Thomas Karsten
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Herman Thomas Karsten （22 April 1884, Amsterdam – 1945, Cimahi） was a Dutch engineer who gave major contributions to architecture and town planning in Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule.
Most significantly he integrated the practice of colonial urban environment with native elements; a radical approach to spatial planning for Indonesia at the time.
He introduced a neighborhood plan for all ethnic groups in Semarang, built public markets in Yogyakarta and Surakarta, and a city square in the capital Batavia （now 'Jakarta'）.
Between 1915 and 1941 he was given responsibility for planning 12 out of 19 municipalities in Java, 3 out of 9 towns in Sumatra and a town in Kalimantan （Indonesian Borneo）.
He received official recognition from both the government through his appointment to the colony's major Town Planning Committee and by
the academic community with his appointment to the position of Lecturer for Town Planning at the School of Engineering at Bandung.
He died in an internment camp near Bandung in 1945 during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia.
Pasar Gede Harjonagoro, a public market building at Surakarta designed by Karsten.
Interior of Pasar Johar in Semarang designed by Karsten.
Raised in a well-educated family, young Thomas Karsten developed progressive and liberal ideas.
His father was a professor in philosophy and a university vice-chancellor, while his sister was the first woman in the Netherlands to study chemistry.
Thomas Karsten enrolled at the Delft Polytechnische School （precursor of the Delft University of Technology） in the Netherlands and initially studied mechanical engineering,
before changing to structural engineering following major institutional reforms to the school.
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