The Effect of Functional Transformation on the Joglo Traditional House Concept (A Case Study of Muncul Jaya Restaurant) Tri Susetyo Andadari*, Suzanna Ratih Sari *
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International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 9, Issue 7, July 2019 55 ISSN 2250-3153 The Effect Of Functional Transformation On The Joglo Traditional House Concept (A Case Study of Muncul Jaya Restaurant) Tri Susetyo Andadari*, Suzanna Ratih Sari * * Magister of Architecture Department, Diponegoro University DOI: 10.29322/IJSRP.9.07.2019.p9110 http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.9.07.2019.p9110 Abstract-There are many philosophies that build upon a Joglo Javanese houses built in the shape of Joglo. This is why it leads traditional house in its era, from the decided location, building to the need for a study of a modern Joglo house. orientation, manufacturing period, differentiating the sections and ornaments that decorate the house. Unfortunately, this The object of the research was done at the Muncul Jaya phenomenon is hardly to be found in this digital era nowadays. Restaurant in central Java, Indonesia, where it is clearly can be seen that the restaurant’s shape is ethnical and it took the concept Muncul Jaya Restaurant was built by ethnical concept in the of Joglo traditional house, but its design had transformed from a shape of Joglo traditional building. It is very attractive in the house that functioned as a residential to a commercial functioned middle of this modern architectural works. Joglo is used to be a house, a restaurant. resident-able house but it is adapted to be a commercial purpose which is a restaurant. This functional transformation leads to the Along with quantitative paradigm and self-interpretated analysis needs of the reseach about Joglo as an original traditional house. from the empirical data as the source in the form of direct observations on the object of research, the researcher is trying to Along with quantitative paradigm and self-interpretated analysis, find the conclusion of, are the functional transformation of this the researcher is trying to find the conclusion of, are the modern Joglo concept affects the original Joglo concept. functional transformation of this modern Joglo concept affects the original Joglo concept. B. Problem Statement Muncul Jaya Restaurant was built in 2017 in the shape of a Index Terms- Joglo; Joglo Traditional House; Traditional House; traditional Joglo. This house is purely a new house, not a Joglo Transformation renovated heritage house. Although it is a new building, the façade of the building is made almost similar to the traditional I. INTRODUCTION Javanese Joglo building, starting from the material, the shape of the roof, the type of ornaments and the soko* or pillars. A. Background of the Study Javanese traditional house has various shapes and each of them The main problem identified in the research object was the reflects to the owner’s social status. Joglo is one of the Javanese functional transformation of the Joglo house, from a Joglo house traditional houses that we can still find nowadays. In its history, which used to be a residential house to the commercial purpose the owner of this type of house must be the rich people. Not only house namely as restaurant. Does this functional transformation because of the expensive building materials than the other type of affect the basic concept of the Joglo house? house but also the historical meaning behind it. Javanese people in the previous era, believe that Joglo should only be owned by C. Purpose of the Study respected and famous people meaning not all of the people can This research final purpose is to get the answer of the problem own it. mentioned before which about the influence about the transformation of Joglo traditional house concept as the effect of Like any other traditional architecture, in its manufacture, there the architectural functional transformation. are many philosophies that follow it shape, from the decided location, building orientation, building period, differentiating the D. Research Method sections, ornament that decorate the house, etc. The paradigm used in conducting this research is quantitative, by Along with the development of the era, efficiency and effectivity using a comparison system of items contained in the original had been the important thing. Thus, the construction of the Joglo traditional house concept towards Muncul Jaya joglo modern house in Java began to abandon the Javanese restaurant, which then analyzed according to the researcher’s philosophical concept that mentioned before, including modern interpretation that leads to one final conclusion. Empirical data http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.9.07.2019.p9110 www.ijsrp.org International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 9, Issue 7, July 2019 56 ISSN 2250-3153 collection was carried out by direct observation at Muncul Jaya - Bilateral or parental system: Joglo restaurant, located at Central Java. The family of this system contains of a father, a mother and children. In its development, the