Gedung Sate

Public building in West Java, Indonesia
6°54′09″S 107°37′07″E / 6.902459°S 107.618730°E / -6.902459; 107.618730Construction started27 July 1920CompletedSeptember 1924OwnerGovernment of West JavaTechnical detailsFloor count3Floor area27,990.859 m2Design and constructionArchitect(s)J.GerberOther designersEh. De Roo, G. Hendriks
Southern side

Gedung Sate is a public building in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was designed according to a neoclassical design incorporating native Indonesian elements (such as Hindu-Buddhist elements) by Dutch architect J. Gerber to be the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of State Owned Enterprises (Departement van Gouvernmentsbedrijven, literally "Department of Government Industries"); the building was completed in 1924. Today, the building serves as the seat of the governor of West Java,[1] and also a museum.[2]

Its common name, Gedung sate, is a nickname that translates literally from Indonesian to 'satay building', which is a reference to the shape of the building's central pinnacle - which resemble the shape of one of the Indonesian traditional dish called satay.[1] The central pinnacle consists of six spheres that represent the six million guilders funded to the construction of the building.[3]

See also

  • flagIndonesia portal

References

  1. ^ a b "History of Gedung Sate". Museum Gedung Sate. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. ^ "Museum Gedung Sate". museumgedungsate.org. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  3. ^ "Gedung Sate". iciebp.conference.upi.edu.


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