THALASSIC EX NIHILO AN ANTI-CANCER FARMING & RELIGIOUS PLURALISM URBAN AGENDA
AMIRUL HAKEEM BIN MA’AZ M.Arch. 01
THALASSIC EX NIHILO What if man are being released to the sea? What if land sank to the sea? By 2050, around 200 million people will be permanently displaced through amalgamation of complex political, social and economic drivers (Stern, 2006) and as globalization has accelerated, social-cultural conflict will become the most rampant form of violence (Marshall, 2005) Analogically, are mankind adapting? Are they fit for the challenges at the acme of the 21st century? Various parties should be responsible helping each other in maintaining human stabilization in order not to be lost in the midst of world evolution. Multiple methods such as the introduction of hybrid programme typologies and technological advances can be utilized to achieve the stabilization vision. This vision foresee mimicking ‘utopia’; an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. Can utopian system be a narrative that solves human problem? Or it is just a fairy tale? In this scheme, I will speculate, discuss and re-manifest the social image within the urban planning context of 2070. The identified issues and interpretations will tackle the sustainability questions of social, political, economic, humanity and environmental awareness.
1 Locus Inventory 3 Anatomization UiTM School of Architecture
5 Water Parcel Scenario & Programme 7 Land Parcel Scenario & Programme 9 Hypothetical Metamodel 10 Substructural Theory 11 Concept 12 Scheme Planning 14 Phylogenesis 15 The Masterplan 17 Wunderkammer Perspective 19 Phenomenon Perspective 21 Thalassic Societal Perspective 22 Technological Advances 23 Societal Perspective 25 Supersonic Trajectory 27 Phasing 28 Sections
ARK 700 ADVANCED DESIGN 1
LOCUS INVENTORY
STULANG LAUT, JOHOR, MALAYSIA 1.4695° N, 103.7816° E
land parcel
water parcel
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ANATOMIZATION Anatomization is carried out to study in detail the structure and the spirit of the locus in terms of social, cultural, political and environmental aspects.
WATER PARCEL Zig-zaging from top left: ‘Orang Laut’ living in Paok (boat) during the early years, traditional headdress, types of Paok, modern-day young ‘Orang Laut’ catching mussels, ‘Orang Laut’ living in Paok during the early years, catching fish activity, modern-day boats at stulang laut, selling marine products at a gazetted area by the Johor Government, old ‘Orang Laut’ habitat at the mangroove trees, ‘Orang Laut’ living in Paok during the early years, types of marine life that usually being caught, ‘Orang Laut’ living in Paok during the early years, selling marine products at a gazetted area by the Johor Government
LAND PARCEL Zig-zaging from top left: De Paradise night club, Malay + Chinese + Korean restaurant, Malay society, 9mm night club, Chinese restaurants below the flats, Malay society at the Surau An-Nur, Immigrants caught by the Customs, the famous seafood restaurant ‘Sayam’, Foon Yew High School, Tai Son seafood restaurant, Chinese flats, Chinese restaurant and Malay flats
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WATER PARCEL SCENARIO & PROGRAMME ISSUES
2070
POTENTIAL
1. ORANG LAUT’S LAND BEING ACQUISITIONED
ORANG LAUT The earliest land discoverer of Stulang
Lives by the waterfront and at the sea
Forced to move out to Kampung Teluk Jawa, Masai for development
WATER PARCEL SCENARIO & PROGRAMME 2. ORANG LAUT’S SEAFOOD RESOURCES BEING DEDUCTED
Iskandar Waterfront Development
Dead algae
Waterfront Reclaimation
Dead fish
SCENARIO
Resettle The Orang Laut at the waterfront. It could act as an economy generator through various aqua-related programs
Dead of other sea creatures
2070 what can they contribute? do they still live in poverty? do they still being assumed as a minority native in Malaysia?
