This design project is a proposal of High-Density Residential Development at Kampung Cina, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Malaysia. The design scheme of this residential project is ‘vertical courtyard social housing’. During the site visitation, we interviewed the local people. About residential, they all preferred to stay at the ‘landed property’. In order to increase the density of the city in Terengganu, the future development will towards high rise vertical housing. Thus, the potential of using the courtyard as a strategy in vertical housing to create a sense of ‘staying at the ground’. So, every unit entrance by yard or verandah, use to promote the demand and provision of vertical housing in Kuala Terengganu and increase the social interaction within the neighborhood.
