revisiting bandung
the early 20th century colonial laboratory of dutch east indian architecture
published thesis
Finally wrapped up my thesis after a long journey! It turned out to be a personal exploration as much as an academic one, with unexpected twists. You can check it out on the Politesi website. Happy reading!
The present Netherlands and Indonesia
The province of West Java on the island of Java in the Indonesian archipelago
The location of Bandung in the province of West Java and the Groote Postweg
The topographical context of Bandung and its relation with the Groote Postweg
The administrative boundaries of Bandung in the 1940s in correlation with the contemporary boundary of the city
Bandung and it's surrounding
Built up areas (permanent) of Bandung in the up to the 1940s based on historical maps data
Bandung in 1943
a long journey of research and self exploration
The process of writing this research took more than a year. Most of which, was spent requestioning my own sanity. It started as an obsession of modern architecture in Bandung (which I always thought of something that we need to be proud of), but ended as a critique to it.
After the half mark of the process, I decided to turn it upside down – I started listing down questions rather than trying to find answers to it. The thesis itself challenges my core belief – my core knowledge of the topic.
Now that the thesis itself is finished, I realized that what I have learned can also be unlearned. Now that I have unlearned, I realized that there is still so much to be learned. Now that there is still so much to be learned, the thesis itself has yet to be started.
cataloging data
I have used GIS as a tool to help me catalog most of the case studies in the early process of my research. This helped me a lot in visualizing the traces of modernism in the historical urban fabric of Bandung. Now that I have cleaned it up a bit, I'm sharing it for everyone to see and use if needed. Also, for eventual questions about anything in this map, just contact me and I will be glad to help!
uncovering archives
The world is a place with endless possibilities for creativity and exploration. Let the call to create something new be a continuous source of inspiration.
The world is a place with endless possibilities for creativity and exploration. Let the call to create something new be a continuous source of inspiration.
The world is a place with endless possibilities for creativity and exploration. Let the call to create something new be a continuous source of inspiration.
redrawing
as a tool
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Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng
Jaarbeurs
Departement van Gouvernment Bedrijven
understanding
coloniality
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revisiting the 20th century laboratory of colonial architecture
I would repeat the same statement as I did in the conclusion of my thesis: that maybe what we need now is not anymore answers to outdated questions of the past, but rather to revisit and reinstate the questions itself.
What was our tropicality? What was our modernism(s)? What was the Dutch East Indian architecture?
What was and still is our own architectural traditions?
