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Figure 2. Micro map of central area in Seogye‐Dong depicting differences between functions in
developed area and less developed area. Includes Venn‐diagram of mixed used activities:
Commercial, Living, and production to ensure a city to live in a 24/7‐hour framework. (a) Picture of
Café Gio in developed area and inviting storefront, (b) Picture of textile industry A with pile of trash
inside the store, (c) Picture of textile industry B with pile of trash near entrance.
Other than that, what about the fear of increased consumption due to the introduction of
commercial activity in these productive housings? What is different is that commercial activity is added
alongside production and living activities, essentially creating a small‐scale mixed‐used activity within
one space. An example of co‐existence between production, living and commercial spaces is
experienced in the study case of Home‐Based Enterprises. The term Home‐Based Enterprises (HBE) is
quite straightforward, it is those that “occur in or very closely to the home, rather than in a commercial
or industrial building or area”[6]. Furthermore, these HBE’s have long existed, forming at times when
formal wages diminish, and “enterprises start in the only place available, which is the home”. Indonesia
in itself has a variety of cities that practice the use of HBE’s, especially that of Java Island in which the
majority concentrates its production on the traditional textile of Batik. Among these cities include the
city of Cirebon, Pekalongan, Lasem, Solo and Yogyakarta, however, the most prominent example is
that of Kampung Laweyan in Solo (Fig. 3a), in which their Home‐Based Enterprises specializing in Batik
acted as a catalyst for the area’s Urban Regeneration.
To comprehend how Kampung Laweyan headed towards its regeneration, a little bit of Laweyan’s
history is necessary. Their homemade Batik production has long existed since the 1500’s. During that
time, its strategic location and thriving Pajang Kingdom catapulted Laweyan’s position as the primary
Batik producer throughout Indonesia [7]. Moreover, a sophisticated economic chain also supported the
Batik’s production, as Laweyan Market and Bandar Kabanaran (Fig. 3b) served as the city’s center for
trade and sales [8]. Consecutively, Laweyan’s textile production reached its peak of trade in early 20th
century, but not short after, they experienced a decline mid‐1970’s after advancement in technology
introduced Batik printing [8] as a faster and cheaper method. Since consumer demand increased, mass
industrial production which occurs in factories, replaced the traditional practice of Batik that normally
takes around 2 to 4 months to complete [7], pushing away the home‐based textile productions into the
outskirts of the city and declining value of batik’s traditional practice by the end of the 20th century.
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