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Constructing a vertical housing in newly developing town in Indonesia  today needs to be supported by reliable infrastructures. Being a satellite town to Jakarta, bekasi has a very big concern on the accessibility of its transportation system. Hence each housing project must bring about a strong concept in macro scale and uniqueness in the micro scale. The blue oasis city’s answer is the concept of city in the form of an integrated area with strong commercial area as the central attraction featuring water theme park and hotel. Within the micro scale, the answer is the blue river serviced apartment as an alternative housing especially for expatriates working in industrial estates of bekasi. Local inhabitants

Particularly those who have a good prediction on the development of this satellite town, may utilize this facility for their investment blue river serviced apartment is located within the blue oasis city. It is city within a city in the east side of bekasi that integrates living activities with shopping and recreation in an area of 7,6 hectares. This apartment is to accommodate housing needs of the expatriates working in industrial estates around bekasi with international standard of operation. However, the complex is also hoped to provide a choice for those who deal and work as well as use water for their.

Dayak communities live in villages where all rivers are strated deep in the forest of Kalimantan. They are an agricultural people and divided into various communities having different mother languages. In the beginning they held animism betliefs and each community has different gods. The communities of dayak kenyah called it peselung luan and bungan malom whiles the dayak benua’ called it singkar olo and silu uwan. Early in the 18^th century the eroupean missionaries came in and now most of dayak communities are Christian. Some of them are moslem and called themselves melayu,however, dayak communities’ traditions are still maintained up to date even though limited to the customary ceremonies only

Traditionally, dayak communities live in a long house or lamin balai and bentang to their mother languages. These houses are found from the eastern to western to western sides of Kalimantan up to the border of Malaysia and brunei Darussalam. Room organization inside the house is unique because it only provides one type of a room for each family. The building is also having a unique structure, being sat on top of wooden columns that stretch for more than 150 metres long. The columns reach more than 3 metres height, made of ulin trees known for its strength and durability that made it popular as the so-called iron wood and can be reused to construct new long house.

Methods of construction and raw materials are varied to each community, depending on social structure, length of stay and availability of materials. The community of dayak punan for example, used to move regularly: hence they apply leaves and ordinary trees only so that they are able to discharge their long house in one day.