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ABDUL FAHIM BIN RAZALI URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN + LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

ABDUL FAHIM BIN RAZALI

(BLA, MUDD)

(+61) 406 787 286 | abdfahim89@yahoo.com | https://au.linkedin.com/in/abdulfahimrazali Nationality Malaysian Language Competency English Arabic Malay Education Background 2015-2016 University of New South Wales, Australia Master of Urban Development and Design Distinction 2010-2012 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Bachelor of Landscape Architecture First Class Honors 2007-2010 Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia Diploma in Landscape Architecture Distinction 2000-2009 Maahad Muar Secondary School, Malaysia Malaysia Educational Certificate Pass

Technical Profeciencies Manual Drawing and Sketches Auto CAD & Vectorworks Sketch up & Lumion iMovie Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Office Adobe Illustrator & Indesign

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Activities, Achievements & Awards The Master of Urban Development and Design Discipline Director Awards 2016 (BE, UNSW) Top 3 Finalist of Youth Urban Innovation Australia (George Street 2020 by ULI) George Street Craft with Christian Vitulli Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia Academic Awards 2012 Deans Award from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 50th Convocation Best Final Year Student & Designer of Bachelor of Landscape Architecture 2012 Paper Presenter at IFLA Asia Pasific Region, Cultural Landscape Symposium (INCULS 2012) Employment April-July 2011 Internship Trainee at Provinca Landscape Design, Johor, Malaysia February - May 2012 Landscape Designer (Freelance) for Johor Technical Matriculation College, Malaysia July - September 2012 Internship Trainee at Sitetectonix Private Limited, Singapore September - December 2012 Research & Teaching Assistant for Dr. Hamidah Ahmad(Phd), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia January 2013- January 2015 Landscape Architect at Sitetectonix Private Limited, Singapore

Key Personnels Professor James Weirick Discipline Director of Urban Development and Design Faculty of Built Environment University of New South Wales Tel. No : (61) 2 9385 5733 Email : J.Weirick@unsw.edu.au Dr Scott Hawken Lecturer of Urban Development and Design Faculty of Built Environment University of New South Wales Tel. No : (61) 2 9385 4747 Email : s.hawken@unsw.edu.au Helen Smith-Yeo Principal & Landscape Architect Sitetectonix Private Limited, Singapore Tel. No : (65) 6327 4452 Email : helensmithyeo@sitetectonix.com Dr. Hamidah Ahmad Senior Lecturer Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Tel. No : (60) 1 3722 2216 Email : b-hamidah@utm.com.my

LIST OF SELECTED PROJECTS Buenos Aires, Argentina Studies of Urban Form : Baraccas Regeneration, Buenos Aires, Argentina Berlin, Germany Urban Nucleus : Neighbourhood Revitalisation of Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Australia Rubiks Route : Feasibility Study & Landscape Structure Plan of Wynyard Axis, Sydney George Street Craft : Youth Urban Innovation Competition by Urban Land Institute Malaysia Kuala Linggi Heritage Landscape Conservation and Revitalisation Pontian Besar Urban Maritime Village, Johor

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE India Casabella Residential Development (Streetscape), Mumbai Experia Mall Rooftop Garden, Mumbai Ashok Hinjewadi Residential Development, Pune China Suzhou 4HA Residential Development, Suzhou Singapore Prince Charles Crescent Condominium The Panorama, Ang Mo Kio Residential Hall, Nanyang Technological University Bangkok, Thailand Ratchada Townhouse, Bangkok

INTRO Barracas urban regeneration started with self critique of previous proposals of International Studio Program held in Buenos Aires.

Baraccas was known as an art and industrial residential hub in Buenos Aires which currently growing in slums population.

There are several issues found on site, they are isolated train station, bus terminal and redundant freight facilities in which it relates to poor connection of public transport leaving the site disconnected from the rest of the city.

It also houses abandoned warehouses, underutilised hospitals and medical institutes which was affected by high volume of noise and air pollution from the industrial activities carried on

URBAN REGION

URBAN DISTRICT

URBAN BLOCKS

The growth of the city began by a process of concentration within the historical urban core from the river port being the nucleus and then a spectacular expansion from the centre to periphery.

