T The West Sumatra Cultural Center serves as a place for cultural arts activitiesin the form of performances, exhibitions, cultural arts studies, with facilities in a buildingcomplex. The Cultural Center should show characteristics, cultural identity, and adjust tothe surrounding environment. This is important because a uniform and non-adaptivearchitecture towards the surrounding environment does not represent the cultural contextin meeting people's needs. In principle, contextual architecture is in line with the needs ofcultural center buildings because it is directly related to the site and environment, area,condition of surrounding buildings, communities, culture, which originates from the localarea. Exploration of variable composition of masses, ornaments, roofs, outer space, aswell as the main entrance in the surrounding environment is needed as the designprinciple of the Cultural Center, through contextual architecture of Minangkabau culture.This Final Architecture Project presents a contextual architecture that influences thedesign principles of the West Sumatra Cultural Center, as well as its relationship with theculture and environment around the building. Based on the results of the study from thediscussion of the Final Architecture Project, it can be concluded that the contextualapplied in the design of the Cultural Center is the form of mass compositions, ornaments,roofs, outer spaces, as well as the main entrance.