Pandega Desain Weharima - PDW

Pandega Desain Weharima - PDW
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Architecture sets the energy load for a building, before any system is chosen to manage it.
11/09/2026

Architecture sets the energy load for a building, before any system is chosen to manage it.

Design decisions are rarely made in isolation, even when they come from a single discipline.This week, PDW’s BIM team le...
04/09/2026

Design decisions are rarely made in isolation, even when they come from a single discipline.

This week, PDW’s BIM team led an internal Rhino and Grasshopper training for multidisciplinary teams across the studio. Not an introduction to new software, but an effort to bring different ways of working onto the same computational and parametric design logic, so design work can move through the same process, not just the same project.

What that shared logic opens up: more room to explore form, pattern, and spatial configuration before committing to one. Small adjustments, once time-consuming to redraw by hand, can now be integrated with ease, giving the team a more rounded view of the design as it develops.

This is what the training is building toward: bringing computational design directly into ongoing projects, one step toward making it a capability the whole studio can draw on.

For Prof. (Emeritus) Danisworo, architecture was never complete in the building itself. “Arsitektur baru bermakna apabil...
24/08/2026

For Prof. (Emeritus) Danisworo, architecture was never complete in the building itself. “Arsitektur baru bermakna apabila dikaitkan dengan ruang sekitar serta dengan kualitas kehidupan yang diciptakan,” he once said. It’s a view that runs deeper than it first sounds: quality of life can’t come from a single building standing alone on a single plot of land.

That way of thinking is where PDW and PSUD both began. Danisworo founded both firms. In 2018, at his birthday celebration, PDW launched the book “Architecture: Beyond Building.” At that same event, Danisworo Scholarship was also launched, as PDW and PSUD’s way of carrying his thinking forward.

Realized starting 2022, the program has now run for four consecutive years, supporting tuition for master’s students in Architecture and Urban Design at ITB’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development (SAPPK), the same school where Prof. (Emeritus) taught. The two fields were never separate in his view to begin with.

Now entering its fifth year, Danisworo Scholarship remains one of the quiet ways PDW and PSUD stay connected to the founder’s original view: that architecture only means something in relation to the life around it.

[4/4] The classic problem with a vertical market: it’s easy to fill the ground floor, harder to convince anyone to go fu...
21/08/2026

[4/4] The classic problem with a vertical market: it’s easy to fill the ground floor, harder to convince anyone to go further up.

A few things were designed to work with that in mind. The void running through the building lets people see up and down as they move through it, so the upper floors aren’t hidden behind blank walls, they’re visible from the moment someone walks in. Escalators carry that same intention, making the climb feel like less of one.

Some of what fills those upper floors are sports facilities respond to a demand that’s already visibly rising, healthier lifestyles, more people looking for a place to move. Live streaming studios respond to something more specific, tenants who already sell this way and need a proper space to do it.

[CAREER OPPORTUNITIES] Junior BIM SpecialistJoin our team and work on real low-rise to mid-rise projects. We’re looking ...
19/08/2026

[CAREER OPPORTUNITIES] Junior BIM Specialist

Join our team and work on real low-rise to mid-rise projects. We’re looking for a solid foundation in building construction and BIM implementation, ArchiCAD proficiency required, Revit a plus.

✅ Fresh graduates welcome
✅ 1–2 years of experience is a plus
✅ Full-time, based at PDW office

🔗 Full details and how to apply check pdw.co.id/careers

[2/4] A market can’t pause while it waits for a new building. We designed this Pasar Penampungan Muara Karang with the i...
11/08/2026

[2/4] A market can’t pause while it waits for a new building. We designed this Pasar Penampungan Muara Karang with the intention of keeping everyday activities running while the main building was being constructed.

Here are some snapshots of how the community lives around the temporary market. Every part of it was delicately decided, where it sits, how its two wings work differently, extra security given to certain tenants, and how it respects the surrounding neighborhood by preserving daylight for the shophouses next to it.

In the next post, we’ll walk through how the construction was phased to make this possible.

[1/4] Pasar Muara Karang is getting a major upgrade. Revitalization isn’t just about refurbishing the building, it’s als...
10/08/2026

[1/4] Pasar Muara Karang is getting a major upgrade. Revitalization isn’t just about refurbishing the building, it’s also a chance to enhance the neighborhood around it.

But revitalization doesn’t mean the market stops. Everyday activities continue as usual, even while construction is underway.

📌 Over the next few posts, we’ll walk through how, from the temporary market, to the phasing, to the new building itself.

