Geographia Technica, Vol 14, Special Issue 2019, pp. 166-175
HISTORICAL ATTACHMENT OF COLONIAL BUILDING THROUGH COMMUNITY PERCEPTION: CASE STUDY OF MUSEUM FATAHILLAH, KOTA LAMA JAKARTA
Ari Widyati PURWANTIASNING, Saeful BAHRI (Jakarta, Indonesia)
ABSTRACT: This study aims to identify the extent of the historical attachment of colonial buildings in conservation areas, especially in the Old City of Jakarta. This research is part of a multi-year study that examines historical attachments in conservation areas as the main topic and discusses several case studies. Fatahillah Museum has been taken as a case study which located in the Old City area of Jakarta. The idea of this research is based on the existence of social and cultural phenomena in the community concerning conservation of architecture for historic buildings. The community in Jakarta as a metropolitan city has a direct impact on the implementation of the concept of building conservation. By digging up information from literature and old archives of historic buildings in Jakarta Old Town, as well as collecting data and explained using descriptive qualitative analysis, case studies can be described thoroughly. The results of this study through community perceptions turned out to be able to present a historical level of attachment to colonial buildings, especially the Fatahillah Museum in the Old City District of Jakarta.
Keywords: Historical attachment, Historical buildings, Fatahillah Museum, Community perception, Architectural conservation.
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