President Director, Archimetric
Jimmy Priatman was born in Surabaya, Indonesia, in 1953. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1981 from Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
After practicing architecture for thirteen years, he continued to the graduate program at the Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architecture, Chicago, USA, where he studied skyscraper design under the New Bauhaus legacy that was established by Mies van der Rohe, Father of Modern Architecture. In 1996 he received a Master of Architecture degree with his thesis entitled: “Energy Efficient Mixed-Use Skyscraper – The CITYFRONT TOWER – at Chicago”, a design of a mixed-use state of the art bioclimatic and energy efficient skyscraper with Prof. David Sharpe, Prof. Myron Goldsmith, Prof.M. Elnimeiri, Prof. Bihler as his advisors. In 1996 he also received a Certificate of Real Estate Development and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Boston.
As the founder of Archimetric, he is currently President Director. He is involved in most of the firm’s projects and responsible for the firm’s commissions. Three of his works, Graha Pangeran tower, Grha Wonokoyo tower, and Holy Stadium receive the ASEAN Energy Awards in 2002, 2006, and 2009 respectively, for being the best performing buildings in terms of energy efficiency in Indonesia and ASEAN. Mr. Priatman is also a recipient of the prestigious Kalyanakretya Utama Award in 2002 from the President of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Research and Technology for his dedication in applied architectural technology dealing with energy efficiency in building.
As a practicing architect, Mr. Priatman is a registered architect and a professional member of the Indonesian Institute of Architects (IAI). He is also registered as an ASEAN Architect.
As an academic, Mr. Priatman is Chairman of Center for Building Energy Study, focuses on energy efficient research for building. He is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Post Graduate Program of Construction Management, both at his almamater, Petra Christian University, Surabaya and lectures at some universities in Indonesia as a visiting professor. He has written many essays that are published in architectural scientific journals. He involved as authors-team for Energy Efficiency Guidelines for Building Design in Indonesia (published by Energy Efficiency and Conservation Clearing House Indonesia-Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Danish Energy Management A/S, 2012), also Standard National Indonesia : Energy Conservation Through Building Envelope SNI 6389 : 2011 (published by Badan Standarisasi Nasional Indonesia).
