Kologdam Building

The Kologdam Building (Indonesian:Gedung Kologdam) is a historic building in Bandung, Indonesia. In the 1920s, Kologdam Building was the main building for the Bandung Jaarbeurs (annual trade fair), a complex of buildings and pavilions where annual trade was held. The building is currently a military complex for the Education and Training Command Headquarters of the Siliwangi Division.

Front facade of the Kologdam Building.

Bandung Jaarbeurs
The complex of the fair trade in Bandung Jaarbeurs in 1922, showing several pavilions including the main building and the Machinehal.

The building and the surrounding complex was designed by Wolff Schoemaker, a prominent architect in the Dutch East Indies, and was built in 1920. The first trade fair was held in 1920 from May 20 to June 3, later followed by yearly event every June and July.[1] Various fairs, conferences, and exhibitions of regional industries from Priangan and surrounding area were held in the complex.[2]

Architecture

In 1919, the architect Wolff Schoemaker designed the Trade Fair Center (Jaarbeurs) directly after his study tour to the United States.[3] It was the first plan that he realized since he arrived from a one-year journey in the United States. It was designed in New Indies Style and shows obvious inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright.[3] It has a cross-shaped floor plan. Three sculptures of human figures decorate the top of the front facade, showing Amsterdam School influence in it design.[4]

See also

References
  1. Agus Sachari (2007). Budaya visual Indonesia: membaca makna perkembangan gaya visual karya desain di Indonesia abad ke-2 (in Indonesian). Erlangga. p. 146. ISBN 9789797819491. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. 2011 exhibition at Erasmus Huis, Jakarta
  3. Het Indische bouwen: architectuur en stedebouw in Indonesie : Dutch and Indisch architecture 1800-1950. Helmond: Gemeentemuseum Helmond. 1990. pp. 28–31. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. Samuel Hartono (July 2007). THE AMSTERDAM SCHOOL DAN PERKEMBANGAN ARSITEKTUR KOLONIAL DI HINDIA BELANDA ANTARA 1915-1940 (PDF). DIMENSI (Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur) (in Indonesian). 35. Petra Christian University. p. 58. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.

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