ANTI-CANCE
2020. 2030. 2050. 2070
By 2070, the Orang Laut had emerged as one of the elite native that produces cancer - cure substance through viable underwater living organisms farming
2018
2070
do they still only catch fish? will they still be there? are they resilient enough?
aquaculture; catch and sell sea creatures
2020
pharmace
orang laut anti-cancer farmers
medical b
marine bio
resemblance between these
is tha
2020, the quality of sea water at selat tebrau have improved Seawer proposal - Sung Jin Cho
water will be released and flows along Selat Johor
2030
almost 10,00 had been co United State
introduction of Water Purification System to enhance the quality of the sea water
2030, vast amount of underwater sea creatures bloomed Relevance of marine compounds by subject area
turtle
starfish
2020
lobster
jellyfish
dugong
sponge
platies/ swordtails
tunicate
more marine-derived medici are being evaluated in huma trials right now
ANTI-CANCER UNDERWATER ORGANISMS
2050, growth of “X” sea organisms
coral reefs
drugs currently on the market for cancer and pain come from marine sources
bacteriochlorophyll
coral reefs
sea cucumber
tunicate
platies/ swordtails
zebra danio fish
EXISTING POPULATION KAMPUNG PERIGI ACHEH, MASAI
KAMPUNG PLENTONG TENGAH, SUNGAI TEBRAU
KAMPUNG SUNGAI TEMON, SUNGAI DANGA
KAMPUNG SENIBONG, PASIR GUDANG KAMPUNG TELUK JAWA, MASAI
approx.
1500 people
KAMPUNG PASIR PUTEH, PASIR GUDANG
2070
OTHERS INCLUDE KAMPUNG TANJUNG LANGSAT, KAMPUNG KONG KONG, KAMPUNG LAYANG - LAYANG, KAMPUNG TANJUNG BUAI, KAMPUNG SUNGAI MELAYU AND PENDAS
“ A community needs awareness, diversity, integration, the capacity for self - regulation and adaptiveness to be resilient ” - Judith Rodin
ER FARMERS
INTEGRATION MODEL In order to realize the vision, the Orang Laut need to be integrated into a diversify multi-cultural new ethnic. These people shares
approx. 1500 people
They will produce methodologies in underwater medical farming and become worldwide pioneer in the field
ORANG LAUT
FISHERMEN
welcoming fishermen across malaysia; penisular and borneo possess any aquacultural background
medical biologist marine biologist
BIOLOGIST
EX - NAVY
ex- servicemen that are still fit to contribute on the sea
micro biologist
main profession
“ We don’t mind if outside fishermen netting at our usual site ”
secondary profession
eutical farmer
aqua farmer
biologist
boat maker
ologist
- Jefree Salim, Orang Laut
FACTS & FIGURES
chef
Worldwide estimated number of new Cancer cases
at they can be utilized to produce cure for cancer
- GLOBOCAN 2012
trillion dollar is the potential value of drugs from Coral Reefs - Erwin et al. (2010) Ecological Economics
00 extracts from marine organisms ollected at the National Cancer Institute, es
ines an
KAMPUNG TELOK KABUNG, PASIR GUDANG
South East Asia estimated number of new Cancer cases - GLOBOCAN 2012
in 2010, each of the top 10 cancer drugs topped more than $1 billion in sales
It is the leading cause of death worldwide, causing around 13% of all death worldwide
-Campbell Alliance
of 188 new chemicals have been discovered in the deep sea in the last five years are cytotoxic (can kill cancer)
- Dr Skropeta, 2014
of the marine species (mainly animals) examined contained anti- tumor compound
creating an innovative new drug, including everything from early research to late stage trials—costs on average of $1.3 billion
of all cancer deaths occur in low and middle income countries
-Tufts Center
- Dr Skropeta, 2014
STAKEHOLDERS Peter Lim
times more likely to find new drugs in the oceans than on land
70%
- 11th richest person in Singapore - an established medical investor - has the highest shares in Thomson Medical - owns 70% shares in Thomson Iskandariah Medical Hub at Stulang
zebra danio fish
sea snails
JAKOA
IKN
THINK CITY
TOURISM MALAYSIA
Johor Royals 30%
- highest ruler in Johor - Tunku Mahkota Johor owns 30% shares in Thomson Iskandariah Medical Hub at Stulang PRIME KEY PLAYER
MSMBB
bioluminescent copepod
lymphoma
JTLM
SECONDARY KEY PLAYER
TOURISM JOHOR
JOHO
MARKETING
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LAND PARCEL SCENARIO & PROGRAMME
ISSUES SEPT 2017 Man beaten to death in fight over burst balloons MARCH 2018 Cops arrest 17 over fight at restaurant in JB STULANG TOP 10 CRIME ZONE IN JOHOR BAHRU according to AsiaOne
CAUSE OF PROBLEMS :
POPULATION :
BALANCE NUMBER OF MALAY AND CHINESE, PRESENCE OF IMMIGRANTS AND PRESENCE OF THE NIGHT CLUBS RESULTING IN SOCIAL DISINTEGERATION MALAY 50% CHINESE 50% IMMIGRANTS 20%
MACRO CONTEXT ON RELIGIOUS ISSUE
01 MUAR LAUNDERETTE
september 2016 a launderette in Muar hanged a sign saying that only Muslims are allowed to use its machines
