THE LIFE OF MANGUNWIJAYA

THE LIFE OF MANGUNWIJAYA
Introduction and lecture
Friday, 3 May 2024, 13.00 WIB/8 am CET/UTC+2, online

We cordially invite you to the first event of our new project LEARNING FROM MANGUNWIJAYA. Besides a brief introduction to the overall project by Setiadi Sopandi, Sergius Sutanto, author and filmmaker from Indonesia, will introduce us to the life of Yusuf Bilyarta Mangunwijaya.
The lecture serves as an introduction to the workshop programme with students from 6 universities, held from 21 July to 31 July 2024 in Yogyakarta, and is open to the public.

An Indonesian priest, writer, political activist, and architect, Mangunwijaya studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University in West Germany from 1960 to 1966, after which he returned to Indonesia. In his architectural projects, he sought to translate the universal principles of modernism into an authentic, indigenous expression.

Mangunwijaya received the Aga Khan Award in 1992 for his Kali Code River Redevelopment Project in Yogyakarta (1980–1985). In 1995, he was awarded the Ruth & Ralph Erskine Award in Sweden in recognition of his commitment to serving underprivileged sections of the population.

Introduction:
Setiadi Sopandi, Museum Arsitektur Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Lecture:
The Life of Y. B. Mangunwijaya
Sergius Sutanto, author and filmmaker, Jakarta, Indonesia

Moderation:
Johanita Anggia Rini, Ph.D., Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia