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UNESCO CENTRE
Of Creative Performing Arts
TAYLOR’S Architectural Design Studio 6 2016
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The aim of this project is to collaborate with UNESCO to preserve and express the unique cultures of Malacca through performing arts, at the same time encouraging the community to recognize the full worth of art. Furthermore, this project allows the abandoned site the opportunity to regain its identity, revive the spirit of the place and invokes nostalgia of the people of Malacca, Malaysia.
JALAN BENDAHARA formerly known as Wolfersten Road was once the place to be in town as at the corner of the street stood the once prominent Capitol Theatre. The site is situated at the junction of Jalan Bendahara and Jalan Munshi Abdullah.
Before it was a cinema, advertisements from 1936 proclaim this as “the finest sound house in Malaya” with a modern lounge and bar. It then became a Cinema in the late 50’s. It was an entertainment hub for the locals. The Cinema showcased a variety of Indian, Chinese, Malay and Hindi movies.
Unfortunately it is now a shell of a building; roofless, empty and derelict, no doubt a cherished repository of distant teenage memories for aging Malaccans. As the years passed, the once celebrated street has now become a road that people overlooked and forgotten. From a node point to a no point, merely just people passing by to get from point A to Point B.