Yogyakarta Post Office

The Great Post Office building in the Dutch colonial period was named Post, Telegraaf en Telefoon Kantoor. The building was designed by the Department of Public Works of the Dutch East Indies government, namely Burgerlijke Openbare Werken (BOW) in 1910 and began construction in 1912. From the first time it was built until now, this building functions as a post office. The condition is still well maintained.

       This building has an indis pattern. The characteristics of the indis building that appear at the top of the building are nok acretorie (peak in the corner of the roof) and lucarne (small window on the slope of the roof). Lucarne functions as a decoration and ventilation for air flow inside the roof space (Sumalyo, 1993: 231). This building also has a peculiarity in openings that are in its facade. There are two types of openings in the post office, namely rectangular openings and semicircular openings. The opening serves to insert sunlight into the building.

       Plan a large horseshoe-shaped post office building, applying the concept of transition architecture. Changes in the style of architecture in the transition or transition period (between 1890 and 1915), from the Indische Empire Style architectural style (18th and 19th centuries) to modern colonial architecture (after 1915) are often forgotten. Yogyakarta Post Office is one of the transitional architectural works that still stands. Until now the building still functions as a post office with the name of the Yogyakarta Post Office. Its location is at the node of the road axis Djjalur in "tittik nol kilometer" making the Post Office building an important landmark (landmark) of the City of Yogyakarta.

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