science and in terms of civil engineering science. With the existing potential and limitations, Center for Nusantara Architecture Studies was inaugurated which focuses on the development of civil engineering buildings and architectural buildings in humid tropical regions, in the natural and cultural landscape from the west coast of Madagascar to the eastern tip of Burma, in the heyday of their ancestors before 1800 .​

 

The concentration of this study center is on research and community service, related to the development of contemporary Nusantara Architecture processes and products. The aim of research topics and community service services is to find theoretical and practical knowledge about past, present, and future Nusantara architectural design, or craftsmanship skills that support the contemporary Nusantara architectural process, with support of a set of digital communication media and information technology.

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This activity requires a budget that must be met in order to achieve important scientific findings, become valuable news/testimonials from indigenous communities, and as input to future generations and the world of architectural education in Indonesia today and in the future.