Muhammad Fajri Romdhoni

Muhammad Fajri Romdhoni is a doctoral candidate from The University of Kansas, He is an Indonesian architect that received his Bachelor’s degree from Parahyangan University, got his Engineering Master's degree from Bandung Institute of Technology, and a Masters's of Arts from the University of Kansas. He has been practicing architecture, a certified architect in his country and also teaching architecture at the University of Sriwijaya, Palembang Indonesia. Romdhoni's interest lies in applied architecture, digital spatial morphology, architecture heritage and revitalization, juxtaposition, GIS technology, computing, Urban Design, and Urban geometry. He is currently pursuing a graduate Ph.D. at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design under the Fulbright Scholarship.  

He is currently working on understanding the Urban Form in Indonesian cities, using more recent techniques from GIS and Python computer language including data source from VGI – volunteered geographic information such as OpenStreetMap. This method will shed more light to the morphology of modern cities in Indonesia from the colonial past and what is the interrelation between Indonesian cities related to their regional zones. From this research, he hopes to academically contribute to the planning of the new Indonesian capital.