Typology of the Facade of Weapon Barracks at Fort Oranje

Abstract

The Dutch colonial period in Indonesia, especially in Ternate for about 3.5 centuries, left an extensive influence, especially for the development of architecture. The colonial heritage architecture has its features and historical values. In Ternate, the influence of Colonial Architecture was very pronounced. It shows from the standing of several colonial buildings, such as the citadel, offices, resident houses, weapons barracks, and several houses. The barracks building is one of the Dutch colonial-style buildings that is still maintained today. The research method used is a descriptive-qualitative method with a typology approach. The results of the field survey will be explained again in writing through typology theory related to the research title. The typology approach can classify building elements, building styles in a period of a particular architectural era. The results obtained from this study is the existence of colonial buildings in his day.