Ir. Soekarno was born in 1901 in Surabaya, Indonesia. He was the first President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967 and was instrumental in proclaiming Indonesia's independence. Soekarno studied civil engineering and graduated in 1926. As an architect, he designed several important buildings in Indonesia including the Istiqlal Mosque, National Monument, and Hotel Indonesia. Some of his designs were through competitions or on the request of the government. Soekarno also provided architectural ideas and contributions to projects in Saudi Arabia. He was a very influential figure in Indonesia's history.

1. Amazing
Soekarno
By:
Enggal Fauzia Listiara Sani
Grace Natalia Karen Hapukh

2. Ir. Soekarno
(Koesno Sosrodihardjo)or the people usually
called him with Bung Karno was born in
Surabaya, 6th of June 1901. Ir. Soekarno was the
First President of Indonesia, a proclaimer, a
politician, and an architect. He serving in office
as a president from 1945 to 1967. He passed
away in Jakarta, 21st of June 1970(69 y.o).

3. Besides as a proclaimer Independence’s of
Indonesia and formulated the”pancasila”. In the
other hand he also known as the architect of the
alumni of the Technische Hoogeschool te
Bandoeng ( now ITB ) in Bandung majoring in civil
engineering and graduated in 1926. Some works
are influenced by Sukarno or on command and
coordination with several architects such as
Frederich Silaban and RM Sudarsono , assisted
several junior architect for visualization .

4. Some architectural designs are also
made ​​through the competition. Such as:
1. Istiqlal Mosque in 1951
2. National Monument in 1960
3. Building CONEFO
4. Sarinah Building
5. Wisma Nusantara
6. Hotel Indonesia 1962
7. Welcome Monument
8. West Irian Liberation Monument

5. 9. Statue Aerospace
10. In 1955 Ir . Soekarno pilgrimage to the Holy
Land , and as an architect , Sukarno moved to
contribute to the architectural ideas in order to
make the government of Saudi Arabia to perform
sa'i building into two lines in the two-storey
building . The Saudi government eventually
renovate Haram massively in 1966 , including the
creation of raised floor for the people who carry
out sa'i into two lanes and the raised floor to
perform tawaf.
11. The design scheme Spatial Palangkaraya ,
inaugurated in 1957.

6. The kids especially in Indonesia should to know
about Ir. Soekarno because he was very
influential figure for Indonesia, as the simply
explanation above.

9. IF WE HAVE A STRONG DESIRE OF
THE HEART , THE WHOLE UNIVERSE
WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN. -SOEKARNO