About me
Arif has been teaching, researching, and designing in the Department of Architecture at the Universitas Indonesia since 2016, within the Architectural Design Research Cluster (AD-Lab UI). His interests in narrative, exhibition, and everyday architecture drive him to community engagements and temporary architectural projects, integrating various media into the environment. His practice focuses on how stories unfold in space and time.
At the moment, he is a PhD candidate in Architecture at the University of Nottingham within the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics Research Group. His research revolves around the study of inscriptive practices within the landscape art environment. Focusing on the dynamic relationship between ‘authors’ and ‘readers’ it aims to advance the understanding of the post-museum.
Education
2022–ongoing
PhD Architecture (Social Science)
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
2014–2016
MA Narrative Environments
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
United Kingdom
2008–2012
S.Ars. Interior Architecture
Universitas Indonesia
Indonesia
Awards
2019
FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2019: Green Built Projects (Institutional Category)
2017
Outstanding Paper and Design Work Presentation Award in UIA 2017 SEOUL World Architects Congress, Seoul, South Korea
Best Paper in the International Conference on Architectural Education in Asia (Eduarchsia), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2012
Honourable Mention for FENN Young Designer Awards
Selected Publications
2026
Ozer, H. S., Wahid, A. R., Hale, J., & Hanks, L. (2026). Reading the stories of house-museums through transpositions. In J. Cirklová (Ed.), Museums as places of people, time, and memory: The intersection of place and history (pp. 11–26). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2022
Nathania, K., & Wahid, A. R. (2022). Spatialising time: Perceiving multiple layers of time in the narrative environment. ARSNET, 2(2), 108–123. https://doi.org/10.7454/arsnet.v2i2.19
2021
MA Narrative Environments. (2021, April 20). In Practice with graduate Arif R Wahid | MA Narrative Environments. MA Narrative Environments. https://narrative-environments.com/in-practice-with-arif-r-wahid/
2021
Wahid, A. R., Paramita, K. D., & Yatmo, Y. A. (2021). Inscriptions: Narrating the spatial dynamics of the immaterial interior. Interiority, 4(1), 43–62. https://doi.org/10.7454/in.v4i1.87
2020
Wahid, A. R., & Atmodiwirjo, P. (2021). Re-narrated stories: A reflection on narrative learning in a first-year design studio. ARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur, 6(2), 285-294. https://doi.org/10.30822/arteks.v6i2.748
2018
Johanes, M., & Wahid, A. R. (2018). Tanahku Indonesia: Celebrating the indigenous interior. Interiority, 1(1), 79–86. https://doi.org/10.7454/in.v1i1.10
Wahid, A. R., & Atmodiwirjo, P. (2018). Storyboard as a representation of urban architectural settings. SHS Web of Conferences, 41, 07004. https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20184107004
2017
Wahid, A. R., Sari, I. P., & Yatmo, Y. A. (2017). How buildings got bullied: Claiming the rights of the buildings. UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects Congress. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380154726_How_buildings_got_bullied_Claiming_the_rights_of_the_buildings
Yatmo, Y. A., Atmodiwirjo, P., & Wahid, A. R. (2017). The mapping of materials in urban healthcare settings: Visualizing surfaces, joints, assembly and performance. Presented in International Visual Methods Conference 5. Singapore.
2013
Wahid, A. R., Atmodiwirjo, P., & Paramita, K. D. (2013). Living with gadgets: What’s inside your bag? Presented in HABITechno International Seminar. Bandung, Indonesia. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380154113_Living_with_Gadgets_What’s_inside_your_bag