AESTHETIC SYMBOL OF KAWUNG MOTIF AS AN ICON OF IDENTITY IMAGE OF NEW AIRPORT IN YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

The existence of the airport as a gateway to national tourism whereas a public space must be able to convey a sense of place and provide individual experiences to space users, therefore the airport must also be able to function as a means that represents the identity of the cultural image of the local area. Aesthetic Elements The symbol of the kawung motif through visual language in airport public spaces does not only function aesthetically but has a deep new meaning as an icon of the identity of the image of the New Airport in Yogyakarta. The purpose of this study is to identify the transformation of the shape of the kawung motif and its application to the interior building elements of New Yogyakarta International Airport (NYIA) The transformation of the shape of the kawung motif symbol contains physiological and cosmological values in an architectural interior work and is a unity of form that cannot be separated and always follows the development of the times related to the modernity process of socio-cultural transformation that occurs in society. This research was conducted using a qualitative method with a cultural studies approach and the ATUMICS transforming tradition theory was used to examine how the application of the kawung motif symbol was applied to the design of the Architecture and Interior of the New Airport in Yogyakarta. The results showed that the transformation of the kawung motif symbol form that was applied to produce an icon of the identity of the cultural image of the past was able to transform new in the present without changing the essence of meaning as a symbol of immanence, its presence not only produced an expression of beauty, but communicated messages containing the cultural acculturation of the locality of the Javanese cultural community and the form of cultural symbols of the present Yogyakarta palace to interact with each other in the public space of the new airport in Yogyakarta.