Reflection of sustainability concept on the use of resources in the 19th-century plantation

The World Green Building Council established sustainable architecture guidance, which is Net Zero Healthy, consisting of six assessment categories, including material resources and cycle. Several research papers studied the relationship between culture and sustainability with respect to the environment. This research aimed to show the architecture-environment ecological relationship in cinchona plantation architecture in the context of sustainability. The research was conducted qualitatively through fieldwork on two plantations in Pangalengan and Cilengkrang, data digging, interviews, and theoretical review. It was found that the cinchona trunk is being used as a building material as structural elements, infill walls, window frames, roof structures, entrance stairs, and fences. It is concluded that initial buildings in cinchona plantations are efficient in material extraction, zero energy mobilization, and nontoxic and purely natural materials. Plantation architecture as part of Indonesian architecture has the potential to be researched from various perspectives, including sustainable or green architecture.