The Chicken Hero Pavi­lion

Gloca­liza­tion

 

 

RAD+AR

The Chicken Hero Pavi­lion is neither a sports nor a leisure faci­lity, but a beau­tiful and important contri­bu­tion to sustaina­bi­lity and toge­ther­ness.

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Urban Forest Jakarta

Urban Forest Jakarta is a green, hip leisure desti­na­tion in the heart of Jakarta. In addi­tion to many other attrac­tions, there are always tempo­rary instal­la­tions to be seen here, such as the Chicken Hero Pavi­lion.

Chicken Hero blends very mode­stly into the land­scape and looks like just another hill in the park. It has a cave-like tunnel that offers free, inclu­sive educa­tion and enter­tain­ment under the name Chicken­coop.

The project comes from the Indo­ne­sian archi­tec­ture firm RAD+AR, which is committed to provo­ca­tion as a means of enga­ging with space, archi­tec­ture, the envi­ron­ment and “tropical archi­tec­ture”.

Chicken coop

The Chicken Hero Pavi­lion pres­ents the proto­type of an envi­ron­men­tally friendly chicken coop, which was desi­gned accor­ding to the prin­ciple of upcy­cling. The aim is to combine respectful live­stock farming and sustaina­bi­lity.

The cross-venti­lated inte­rior provides indi­rect daylight and is covered with recy­cled bamboo as the main struc­ture of the hori­zontal-diagonal green roof. These coops meet the needs of the chickens while ensu­ring waste disposal and the preser­va­tion of green areas, such as rain­water catch­ment areas – all while main­tai­ning a stable and comfor­table thermal envi­ron­ment for the chickens.

Tempo­rary struc­ture

This tempo­rary struc­ture demons­trates an uncom­pli­cated and ecolo­gical circular economy in the middle of a metro­po­litan green space. During the four-week exhi­bi­tion period, the pavi­lion actively served as a food waste recy­cling plant for six restau­rants in the neigh­bor­hood.

All dried leaves and organic tree waste were used as bedding for the chickens, while also helping to reduce mois­ture. The composted food waste and dried leaves were then turned into garden and commer­cial compost, which was harve­sted every three days. Appro­xi­m­ately 40 eggs were returned to the restau­rants each day and served as living harvest souve­nirs for visi­tors.

Recipro­city

A central element of the Chicken Hero Pavi­lion is the recipro­city between visi­tors and chickens. This is intended to break the stigma of back­yard poultry farming and encou­rage visi­tors to become agents of change for sustaina­bi­lity in their own house­holds, neigh­bor­hoods and commu­ni­ties.

The Chicken Hero Pavi­lion aims to achieve the (curr­ently) utopian goal of decen­tra­liza­tion, sustaina­bi­lity and the promo­tion of a micro-circular economy within neigh­bour­hood commu­ni­ties – and thus to over­come factory farming. This approach is in line with the current trend of “gloca­liza­tion” (globa­liza­tion + loca­liza­tion) in the vast archi­pe­lagos of Indo­nesia.

And not only there. A great project.

Project data

Desi­gner

RAD+AR
Jalur 20 Block 30/19
West Jakarta
Indo­nesia 11620

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RAD+AR

Opening

2024

Address

Urban Forest Cipete
Kota Jakarta Selatan
Daerah Khusus Ibukota
Jakarta 12430
Indo­nesia

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Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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