In celebration of the12th Anniversary of Indonesia Design, one of Asia's widely circulated design magazines, PTI Architects' Associate Aditya Wirawan Fitrianto shares a historical account on the Batavia City Walls, what is left of the walls today and its current deplorable conditions. As the origin of the city of Jakarta, he expresses an urgent call for restoration and preservation of the city's heritage for present and future generations of Indonesians and the world to appreciate and to value.

Architect Aditya continues his advocacy on the importance of the preservation of Indonesia's heritage in complementing articles in the widely circulated news daily, Kompas.