Conservation Concept on Areas with Overlapping Character (Moslem, Colonial and Post Independence Era)

Abstract

Ancient maps reveal that Dutch colonial covered alun-alun as the Moslem city image like those in Jakarta, and Surabaya, except in Semarang. Both Indonesian Moslem and colonial city experts cannot explain the phenomena. The alun-alun lama Semarang left its morphologic artefacts. Which layer of urban design should be conserved? To reveal the layer of the development, a three-dimensional picture by freehand modelling based on the visual historical approach method can be done at an early stage. The civilization era is in interaction but tends to neglect the Moslem city image. Further research is needed using a computer drawing, to get a clear image of Moslem city.