Safeguarding and Rejuvenating the Identity of a River City Workshop HUL Quick Scan Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan) Safeguarding and Rejuvenating the Identity of a River City Workshop HUL Quick Scan Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan) Colophon Safeguarding and Rejuvenating the Identity of a River City Workshop HUL Quick Scan Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan) Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia 28 October - 2 November 2019 Vera D. Damayanti, Hasti Tarekat Dipowijoyo, Jacqueline Rosbergen, Peter Timmer, Punto Wijayanto Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Heritage Hands On IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia ISBN/EAN: 78-90-5799-333-6 With the support of: Municipality of Banjarmasin University of Lambung Mangkurat Kakikota Banjarmasin Forum Komunitas Hijau Banjarmasin Photos: Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Heritage Hands On, IPB University, Trisakti University, Municipality of Banjarmasin, Nurimoto Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Amersfoort, 2020 Table of Contents Preface 5 Executive summary 7 1. Introduction 9 1.1 The city of Banjarmasin 9 1.2 Conservation and development 9 1.3 Focus of the Workshop 10 1.4 Organization and participants 10 1.5 Participation and programme 13 1.6 Acknowledgements 15 2. HUL Quick Scan 17 2.1 HUL approach 17 2.2 HUL Quick Scan 17 2.3 Main focus 18 2.5 Method 19 3. Results of the workshop 21 3.1 Banjarmasin, past and present 21 3.2 Group 1 - Kampung Seberang Masjid 22 3.3 Group 2 - Kampung Kelayan 31 3.4 Group 3 - Kampung Surgi Mufti-Sungai Jingah 39 3.5 Group 4 - Pasar Lama & Kampung Arab 51 4. Follow-up actions 59 4.1 Preliminary findings 59 4.2 Activities initiated 59 4.3 General recommendations 60 5. Conclusion 63 Appendix 1 (Guidelines HUL Quick Scan) 65 Appendix 2 (Posters exhibit) 68 Appendix 3 (Bibliography and online sources) 71 4 — 5 Preface — The Netherlands shares a past with many countries Banjarmasin is situated in a low-lying delta area. The city around the globe. The traces lef by this past, inside and boasts an impressive historic urban landscape; its history outside the Netherlands, are referred to as shared and built heritage are closely linked to water. In this, cultural heritage. Through its Shared Cultural Heritage Banjarmasin has much in common with many cities and Programme, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the villages in the Netherlands. Although conditions in the Netherlands (RCE) works toward a sustainable future for two countries difer, the goals are similar: to use water- shared heritage with ten partner countries. Indonesia is related heritage as a source of inspiration and a resource one of these partner countries. for sustainable development. The Netherlands possess extensive experience in these felds, but the country also In the Shared Cultural Heritage Programme, the RCE faces major challenges due to climate change and urban provides training and advice, shares expertise, and development. The two countries can therefore learn a lot develops tools. By means of knowledge exchange we are from each other. able to constantly give new meaning to our cultural heritage in an ever changing society. We work closely It was with great pleasure that the Cultural Heritage with our partner countries and with Dutch partners in an Agency of the Netherlands accepted the invitation of the extensive international network. The built environment Mayor of Banjarmasin to take part in the HUL workshop. It is one of the Shared Cultural Heritage Programme’s is to be hoped that the positive results presented in this priority themes. In this theme, the Historic Urban report will be of interest to the municipality of Landscape (HUL) approach, and in particular the HUL Banjarmasin, and to many others as well. We are grateful Quick Scan method developed by our Agency, is an to the municipality, the participants, and the involved important tool. The RCE focuses on issues that are topical stakeholders for their cooperation. The outcomes of this and urgent in the partner countries and in the workshop will hopefully fuel new eforts to safeguard and Netherlands, such as urban renewal and water rejuvenate Banjarmasin’s river-based identity, and pave management issues. In doing so, the RCE not only the way for new opportunities for this unique city’s future. provides partner countries with up-to-date expertise, but it also acquires new knowledge that can be applied back Jinna Smit home. Shared interests are expected to lead to long-term Programme Director Shared Cultural Heritage collaboration. