Maintaining Sacrality in The Conservation of The Interior Design of The Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel in Sungai Bawan, Malaysia
Retna Ayu Puspatarini (a*), Lucia Helly Purwaningsih (a), Muhammad Oliver Ensor Bin Silini (b), Herman Sbastian (a), Stasha Diva Sudijanto (a), Bong Rui Fang (b)

(a) Universitas Trisakti, Jl. Kyai Tapa No.1, Jakarta 11440, Indonesia
(b) University of Technology Sarawak, Jalan Universiti No.1, Sibu 96000, Malaysia

Abstract

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel is a heritage church that built in 1883 locates in Sungai Bawan in Kanowit District of Sarawak state in Malaysia. This chapel is a historical building nestled within the forest. Due to its current condition of its interior that requires special attention, conservation is the solution. In conservation of its interior design, it is important to know that this chapel gives meaningful meaning to Iban community who live around the chapel and to liturgy in Catholic therefore maintaining sacrality of the interior design of the chapel is necessary. This research aims to find solutions for maintaining sacrality applied in conserving interior design of The Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel. The method applied in this research is descriptive qualitative that achieves through observation, interview, and literature reviews. The result of this research obtains interior design drawings for conservation that are applying sacrality for the chapel. To produce an optimal design for the interior design of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel, synchronization requires between field observations, interviews with sources, and literature reviews.

Keywords: Please Just Try toChapel, sacrality, interior design, Iban community, Catholic Liturgyt This Sample Abstract

Topic: Appearance/Shape of Livable Space