Assembling the Past and the Future of the City through Designing Coworking Facilities

Bandung is known as a creative city in Indonesia, which can be seen from the large number of communities in Bandung that work in the creative industry. A creative city can be further developed by a good understanding of its local identity. One of the characteristic features of Bandung are the numerous old buildings across the city. Unfortunately, these buildings are no longer utilized optimally due to a mismatch between their function and typology. Housing new functions in old buildings to meet present space needs can increase their value. One kind of new function that fits well in old buildings, especially in Bandung, is the coworking space, a new type of workspace that has emerged as a result of the needs of today's society. Mutually beneficial relations can be formed when the old building is well suited to carry out its function as a coworking space for the creative class. The idea is to assemble the past (using an old building as a workplace) and the future (developing the creative economy) through designing coworking facilities. The design simulation conducted in this study used the 'third place' theory by Ray Oldenburg as well as the approach of adaptive building reuse. By changing old buildings in Bandung into new workplaces for the creative class ? coworking spaces ? Bandung can maintain the city's identity and provide new workplaces or public spaces for communities to develop their creativity and increase city income.