LANDS NEXT TO RIVER: MANGROVES AND FISHING JETTIES
LANDS NEXT TO RIVER: OCCUPIED WITH VARIOUS BUILT FORMS
MAIN TRANSPORT ACROSS RIVER: FERRY TERMINAL
MAIN TRANSPORT ACROSS RIVER: BRIDGE
CLUSTERED BUILDING FOOTPRINT NEXT TO RIVER, DEPENDING ON FERRY AS TRANSPORT
CONCENTRATED BUILDING FOOTPRINT AFTER SULTAN ISMAIL BRIDGE WAS BUILT.
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MUAR RIVER
Johor Sultan mingled with Rakyat
Carriage
OFFICIAL Tourist Information Centre Muar
SELF INITIATED Muaryi - Provide cultural tour packages & workshops to let tourists feel the culture of Muar
Muar Art Gallery - Art Space - wood work & board games - history, manufacturing process of Muar furniture
Muar Historia Rabbit Home Restaurant - know the history of Muar while enjoying local food - cultural organization to promote & enhance Muar culture
Muarar 99 Hotel - Muar Historical Corridor, historical artifacts and old pictures of Muar displayed - Maharani Cafe and Library Cafe with books & artifacts
Muo Boutique Hotel - sell art made by local artists, - reect Muar's culture.
1 / Taiwanese Aboriginal Music & Dance Performance / Muo Boutique Hotel
5 / Woodwork PIY Contest / Muar Art Gallery
6 / Muar Arts Society's Exhibition / Muo Boutique Hotel
2/ High Pole Lion Dance / Dataran Tanjung Emas
7 / Old Photos & Collections of Kesultanan Johor & Muar / Muarar 99 Hotel
3 / Quaint collection exhibition / Chiang Chuan Association
4 / Muar Arts Festival Concert / Muar Chung Hwa High School
8 / Newspaper & Pandan Leaf Workshop & Exhibition / Teochew Association
9 / Batik Intro and Experiencing / Eng Choon Association
VANISHING CULTURE & TRADITIONAL TRADES lack of demands & business successors Malay Rattan Products / Culture walk
REMAINED CULTURE & TRADITIONAL TRADES
Coffin making / Li Chao, 1931
Furniture making rubberwood plantation
Teochew Wooden Clogs / Culture walk
Traditional Chinese Printing / Ngai Wah Printing Co, 1947
Songket Weaving - tenun corak Muar
Malay Traditional Music - Ghazal
Fishing Trades / Muar River, Sultan Ismail bridge, Tanjung Emas
Malay traditional dance - Zaipin
Theatre - Chinese Opera
High pole lion dance - Kun Seng Keng
Trishaw Riding
Agriculture - coffee, oil palm, durian, spice
Oyster Bay
2010
2015
2018
2018
Tourism City
Royal Town
Clean City
Furniture City in Malaysia
Focuses on heritage tourism
Royal Town of Johor
Cleanest Tourism City in ASEAN
Construction of furniture hub in Bakri: research and development.
White collars are mostly seen in groups around eateries for breakfast & lunch. They work at the banks & authority buildings.
‘Blue Collars’ include labor workers and shop owners. Labor workers are usually seen on the streets to drop by the bank on weekends,
‘Local Residents’ include Muarians who are retired senior citizens, customers, housewives and unemployed individuals. Low concentration. They usually go Malacca 30 mins away for leisure.
Visitors / Tourists often travel to famous food and sightseeing spots - murals.
Less concentration as site lacks leisure activities. Students are only seen near hotspots such as schools, bookstores, shopping centre and cafes.
Diagram source: Muar: Tributaries and Transitions, pg 133.
Diagram source: Muar: Tributaries and Transitions, pg 133.
Young Adults (20-34)
Data collected based on onsite observation.
We observed that the group mostly present on Site is senior citizens. The site lacks leisure activities for young adults and teenagers. Most locals travel to Malacca to get entertainment.
Trend : withdrawal from society, minimal meet up
Diagram source: Muar: Tributaries and Transitions, pg 133.
Jalan Sisi will function as a bazaar during weekend (Friday & Saturday) 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Visibility towards the river is obstructed by Muar Traders Hotel
Visibility towards the river is obstructed when approaching the site.
Visibility is completely covered o when walking along the walkway.
CONCRETE BOUNDARY The seating structure forms a barrier which restricts public to approach the river. Only visual connectivity is allowed.
SEATING LAYOUT Seating is positioned inwards facing the building. Riverview is not captured.
Platform for sightseeing, fishing, gathering...
Food catering.
Taxi service as means of alternative transport.
Transitional hub for buses.
The Site Offers Robustness The site is a transitional hub that provides taxi and bus services. Besides, it also equipped with a food court and a viewing platform as well.. It offers both necessary and optional activities to public. Hence, it should be maintained and improved.
Platform for sightseeing, fishing, gathering...
Food catering.
Taxi service as means of alternative transport.
Transitional hub for buses.
The Site Offers Robustness The site is a transitional hub that provides taxi and bus services. Besides, it also equipped with a food court and a viewing platform as well.. It offers both necessary and optional activities to public. Hence, it should be maintained and improved.
