The colonial architecture in Dutch East Indies from 1816 to 1942
The architectural works in the Dutch East Indies from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century were done by the expertise from Dutch. A problem came because they were not trained to make a design for a tropical land. The engineers and the architects adopted the trend and the style from Europe but adapted it to the climate and the geography in the Dutch East Indies. Ravesteijn and ten Horn (2007) and van Roosmalen (2001) write that the colonial architecture in the Dutch East Indies shows the colonial lifestyle phenomena. The presence of the Dutch as a ruler in a colonial age in a Dutch East Indies led to the meeting of two cultures. In this meeting, gradually the cultural …show more content…
It can prove the firm rise up of prosperity. This condition related to the Dutch. Moving to the architectural appearance, the architectural concept can come from the owner or the company which hires the architect. However, she points out that for the architects, the projects presented them with opportunities to develop and realize their personal views on style. There were many new technical possibilities, climatic requirements, commercial considerations and artistic ambitions largely determined the course of development of architecture in the Dutch East Indies during the first half of the twentieth century. The differing standpoints prompted a debated on the use of new building material and the modern architectural design style associated with them (van Roosmalen, 2001:70). The invention technology and material supported architectural style which could have served as a model for the tropical architectural …show more content…
Ravesteijn and ten Horn (2007:279) notice that the expansion of the Public Works Bureau was, in part, a consequence of new technological developments. In this time, the Departement of Civil Public Works was created. The engineers under the director of Public Works designed and made a plan for a new harbour of Batavia, railways in Java, and irrigation infrastructure. However, in this period the condition was changing because in 1885 the number of Public Works personnel was reduced. It was an effect from the reorganization in the colonial state. The Resident as the regional administrations had a power to take a final word for Public Work plan. In short, the architecture in the hand of the non technical civil servant.
The third period marked by the implementation of the Ethical Politic that pushed the development of infrastructure to accomodate the mixed colonial population purpose. The Ethical Politic stimulated construction of schools, official residences and offices (Ravesteijn and ten Horn, 2007:279). Standard design for infrastructure and building were needed to carry out those projects in a drive to raise efficiency. Otherwise, the new material and technology flourished the architecture alongside to the economic was being
The architectural works in the Dutch East Indies from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century were done by the expertise from Dutch. A problem came because they were not trained to make a design for a tropical land. The engineers and the architects adopted the trend and the style from Europe but adapted it to the climate and the geography in the Dutch East Indies. Ravesteijn and ten Horn (2007) and van Roosmalen (2001) write that the colonial architecture in the Dutch East Indies shows the colonial lifestyle phenomena. The presence of the Dutch as a ruler in a colonial age in a Dutch East Indies led to the meeting of two cultures. In this meeting, gradually the cultural …show more content…
It can prove the firm rise up of prosperity. This condition related to the Dutch. Moving to the architectural appearance, the architectural concept can come from the owner or the company which hires the architect. However, she points out that for the architects, the projects presented them with opportunities to develop and realize their personal views on style. There were many new technical possibilities, climatic requirements, commercial considerations and artistic ambitions largely determined the course of development of architecture in the Dutch East Indies during the first half of the twentieth century. The differing standpoints prompted a debated on the use of new building material and the modern architectural design style associated with them (van Roosmalen, 2001:70). The invention technology and material supported architectural style which could have served as a model for the tropical architectural …show more content…
Ravesteijn and ten Horn (2007:279) notice that the expansion of the Public Works Bureau was, in part, a consequence of new technological developments. In this time, the Departement of Civil Public Works was created. The engineers under the director of Public Works designed and made a plan for a new harbour of Batavia, railways in Java, and irrigation infrastructure. However, in this period the condition was changing because in 1885 the number of Public Works personnel was reduced. It was an effect from the reorganization in the colonial state. The Resident as the regional administrations had a power to take a final word for Public Work plan. In short, the architecture in the hand of the non technical civil servant.
The third period marked by the implementation of the Ethical Politic that pushed the development of infrastructure to accomodate the mixed colonial population purpose. The Ethical Politic stimulated construction of schools, official residences and offices (Ravesteijn and ten Horn, 2007:279). Standard design for infrastructure and building were needed to carry out those projects in a drive to raise efficiency. Otherwise, the new material and technology flourished the architecture alongside to the economic was being