The Architecture of Dutch East Indies Colonial Quarantine Station in Onrust Island (1911–1933)

Ikrar Raksaperdana, Kemas Ridwan Kurniawan

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Abstract

In 1911–1933, Onrust Island, an island located 14 km off the coast of Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), went from being a military base to a quarantine station for Hajj pilgrims. Narratives about quarantine stations, especially in colonial site, often described by inadequate spatial conditions, while also possessed a disciplinary mechanisms. In context of Dutch East Indies’ Hajj quarantine, there were narratives beyond a pathogenic-quarantine discourse, such as political efforts to supervise the pilgrims’ political behaviour. This issue raises a question: How was, architecturally, the Onrust Island Quarantine Station's condition? Was it indecent? Was it possessed a disciplinary mechanism? This paper is a research on architecture history, which will use interpretive research methods on spatial conditions, by collecting data related to historical archives from the Onrust Island Quarantine Station and put it on the context of quarantine architecture.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2021 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture
EditorsThomas Kang, Youngjin Lee, Youngjin Lee
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages633-640
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811669316
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture, ICCEA 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 10 Jul 202112 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume201
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture, ICCEA 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period10/07/2112/07/21

Keywords

  • Architecture
  • Disciplinary mechanism
  • Dutch East Indies
  • Onrust Island
  • Quarantine

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