The urban district mapping identifies the density, size and pattern of the settlement in and around the site along with the relationship between built and unbuilt spaces.

The urban block mapping demonstrates the sizes of the grids demarcating different land uses and the pedestrian and road connectivity within the site.

Baraccas Urban Regeneration Members : Jyothsna Dhileepan & Samuel Osakwe Supervised by : Professor James Weirick

AIM & OBJECTIVES

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The development aims to regenerate the industrial seam of Baraccas as a viable urban neighbourhood : one that promotes economic development and social integration.

The aim of the project suggests several objectives such as revitalising the existing abandoned site into a vibrant liveable community that integrates with the surrounding urban fabric and that also acknowledges the current economic growth on site.

Urban regeneration of Barracas also include improvisation of public transportation networks within and around the site as well as creating a neighbourhood that focuses on affordable housing for a mix of inhabitants to meet the issue of disparity in the levels of income that Buenos Aires is facing.

The development also tends to strengthen the existing medical campus spaces to become an urban campus with associated public plazas and recreational landscape as well as creating a commercial and a retail precinct that incorporates a highly active public domain along the railway connection. It also upgrade the existing football stadium into an energetic sports hub by incorporating a sports complex and enhance the economic and socio-cultural aspects of the historic neighborhood of Barracas, which supports future development, in turn enhancing the vibrancy of the southern Buenos Aires.

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SEQUENTIAL STUDY Sketches follow a spatial sequence from the market place at the south west of the site towards the medical campus through the train station and the cafes. The proposed regeneration for Barracas comprises of several interesting design interventions; MARKET PLACE AS A CONNECTION TO SLUM COMMUNITY A pedestrian mall is created from the proposed entry point of Barracas to the market place. This corridor allocates lots for the slum community to set up space for the sale of local products establishing a cultural corridor that will strengthen the genius loci.

THE ESTACION The terminal precinct consists of a mix of uses including a landmark building that radiates outward into different pedestrian paths and roads which forms the basis of the site structure.

HERITAGE LOCOMOTIVE WALK The provision of strong pedestrian links play an integral part in shaping the character of the site and ensuring the creation of strong vistas, ease of circulation and activation of spaces that will promote the sites popularity in future.

HURACAN STADIUM & SPORT COMPLEX The sports hub strengthens the sports community through development of a sports centre, connection to Huracan stadium, community parks and sufficient space for car parking.

ECONOMIC HOUSING The mixed income housing precinct consists of different housing schemes catering to different class of societies. Each scheme has its own private courtyard that become interactive community spaces.

INTRO Recent urban development trends tend to enforce livable pedestrian connectivity along with pedestrianisation of George Street and light rail line reinstallation in which neglecting potential connectivity to Barangaroo development. We see opportunity to connect George Street pedestrianisation project with Barangaroo through Wynyard Place redevelopment.

TRANSECT

The transect is looking into possibility of connecting Barangaroo upcoming development with Wynyard Place development in connection with pedestrianisation of George Street.

Landscape Structure Plan: Rubik’s Route Members : Christian Vitulli & Ren, Yanfei Supervised by : Dr Scott Hawken

AIM & OBJECTIVES

SECTION A-A’ THRU GEORGE STREET, REGIMENTAL SQUARE, WYNYARD STATION, YORK STREET, CLARENCE STREET, KENT STREET & SUSSEX STREET

The project aims to create a dynamic and integrated urban fabric in the heart of Sydney that provides opportunities for people to live, work and play. The aim objectifies in creation of robust street level pedestrian experience by providing options of street level activities and emphasising connections between Wynyard Place to Barangaroo by providing unique character of streetscape in accordance to Sydney Special Character Area. It also provides strong public domain bond with ground surface plane and sub-surface ground plane from George Street to Wynyard Station as well as providing interactive digital wayfinding elements as part of pedestrians visual cues from one point to another Aside from that the project also introduces dynamic public realm by creating a smallretails activities and more humanise street activities as well as considering water sensitive urban design into production of public domains.

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INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE APPROACH

A DYNAMIC SYDNEY

This concept adapts to the existing city layout and compliments the surrounding developments on George Street. The cohesion of the North South George Street Axis and the East West Axis will create a vital creative, social and commercial core for the City.

