Project 3

ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION PROJECT 3: PROPOSAL FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE Rumah No. 2 Jalan Stonor Kuala Lumpur

Prepared by: Amir Fauzan Amiruddin Muhammad Azzam Abdul Aziz Farah Ain Melissa Anne Mei Hong Li Muhammad Nabeel Ali Joomun Lecturer: Mr. Azim Sulaiman

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Project Overview This project will require students to propose for potential new usage for building conservation. It will require students to investigate and observe practices and approaches on architecture conservation in Malaysia.

Students are to organize trips to several sites in order to explore, comprehend and form opinion which subsequently captured in a proposal statement and illustrated diagrams.

Students are also to choose a building that has significant historical elements which is to be used for the proposal for the adaptive reuse approach of architectural conservation

Objective 1. Preliminary investigation (building owner, historical, architectural and social background) 2. To conduct a dilapidation survey (on the selected historical building) 3. To propose for adaptive reuse for conservation.

Task 1: Preliminary investigation • Building Owner • Historical • Social background

Introduction In 1995, Badan Warisan Malaysia restored and adapted a 1925 colonial bungalow at No. 2 Jalan Stonor into a Heritage Center.

This building has seen many owners and uses throughout the seventy years that has passed since its construction.

At present, No. 2 Jalan Stonor continues to provide an alternative exhibition venue for fine art practitioners and art colleges, especially those drawing upon the knowledge of traditional arts and crafts while practising in a contemporary milieu.

The various rooms & beautiful garden are also favorite venues for meetings, product launches and dinners.

There is also a gift shop which offers an enticing selection of merchandise from accessories, shawls, potpourri, candles and decorative items to furniture, paintings, books, maps and cards. Many of the items are hand-crafted and one-off, and make intensely personal gifts.

Site Location scale 1:8000

Site Plan N.T.S

Floor Plan Scale 1:200

NORTH-WEST ELEVATION Scale 1:200

Social Background Colonial house No. 2 Jalan Stonor probably surrounded with an open lands long time ago. But today, high rise buildings such as The Royalle Chulan, Kompleks Kraf and residential are been developed surrounding the site leaving it unproportioned with the surrounding.

One of the tourist attraction within the site is Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman which is located beside the house.

The Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman is one of the oldest surviving traditional Malay houses. Built in stages between 1910 and the early 1930s, it was owned by the local headman of Mukim Bagan Samak, Bandar Baharu, Kedah. Originally located in Kampung Sungai Kechil, a small village in the northern part of Peninsula Malaysia, it was rescued, relocated and restored (1996-1997)

by Badan Warisan Malaysia.

Today, it stands as one of the finest remaining examples of Malay vernacular architecture. Tthe Rumah Penghulu is surrounded by a traditional herb & heritage garden which has over 50 species of trees & plants of environmental, cultural & historic interest to Malaysians.

The Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Kompleks Kraf, Kuala Lumpur

Backdrop cityscape of Badan Warisan building

Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman

Photo Montage

Front Office

Main Entrance

Resource Center

Side Entrance

Merchandise Store

Interior layout

Task 2: Dilapidation survey • Methodology • Investigation

Dilapidation survey Dilapidation Survey is also known as a pre construction condition survey in Malaysia (or sometimes called structural survey).

A dilapidation survey done by a Professional Building Surveyor is an inspection of the existing structural condition of the surrounding buildings and structures before the commencement of a demolition, construction or development.

All prominent defects in the form of cracks, settlement, movement, water seepage, spalling concrete, distortion, subsidence and other building defects will be recorded in photographs together with notes.

A Post-Construction Condition Survey will highlight any building defects that have occurred (or caused by the construction works) since the first survey, or after a construction.

Methodology There are 2 stages of investigation that we did on the field.

First, we inspect and locate the prominent defect on the structure. We have to take the photo and identify the material.

Second, we identify the causes of the dilapidation on the material or structure itself. We analysis not only within the perimeter, but also beyond the perimeter.

It is important for us to collect any kind of data from the site which probably has a potential to become an agent of dilapidation.

Investigation From the site survey with photographic documentation we can say that the building state is well protected.

Some damages are mostly on exterior faรงade which probably caused by climate. For example, the wood curtain roof seem to be decays, we believed due to extensive direct sun heat and lack of maintenance. Most of the finishes paint also seems to be peeling off the wall.

There are also minor form of interior wall. Probably the crack of the construction activities behind the site which causes the on the ground.

cracks on is because happening movement

Task 3: Proposal for adaptive reuse

Site Observations and Reasoning for Adaptive Reuse •

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Introduction and commercialization of international cuisine within the area has lowered the prospects of selling authentic local cuisine resulting in urban gentrification.

The locals are not encouraged to revive the culture of marketing traditional food/beverages as they face competition from the contemporary food outlets.

There is a lack of support/encouragement from the government to commercialize local products.

The younger generation of today prefer fast food and are more interested in modern techniques of cooking that require less time to prepare. Some traditional recipes however are more complicated to prepare and require a lot of time and effort.

The site chosen for this project is strategically located at the city center and in the midst of a popular tourist route where many hotels are located.

If the locals and tourists want to try out the local cuisine, they need to travel out of the city center to get their meal. Therefore through this proposal for adaptive reuse, we hope to bring back that local culture and the excitement of experiencing authentic local cuisine at the city center.

Precedent studies

The use of timber is common in traditional Malaysian architecture. In the traditional Malaysian restaurant precedents, they mostly use timber and the contrasting warm colours to give the 'feeling' of the tropical style of Malaysia.

Inspirations: Street food is quite popular in Malaysia as it is also important to the culture. It is mostly noticeable by the food stalls and the food displayed there.

Proposal

Layout of the restaurant The main lounge is turned into the dining area.

The office near the entrance is used as a kitchen and the opposite office is used as information center.

Proposal

Kitchen Meeting/ Group dining room

Dining area Information centre

Proposal

The layout of the spaces of the restaurant The use of timber, for the flooring and furniture, and strong colours, for the chair, make the place fit in the context of traditional colours for the make the place fit in the context of traditional colours for the make the place fit in the context of traditional malaysian food. Concrete finish also is used so as to mix the modern style with the restaurant.