WEST JAVA CULTURAL CENTER

Type : Academic (Architecture Studio 4)

Location : Dago Tea House, Bandung

Function : Cultural Center

Area Size : + 8000 sqm

Year : August 2018 - Dec 2018

Mentor : Aatje Rd. Koesman

Programs : Sketchup, Lumion, Autocad, Rhinoceros, Photoshop

A cultural center is a place of identity, of soul, of live of a city or even a country. It represent what language they speak, what food they eat, what kind of art they express, what are their manners, how do they socialize, what architecture they have. So we take this one project very seriously because this project really represent what West Java means.

We start by taking the concept of “the gate” or as in Sunvdanese “Gerbang Binangkit”. We think that this cultural center is basically a gate to the world that West Java is more than just a province or a name. We take an abstraction the most famous dance of which is the “Tari Merak” or Peacock Dance. This dance usually performed by woman and is use to welcoming a guest especially from international world.