According to the Constitutional Decree (Indonesia, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Article 27, 1945), living in a healthy and comfortable space is a basic human right. In modern times, proper dwellings for all citizens are continually acknowledged, in most government regulations on public housing. To provide affordable accommodation to all Indonesians, the Dutch colonial government standardised the living space of Indonesian houses. However, the minimum space standard created by the Dutch government attracted many objections, mainly from local Indonesians. Discrimination and inferiority-complex promotion were among the factors triggering its rejection by locals. This paper investigates the sociocultural and political implications of imposing the minimum space standard on public housing in Indonesia. This paper follows the timeframe from the beginning of Woningvraagstuk (Housing Question) in 1901, which started the first recorded standardised housing plan for Indonesians by the Dutch government, to the Kongres Perumahan Rakjat Sehat (Congress on Healthy Public Housing) in 1950, conducted by Indonesian patriots endorsing the ‘from locals to locals, by locals’ spirit. With current research and development on public housing standards focusing on land-use, human anthropometry and health issues, this paper develops a fresh perspective on the discourse of public housing in Indonesia. To this end, it traces the social, political and cultural aspects at significant turning points in Indonesia’s history. The discussion relates to major events in social housing to the housing policies released by Indonesian governments. Finally, it argues that any newly proposed minimum space standards cannot be separated from the current sociocultural conditions.

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重新思考印度尼西亚的最低空间标准：通过公共住房政策追踪社会，文化和政治观点

根据宪法令（印度尼西亚，印度尼西亚共和国总统，1945年第27条），在健康舒适的空间生活是一项基本人权。在现代，在大多数政府关于公共住房的法规中，一直在为所有公民提供适当的住房。为了向所有印度尼西亚人提供负担得起的住宿，荷兰殖民地政府对印度尼西亚房屋的居住空间进行了标准化。但是，荷兰政府制定的最低空间标准引起了很多反对，主要是来自印尼当地人。歧视和自卑感的提升是触发其被当地人拒绝的因素。本文研究了对印度尼西亚的公共住房实行最低空间标准的社会文化和政治意义。1901年的Woningvraagstuk（住房问题），开始了荷兰政府向Kongres Perumahan Rakjat Sehat首次记录的印度尼西亚人标准化住房计划1950年（健康公共住房大会）由印度尼西亚爱国者举办，他们认可“本着当地人的精神从本地人到本地人”。随着当前针对公共住房标准的研究与开发，重点是土地使用，人类人体测量学和健康问题，本文为印度尼西亚公共住房的论述提供了新的视角。为此，它追溯了印度尼西亚历史上重大转折点的社会，政治和文化方面。讨论涉及印尼政府发布的住房政策中的社会住房重大事件。最后，它认为，任何新提出的最低空间标准都不能脱离当前的社会文化条件。