History of Gedung Sate

Gedung Sate currently serves as the Office of the Governor of West Java Province is located on

Jl. Diponegoro No.22 Bandung. East wing of Gedung Sate is now occupied by the Head Office

of Post and Giro in the past called PTT. While the additional buildings on the West wing, is the

Parliament Building West Java Province.

Gedung Sate in the Age of Dutch Colonial buildings known as Gouvernements Bedrijven

abbreviated as "GB" or the Central Government Institutions. Initial construction begins with

laying the first stone on July 27, 1920, by Miss Johanna Catherina Coops eldest daughter of the

mayor of Bandung B. Coops who accompanied Miss Petronella Roeslofsen representing the

Governor-General in Batavia. In the early 1924 House Hoofdbureau PTT finished work,

followed by complete construction of the Parent Gedung Sate and Techniques of the most

comprehensive library on Southeast Asia, in September 1942.

Gedung Sate was designed by Dutch architect Ir. J. Gerber of the Bureau of State Buildings

(landsgebouwendients), assisted by a team consisting of: Kol. Genie (Ret.) V.L. Slor of Genie

Militair, Ir. E.H. De Roo and Ir. G. Hendriks representing Burgerlijke openbare Werken (BOW)

or DPU now and Gemeentelijk Bouwbedriff Company (Municipal buildings) Bandung. Gedung

Sate inspired architectural style of buildings in Renaissance Italy. And, as is generally the official

buildings founded by BOW, in addition to revealing the impression of graceful, beautiful,

stately, and monumental buildings penantaan generally symmetrical. In addition, the use of the

rhythmic elements of the arch, over and over again (repetition) thus creating a "rhythmic

architecture" a fun, beautiful and unique.

On the front facade wall Gedung Sate have characterized traditional ornaments, such as the

building of Hindu temples. While in the middle of the main building Gedung Sate, upright

standing tower with a roof layers or so-called "overlap" as Meru in Bali or the roof of the

Pagoda. The top was a towering prick like satay, hence the popular people to name the building

"Gedung Sate".

The building is unique in shape, because it is a fusion of Western architectural style. The

combination of Eastern and Western styles it is an experiment of finding a form of identity with

the finesse of Traditional Indonesian Architecture West construction. This can be seen on

buildings or building Gedung Sate ITB main campus, which is often referred to as Indo

Europeeschen Architectuur Stijl Indonesian or European Style Architecture.