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Villa Isola (Bumi Siliwangi)

Kota Bandung · Jawa Barat · Indonesia

AI rating4.8

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UPI’s 2016 historical account explains Villa Isola’s transition to Bumi Siliwangi. A 2022 UPI report places the building within the campus at Jalan Setiabudi No. 229 Bandung. These sources support history and location rather than current tourist-access announcements.

The entire gallery consists of September 1988 archival photographs, rather than documentation of present conditions. The building is within a university campus; contact UPI through its official channels to confirm visitor permission, garden or interior access and photography requirements. Do not enter working spaces without permission. This catalogue covers Villa Isola/Bumi Siliwangi, rather than the whole campus or Museum Pendidikan Nasional.

The AI reference of 4.8/5 follows 163 reviews on the main Villa Isola (Bumi Siliwangi) Google Maps listing, checked 8 October 2026 without rating filters. One 5-point aggregate is adopted unchanged without independent quality or access assessment. Not firsthand experience or a Floopel user rating; confidence was not calculated. The pin follows the object marker, not a surveyed entrance or parking location.

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Photo 1: Villa Isola, jl. Setyabudi, voorzijde - 20651440 - RCE.jpg — Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll / Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed; CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph by Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll from the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed collection; institutional attribution is required by the source. Source date September 1988, without a more precise day or time. First Commons rendition uploaded 12 November 2016, then replaced with higher resolution from the same source on 12 January 2025. The inspected page does not provide a camera, software or digitisation-process details. Source black-and-white appearance retained, without colourisation by Floopel.

Photo 2: Villa Isola, jl. Setyabudi, tuin achterzijde - 20651435 - RCE.jpg — Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll / Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed; CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph by Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll from the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed collection; institutional attribution is required by the source. Source date September 1988, without a more precise day or time. First Commons rendition uploaded 12 November 2016, then replaced with higher resolution from the same source on 12 January 2025. The inspected page does not provide a camera, software or digitisation-process details. Source black-and-white appearance retained, without colourisation by Floopel.

Photo 3: Villa Isola, jl. Setyabudi, ingangspartij - 20651439 - RCE.jpg — Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll / Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed; CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph by Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll from the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed collection; institutional attribution is required by the source. Source date September 1988, without a more precise day or time. First Commons rendition uploaded 12 November 2016, then replaced with higher resolution from the same source on 12 January 2025. The inspected page does not provide a camera, software or digitisation-process details. Source black-and-white appearance retained, without colourisation by Floopel.

Why it matters

Curving balconies, rows of windows and a tiered form give Villa Isola a distinctive character. Three September 1988 archival photographs show the Bumi Siliwangi facade, entrance steps and rear garden. These black-and-white images invite a closer look at the relationship between the building and its landscape at that time.

UPI’s historical account describes Villa Isola as an Art Deco work by Charles Prosper Wolff Schoemaker that later became an IKIP building and rectorate office, under the name Bumi Siliwangi. Located on the UPI campus on Jalan Setiabudi, it brings Bandung’s architectural history into contact with education. For a planned visit, use the archive as a historical introduction and follow the university’s current requirements.

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