Preface

Preface: ICEA 2019 The 3 rd International Conference on Empathic Architecture (ICEA 2019) has been organized by Department of Architecture, Petra Christian University Surabaya in 25-27 April 2019. “RETURN TO ZERO” was chosen as the theme of this conference, to invite architects, building practitioners, decision makers, and researchers to take a moment to pause, and to re-think the impact of building developments towards our city, our history, our culture, and towards our children and ancestors. International Conference on Empathic Architecture (ICEA) was firstly initiated by Department of Architecture, Petra Christian University in 2014. Considering that empathy is the action of deeply understanding other feelings or experiences as if we feel or experience the same issue, “Empathic Architecture” is when architects decide the best solution for a design problem based on their empathy to building users/clients. In the creation of architecture and built environment, empathy is not always found in architecture products, as architects may pay more attention on aesthetic, function, structure and economic aspects of the products. Hence, ICEA has been held to promote and discuss more application of empathic architecture among academicians, practitioners, researchers and related building stakeholders. The 3 rd ICEA 2019 presented five international honorable invited speakers: i) Mr. Yori Antar, Han Awal & Partners, Indonesia; ii) Prof. Mohd. Hamdan Ahmad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia; iii) Dr. Kuowei Eleazar Godfrey Chiu, Tunghai University, Taiwan; iv) Ms. Siritip Harntaweewongsa, GreenDwell, Thailand; v) Mr. Keat Ong, Nota Design Group, Singapore. Over 150 representatives from more than 30 institutions participated in this conference by presenting their research works, as well as discussing implication of Empathic Architecture and Return to Zero on seven sub topics: Rethinking of Building Technology, Rethinking of Computation, Rethinking of Architectural Space, Rethinking of Culture, Rethinking of Cities, Rethinking of People, and Rethinking of Building Material. Among numbers of submitted papers, 26 manuscripts were presented, and following a rigorous selection process, the Scientific Committees and Editorial Board have decided to publish 18 manuscripts in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES), an international proceedings indexed in Scopus, Scimago, Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (CPCI-S) of Clarivate Analytics’s Web of Science, and many more. An amount of six manuscripts were the results of joint research between Indonesia with China (CHN), Estonia (EST), Latvia (LVA), Lithuania (LTU), Malaysia (MYS), Singapore (SGP), Sweden (SWD), and United Kingdom (GBR). The published manuscripts have passed all improvement requirements (according to the IOP Proceedings standard); reviewed by two experts using double-blind system, SI ( Système International d ’Unités ), and similarity tests by Turnitin program (with the highest threshold of 20 %), 90 % of references are at least dated from 15 years and reflected on Google, as well as editted by professional editors from seven countries (Estonia, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, and Sweden). We would like to express our highest appreciation to the reviewers, RP Editage Services, and members of the Scientific & Editorial Boards, for the efforts in reviewing and improving the manuscripts. In supporting the success of the 3 rd ICEA 2019, our gratitude also goes to all organizing committees, supporting units of Petra Christian University, as well as our collaborative partners; Indonesian Institute of Architects - East Java Chapter ( Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia /IAI - Jawa Timur), NIPPON PAINT, and DAIKIN. Finally, our sincere thanks to the speakers, presenters, and participants for their contributions. We really hope that the 3 rd ICEA 2019 has encouraged more implication of empathic architecture, and we look forward to welcoming you in the next ICEA.