SATE TOWER
Gedung Sate is one of the iconic old buildings in the city of Bandung. Since 1980 until now, the building which is located at Jalan Diponegoro Number 22, Bandung City, has been used as the Office of the Governor of West Java.
This building has 4 floors, a basement, and a room at the top of the building.
Built in 1920-1924, the architecture of this building was designed by a team led by Ir. J. Gerber, Eh. De Roo, and G. Hendriks, and Gemeente van Bandoeng chaired by V.L. Sloors.
The construction of Gedung Sate was part of a program to move the military center of the Dutch East Indies government from Meester Cornelis to the Bandung area.
This building was designed in an office complex for government agencies (Gouvernements Bedrijven/GB).
At that time, Gedung Sate was the office building of the Department Verkeer en Waterstaat (Department of Public Works and Irrigation) and on the northeast side was the Hoofdbureau Post Telegraaf en Telefoondienst (Post, Telegraph and Telephone Center) building.
Gedung Sate has a hybrid architectural style. A mix of several architectural styles in several parts.
This building uses the Italian Renaissance model, the window design carries the Spanish Moorish concept, and the roof adopts Asian architecture like the temples in Bali.
This building is also influenced by Hindu and Islamic ornaments. The arrangement of this building is symmetrical, with repeated arch elements, creating a beautiful and unique rhythm.
At the top of the roof of the building, there is an ornament of 6 skewers. These 6 skewers represent the 6 million Gulden used to build this building.
This is what makes people to this day refer to this building as "Gedung Sate".
According to the Guide of Gedung Sate, Dena Akhirawan, in the room at the top of this building, there is an alarm that will automatically turn on when there is an attack from the enemy.
With a large alarm sound, the alarm can reach outside the city of Bandung. But currently, the alarm is only turned on once a year for 10 minutes. And the sound of the alarm can only be heard around the building.
