A first-person perspective Lawang Sewu Semarang Walking Tour (Part 2).

Bangunan Lawang Sewu dibangun pada 27 Februari 1904 dengan nama lain Het hoofdkantor van de Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (Kantor Pusat NIS). Awalnya kegiatan administrasi perkantoran dilakukan di Stasiun Semarang Gudang (Samarang NIS), namun dengan berkembangnya jalur jaringan kereta yang sangat pesat, mengakibatkan bertambahnya personil teknis dan tenaga administrasi yang tidak sedikit seiring berkembangnya administrasi perkantoran.

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Lawang Sewu was designed by Cosman Citroen, from the firm of J.F. Klinkhamer and B.J. Quendag. It was designed in New Indies Style, an academically-accepted term for Dutch Rationalism in the Indies. Similar with Dutch Rationalism, the style is the result of the attempt to develop new solutions to integrate traditional precedents (classicism) with new technological possibilities. It can be described as a transitional style between Traditionalists and the Modernists, and was strongly influenced by the design of Berlage.

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