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Abstract

There is no escape from time; that includes architecture which dominantly discusses the space. This paper aims to explore more about our understanding of the various times within space and its corresponding stories. Notably, this study looks at the context of the narrative environment where stories are imbued in space to enhance their engagement with the audience. Time in a narrative is presented through the narrated time and the real-world time where the audience of the narrative perceives it. Both types of time can be overlapped, whether the audience is consciously aware of that or not. Two case studies are conducted to understand overlapping multiple time layers in the narrative environments. Through a personal visit to Museum Kebangkitan Nasional and participation in the Secret Cinema event, data is gathered by taking photos, looking for official publications, and time-count during the experience. It is found that time can be spatialised through the explicit transition of graphics, a play of lighting, and overall spatial organisation that affect the pace and duration of the narrative in space.

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Author Biography

Kezia Nathania
Kezia Nathania is a graduate of the Interior Architecture programme from Universitas Indonesia. During her studies, she was one of the university delegates at TKMDII (Temu Karya Mahasiswa Desain Interior Indonesia) 2019, a national interior design student summit exhibition. Besides architecture, she is also interested in narrative and performing arts, leading her to some communities to design stages for plays and implement several art events.

Arif Rahman Wahid
Arif Rahman Wahid is a lecturer and researcher at the Architectural Design Lab (AD-Lab), Department of Architecture, Universitas Indonesia. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in interior architecture from the same department, he pursued his master degree in the MA Narrative Environments at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Currently, he is taking his PhD at the University of Nottingham. His practice focuses on how a story and its representation unfolded in space and time. Arif's interests in everyday architecture, graphics, and narrative drive him to community engagements and temporary architectural projects while integrating various media in the space. In 2019, as part of the AD-Lab, he received the FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2019 for Sekolah Indonesia Cepat Tanggap, an initiative to build schools for disaster-impacted communities across Indonesia.

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