Indonesia Pushes Resilient Architecture through DR3 Workshop

JAKARTA, Jakartaweekly.com – Indonesia’s Ministry of Creative Economy has introduced the Architecture Acceleration Workshop (AAW) as part of the Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience & Recovery (DR3) International Conference on Natural & Human Disasters 2026, aiming to strengthen architects’ capacity to address multi-hazard risks and promote more adaptive, technology-driven practices.

Deputy for Cultural Creativity and Design Yuke Sri Rahayu said resilience should be embedded across the architectural ecosystem, beyond its role as a design concept.

“Resilience is not just a design concept; it must become a policy framework, a business framework, and a professional practice framework. Moving forward, we need architects who are not only responsive to disasters but also capable of anticipating them, designing systems, and creating economic value from resilience solutions themselves,” she said in a press release, as of Sunday, April 19, 2026.

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She said the initiative is expected to pave the way for more strategic architectural practices in Indonesia with broader impact on national and regional development.

DR3 Aceh 2026, organized by the International Union of Architects (UIA), is being held in Indonesia for the first time and focuses on disaster risk reduction, resilience and post-disaster recovery in architecture.

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The workshop gathered around 100 participants from across the architectural sector and featured two main themes: Local Perspectives – Practices in Indonesia, and Global Perspectives – Collaboration & Sharing of Expertise Beyond Borders, each comprising three discussion sessions.

Yuke said it expects architects to position resilience as a foundation of professional practice to better address future challenges at both national and global levels.

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