“I cannot accept this nonsense. This is Johor, which belongs to Bangsa Johor and it belongs to all races and faiths. This is a progressive, modern and moderate state” - Sultan Ibrahim
02 INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA SURVEY
november 2017
prior to the Muar Launderette issue, The Institute of Southeast Asia (ISEAS) commissioned a survey on the role of Islam and its governance in the state
of Malays agree that the Johor Sultan is a good guardian of Islam in the state. But they may not necessarily agree with the ruler’s views on Arabisation, and the federal religious bureaucracy Jakim, and Islamisation
of Malays support the application of hudud laws (Islamic criminal code) on Muslims
of the Malays feel that Muslims should occupy a majority of state government seats
of Malays want hudud laws to be applied to all Malaysians. Only 2 per cent of Chinese and 10 per cent of Indians agree
“Johor is more developed economically and more urban than the other states, so we would expect them to be more modern and to think of Islam as a more progressive religion. The Johor case confirms the findings that there is rising Islamic revivalist thinking in contemporary Malaysia today.” - Norshahril Saat, ISEAS
PROPOSING A MODEL TO UNITE JOHOR PEOPLE THROUGH RELIGION TOWARDS
2070
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society tolerance. respect. harmony
SCENARIO 2020
the birth of ‘Sir Ibrahim Mashyur’
Research and Development center focusing Pluralism Model
on
the
Religious
ADAPTIVE REUSE
in order to get the society fit for the challenges for the future, Sultan Ibrahim will first tackle the progressiveness of the social the BANGSA JOHOR MODEL, 1920 will be revised with the direction of achieving RELIGIOUS PLURALISM there will be a covenant between the Sultan and the religious leaders to allocate the religious buildings to a SINGLE SITE in order to achieve religious pluralsim
2030
researchers found that to achieve religious pluralism, a similar component possessed by the religions called
The Common Ground must be enhanced
2050 in most of religions, water is regarded as a symbol of purifying, mercy and peace
ISLAM
BUDDHISM
CHRISTIANITY mosque
to achieve the model, the projection of the scheme will be build around the element of water
temple
healing purifying build around water
2070
chruch
transcendental garden
transcendental garden
to accomplish the model, the site itself needs to be self-sustain in terms of water usage and also adapt to the future water issue.
chruch
mosque
RELIGIOUS CENTER intergrate with WATER DESALINATION PLANT
water pavillion
pump house
water desalination
introduction of water desilination system that will be integrated with the worship center
ADAPTIVE REUSE
KEY PLAYERS johor royal
johor government
jabatan bekalan air johor
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HYPOTHETICAL METAMODEL
SUBSTRUCTURAL THEORY
Phenomenology was once being popularized by Edmund Husserl, a forerunner in modern philosophy. Phenomenology is the study of structures of consciousness in surrounding as experienced from the 1st person point of view. Some examples of structure of consciousness is emotion, thought and sensorial perception. Husserl later on opposed phenomenology because he feels that people are taking granted of the natural surrounding. For Husserl, he thinks that man does not think and does not question about the surrounding. He proposed a deeper philosophy to suspend the spatio-temporal world and focusing on pure mental process. It is called Phenomenological Reduction. Phenomenological Reduction is defined by the state that a man is in constant judgemental about the natural world in order to gain pure phenomena.
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CONCEPT
Upon having the Phenomenological theory as an underlying structure of the scheme, the theory is extracted in to a concept called ‘Unpacking Phenomena’. Do you ever think how a man discover onion at the very first time? Do they just walk away or examine it? Unpacking Phenomena invites people to have a pure mental process in prevailing another dimension of a matter or in detail the water element found on the site. So, how can we unpack the sea? Is there any good we can gain with it? What if we manifest new way of living? What if we live in a drowned surrounding? The programme notion is being structured to have 60% of water based programme and the other 40% is archetypal. Besides,the scheme is programmed to achieve supreme-tangibility with the genius loci and have zero schism between man and water.
