Dr Diandra Saginatari

Lecturer

School of Creative Industries

Room no. JM309

Biography

Diandra Saginatari holds a PhD in Architectural Design (Social Science) from the University of Nottingham, alongside a Bachelor of Architecture from Universitas Indonesia and an MA in Art, Space and Nature from the University of Edinburgh.

Her research examines how space is produced, negotiated, and inhabited in everyday life, with particular interest to materiality and formal and informal spatial practices. Her doctoral research investigated urban decay and regeneration in heritage environments in Semarang Old Town, Indonesia, through the lens of architectural porosity.

At Southampton Solent University, she teaches across interior design architecture and interior design decoration courses, delivering studio based and theory-based modules. Her teaching fosters research led and practice-based approaches, supporting students critical understanding of interior space as a stage for human inhabitation.

Further information

2024 – present

Lecturer in BA (Hons) Interior Design Architecture and BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, School of Creative Industries, Southampton Solent University.

2016 – 2019

Lecturer in Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia.

2011 – 2013

Teaching Assistant in Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia.

Diandra’s industry experience is grounded in creative and design‑led collaboration at the intersection of academia and community engagement.

Her practice includes work as part of the design team (with the Architecture Design Lab, Universitas Indonesia) for Sekolah Indonesia Cepat Tanggap (SICT), contributing to a post‑disaster school reconstruction project in Indonesia (2018–2019).

She has also worked as a Researcher and Project Officer for BEKRAF Creative Labs in Architecture, supported by the Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy and the Universitas Indonesia Centre of Excellence in Architecture Grant (2017–2019). In 2017, she led a university‑funded community engagement project focused on developing children’s creativity through craft and architecture.

SAGINATARI, D., J. HALE and T. COLLETT, 2024. Architectural Porosity: Reading The Change of Inhabitation in Urban Heritage Area. DEPARCH Journal of Design Planning and Aesthetics Research, 3(1), 1–23.

SAGINATARI, D., J. HALE and T. COLLETT, 2023. The Architecture of Three Porosities: Reading Formal/Informal Practice in a Revitalised Urban Heritage Site. In: J. CIRKLOVÁ, ed. Prague—Heritages: Past and Present—Built and Social. AMPS Proceedings, pp.645–654.

PARAMITA, K.D., Y.A. YATMO and D.P. SAGINATARI, 2022. Living with Smoke: A Fluid Domestic Environment. Home cultures, 19(2), 79–102.

YATMO, Y.A. et al., 2021. Development of modular school design as a permanent solution for post-disaster reconstruction in Indonesia. International journal of disaster resilience in the built environment, 12(1), 101–113.

SAGINATARI, D.P. and P. ATMODIWIRJO, 2018. REFLECTION ON ECOLOGICAL LEARNING THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO. Dimensi, 45(1), 73–84.

Other publication:

SAGINATARI, D.P., 2025. Mapping the Architecture of Three Porosities: A study of urban decay and regeneration in Semarang old town, Indonesia. PhD Thesis, University of Nottingham.