 Gedung Sate | |
| Former names | Departement van Gouvernements Bedrijven (GB) building |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Architectural style | New Indies Style, Dutch Rationalism, Sundanese style |
| Location | Bandung, Indonesia |
| Address | Jalan Diponegoro No. 22 |
| Coordinates | 6°54′09″S 107°37′07″E / 6.902459°S 107.618730°E / -6.902459; 107.618730 |
| Construction started | 27 July 1920 |
| Completed | September 1924 |
| Owner | Government of West Java |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Floor area | 27,990.859 m |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | J.Gerber |
| Other designers | Eh. De Roo, G. Hendriks |
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," and also a museum.
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. The central pinnacle consists of six spheres that represent the six million guilders funded to the construction of the building.
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References※
- ^ "History of Gedung Sate". Museum Gedung Sate. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ^ "Museum Gedung Sate". museumgedungsate.org. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ^ "Gedung Sate". iciebp.conference.upi.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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