Concept Analysis of the Bale Meten Function of the Gedong on the Mertasari Temple Footprint, Source: Author, 2022

Concept Analysis of the Bale Meten Function of the Gedong on the Mertasari Temple Footprint, Source: Author, 2022

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p>Pura Mertasari is a temple located on Jalan Kepundung, Denpasar-Bali. The spatial concept of this temple is tri mandala , with the main zone functioning as the offal, the middle zone functioning as the middle jaba and the nista zone functioning as the jaba sisi . However, in addition to the macro spatial division, the uniqueness of the micro spat...

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... on the analysis with the key informant, namely Armeli (70 years). The concept of bale meten architecture is actually an attempt to apply the spatial hierarchy that is owned by bale meten architecture with the gedong function (see figure 5). In the bale gedong we can see that there are three functions of space, namely the main room as a storage building, the middle room as the highest/middle terrace for house voters and the nista as a lower terrace for general visitors. ...
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... the bale gedong we can see that there are three functions of space, namely the main room as a storage building, the middle room as the highest/middle terrace for house voters and the nista as a lower terrace for general visitors. Based on the results of the analysis of the application of the bale meten/gedong concept with two terraces to the spatial arrangement of the temple innards (see Figure 5), it is found that the main zone in the innards is the spatial for the pelinggih holy spirit which is carried in this temple. This is in line with the main bale meten/gedong function zone, where the main part of the bale meten/gedong Analyzed based on its spatial arrangement, the main zone in the innards of this temple is positioned in the east, the east is the sacred direction which is oriented to the axis of the rising sun. ...