LINEAR SETTLEMENT AS THE IDENTITY OF KOTAGEDE HERITAGE CITY

Ikaputra

doi:10.9744/dimensi.46.1.43-50

Abstract

This study is aimed to enrich and strengthen the finding of previous research (1986) titled as “Kotagede between Gates” –a linier traditional settlement set in between “two-gates” in an old Javanese city known as Kotagede. This study discovered six-types of linear patterns associated with road layout that runs East-West where jalan rukunan (‘shared street”) becomes the single access to connect Javanese traditional houses in its linearity pattern. The study also found a pattern change on its linearity caused by a change of ownership, change of kinship and neighborhoods, and the problem of decay (by the age of building) and of damage (by earthquake) of the traditional houses. It is urgent to conserve the Kotagede’s identity in the future, by considering to preserve the existence and the uniqueness of these linear settlements.

Highlights

Kotagede Heritage City IdentityKotagede city's history, had already been around for more than four centuries, and was made up of layers of changes, generating a unique townscape of Javanese Palace Cities
From the first layer consisted of Javanese city components: the palace, the mosque, the square and the market; The folk architectural heritage layers which were made up of traditional houses, infilled or covered the underutilized spatial setting of the ruined kraton and alun-alun; Up till, the reconstructed of vulnerable layers caused by process of decay and by the earthquake 2006, enriched the dynamic change of the townscape. (Ikaputra, 2017) The dynamic layered process of the heritage city such Kotagede, raises an issue on identity of this historical city
Based on the research of ―Kotagede between two gates‖—a linear settlement—found in Kotagede (1986), this study focused on 7 cluster settlements which have linearity in their pattern and compared them to ―Kotagede between two gates‖ in kampung alun-alun. (Fig. 3) There are 2 linear cluster observed at Pekaten Lor (North Pekaten) and Pekaten Kidul (South Pekaten); Two cases at Krintenan Lor and Krintenan Kidul; and three cases located at Omah UGM, Lor Omah UGM (North of Omah UGM) and Kidul Omah UGM (South of Omah UGM)

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Introduction

Kotagede city's history, had already been around for more than four centuries, and was made up of layers of changes, generating a unique townscape of Javanese Palace Cities. From the first layer consisted of Javanese city components: the palace (kraton), the mosque (masjid), the square (alun-alun) and the market (pasar); The folk architectural heritage layers which were made up of traditional houses, infilled or covered the underutilized spatial setting of the ruined kraton and alun-alun; Up till, the reconstructed of vulnerable layers caused by process of decay and by the earthquake 2006, enriched the dynamic change of the townscape. The Javanese Palace City is mostly described by the above four components as its city identity It is very rarely explored its folk architecture and settlement pattern as a unique identity. Is the character reflecting a specific arrangement of houses and forming a specific pattern for a group of houses?

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