PHILOSOPHY AND CONCEPT OF PURI, A KING PALACE IN BALI

PHILOSOPHY AND CONCEPT OF PURI, A KING PALACE IN BALI Anak Agung Gde Djaja Bharuna S., Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra and Putu Rumawan Salain Department of Architecture, University of Udayana, Bali, Indonesia A B S T R A C T Puri or castle is the king palace in Bali, the residence of the king and his family. As with other buildings, the Balinese castle is a work of rchitecture in the form of material culture that can be studied through aspects of symbolic meaning/philosophical concepts, in addition to aspects of social tructure and function. From several writings that have been done, the study of the philosophy and concepts of puri in Bali based on religious thought, social, social and political. From the religious point of the castle is a sacred building. From a social point of view, the castle is the residence of the ruling king over the whole kingdom. Being from a political point of view, the castle is the center of the royal government. But there is also the meaning of some typical building structures in the complex of the castle. This writing intends to examine the symbolic meaning of the castle as a whole, through the structures of the building, for that purpose this paper is prepared. In the achievement of its purpose, this paper begins by presenting the specific variations of building structure structure owned by the puri in Bali. Second, this paper discusses the scope of physical existence, with the focus of meaning/philosophy and the concept behind the presence of physical form of architecture. This section details the tangible or intangible elements of the castle. The third part poses the policy framework of the existence of the castle, as a work of Balinese architecture. This final section builds on the learning process of best practices at the global level by not neglecting the internal and conditional value structures Key words: puri, Philosophy, concept, architectural masterpiece.