Ruth Kartika Purnasasmita

Junior Lecturer

ruth.kartika@eng.ui.ac.id
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5517-5906

Education

S.Ars. (Universitas Indonesia)
M.Ars. (Universitas Indonesia)

Ruth is a junior lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Universitas Indonesia. She actively works in research and community engagement at the Architecture Design Lab (AD-Lab), Universitas Indonesia. She is interested in sensorial and experiential design, particularly exploring architecture and the immaterial.

Recent Publications

  • Atmodiwirjo, P., Purnasasmita, R. K., Paramita, K. D., Yatmo, Y. A., & Dincer, D. (2026). Interchangeable sensorial encounters with nature in older adults’ domestics space in Indonesia. Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning, 25(2), 615. https://doi.org/10.54028/NJ202625615
  • Purnasasmita, R., & Atmodiwirjo, P. (2026). Learning from machines: Investigating material and technological systems in the design studio. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1609(1), 012012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1609/1/012012
  • Purnasasmita, R. K., Paramita, K. D., Yatmo, Y. A., & Atmodiwirjo, P. (2025). Smelling Indonesia: Navigating smell-based architectural trajectories. The Senses and Society, 20(3), 298–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/17458927.2025.2557356
  • Purnasasmita, R. K., Yatmo, Y. A., & Atmodiwirjo, P. (2025). Data landscape as the representation of nighttime urban dynamics. New Design Ideas, 9(1), 227–247. https://doi.org/10.62476/ndi.91.227
  • Purnasasmita, R. K., & Yatmo, Y. A. (2023). Foreground-background: Investigating trajectory of smell in navigating architectural space. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, si6(1), 113–122. https://doi.org/10.17576/jkukm-2023-si6(1)-11
  • Purnasasmita, R. K., Yatmo, Y. A., & Atmodiwirjo, P. (2023). Active materiality as the basis of architectural design in dealing with pollution. EMARA: Indonesian Journal of Architecture, 8(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.29080/eija.v8i1.1589
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