The influence of acehnese traditional architecture on government building (Case study: mayor office architecture, Lhokseumawe)

Abstract

Traditional architecture is one form of the richness of the Indonesian culture, so its presence makes a symbol of the cultural distinctiveness of the local community in each region. Due to advances in technology made a number of parties to switch to modern architecture. Architecture Regionalism present in an effort to unify the traditional architecture and the modern architecture. Government buildings as a formal building its presence gives significance to the Government of the city, so that this building is present in an effort to express physically-visually in displaying local architecture. This research aims to find the application of Traditional Architecture and Traditional architectural elements the most dominant influence the building of government office buildings in particular the Mayor of Lhokseumawe, which provided the case study at This research. The form of this research is in the form of descriptive qualitative research, the process of collecting data is done by direct observation to the field. The variables studied in this study were forms, physical elements, and expressions of traditional Acehnese architecture in the building of the Mayor’s Office in Lhokseumawe. The findings obtained are discussed in accordance with review of the literature. The results showed that the physical elements of the shape of the roof of the building to the Mayor’s Office got influences from traditional architecture.