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Old Java was defined not as the whole island of Java, but Central Java and East Java. This ancient Javanese area is adjacent to one of the most active volcanoes in the world, Mount Merapi. The strength and potential of Mount Merapi influenced the surrounding area as a center of Javanese culture which holds various sites of world heritage, such as Sangiran Early Man (Phitcantropus Erectus/UNESCO 1996), as architectural heritage the temples of Borobudur and Prambanan (UNESCO 1991); three world renowned cultural icons of oral & intangible heritage: wayang kulit (Shadow Puppet/UNESCO 2003), keris (traditional wavy blade/UNESCO 2005) and batik (UNESCO, 2009). Being a place of numerous objects and sites of tangible & intangible world heritage, it is interesting to discuss the living culture of the past, during Dutch colonialism, today and the future in Java.

Prof. Ikaputra is Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture & Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta Indonesia. Currently, he is the Head of the Center for Transportation and Logistics Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada. He is also a member of the Laboratory for the History, Theory and Conservation of Architecture and Urban Design. He teaches subjects on the history of Architecture, especially when related to modern movements, postmodernism and deconstruction as well as the history of Nusantara architecture, including how the Colonial Dutch architecture coloured and formed cities in Indonesia. His research is connected to traditional architecture, historical settlements and urban districts, as well as historical cities for today’s inspirations. He also raised an awareness about the “Marginalized-Modern Heritage” in Indonesia since 2001 which includes, for instance, railways heritage (stations, facilities, and their surroundings), old sugar factories, the housing of industrial heritage, as well as garden cities implemented in Indonesia. He has worked as a volunteer architect with communities, especially on post disaster reconstruction, house upgrading for low income families, and the non-handicapping environment for people with disabilities. Since 2005, Ikaputra has worked in collaborative projects with colleagues in Indonesia and Austria various fields related to architecture, urbanism and living cultures.