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands 6 — 7 Executive summary — Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan Province, is universities, state-owned companies, government famous for its foating markets, and the town was once agencies, and the private sector. Following a revision widely known as the ‘Venice of the East Indies’. Today, it stage the fnal results were presented to the Mayor of is called ‘The Thousand Rivers City’. However, rapid Banjarmasin and to the general public in the form of an modernization and road-oriented urbanization pose exhibition at the Rumah Anno building, Banjarmasin. obvious challenges with regard to the preservation of Banjarmasin’s water-based identity. Following a long period of inadequate management the city of Banjarmasin has recently undertaken to improve its As a proactive measure, the Municipality of Banjarmasin relationship with the river, particularly with regard to has initiated a collaboration with various parties to deal urban waterfront villages, referred to as riverside kam- with those challenges. One of the results was the pongs. Observations and discussions during the workshop organization of a Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) Quick identifed the rivers as powerful components of Scan Workshop, held from 28 October to 2 November, Banjarmasin’s identity, constituting not only an environ- 2019, in Banjarmasin, in collaboration with Dutch mental feature but also a seminal cultural element in the organizations Heritage Hands-On and the Cultural city. The results of the workshop make clear that safeguar- Heritage Agency of the Netherlands-RCE, and the ding this culture calls for an integrated perspective. Indonesian academic institutions University of Lambung Mangkurat, IPB University, and Trisakti University. While the preservation of built heritage is important, achieving a sustainable future for riverside kampongs The objectives of the HUL Quick Scan Workshop were to also requires the immediate inclusion of adequate public formulate proposals for a river-oriented urban develop- transport, housing, socio-economic development, ment. The following research questions were addressed: cultural tourism opportunities, and waste management. • How to turn the city’s river-related cultural heritage To the extent they contribute to the alleviation of current and identity into a source of inspiration for integrated social needs, the modernization and accommodation of urban development in Banjarmasin; traditional ways of living and building with the water will • How to deal with the challenges riverfront areas are be key to accomplishing a future perspective on facing, and to transform them into assets for Banjarmasin’s river-related identity. In this process, Banjarmasin’s future development. adequate urban planning policies are essential. This resulted in four proposals focusing on specifc areas The principles of UNESCO’s HUL approach can provide a of Banjarmasin which possessed a unique identity: solid basis to achieve this. A one-week workshop has a Kampung Seberang Masjid, Kampung Sungai Jingah, limited scope and cannot fully cover this approach, but Pasar Lama-Kampung Arab, and Kampung Kelayan. the HUL Quick Scan nevertheless generated ideas that may inspire many. The workshop opened doors and Each of these areas was studied and analysed on the connected people who hopefully will embrace the HUL basis of the HUL principle, which embraces urban approach together. heritage as a key resource for enhancing the liveability of urban areas, fostering economic development and social By adopting the HUL approach, and with appropriate cohesion in a changing environment, and involving the management, Banjarmasin could develop into a sustai- local community by participatory planning. If properly nable city founded on environmental, economic, social managed, urban heritage has the potential to act as a and cultural aspects that are in line with the spirit of the catalyst for socio-economic development and may Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Compared to increase the value of real estate, thus providing the other Indonesian cities such as Jakarta and Semarang, revenues necessary to cover the costs of maintenance, which predominantly comprise land-based historic areas, restoration and rehabilitation. Banjarmasin is unique. While lacking many monumental historic buildings, the city instead possesses an outstan- Twenty-one students and young professionals partici- ding water-oriented historical narrative and urban pated, nine from Banjarmasin and twelve from other landscape. By accomplishing adequate integrated cities in Indonesia, and with academic backgrounds conservation and development of its river-based ranging from architecture, landscape architecture, urban heritage, Banjarmasin may well become a model for design, urban planning, and socio-political science to other river-oriented cities not only in Indonesia but also tourism. The preliminary results were discussed with elsewhere in South-East Asia, a region