colonial era in Indonesia. Public buildings and plantation site have been chosen as object of study.
Public buildings were chosen because they are visible and recognizable by public, located in the
city center, is listed, and acknowledged by public as a heritage property. Meanwhile, plantation
site was also chosen as non-building study case because this site was created by the Dutch during
colonial era.
The empiric study was done through keyword search of the chosen buildings and site in several
languages. Languages used for keyword searching were Dutch, Indonesian, English, French, and
Spanish. Several languages were used to find out if there is other information or repositories
available online in other language than Indonesian and Dutch. Asian languages were not used
due to author’s incapacity in Asian languages other than Malay. As for keywords used, name of
buildings or site were primary keyword, followed by buildings’ function, name of region, name of
the buildings’ architect where available.
Information found in the online repositories were then compared to existing information already
provided by local government or local communities. Different information was crosschecked to
ensure validity of the data as well as the source of the information whether the source is reliable.
4 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Result
The first chosen public building for the study was Gedung Gas Negara (PGN) Bandung located
at Braga Street in Bandung. It was chosen because of its location in the city center, its visibility
to public, and the visibility of its information to public. The building was designated as the city
cultural heritage protected by local law and classified as “A” class heritage which means no physical
changes can be made to the building. For the need of public information and socialization of the
law as well as the building statutes, a placate was put by the government on the building façade.
The marble placate gives information on the building’s name, time of construction or inauguration,
name of the architect, the building’s function and other added information, and the name of the law
protecting the building.
On the marble placate on Gedung Gas Negara’s façade, it was said that the building was built in
1930 by an architect named R.L.A. Schoemaker and that it was functioned as gas factory. A question
was raised on the information about the building’s former function as a gas factory. The question
was raised because the typology of the building is an office typology with divided rooms and a
meeting hall. There is no storage or production facility present in the building. Thus, information
saying that it functioned as a factory needed to be crosschecked and confirmed.
A data digging was done to confirm the mentioned question. First data digging was through book
repository. A book written by C.V. van Dulleman and a book written by Huib Akihary became the
two first repositories. From van Dulleman’s book, it was understood that the building was built in
1919, and not 1930. It was also found in the first book that it was designed by the architect C.P. Wolff
Schoemaker. In the meanwhile, no information of the building was found from the second book.
Next, data digging was done through the internet using keywords that would match the building.
Keywords used were former name of the building, former name of the gas company, the street
address. The keyword came out from following website https://www.indischeliterairewandelingen.
nl/. On the website, little information in Dutch was saying that the building was built in 1919 by
architect C.P. Wolff Schoemaker. The web also mentioned that the building was used as a central
office for the gas company. Information from this website confirmed the one from van Dulleman’s
book and counter every information written in the placate installed on the building’s façade. Thus,
most of the information written on the marble placate on the façade are incorrect. Other information
using keywords from other languages were not found for this building.
The data digging method was also used to test the availability of information on another public
building and site. The second chosen study case for building was religious buildings, in this case
the Indonesian mosques. For the Indonesian mosques, keywords used were name of the mosques,
words “Indonesian mosques”, region name. For the second study case, information searched were
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Public buildings were chosen because they are visible and recognizable by public, located in the
city center, is listed, and acknowledged by public as a heritage property. Meanwhile, plantation
site was also chosen as non-building study case because this site was created by the Dutch during
colonial era.
The empiric study was done through keyword search of the chosen buildings and site in several
languages. Languages used for keyword searching were Dutch, Indonesian, English, French, and
Spanish. Several languages were used to find out if there is other information or repositories
available online in other language than Indonesian and Dutch. Asian languages were not used
due to author’s incapacity in Asian languages other than Malay. As for keywords used, name of
buildings or site were primary keyword, followed by buildings’ function, name of region, name of
the buildings’ architect where available.
Information found in the online repositories were then compared to existing information already
provided by local government or local communities. Different information was crosschecked to
ensure validity of the data as well as the source of the information whether the source is reliable.
4 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Result
The first chosen public building for the study was Gedung Gas Negara (PGN) Bandung located
at Braga Street in Bandung. It was chosen because of its location in the city center, its visibility
to public, and the visibility of its information to public. The building was designated as the city
cultural heritage protected by local law and classified as “A” class heritage which means no physical
changes can be made to the building. For the need of public information and socialization of the
law as well as the building statutes, a placate was put by the government on the building façade.
The marble placate gives information on the building’s name, time of construction or inauguration,
name of the architect, the building’s function and other added information, and the name of the law
protecting the building.
On the marble placate on Gedung Gas Negara’s façade, it was said that the building was built in
1930 by an architect named R.L.A. Schoemaker and that it was functioned as gas factory. A question
was raised on the information about the building’s former function as a gas factory. The question
was raised because the typology of the building is an office typology with divided rooms and a
meeting hall. There is no storage or production facility present in the building. Thus, information
saying that it functioned as a factory needed to be crosschecked and confirmed.
A data digging was done to confirm the mentioned question. First data digging was through book
repository. A book written by C.V. van Dulleman and a book written by Huib Akihary became the
two first repositories. From van Dulleman’s book, it was understood that the building was built in
1919, and not 1930. It was also found in the first book that it was designed by the architect C.P. Wolff
Schoemaker. In the meanwhile, no information of the building was found from the second book.
Next, data digging was done through the internet using keywords that would match the building.
Keywords used were former name of the building, former name of the gas company, the street
address. The keyword came out from following website https://www.indischeliterairewandelingen.
nl/. On the website, little information in Dutch was saying that the building was built in 1919 by
architect C.P. Wolff Schoemaker. The web also mentioned that the building was used as a central
office for the gas company. Information from this website confirmed the one from van Dulleman’s
book and counter every information written in the placate installed on the building’s façade. Thus,
most of the information written on the marble placate on the façade are incorrect. Other information
using keywords from other languages were not found for this building.
The data digging method was also used to test the availability of information on another public
building and site. The second chosen study case for building was religious buildings, in this case
the Indonesian mosques. For the Indonesian mosques, keywords used were name of the mosques,
words “Indonesian mosques”, region name. For the second study case, information searched were
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