Before the school starts.A visit before the students come, while the halls are still quiet, the classrooms still empty, ...
31/07/2026

Before the school starts.

A visit before the students come, while the halls are still quiet, the classrooms still empty, waiting for the routines that will fill them.

🏫 For a month more, this is a construction site. Then it becomes SMA Kemala Taruna Bhayangkara, a place where hundreds of students will spend their days, and for some, their years.

We walked through it one more time, not because the work is finished, but because this is only phase one of a larger complex still taking shape. Much like the students who’ll spend their first year here, it’s still early days.

Dukuh Atas today feels more connected, but that wasn’t always the case.Back in 2017, transportation nodes sat within a f...
24/07/2026

Dukuh Atas today feels more connected, but that wasn’t always the case.

Back in 2017, transportation nodes sat within a few hundred meters of each other on paper, yet remained completely disconnected in real life. No safe path linking east and west. No pedestrian-friendly access between stations. Just proximity, without connection.

📌 That year, PDW worked alongside MRT Jakarta, SOM, and Wahana Trans Utama to study how this area could function as one connected transit hub, resulting in Dukuh Atas TOD Master Plan and Urban Design Guidelines, later ratified as Jakarta Governor Regulation (Pergub) No. 107 Tahun 2020.

Since then, the area has grown gradually. Different structures, different timelines, but all part of one long-running idea: a Dukuh Atas where people can move freely.

Swipe through to see where it started. ➡️



🚍 In 2017, MRT Jakarta and Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link construction were underway, on top of Sudirman KRL Station and Tosari Transjakarta BRT Station, which were already operating.

🚃 With a future connection to LRT Jakarta, Dukuh Atas was projected to become the most extensive public transport interchange serving the Greater Jakarta area.

At that time, there was no safe and convenient connection between the public transportation nodes.

✅ On paper, the 400-500m distance between stations looked walkable.

❌ In reality, without safe and comfortable pedestrian access linking the east and west sides, that distance felt like a journey most people would rather avoid.

📌 Through series of collaborative workshop alongside with MRT Jakarta, PDW, SOM, and Wahana Trans Utama, we connect those stations with real pedestrian paths. This time, the idea of a connected Dukuh Atas is becoming real.

Dated back to 2017, this sketch was a collaborative medium on workshop sessions. One of many objective of this study is to ensure Dukuh Atas TOD Area becoming pedestrian-friendly.

Connectivity across the Dukuh Atas TOD area: shorter, pedestrian-friendly access linking multiple public transport nodes.

Kendal Underpass holds the pedestrian-friendly connec

Dukuh Atas today feels more connected, but that wasn’t always the case.Back in 2017, transportation nodes sat within a f...
24/07/2026

Dukuh Atas today feels more connected, but that wasn’t always the case.

Back in 2017, transportation nodes sat within a few hundred meters of each other on paper, yet remained completely disconnected in real life. No safe path linking east and west. No pedestrian-friendly access between stations. Just proximity, without connection.

That year, PDW worked alongside MRT Jakarta, SOM, and Wahana Trans Utama to study how this area could function as one connected transit hub, resulting in Dukuh Atas TOD Master Plan and Urban Design Guidelines, later ratified as Jakarta Governor Regulation (Pergub) No. 107 Tahun 2020.

Since then, the area has grown gradually. Different structures, different timelines, but all part of one long-running idea: a Dukuh Atas where people can move freely.

Swipe through to see where it started. ➡️



🚃 In 2017, MRT Jakarta and Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link construction were underway, on top of Sudirman KRL Station and Tosari Transjakarta BRT Station, which were already operating.

📌 With a future connection to LRT Jakarta, Dukuh Atas was projected to become the most extensive public transport interchange serving the Greater Jakarta area.

At that time, there were no safe and seamless public transportation nodes.

✅ On paper, the 400-500m distance between stations looked walkable.

❌ In reality, without safe and comfortable pedestrian access linking the east and west sides, that distance felt like a journey most people would rather avoid.

📌 Through series of collaborative workshop alongside with MRT Jakarta, PDW, SOM, and Wahana Trans Utama, we connect those stations with real pedestrian paths. This time, the idea of a connected Dukuh Atas is becoming real.

Sketch dated back to 2017 from one of many workshop sessions. One of many objective of this study is to ensure Dukuh Atas TOD Area connected.

Connectivity across Dukuh Atas TOD area: shorter, pedestrian-friendly access linking multiple public transport nodes.

Kendal Underpass holds the pedestrian-friendly connectivity in the area. Photos show before and after the revitalization.

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