The Trend of Housing Design and Town Planning of New Towns in Indonesia

Recent changes in the dynamics of national economies, market liberalization, changes in technologies and movement ofcapital have had a major effect on the Asian Pacific region since the early 1990’s, as there has been an increasing rolefor foreign housing developers in those countries that experienced economic liberalization, high urbanization rates andreforms in the housing sectors. Recently the cosmopolitan cities of Indonesia attracted a global interest due to its rapideconomic development and great potential of population and natural resources. New town development emerged as oneof the solutions to reduce urbanization problems in Indonesia. This study aims to explore the contemporary planningprinciples of new town developments in representative new town projects supplied by of major housing developmentcompanies in Indonesia. We conducted case study on the new town named Kota Baru Parahyangan, which is located inoutskirt of Bandung, the third biggest city in Indonesia and supplied by PT. Belaputra Intiland. As a result of this study,we can identify unique characteristics of new town development in Indonesia.