SCHEME PLANNING PHENOMENOLOGICAL REDUCTION
thought translation
constant suspending judgemental on the natural world
PURE EGO (in metaphysics) a concious thinking subject, always
SUPER JUDGEMENTAL AXIS OF PURE EGO
Water Phenomenological Reduction
- unpacking the genius loci of the site - questioning the possibilities of symbiosis between mankind and sea creatures in the sea
Land Phenomenological Reduction - remanifest the land, turning it into a water realm - shifting human perspective on land through programs such as water pavillion, water desalination and the transcendental garden
transcendental garden thalassic realm
Inaugurate The Canonical Points
- canonical points act as the supreme place where it will be the main nodes in the planning - Transcendental Garden; canonic point for land parcel - Thalassic Realm; canonic point for water parcel
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axis translated into circulation
aquaterra
axis translated into circulation
terminus
Striking The Canonical Agenda
- laying the super judgemental axis of pure ego - responding the output points to one another
main path from wellness and education site education + entertainment
waterfront hybrid living
waterfront hotel commercial
international water
Acknowledge Adjoining Super-Points
- responding to the super points of neighboring site - reshuffling the zoning and circulation according to the density
ferry terminal
PHYLOGENESIS societal attributes
sustainability attributes
transcendental garden
technological advances
wind turbine
public ground zero
water supply boat pavillion
centripetal
water purificator
water desalinator
underwater realm habitat
thalassic gate
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WUNDERKAMMER PERSPECTIVE
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PHENOMENON PERSPECTIVE
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THALASSIC SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES the scheme manifest a new way of living, realeasing mankind into the sea. it is achieveable with the presence of futuristic technological advances. figure on the left shows the ‘helmet’ that will assist human to breathe, to talk, to walk and to get together in the sea.
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SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE
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SUPERSONIC TRAJECTORY
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PHASING - water will be released and can flow along the Selat Tebrau - introduction of water purification system to enhance the quality of the sea water - will be the year that the first leader of Johor will focus on countering religious problems - the first step is the birth of the Interfaith Research and Development Center. it is an adaptive reuse by reusing the Foon Yew Auxiliarry building
- with the presence of the crystal clear sea water, sea creatures bloomed at the Selat Tebrau - the sea creatures breed at the sunken ship placed on the site - it will be the year that there will be a covenant between religious leaders in Johor to settle the religious problem - an agreement to relocate religious worship centers into one site will be done in order to achieve religious pluralism
- growth of special ‘X’ sea creatures/ organisms - a Research and Development Center will be built to study on the sea organisms that is said can cure cancer - researcher of the Interfaith Research and Development Center found a common ground to strengthen the religious pluralism module; the water element - the birth of Trancendental Garden and Aquaterra which uses the water element in its program
- The ‘Orang Laut emerged as one of the elite native that produces anti cancer substances through the sea organisms farming - they will populate the Selat Tebrau again with a new manifestation; economy enhancer of Johor and will be the main center of public at Stulang - the Birth of Thalassic Realm and Habitats. - on the foreshore there will be multiple programs such as the seagate, terminus, biomarine and the Orang Laut museum - water desalination is introduced to cater the water usage for the land
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“By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen� - Edward Enninful
all praises to Allah S.W.T the almighty upon giving me the chance to think and to explore the knowledge. Please guide me to the straight path. Alhamdulillah for everything. Allahuakbar.
this piece is dedicated to :
ma’az bin baheram zaidah binti abdul hamid piah binti md lani maznah binti abdul hamid zafeera nadia binti ma’az muhammad haziq bin ma’az nur farah afiqah rosol platinum xi dasad studio
DIRECTOR EN. FAIRUZ REZA RAZALI TUTORS PM. SYED SOBRI ZUBIR EN. JAMSYID IDRUS PROF. DR. SABARINAH SHEIKH AHMAD AR FARIEZ
all architectural ideas by amirulhakeem consulted with lecturers book master idea by amirulhakeem
all works are crafted in dasad studio puncak alam done with love and controlled pressure
UiTM School of Architecture 1967