DESIGN OUTCOMES & STIMULATED GROWTH The capital stimulation that will be an outcome of the integrated design elements will maintain an activated and buzzing environment, in and around George Street and the Wynyard Axis. This in turn will attract and increase the number of customers and tenants in the downtown area and create an environment that stimulates creativity and individuality, through the transformative streetscape elements.

The reinvigoration and activation of the Wynyard axis will be the first step in the evolution of Sydney transforming into a city that sets the global standard for urban lifestyle and ingenuity.

OFFICE

RESIDENTIAL

RETAIL

FEASIBILITY STUDY OF WYNYARD AXIS With the upcoming Barangaroo development and George Street transformation plan to be fully pedestrianised with lightrail infrastructure. They seems to have more opportunity of looking into the east-west axis in connecting these two new development with possible amalgamation and development to cater the raising population within the city ring.

MARKET FEASIBILITY + TRENDS + SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES & OBJECTIVES In adressing major urban issues of Sydney such as inadequate housing for growing population in the city, fluctuative Australian Dollars performance, recent property investment trends with consideration of market analysis study.

The study results identification of Wynyard axis transect with future pedestrianisation of George Street and development of Barangaroo should be rejuvenated with liveable urban district. Hence, the developments should sustainably respond to the needs of Sydney-siders for them to live, work and play through a sustainable and integrated building design with multi-recreational facilities, marketplace, and livable streetscape connected surface to sub-surface place within 10 minutes walking distance. The project aims to provide sustainable urban habitat in the heart of Sydney to live, learn and work.

YORKGRANICS + FOLKS ON YORK “Yorkganics” suggests the idea of bringing vertical urban farming to Sydney CBD. It has not been attempted in Sydney before. The case study that we refered to when consodering this approach to a development was taken from an urban vertical farm in Singapore and one from the USA. Commercialised urban farming is becoming increasingly a profitable and viable option for new business opportunities.

While “Folks on York” idealises livelihood in a building as a place for the citizen to live and play through a sustainable and building design integrated with recreational facilities which accessible within 10 minutes walking distance.

URBAN STREETCRAFT Urban Innovation Ideas Competition by ULI

Finalist (Top 3) with Christian Vitulli

The selected site for the design proposal is located on George Street between Park Street and Bathurst, at the Southernmost end of the pedestrianized portion of George Street. The location was selected due to its close proximity to Town Hall, Town Hall station and the Queen Victoria Building.

CONCEPT

PATTERN / WAYFINDING

TRANSFORMATIVE STREET

The concept for the urban design solution was derived from synthesising the historical and multicultural character of Sydney.

The design concept utilises a layered structure that when integrated creates a unifying and unique urban experience.

Forms for the design are derived from aboriginal art and have been translated into the design to create identifiable zones and can also be used as wayfinding devices. These patterns are in the form of digital projections and in ground led light pavers.

These surface elements are designed to be transformative, when they are not in use they are flush with the floor, then when the space needs to be transformed to a place, they are able to be extruded and utilised as streetscape furniture such as tables, seats and surfaces to sell or showcase art or other items.

The transformable streetscape elements help to sustain pedestrian activity that establishes robustness to the city as a whole.

INTRO

The site is located in the neighbourhood of Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. The city of Berlin has 3.5 million inhabitants, and around 160,000 live in the area of Prenzlauer Berg. The population projection for Prenzlauer Berg shows continuous growth for the following years, as does the projection for the greater Berlin context. The site today is dominated by a DDR housing complex that has heritage protection. The site is characterised by large amounts of open space, which provide opportunities for future development of the site.

Existing assets on the site such as parks and historical buildings give the neighbourhood an identity, which should be enhanced. The proposed design aims to form a strong structural framework of building blocks and linkages and organises the unconnected spaces and functions on the site.

Neighbourhood Revitalisation: Urban Nucleus Members : Filbert Benedictus, Jyothsna Dhileepan & Kimleye Ng Supervised by : Dr Scott Hawken

AIM & OBJECTIVES

SECTION A-A’ THRU MASS HOUSING, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE & TOWN HOUSE

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Urban Nucleus is a concept developed based on a sustainable urban development ideology. This concept integrates community, ecology and economy to achieve a cohesive urban development that will create a destination for Berlin’s growing population.

