Few days ago, me
and some of my friends went around Bandung, we visited some place, and now the
spot that I want to tell you is Merdeka Building or Indonesian also call It “Gedung
Merdeka” as building with a lot of history behind it.
This building Is located
on Asia-Afrika Street, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It stand between another
old building and It’s located near from the center of Bandung, The Great Mosque
of Bandung.
It’s very popular
spot because It Arsitecture, It is an old building that leave by Dutch, some
visitor come here for study about the history or just for take a photo.
The present
building was designed in 1926 in art deco style by Van Galen and C.P. Wolff Schoemaker,
both professors at Technische Hogeschool
(today ITB) and famous architects of that time. The 7500 m² building had
Italian marble floors, some saloon and rooms in cikenhout wooden
finishing, and was adorned with crystal lamps on the ceilings.
The first building on the site at the intersection of Braga Street and Jalan Asia-Africa was constructed in 1895 for
the Sociëteit Concordia. In 1926 it was rebuilt by Wolff Schoemacher, Albert Aalbers and Van Gallen. The Sociëteit Concordia was the
dance hall, entertainment and social gathering venue for rich people in Bandung
and its vicinity. That included plantation owners or employees, officers,
officials, and wealthy businessman. During weekends, the building was filled
with people enjoying art performances, social dances and dinner.
During the Japanese occupation of
Indonesia, the building was renamed Dai Toa Kaman and served
as cultural centre.
After the Indonesian proclamation of Independence on
17 August 1945, the building was used as headquarters of Indonesian
independence fighters against Japanese troops.
After the recognition of Indonesian Independence by
The Netherlands in 1949, and the formation of federal government of Negara
Pasundan, Concordia building was once again used as public gathering hall, for
art performances, parties, dances, and gala dinner.
In 1954, the government of Indonesia appointed Bandung
as the host of Asian–African Conference,
the Concordia building chosen as the venue of this International conference. At
that time Concordia was the largest and grandest hall in Bandung, with
strategic location near Savoy Homann Hotel and
Preanger Hotel in the city centre. In early 1955, the building was renovated to
meet international conference requirements by Ir. R. Srigati Santoso, and
renamed Gedung Merdeka (independence building). The building also served
as Indonesian House of
Representatives (MPR) convention building.
In 1965 the Gedung Merdeka was the venue for the
Asian-African Islamic Conference. In 1971 all of the House of Representatives
meetings and activities were moved to Jakarta. In March 1980 the building hosted the 25th anniversary
of the Asian-African Conference, and the Asian-African Conference Museum was
inaugurated by president Soeharto.
Unfortunately, we didnt enter the building and we were
not took a lot of photo, so I just got some picture from Internet :p
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