Thomas Karsten

Thomas Karsten’s Pasar Gedhe Harjonagoro in Solo.

Thomas Karsten’s Pasar Gedhe Harjonagoro in Solo. Source: Meursalt2004_wikimedia CC BY SA 3.0.jpg

Dr Amanda Achmadi, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design (Asian Architecture and Urbanism) at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, discusses the life and works of Thomas Karsten.


Where in Indonesian can we see the legacy of Thomas Karsten?  What was Karsten’s Garden Suburb concept?  Where did Karsten sit in the tension between the coloniser and the colonised? Dr Amandi Achmadi addresses these and related issues.


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