Project Name: Chicken Hero Pavilion

Design Team: RAD+ar (Research Artistic Design + Architecture)

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Project Area: 900 m²

Completion Year: 2024

Photography: Mario Wibowo

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Project - Nestled within Jakarta's Urban Forest, the Chicken Hero Pavilion by RAD+ar emerges as a radical reimagining of sustainable design and community engagement. Seamlessly blending into the landscape like an organic hill, this innovative structure transcends traditional architectural boundaries, transforming a simple chicken coop into a provocative platform for social and environmental transformation.

Designed as a prototype for decentralized sustainability, the pavilion tackles Indonesia's critical food waste challenge through an ingenious circular economy approach. The project addresses the country's alarming statistic of approximately 300 kilograms of food waste per person annually by creating a symbiotic ecosystem that turns waste into resource.

The pavilion's architectural brilliance lies in its multifunctional design. A cave-like tunnel leads visitors into a cross-ventilated space illuminated by indirect daylight, with a green roof crafted from reclaimed bamboo. Over just four weeks, the structure processed food waste from six on-site restaurants, generating approximately 40 eggs daily and converting organic materials into garden compost.

More than just a structure, the Chicken Hero Pavilion is a social catalyst. By creating a reciprocal space between visitors and chickens, RAD+ar challenges existing stigmas around backyard poultry farming. The design embodies the concept of "Glocalization" - a hyper-local solution with global sustainability implications.

This architectural intervention represents a bold statement: sustainability can be accessible, engaging, and fundamentally transformative when designed with creativity, empathy, and deep understanding of local contexts.

Design Team - RAD+ar is a Jakarta-based architecture studio founded in 2017 by Antonius Richard. Longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2021 emerging architecture studio of the year, the firm focuses on extending the creative application of adaptive tropical architecture. RAD+ar believes true sustainability and architecture can only be achieved by inspiring the masses.

The studio explores the core values of architecture in tropical and developing contexts. Its projects connect culture and nature, showcasing how to escape historical notions of tropicality. RAD+ar promotes sustainable architecture through a provocative, experimental, and research-driven approach. The firm aims to redefine the value of architecture in globalization and localization, expanding the limits of what we call "architecture."