6/14/2010

Holy Mosque


Mosques in Indonesia has many distinctive buildings typologies. Most people to understand architecture as a building domed mosque, or berjoglo with certain rules that developed in the community. Most have a view that a mosque should be vaulted, or berjoglo. Although the actual architecture of a mosque is defined through the arrangement of space as a result of prayer activity, the image of a mosque had been embedded in society in the shape of a particular type of building. Mosques were oriented to carry a lot of architectural vocabulary of the Middle East region. This is not surprising, because the center of Islamic civilization from the Middle East.
As mentioned by the studies, an image of religious buildings usually when ordered back from their home, sometimes not a strong impression of the real reason. Dome shape actually is not merely a part of the typology of the mosque, and not always represent a mosque.

But whether a conviction will not settle too deep into the image of his creation buildings? It would have been so. But not in a superficial sense, as if there was an inventory list that contains a myriad of forms that have been labeled as a Christian it is Islamic, Hindu or other religions. (Studies, in Wastu Citra)


In society, a symbol can not be changed in a way that quickly, unless there has been a readiness to accept new symbols in religious buildings (this is what happened in recent times, some communities have been able to accept the changes caused a paradigm shift, as a consequence of information exchange so quickly). Take years, maybe one or two centuries to make a paradigm shift is rooted in the community. We can see in our society 'inaction' to follow a new rule after a rule is understood as a consensus. Perhaps this can be understood as evidence that an entrenched tradition can not be changed arbitrarily.

Symbols ... have meanings that can be brought into how people use a building. As an example of the sculptures can be a 'symbol' to a shaft of confidence. Something previous stone or other material, if changed shape and given meaning, can tap the buttons beliefs and spiritualism (in mind). Sometimes the icon brings a huge impact to how people worship.

But what comes as a work of man, it can not be compared with the work of God. When someone believe in God, then life has a center and the center of his life tethered. What relationship with God is present in person, can be presented through the work of a little man, in a pattern that is understood by the mind can be brought into the desired spiritualism.

The mosques in this article also has a specific element that is considered to represent the symbolism of a mosque. This can not be underestimated, because the mosques usually have great meaning in the lives of the majority of our society, so the symbolism may be the most important thing to note in the design process. Can still be found, residents gathered to discuss important matters at the mosque, more closely mothers chatted in the hall a mosque while waiting for the next prayer time arrived, and so forth.

In many cities, the mosque has a role to become a city icon. This is becoming a role in the life of the mosque as a center for the surrounding communities, even the square if necessary. Communities need a place where there is a 'theme' in a link with a building, because the character of the community itself has made a point of presence of houses of worship, as a direct relationship with the existing cultural system.

picture from http://www.freewebs.com/suryatour/lain/masjid%20agung%20jateng.jpg
Read more:http://astudioarchitect.com/2008/09/masjid-masjid-raya.html

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Hello, my name Safroni, I was a student in one of the state universities in Surabaya. At the end of the semester I was doing my final project, titled Madiun Stadium. In between working on the final task, I wrote a blog with the contents of Architecture, although English and my writing technique is far from word less ^ _ ^.

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