The 19th Century Style Heritage on Jamik Muntok Mosque Building
Novrizal Primayudha, Imam Santosa, Achmad Syarief , Achmad H. Destiarmand

Post Graduate Program, Faculty of Visual Art & Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Abstract

This study will explore the 19th century heritage style on the Jamik Muntok Mosque and its interpretation in the present. The mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangka Province and is associated with its community which for centuries coexisted with other ethnic groups in a spirit of mutual respect and caring. This social bond yields invaluable values and holds great potential for development in broad social-aesthetic studies. The method relies on qualitative research on Simmel^s concept of sociological-aesthetics and a historical approach to the analysis of artifacts with place attachments. Giuliani^s concept of maintaining connections with places in time is used to re-contextualize this issue. The data used is based on knowledge of mosques derived from a literature review and in-depth interviews with practitioners who have lived in the area for over 20 years. This study shows that the mosque firmly adopts the Javanese mosque type, while the construction system appears to use a hybrid construction that combines Regional-Chinese, Regional-European, European-Chinese forms, or a combined Regional-Chinese-European form. The historic building, constructed in Muntok between 1850 and 1880, featured a Chinese entrance, a Malay roof structure and modules of Doric columns. The Jamik Muntok Mosque retains most of its original architectural features but is still recognized as a local work of Islamic art. By understanding how historical mosques exist, we can contribute to the following research aimed at a deeper understanding of the social values echoed in the aesthetics of the mosques.

Keywords: hybrid style, historical mosque, place attachment, tolerance, social bond

Topic: Creative Design