Biography Of Ridwan Kamil- The Mayor of Bandung

Ridwan Kamil

Figure the Mayor this one very well known among the community of Bandung as the leader who brought changes for Bandung. The following biographies and profiles of Ridwan Kamil or familiar accosted the Emil Kang served as Mayor of Bandung. Ridwan Kamil was born in Bandung on 4 October 1971, Emil name greetings companion, he was the second son of five children. Emil or Ridwan Kamil actually liked their imagination since childhood. She loves reading comics and view photos from various cities in foreign countries. Since small Ridwan Kamil has the entrepreneurial spirit. He was educated at SDN Banjarsari III Bandung 197 years until 1984, when the primary school he had sold his own mambo ice. During school, ridwan Kamil was known as someone who is active and intelligent. In addition active in OSIS, and Paskibra Football Club, Emil always fit in spite of the big five in his class.

After graduating secondary school she later continued her education at SMP Negeri 2 Bandung later at SMA Negeri 3 Bandung from 1987 to 1990. After graduating high school, he continued his education at the Bandung Institute of technology with a major in architectural engineering from 1990 to 1995. Ridwan kamil is also active in groups, students and art activities unit. The spirit of kewirausahaannya in the campus again, to seek additional funding for College, he made a scale model or watercolour illustrations for lecturers.

Graduated from THIS SCHOOL, he chose to work in the United States. But last only four months, he stopped work because of the impact of the monetary crisis in Indonesia that makes the client does not pay his job. He did not immediately return to Indonesia, he survived in the Americas before finally got a Scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. While taking the S2 in the Univesitas Ridwan Kamil works part-time in the Department of Perancanaan the city of Berkeley. To survive in America, he eats once a day with a cheap menu costing 99 cents. Ridwan Kamil Struggles to survive in America continue to be put to the test when his wife, Atalia Praratya will give birth to their first child. The father who now has two children, does not have the money to his wife's labor costs, so that he finally had to admit to poor at the local City Government to get free medical treatment. Finally, he accompanied his wife to give birth in a special hospital for the poor in the hospital ward. For him the experience of falling in the wake of his life formed its own values will be hard struggle of life.

In 2002 Ridwan Kamil returned to his homeland of Indonesia and two years later founded the Urbane, a firm engaged in consulting services planning, architecture and design. Now Ridwan Kamil actively served as principal of the Urbane Indonesia PT., lecturer at the Department of architectural engineering, Bandung Institute of technology and a Senior Urban Design Consultant SOM, EDAW (Hong Kong & San Francisco), and SAA (Singapore).

Urbane is the firm that built by Ridwan Kamil in 2004 with her friends as Achmad d. Tardiyana, Reza Nurtjahja and Roger w. Dervish. International reputation already they wake up with working on projects outside of Indonesia as Syria Al-Noor Ecopolis in countries of Syria and Financial District of Suzhou in China. Urbane team itself consists of young professionals and creative thinking idealist to find and create solutions on the issue of environmental and urban design. Urbane also has a community-based project in a Community Project where the Urbane vision and mission is to help people in an urban community to donate and skills in improving the surrounding area.

Urbane has been awarded many awards-awards from international media such as the BCI Asia Awards three years in a row in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and also the BCI Green Award in 2009 over the project to design a House bottle (from bottles). Urbane also often follow the competition in the field of architecture of the national level such as the desian Champion 1 Tsunami Museum design competition in Nangro Aceh Darrussalam 2007 design competition winners, campus 1 University of Tarumanegara 2007 design competition winners, cultural studies at the University of Indonesia in 2009, Studio design competition winners in the new town Nagari Parahyangan in Bandung District of West and Central design competition winners art and art school at the University of Indonesia in 2009. Ridwan kamil has a twitter account which is located at @ridwankamil