The concept concerns with Community, Ecology and Economy elements in which the community element concerns about defining existing fragmented DDR housing blocks by shape and frame as well as creating housing flexibility by providing flexible floor plans per unit with basic amenities so that owners can partition the unit based on their needs.

The ecology component concentrates on unifying and green spaces by emphasising the connections to public domains as well as proposing renewable energy use for new housing blocks. The economic component proposes a centralise commercial core as an urban catalyst that generates active commercial corridor as well as provide job opportunities. It also enhances the Urban Heritage value by providing special uses and increasing public access through adaptive reuse of elderly homes, art gallery and cultural centre.

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PROPOSED WEIGWEISER ART GALLERY Perspective shows revitalisation of existing government complex in which the proposal enhance pedestrian connectivity through the site. It also proposes an art gallery as part of adaptive reuse of heritage element found on site.

Adaptive reuse of Weigweiser Art Gallery will integrate some existing heritage features with a glass buildings that will house a cafe and art gallery on previous site. The adaptive reuse of these heritage elements will then increase site value and provide job opportunities and enhance neighbourhood vibrancy from neighbouring successfull Hobrecht’s Blocks.

REVITALISATION OF ERNST THALMAN PARK & PROPOSED CENTER COMMERCIAL CORE

Existing Ernst Thalman Park will be revitalised in terms of connectivity and landscape design to encourage premeability to the site. The flea market will allow the migrants to set up small business which will also react as social interaction space between few neighbourhoods and help to create sense of place.

Ernst Thalman Park can be considered as lost space due to its poor condition of facilities and amenities as well as lack of premeability from surrounding housing. The revitalisation of Ernst Thalman Park will be conducted in the first phase to draw attention to the site by vibrant public domain project. The park will not only be used as recerational park, but with weekend flea marketplace to encourage social interaction and cultural exchange among the residents, neighbouring residents and newcomers.

INTRO Few remaining traditional villages in suburb Malacca the Heritage State of Malaysia, recently facing degradation because of low occupation in terms of economy and community activities for survival.

Kuala Linggi village was known as one of the earliest villages occupied by the Bugis and Dutch that recently face slow degradation.

Basically there are few historic remnants found on the ground of the village such as traditional Malay houses with distinctive architectural features, Pagar Ruyung Sultanate throne tombs as well as Supai Fort Hill or better known as the Dutch Fort.

KUALA LINGGI IN 1920

KUALA LINGGI IN 1953

KUALA LINGGI IN 1974

Kuala Linggi was a swamp land with most of the area is mangrove and human settlement was only found along the shore with rubber plantation land. There was no bridge to link Kuala Linggi and Tanjung Agas.

There were paddy field in some parts of the village.

Some of the lands were changed in terms of its settlement pattern where by the houses were scattered along the route and shoreline. There was a jetty located near the mouth of the river.

The covered areas for settlement pattern were expanded into a new planned fishermen village located near to the river. There is also a jetty and fish market found at the river mouth.

Heritage Landscape Conservation & Revitalisation Supervised by : Dr Hamidah Ahmad Published Journal for Proceedings of IFLA Cultural Landscape Symposium Asia Pasific Region 2012

AIM & OBJECTIVES

The project aims to propose landscape conservation and revitalization of Kuala Linggi Cultural Heritage Village as a cultural tourism spot in Alor Gajah district. The project intents to conserve and rehabilitate the remaining heritage remnants in the village as well as injecting local economic activities into the design program.

There are three objectives in achieving the vision of Kuala Linggi as a cultural heritage village. These include integrating archaeological site and cultural heritage village through revitalisation of eco-heritage trail and cultural connection spaces, considering cultural landscape interpretation and planning as revealing history of site in terms of chronology as well as providing design program that give socio-economic activities opportunity through community participation as to sustain the community within the village.elderly homes, art gallery and cultural centre.

AERIAL VIEW OF PROPOSED KUALA LINGGI HERITAGE CULTURAL VILLAGE

AIM & OBJECTIVES

The project aims to propose landscape conservation and revitalization of Kuala Linggi Cultural Heritage Village as a cultural tourism spot in Alor Gajah district. The project intents to conserve and rehabilitate the remaining heritage remnants in the village as well as injecting local economic activities into the design program.

