I often admire some of the beautiful buildings. What do I think about this building? How could the ancients create such beautiful and timeless designs to this day. The design is still acceptable today. The design is still intact and sturdy. I love this place.
I keep coming here and I never seem to get bored. The name of this place is Bandung station. If I'm at home and want to go to Bandung City, I always use the train. Usually, I start my journey to Padalarang station and stop at Bandung city station. This place is never boring. What made me love this station?
The art deco style of this building is so beautiful. For me art deco is a beautiful decorative art, especially in Indonesia. For at this station, I see that there are differences between buildings that have other art deco designs. If examined further, if the art deco at this station is included in the modern streamlined art deco section. There are ornaments and details in this building.
For the hall building, this station still maintains the original building. Because, in my opinion, the hall is the icon of this station from the first. When I came last May, the building was revitalized. Apart from some beautiful modern ornaments. The art deco nuance is not lost in the hall, and then adds to the modern building. For me, this station has superior characteristics among other stations.
In this building, there is the most important characteristic. What? The stained glass lunette is on the hall facade. This Lunette uses tin glass which is dominated by boru and white colors. What's the shape? For the rectangle, white glass forms the base shape.
The blue glass then has the shape of a triangle, a rhombus and a rectangle. For this blue glass is made for decoration. As I explained, if some parts are made it remains the same as in the Dutch era. By the way, I forgot to tell you, that this station was built in 1882. This station is the first station in West Java. This station was completed in 1884. It was only in 1920 that the station was renovated.
Back to the design and architecture of this station. In the massif, there is a horizontal window with a walkway. This section is left like this. However, this building has become a cultural heritage in Indonesia. On the other side of the building, there are vertically lined windows.
On the facade of this building, there are walls with different colors. For the platform form, there is a very dominant shape, some of which form a saddle triangle. There is an additional canopy on the side. What's interesting about this building is the art deco geometric ornament that adds glamor, glamour, excitement, social and technological progress. Do you feel it?
The building is dominated by a massive field. By the way, for a modern touch, the station added a modern bridge known as a skybridge that runs from south to north. How long? This skybridge has a length of up to 73 meters. This bridge has the function of reducing the boarding time of visitors to be faster.
The skybridge is divided into two parts. For the south and north painted gray and black. The color shows elegant and modern. This color does not collide with the luxury in the art deco building station. This building is very beautiful in my opinion. A unique blend, between art deco and modern.
Nurdiani Latifah
My name is Nurdiani Latifah. I currently live in Jakarta – Indonesia, after 25 years I live in Bandung. I am a media staff at an NGO in Indonesia. I have worked in this institution for almost 2 years on issues of women and peace. I had been a journalist in Bandung for 3 years.
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