123 DECONSTRUCTION CONCEPT DESIGN OF EXHIBITION CENTER IN DEPOK CITY WITH DISJUNCTION INTERPRETATION Muhammad Farhan Ghazy 1* , Agus Dharma Tohjiwa 2 1,2 Master Program of Architecture, Gunadarma University, Depok, INDONESIA * Corresponding author; Email: mfarghazy@gmail.com ABSTRACT Contemporary urban condition always evoke a series of impressive artistic architectural responses with an understanding that is no longer interested in unity, but also accepts the fragmentation of certain elements. When considering contemporary problem-solving efforts with design-based responses, it will also link design with research to find out solutions. This research focuses on conveying critical reflections on how to interpret the deconstruction concept design of Exhibition Center in Depok City by questioning the new design definition based on research by design. The understanding of the deconstruction concept uses Bernard Tschumi's disjunction theory as a methodological process based on the visualization exploration. Disjunction interpretation helped to define the new Exhibition Center design in Depok City as urban generator. It is hoped that this research would be beneficial in guiding to considering the "built language" of design as an act of research that are open to possibilities based on thought and experience. Keywords : Research by design; deconstruction concept; disjunction. INTRODUCTION Contemporary urban condition invariably give rise to an impressive range of artistic and architectural responses most of which are based on deep experienc- es of spatial programming. Nowaday, the contempora- ry architectural understanding of the nature of the city and the response through the design of architectural objects is no longer interested in a single view, but rather accepts the fragmentation and incompleteness of certain elements in urban contemplation and intro- duces moments in understanding architecture and urban context. Exhibition Center design, when related to con- temporary urban society condition such as Depok City, will refer to the question of what should be the new definition of Exhibition Center architecture and its limitations. Exhibition Center is a multifunctional space that must accommodate three main function, namely: meeting, conference/convention, and exhibi- tion (Lawson, 1981). Based on this statement, it can be concluded that the Exhibition Center is a temporary space and is always designed not for one particular activity. Through the explaination of the Exhibition Center typhology, a question arises in the design process about "how to get a form concept that can interpret the nature of the exhibition center space and the changing and unstable of contemporary urban society?" Based on the structure of the investigation that has been described, it opens an interesting perspective that there is a relation between research and design in architecture as a problem solving action. When con- sidering contemporary problem-solving efforts to link design to research, as indicated by the fashionable term "research by design", there are three categories to des- cribe the relationship between research and architec- tural design (Schoonderbeek, 2017): consider design as a special form of research, thus considering the act of design itself as an investigative act; to consider design as an object of research, concentrating on design as a methodological process, thereby portraying design as a reasonably controlled procedural act; or to clarify how research has the potential to inform design, thus directly linking spatial investigations to the act of projective design. This research aims to convey a critical reflection on how the design conceptualization process can be used in program-based and spatial research by building knowledge based on combining design with research (research by design). The interesting thing about rese- arch by design is that architectural design is not only seen as a pragmatic act but as an act that involves architectural texts as a balance between the practical and theoretical scopes. Although knowledge based on research by design is not a new discussion in architec- ture, knowledge that can be positioned as a bargaining power among academics and practitioners, it is still rarely studied in the world of architecture (Sutanto, 2020), especially in Indonesia and term research by design in architectural practice is still not fully under- stood (Roggema, 2016) where this term depends on the role of the architect/designer and the design process itself. Therefore, this research attempts to prove an DIMENSI: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment, Vol. 49, No. 2, December 2022, 123-132 DOI: 10.9744/dimensi.49.2.123-132 ISSN 0126-219X (print) / ISSN 2338-7858 (online)