BUILDING FORM COMPARISON BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT IN LAWEYAN

Abstract

Kampung Laweyan is one of popular tourist destination in Surakarta. Laweyan has been the center of batik since 1546. In the area of 24.83 hectare with population around 2.500 people, Laweyan people mostly work either as a batik merchant or a batik maker. This lifestyle comes with the need of change. Buildings in Laweyan were designed with thick and tall wall which is not suitable for selling batik. With the shift of lifestyle where Laweyan has become both producer and seller of batik, buildings there need to be compromised. This research is done to identify and understand the changes of buildings in Laweyan, and how does it affect the image of Laweyan. This paper is presented in a descriptive-qualitative manner. The goal of the research is to identify and compare the changes of architectural Elements in laweyan district between past and present so it can to understand the shift of laweyan image between past and present