There are three objectives in achieving the vision of Kuala Linggi as a cultural heritage village. These include integrating archaeological site and cultural heritage village through revitalisation of eco-heritage trail and cultural connection spaces, considering cultural landscape interpretation and planning as revealing history of site in terms of chronology as well as providing design program that give socio-economic activities opportunity through community participation as to sustain the community within the village.elderly homes, art gallery and cultural centre.

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KUALA LINGGI CULTURAL LANDSCAPE POTENTIALS The rich natural and cultural biodiversity of Kuala Linggi have much potential as economic sources to prolong the occupation of the villagers. Therefore landscape conservation and revitalization of Kuala Linggi Cultural Heritage Village need to consider the cultural and heritage interpretation of the site concurrently to recent development direction of the village as a cultural tourism spot activity. There are a lot of sensitivities to be in concern with as to evoke the image and identity of site. Appropriate designation interventions must goes in accordance with the cultural and natural resources diversity that will slowly established socio-economic activities which will help to sustain the community to occupy the village as a tourism spot.

Development of Kuala Linggi as a cultural heritage village has few significances in terms of securing the valuable tangible heritage resources which are remaining forts and old Malay Melaka house. The implementation concept; Patches of Remembrance will help to sustain all historical remnants (tangible) while sustaining the villagers to stay and occupy the village that will concurrently embrace degraded value of intangible cultural resources.

INTRO

Pontian Besar Fishermen Village located at the old part of Pontian Township. The site was previously known as piracy port of Bugis, Siak, Sulu and Siantan Sea Pirate.

The indigenous Duano tribe settlement found today was a proof of previous corporation with the Johor Sultanate in securing the particular port from the sea pirate. The informal and organic composition of traditional stilt house along the river mouth. The usages of natural surrounding resources in daily life also portray their dependence on the water bodies till today.

PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

ARCHITECTURAL FACELIFT

LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES

As to encourage walkability on site, all premises corridor will be provided with 1.5 meters width walkway with streetscape furniture and enough shading elements

The minimal intervention take place along the corridor of the Chinese community houses with linear trellis design shaped as dragon to increase sense of belonging to them.

The landscape strategies propose active linear connectivity of riverfront with community parks. The strategies also restore existing vegetation on site with association of traditional architectural of stilt house to enhance the authencity of the site.

Maritime Urban Village : The Coral Combs Supervised by : Dr Sirima Nasongkhla

AIM & OBJECTIVES The project formulates landscape conservation and revitalization of Pontian Besar Fishermen Village as an urban village in which it will become a tourism spot in Pontian district. The project intents to conserve and rehabilitate the remaining fishermen settlement in the village as well as injecting local economic activities into the design program.

Methaphore of a rare coral species that facing extinction which embrace a similar context to the urban fishing village that need to be conserved and revitalised as it is so precious to be appreciated by generations.

There are three objectives in achieving the vision of Pontian Besar as a maritime urban village. These include encouraging walkable community through integrated pedestrian system, re-enhancing and revitalising existing village and ecological natural resources, inteprating cultural value through physical design. and enhancing community socio-economic through multiple land use and tourism promotion.

SECTION C-C’ THRU OMBAK SEAFOOD COURT & VIEWING AREA

PONTIAN BESAR AS MARITIME URBAN VILLAGE The richness of natural and cultural biodiversity of Pontian Besar have much potential as economic sources to prolong the occupation of the villagers.

Illustration shows restorative intervention of mangrove along the shore and river as to sustain and encourage wildlife and reduce the effect of succession.

The restorative and re-enhancement interventions have been chosen to revitalise the fishing village for them to sustain within the natural environment and urban surrounding.

Development of Pontian Besar Maritime Village as an urban village has few significances in terms of securing the valuable tangible heritage resources which are remaining fishermen village and old jetty of Pontian Town. The implementation concept; Coral Combs will help to sustain all historical remnants (tangible) while sustaining the villagers to stay and occupy the village that will concurrently embrace degraded value of intangible cultural resources.

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