LIGHT AS MEMENTO NATIONAL HEROES MUSEUM OF WEST JAVA AT BANDUNG CITY

• Main Author: Abil Bobby Setiawan, William
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Arsitektur
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/42109
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Bandung is one of the historical cities in Indonesia that was involved in the struggle of Indonesian independence, but in this city the educational facilities of the struggle and heroism are less being addressed. There are several currently built museum buildings being less representative. The lack of maintenance and the lack of novelty in the museum building design which features the museum’s characteristic makes the society reluctant to visit. With the involvement of West Java’s heroes in the struggle of Indonesia's independence, it would be better to build a special facility as a form of appreciation to tell the story of heroism from West Java. Responding to all the main issues and constraints on the museum typology and selected site, the chosen museum design concluded in the concept of 'Light as Memento'. The word memento represents the building of a museum that acts as a sentimental object reminder of the struggle of West Java heroes in the past. The word memento also means that the atmosphere of a national heroes story and struggle has to be easily perceptible in all aspects of the building. This atmosphere will be compiled into one sequence of storyline inside the building and will be guided by the light as the main narrator of the story of heroism. This sequence is intended to make historical learning an exciting and enjoyable experience that results in immersive experience and character education on each visit to the museum. The museum site is located on Jalan Cikutra precisely in front of the Taman Makam Pahlawan cemetery assuming that the West Java Provincial Government as the main client, Koramil 1802 as the landowner, and the Association of the Indonesian regional Museum of West Java as the manager. The museum's site has a uniqueness of many natural vegetation which blocks the view from inside and outside the site, but at certain point there are several points across the site with great visual exposure with vista enfolding the view towards the monument of Taman Makam Pahlawan. In addition, the site shape formed by non-geometric curvature makes the site potentially able to accomodate permeability from all side. The site shape and visual exposure of the site become the 2 most important things affecting the main building mass. The concept of "Light as Memento" is realized by sorting the sequence of heroicism from the entrance to the 4 exhibition halls with different themes in 3 different building level (underground, aligned with ground, above the ground) with different lighting features. The four exhibition halls and public areas will be accomodated in 1 plate-like circular mass with a terraces. The idea of circular form and terraces are taken from the shape of amphitheater as a place to watch something with different point of view from all angles. This idea will be applied to the exhibition room so that each room got vista towards the monument of Taman Makam Pahlawan from the inner room. From the outside space, vista is being maintained by guiding the visitor’s field of view with 2 curved planes at the center of the building mass following the axis towards the monument of Taman Makam Pahlawan. Then 1 additional curved wall plane on the West side was added to accomodate the pedestrian permeability from all edges in front of the site.