Abstract
This paper discuss the formal and symbolical meaning of triangular shape of contemporary mosque architecture in Indonesia, with case study the mosques designed by Ridwan Kamil in Jakarta and in rest area Km 88 toll road between Jakarta and Bandung. There was a question in the public whether the triangular shape was adequate to be used as a mosque building. This paper propose answers with the analitical descriptive to understand the symbolical meaning of triangle shape used Sundanese community culture, one of Indonesian ethnics as representation. The paper used comparation and interpretation method to reveals the meaning of triangle shape in local culture and to find the connection to triangle shape in contemporary mosques architecture. The vernacular mosques in Indonesia known with their pyramid shape stacked roof with pointed roof in the peak. The pointed roof derived from the mountain that believed as the sacred place and used as symbol in the form of stacked roof of mosque. The finding of this paper is that triangular form can be accepted as mosque architectural form for the symbolical meaning derived from Sundanese culture. In the two mosques, this triangle shape enlarged and become praying room and as bridge to the God realm. The shape then achieved two purpose, as symbol of holy place and also fullfiled the function of praying room.
Highlights
In present day, the development of new mosques in Indonesia show the significant progress
The third is an architectural style appears that does not resemble the two, but is a mixture of various contemporary ideas produced by architects in their search for new modern ideologies of mosque architecture
The triangular shape can be accepted as the form of mosque architecture, due to the meaning of the triangular shape in Sundanese culture and has relation to the symbolical meaning in Indonesian vernacular mosque
Summary
The development of new mosques in Indonesia show the significant progress. One of the architect with this approach was the late Achmad Noe’man with his work Salman mosque in front of ITB campus Bandung. This mosque stand alone, it doesn’t used dome of arabic style or roof as tropical identity. Achmad Noe’man placed one modern minaret (tower) in the south-east of mosque. This tower is the most of visible aspect of mosque [1]. He graduated from Department of Architecture ITB and took master degree in Urban Design, University of California at Berkeley.
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