Jakarta. De Tjolomadoe, which was once known as the Colomadu Sugar Factory, has now become a world-class heritage tourist site.
A few years ago, state-run construction firm PTPP partnered with Sinergi Colomadu to revitalize the sugar factory between 2017 and 2018. The building is over a century old. The project aimed to revitalize the factory without erasing its historical identity.
With a careful conservation approach and architectural innovation, De Tjolomadoe is now not only a cultural tourism center but also a multifunctional space for various arts, business, and entertainment activities. The Colomadu sugar factory was first established in 1861 by Sultan Mangkunegara IV. It was one of the largest sugar factories in the Dutch East Indies. The factory ceased operations in 1998, and the building's structure had significantly degraded.
Some of the key innovations applied in the project include architectural conservation, where the building's structure was strengthened with transfer beams to ensure sturdiness without altering its original form.
De Tjolomadoe Museum displays the history of the sugar factory with various original collections and preserved machinery.
There is also Besali Café, offering an industrial ambiance with a selection of local delicacies. The area also has a commercial and creative space for local small and medium enterprises. There are also exhibition venues, namely Tjolomadoe Concert Hall, Sarkara Multifunction Hall, and an outdoor amphitheater.
De Tjolomadoe has also earned praise from the tourists. According to a PTPP press release, a Malang visitor said that going on a tour in an antique car had made the tour even more unique.
"I went on a long trip from Surabaya to De Tjolomadoe. It was very interesting, and we will definitely come back with our family. The historical value makes De Tjolomadoe very attractive," said another visitor.
In the future, tourism packages will be available that combine visits to Prambanan and Borobudur Temples, merging nature, culture, and history tourism supported by Taman Wisata Candi (TWC) as one of the shareholders of De Tjolomadoe.
In 2016, as the Ministry of State Owned Enterprises is restructuring and auditing their assets, The Colomadu is one of the assets that is going to be revived. As the sugar cane fields are not surrounding the area anymore, reactivating the sugar factory is not possible. Therefore, reprogramming the complex to be something else is needed to make The Colomadu fully-operate again.
© Mario WibowoA state owned company appointed as care taker of the abandoned factory as they were trying to formulate a program to revitalize state's asset and appointed Airmas Asri to do conceptual design of the building that needed rescue as time and weather beginning the historical building to a severe state of dilapidation.
© Mario WibowoThe place has already getting public criticism and reaction due to its neglect of cultural and historical value by being one of the first private owned sugar factory and sugar production plant since the colonial era. There has been frequent artistic events as language of critics from non-governments -organizations and local artists so it was becoming clear that arts and culture-events in the abandoned factory is drawing public attention and interests.
© Mario WibowoA center of cultural and arts is planned to fits the abandoned factory, firstly the building had to pass several requirements as a historical building and a public building. The procedures of planning, identification, historical documents research and structural evaluations as preliminary per-construction and preservation are done in 6 months followed by construction of a 3500m2 Concert Hall and the main attraction of the building.
SectionIndeed many of the artifacts from the steam era technology has not survive due to severe metal corrosion of the machine and structure , looting, and hazardous to public display. These items were removed and scuttled and scrap metals. Artifact and has identity of historical trace by serial number, photograph, articles found from a dutch newspaper is preserve to fit display for public.
© Mario WibowoMany parts and the building survive and only need a retrofits of a new components such as windows, doors, awnings, roofs , gutters and parts that supposed to held machinery are refurbished as food hall, restaurants, exhibition hall, and concert hall. The front sections of the building that roof a giant steam powered press-roller is transformed to a main lobby of the three main functions as it draws more public attention and interest.
First floor planMany open air rooms are enclosed with a glass-wall to expose the interior giant machinery as a night time exhibition display, some are enclosed machinery or Moller Tanks and kept exposed to the concert hall interior as it was one of the original parts of the factory section.
© Mario WibowoThe main steam kettle was kept as a display as its structure is embedded to the main chimney and too dangerous to remove
The room is transformed as a restaurant with the kettle's cover
only 2 out of 9 kettles survived.De Tjolomadoe
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