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The Kota Post Office ( id, Kantor Pos Kota) is a historic building in
The Kota Post Office ( id, Kantor Pos Kota) is a historic building in Kota, Jakarta
Kota Tua Jakarta ( Indonesian for "Jakarta Old Town"), officially known as Kota Tua, is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as (Dutch for "Old Batavia"), ("Lower City", contrasting it wi ...
, Indonesia; operated by Pos Indonesia
Pos Indonesia is the state-owned company responsible for providing postal service in Indonesia. It was established with the current structure in 1995 and now operates 11 regional divisions.
History
Postal service in colonial Dutch East Indie ...
. It was designed by Ir. R. Baumgartner in 1929 as the ''Post- en telegraaf kantoor''. The building is one of the buildings in Fatahillah Square
Fatahillah Square (Indonesian: Taman Fatahillah) is the historical center of the old Batavia. The square is located at the center of Jakarta Old Town. Today the square is a tourist area home to the Jakarta History Museum, Wayang Museum and Fine A ...
.
The building was designed in an early modern style known as Nieuwe Zakelijkheid
Nieuwe Zakelijkheid, translated as New Objectivity or New Pragmatism, is a Dutch period of modernist architecture that started in the 1920s and continued into the 1930s. The term is also used to denote a (brief) period in art and literature (especi ...
which was popular in the Netherlands and became popular in the Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
by the end of 1920s. The style was slightly conformed to the tropical climate of Indonesia with the addition of 'double facade' concept, a typical element of tropical Indische architecture. Buildings within the vicinity of Kota Post Office designed in a similar style include Bank Mandiri Museum
Bank Mandiri Museum ( id, Museum Bank Mandiri) is the corporate museum of the namesake Bank Mandiri, located in the old banking district of Jakarta Old Town in northern Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum is housed in the former headquarters of the Ne ...
(1929).
The building currently houses a contemporary art gallery.
See also
*List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta
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*New Indies Style
New Indies Style ( nl, Nieuwe Indische Bouwstijl) is a modern architecture, modern architectural style used in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the late 19th century through pre-World War II 20th century. New Indies Style is basically ...
References
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