THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE THEORY IN CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY DESIGN STRATEGY IN SURAKARTA

Abstract

Surakarta has various potentials in contemporary art, namely the potential of artists, the intensity of activities, as well as formal and informal art groups and institutions. Unfortunately, those potentials are not equal with the availability of facilities to accommodate them. Therefore, a Contemporary Art Gallery in Surakarta is needed as a place of appreciation, recreation and education. Gallery is a fixed container in the form of a closed building to accommodate visual communication activities through exhibitions and other artistic activities (Webster, 1979). Contemporary art is a developing art that responds to and reflects the situation at the moment (Maria & Belle Bintang Biarezky, 2016). To be able to accommodate contemporary art, Organic Architecture is the right approach to be applied to building design strategies. Organic Architecture is radical, free, flexible, dynamic (Pearson, 2002). Organic Architecture has 8 design principles, namely building as nature, continuous present, form follows flow, of the people, of the hill, of the materials, youthful and unexpected, and living music, which will be studied to determine design strategies. The principles that can be applied will be applied to the analysis process that will result in the design of the Contemporary Art Gallery which can accommodate various contemporary art activities, represent them and accommodate possible changes.