number of family members II. LITERATURE REVIEW in this system is bigger from time to time. Thus, the family A. Traditional House members that live together will be bigger until there is no space in their own house. According to Machmud (2006), traditional house or folk house can be interpreted as a house built in the same way by several - Unilateral system generations. There are some criteria in assessing the authenticity The family structure of this system is drawn from the of traditional house including people’s habits that become an bloodline only from the father’s side (patrilineal/patrilokal) unwritten rule when a house is established or used. or from the mother’s side (matrilokal). There are certain rituals such as the first pole erection ceremony, 3) Influence of Humid Tropical Climate selamatan/kenduri* and the right timing. Other than that, there Because of Indonesia’s location is in a humid tropical are still many procedures or rules used, for example the direction climate, so the existence of the traditional architecture must of the house, shape, color, motifs decoration, building material, be referred to humid tropical climate. The concept of sesajen*, prayers or mantera that must be read and so on that adaptation to the local climate that is applied to the building closely related to traditional houses. of their residential house is believed to be one good example. The composition of the mass, direction of the house Characterization of traditional architecture are; (orientation), the shape of the roof selection, building materials selection, composition techniques, all of them are 1) Religious Background really calculated against aspects of the tropical climate so that The existence of traditional architecture building can not be it can provides comfort for residents of the house. separated from religious factor, both conceptually, building, or the form of the building. This is caused by the perspective B. Javanese House Architecture Typology and concept of traditional society in placing an integral part As Ronald (1998) said, in relation to cosmological belief, of nature (part of the cosmological system), namely the architecture has an important role as a sign of a power, status and universe (macroscopic) and the small nature (microscopic), privacy. There is also dichotomy in Javanese cosmology as which traditional communities strive for is how stability and sacred and profane, man and woman, front and back, and also natural balance remain awake. The form of embodiment with public and private. natural is carried out in various ways, which are: Most of the residential houses in Yogyakarta and Surakarta have - Assuming that certain directions has magical power: the orientation direction to the south. This orientation is based to They know which direction that assumed to be good and the tradition that people believe from Nyai Roro Kidul that live bad. Moreover, there are also people who belief this relation in southern sea. with the world symbolism (good and pure), middle (moderate), and low (ugly, bad, dirty). These good Classification of Javanse house architecture typology can be seen directions affect building layout patterns in one site. The from the shape and the characterization of its roof. The highest buildings must be facing to the good direction and backing level of the roof is Tajug (mosque), joglo for noble class, the bad direction. limasan* for the middle class and kampong* and panggang pe* for ordinary people. - Assuming that certain spaces has magical power: Sometimes certain buildings in a building are considered to C. Types of Joglo have sacred values. This sacredness is realized by giving Form the conctruction, parts of the main structure of Joglo, as more value in a room. The middle senthong in a Javanese can be seen on figure 1. The upper structure consist of soko guru, house is considered as a holy and sacred space compared to sunduk, sunduk kili, sledge, blandar and tumpang sari. While the other spaces. sub structure only consist of umpak. 2) Influence of Family Relationships or Citizen Relationships Family relationships in traditional community structures can be divided into several criteria. Based on blood relations (genealogy) traditional community groups are divided into: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.9.07.2019.p9110 www.ijsrp.org International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 9, Issue 7, July 2019 57 ISSN 2250-3153 - Joglo Lambangsari It is a Joglo that uses lambangsari, without empyak emper, uses 5 level of tumpangsari, uses double screw and godegan. This form is found in Keraton Yogyakarta ward. - Joglo Wantah Apitan It is a type of Joglo that use 5 tumpang, uses singup*, geganja and takir lumajang. - Joglo Hageng It is almost the same with Joglo Pengawit but it is shorter in size and there is a roof addition called peningrat*, and also there is a tratak* around as an addition. The example of Joglo Hageng is Pendopo Agung Istana Mangkunegaran Surakarta. Figure 1. Joglo House Construction - Joglo Mangkurat Source: Traditional House, 2014 It is basically the same as Joglo Pangawit, but it is higher than Joglo Pangawit.