Banjarmasin is known as a thousand rivers city, which also has a bunch of sanitary problems caused by its settlement on the riverside. These problems had caused environmental degradation for a long time ago, especially by the domestic waste of Banjarmasin riverside urbanism.

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Banjar Floow​ derived by the building location in Banjarmasin, then Floow is an abbreviation of flow and loo. This building's concept is to facilitate floating market in Banjarmasin's river and become a belt to stop riverside urban expansion by becoming pedestrian ways for increasing social control along the river.