Golden Triangle of Jakarta
The Golden Triangle of Jakarta (Indonesian: Segitiga Emas Jakarta) or can also be referred to as Medan Merdeka–Thamrin–Sudirman Axis (Indonesian: Poros Medan Merdeka–Thamrin–Sudirman) or Sudirman–Thamrin–Kuningan Axis (Indonesian: Poros Sudirman–Thamrin–Kuningan), is a roughly triangular area in the center of Jakarta, Indonesia, extending from Central Jakarta to South Jakarta. Most of the city's foreign embassies and tallest skyscrapers are located in the area, which is the main CBD of Jakarta.[1]
The area is bordered by main avenues of Jakarta: Jalan M.H. Thamrin-Jalan Jenderal Sudirman (north-southwest), Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said (north-southeast), and Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto (east-west). There are many other roads bisecting the area. The Golden Triangle's commercial areas include SCBD (45 hectares), Mega Kuningan (54 hectares), Rasuna Epicentrum (53.6 hectares) and Kuningan Persada (17 hectares).[2] The Golden Triangle is one of the fastest evolving CBDs in the Asia-Pacific region.[3]
History and geography
From 1960-1965, Jakarta's urban development changed drastically when President
, which had grown since the 18th century.Some of the notable infrastructure projects of Sukarno during the first half of the 1960s were construction of wide avenues, such as Jalan Thamrin, Jalan Sudirman, Jalan Gatot Subroto and Semanggi "clover-leaf" interchange. Jalan Rasuna Said was developed in the 1970s and together with Jalan Sudirman, and Jalan Gatot Subroto formed the Golden Triangle. During the period, construction commenced north of the Semanggi Interchange on Jalan Sudirman.[6]
The usage of the term "the Golden Triangle" for the Jakarta CBD was popularized in the 1990s.[7] Three points of the triangle which forms the area are:
- Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta
- Arjuna statue in Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta
- Dirgantara statue in Pancoran, South Jakarta
The golden triangle area of Jakarta includes major roads such as Thamrin, Sudirman, Gatot Subroto, Rasuna Said and Mas Mansyur and Satrio. Administratively, the Golden Triangle area is located in
Important areas in the Golden Triangle
Many commercial centers have been developed gradually as clusters within the Golden Triangle area, such as
- Many commercial, shopping and hotels are located in and around Menara BCA. Embassy of Japan, Germany, and France are situated on Jalan M.H. Thamrin, close to the roundabout. Bank Indonesia headquarter and first high-rise building of Jakarta Sarinah also located at Jalan M.H. Thamrin.
- Numerous high-rise building and skyscrapers are located along Sudirman Avenue, such as Wisma 46, Menara Astra, Sinarmas MSIG Tower, International Financial Center Jakarta, World Trade Center Jakarta, Sahid Sudirman Center.
- Jakarta Signature Tower, which is under construction, once completed this will be the tallest building in the city and 5th tallest building in the world, is also located in the district.[8]
- Legislative seat of Indonesia Jakarta Metropolitan Police Headquarter located in and around Senayanarea of Golden Triangle.
- Tallest building of Jakarta Gama Tower located at Rasuna Said Road. Foreign embassies of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Algeria, Bangladesh, and India are located at this road.
- Mega Kuningan is a densely concentrated district of high rise buildings with a land area of about 55 hectares. Important buildings in the area are World Capital Tower, BTPN Towers, JW Marriott Jakarta, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Ciputra World Jakarta complex etc.
- Rasuna Epicentrum is an area of 53.6 hectares, consisting of residential, offices, hotels, hospitals, places of worship, sports, shopping and entertainment and education in one area.
- located in this road.
Monuments
There are lots of monuments at the Golden Triangle area. One of them is the National Monument as the main symbol and icon of Jakarta and Indonesia. Other monuments, such as the Statue of Arjuna Wijaya near the Bank Indonesia head office, Statue of Mohammad Hoesni Thamrin at the front of Bank Indonesia Roundabout, the Selamat Datang Monument at the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout at the front of the Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, Statue of General Sudirman, Youth Monument, and the Dirgantara Monument.
Streets
The Golden Triangle area is formed by three major streets where most skyscrapers, business centers, and foreign embassies in Jakarta are located on those streets. Those three major streets are:
Traffic Restrictions
As the main streets of the central business district, the streets becomes the most busiest area in Jakarta with lots of heavy traffic. To reduce the gridlock on the Golden Triangle Area, since the 1990s, the Government of Jakarta began to implement the High-occupancy vehicle lane (HOV) 3+ (known as Three in One or 3 in 1) scheme on the West Medan Merdeka, Sudirman, Thamrin, and Gatot Subroto Streets. The 3 in 1 scheme was failed due to lots of Sluggers or "car jockeys". The 3 in 1 scheme was replaced by the Odd–even rationing in 2016. Currently the odd–even rationing is implemented every Monday to Friday from 06:00-10:00 and from 16:00-21:00 on West Medan Merdeka, Sudirman, Thamrin, Gatot Subroto and 22 other streets in Jakarta.[9]