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A
pendopo is a fundamental element of
Javanese architecture; a large
pavilion-like structure built on
columns. Either square or rectangular in
plan, it's open on all sides and provides shelter from the sun and rain, but allows breeze and indirect light. The word
pendopo is a variant on the
Sanskrit word
mandapa ('hall'). The
Dutch writer
Multatuli in his
colonial reformist novel
Max Havelaar described the pendopo as "next to a broad-rimmed hat, an umbrella or a hollow tree, a
pendopo is undoubtedly the simplest representation there's of the concept of '
roof'".
Derived from ancient Javanese architectural elements,
pendopo are common ritual spaces primarily intended for ceremony, and also for a variety of purposes such as receiving guests in the compounds of wealthy Javanese, and even as cottage industry work spaces.
They once sheltered the institutions of ancient Javanese kingdoms, such as law courts, clergy, and for public appearances of the king and his ministers. They remain fundamental components of Javanese
kraton ('palaces') with European influences often being incorporated since the 18th century. The majority of
pendopo are constructed from
timber but
masonry versions are in existence such as used in the
Kraton Kanoman in
Cirebon. Wealthy modern day home builders, in attempting to design homes that draw on traditional Javanese experience of space, have dismantle, transported and re-assembled
pendopo forming modern-traditional hybrid homes.
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