architecture&ENVIRONMENT Vol. 18, No. 2, Oct 2019: 115-122 115 ARCHITECTURE AS IDENTIFICATION OF PLACE: THE CASE OF JOGLO KAMPUNG KETANDAN SURABAYA Andy Mappajaya*, Nur Endah Nuffida*, Murni Rachmawati* *) Department of Architecture, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia e-mail: mappajaya@arch.its.ac.id ABSTRACT To make a site become a place is the existential function of architecture. The definition of architecture as identification of place (Unwin, 2003), comes with a purpose that architecture is also a process to discover the essence, the meaning conceivably present in the given environment. In the case of Kampung Ketandan Surabaya, the architecture is produced by the community by preserving and revitalizing the character of the kampung, with regards to its history, its activities and its buildings. Balai Pertemuan Warga in the form of Pendhopo is one of many other community centers in the kampung. This paper investigates in what way architecture generates symbolic places. Descriptive criticism is used as a method to investigate the phenomenon by considering architecture as a way of art and finding the interrelationship between the elements in it. To grasp the context of Kampung Ketandan, a case study method is chosen because of its ability to explore and endow the holistic, yet meaningful aspects of a presence phenomenon happening in real- life. The results of the study revealed that place is a holistic phenomenon, determining an ‘environmental character’ and architecture is a symbol to identify it. Keywords: architecture, identification of place, Pendhopo Kampung Ketandan INTRODUCTION This paper begins with questioning what is ‘place’ meaning for architecture. The aim here is to unfold the usefulness of identifying places by architectural meaning. The name Ketandan was first written as Ketandang on a 1270 map (Sulistyowati et.al, 2016). It was a freshwater swamp located on the north side of an enclosed area or a shelter. In 1787, a track began to emerge, particularly what is now Jalan Tunjungan, but no housing settlement was in sight. Housings were sprouting around Prabang and Gentengkali. In the first quarter of the 19 th century, spatial planning showed Jalan Tunjungan and Embong Malang. Kebangsaan, written as Kebangserin, was depicted with tree symbols. In an 1866 map, Kebangsren, Ketandan, and a part of Embong Malang were swamped by Chinese cemeteries (Bong). Aside from brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Center for Scientific Publication