Spatial Transformation Pattern of Dwellings of Javanese Nobless Houses at the Palace of Surakarta Sunanate Case Study of Ndalem Purwodiningratan and Ndalem Suryohamijayan

Abstract

This paper is based on the fact of Surakarta Sunanate Palace has undergone spatial transformation in the nobles’ dwelling still considers norms/pakem of the Javanese ouses. The purpose of this paper is describing spatial transformation pattern in nobles’ dwelling in Surakarta Sunanate Palace and identifying its influencing factors. This paper used descriptive-qualitative method to study two nobles’dwelling Ndalem Purwodiningratan and Ndalem Suryohamijayan. The results showed two spatial transformation patterns having sacred characteristic and profane characteristic. The factors influencing the spatial transformation are the demand for living place for the nobles’ descendants, the Javanese cultural concept of nguri-uri, and the Javanese cultural art skills passed by the ancestors