Residents from Different District The site acts as an accessible location with leisure activities for residents after working hours.
In comparison to the riverfront of Jalan Maharani: Tanjung Emas encourages interaction between nature and human. No build-up of solid structure, hence providing better spatial experiences.. Tanjung Emas is a successful tourist-oriented riverfront which involves higher human interaction.
GATHERING SPACE
GATHERING SPACE
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Pondok Ayam Geprek Sujaya Group (Veterinary)
Mie Tiaw Asuk Bakmi Asu Yos sudarso
Singkawang Cultural Centre
Kitty Ice House
Vegas Fried Chicken
Designed to revitalize an old inactive cinema for a meeting point in small communities where people come together to preserve tradition and develop cultural activities. Also as one of the tourist destination that ables to portray Singkawang and its people.
HOW DOES THE PUBLIC REALM IN SINGKAWANG CULTURAL CENTRE act as an anchor point?
Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
Legend 1. Temporary Exhibition Area 2. Cinema, Theatre 3. Singkawang Art Shop 4. Singkawang Traditional Food Market 5. Service Area & Toilet 6. The Backyard 7. Singkawang’ Pottery Gallery 8. Singkawang Pottery Workshop
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9. Service Area & Mechanical Electrical 10. Office 11. Toilet 12. Car Parking 13. Motorcycle Parking 14. Public Library 15. Singkawang Cultural Center Office 16. Roof
The Backyard - outdoor event space & Workshop and Gallery of Singkawang Pottery
Private Space Office space for Cultural Centre administration
Art Shop & Public Library
Singkawang Traditional Food Market
Social Space A space for public and artisans, vendors interaction
Legend
Public Space The open ground floor is for the users to explore the art shop, & outdoor gallery
Private Space Social Space Public Space
Temporary Exhibition Space
Future Coffee Place
Tourists
Showing o their supernatural abilities
Chap Goh Meh Festival Parade (Lion and Dragon Dance)
Hari Gawai
Ramadhan Fair
Library
Art Shop
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Gallery Local Theatrical Play
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Pottery Workshop Competition Student Seminar
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Iftar Event- breaking fast Food Market Local Culinary Festival Ramadhan Fair
CULTURAL CENTRE DE NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRÂCE AFO - ATELIER BIG CITY
Centre Benny & St.Monica Elementary School
Parc Benny
Centre sportif de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
CLSC de Benny Farm
Cultural Centre de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Immeubles Benny Pharmaprix & Canada Post
The building is designed on a residential neighbourhood on a block dominated by WW2 veterans housing complex called Benny Farm, CCNDG is a 21st century ‘third space’ library, that was more socially, digitally accessible and engaged.
Shdm Benny Farm Provigo (Grocer)
Concordia Physio Sport-Notre-Dame-de-Grace (Rehab Centre)
Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Ku.Be House of Culture in Movement MVRDV + ADEPT
Flintholm Train Station
Marguerite Vibys Plads Flintholm Residential College
Ku.Be
Queen Anne-Marie Centret (Retirement home )
Fredderiksberg Stadion
Designed for the municipality of Frederiksberg as a focal point for both the immediate community where the people themselves could take ownership of programmes based on the speciďŹ c wants and needs of its users.
Meeting Room
“The Labyrinth” People climbing through a three dimensional network of cubes up the floors;
“The Mousetrap”
Zen Room
a vertical maze, a net that allows users to climb from floor to floor, suspended over the voids – slides and poles offer a fast way to get back down.
Optimal Function Shaped Zones
Zones
Perspective view
Current
Aesthetic Tourism
MUAR
Culture identity Community Social economic growth
Will the Culture & Innovation Centre bring impact to the surrounding?
in architecture, if emphasis is placed on the form rather than content, meaning dilutes. -
Kevin Mark Low
Known as
Future
Heritage Tourism
MUAR
Opportunity
Culture identity Community Social economic growth
When Culture Innovation Centre is a stepping stone.
in architecture, if emphasis is placed on the form rather than content, meaning dilutes. -
Kevin Mark Low
Accès culture Montréal. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.accesculture.com/calendrier
Centre Culturel NDG. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://montrealtheatrehub.com/venue/centre-culturel-ndg/
Gallery of Centre Culturel de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce / AFO - Atelier Big City, FSA Architecture Inc and L'OEUF Architects in consortium - 13. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.archdaily.com/889782/centre-culturel-de-notre-dame-de-grace-atelier-big-city/5a95515af197cc713a000012-centre-culturel-de-notre-dame-de-grace-atelier -big-city-photo
Hernández, D. (2016, September 02). Ku.Be House of Culture in Movement / MVRDV ADEPT. Retrieved from https://www.archdaily.com/794532/ke-house-of-culture-in-movement-mvrdv-plus-adept
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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Cultural Centre. (2018, October 16). Retrieved from https://designmontreal.com/en/competitions/notre-dame-de-grace-cultural-centre
Sejarah Kesultanan Johor. (2015, February 26). Retrieved from https://kemahkotaan.johor.gov.my/.../sejarah-kesultanan-johor/
External Sources Interview sources from the Muarians Brochures from tourist information centres