Pekeliling Hybrid Urban Market_M.Arch Pre-Thesis I

Introduction

Human Social Issues

Elderly Youth

High ageing population density and youth financial instability are two of the trending social issues in Kuala Lumpur and estimated to worsen by 2040 according to Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2040.

What causes these trending issues ?

Slow Population Growth of Kuala Lumpur causes High Ageing Population Density

Youth Stagnant Wages Growth in Kuala Lumpur causes Financial Instability

Elderly Youth

Among the contributing factors of youth unemployment in Malaysia are insufficient skills or education, lack of working experience & skill mismatch

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad 4th & 7th Prime Minister

EMPLOYMENT RATE

Only 45.2% age 55 to 64 are employed in Malaysia

Low minimum retirement age

Low EPF minimum withdrawal age

Self-employed or part-time work

Young people are receiving less due to inexperience aspect and incurring low labour cost

INCOME EQUALITY

Lowest range of income received by the elderly

The Edge Markets, April 2018

Lack of work experience

Lack of skills

High competition

Lack of initiatives & programme available for youth to participate

SOCIAL PROTECTION

Lack of initiatives & limited sector available for elderly to participate

Given good health, elderly is actually in a position that’s capable to show contribution to the economy and society as well. Only 3% of the EPF contributors could afford retirement.

The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) chief strategy officer Nurhisham Hussein

Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2021

Diagram shows the covered areas within 1km radius of the site

SITE: Pekeliling Bus Terminal

Current zoning : Main commercial

Size : 2.0 acre

Lot : 688, 689, 733

Mukim : Bandar Kuala Lumpur

Section : 47

Plot Ratio : 1:8

Current Use : Pekeliling Bus Station

Local Authority : DBKL

Pekeliling

Titiwangsa Sentral

Titiwangsa

Bandar Baru Sentul

Sentul Selatan

Chow Kit

Sungai Gombak

Residential

Mixed development

Commercial Institution

Public facility

Transit

Located within a transitoriented development and surrounded by mostly commercial, then slowly dispersed out to other type of development.

• Residential – landed, flat, apartment, condominium

District 6

Lack of Communal Typology ?

• Recreational - Taman Tasik Titiwangsa

District 5

District 3

• Transit – LRT, MRL, MRT, bus station, taxi stand

District 2

District 4

• Cultural – Balai Seni Negara, Istana Budaya

District 1

• Healthcare – Hospital KL, IJN, KPJ

• Commercial – common shop lots, hotels, food court, vendors

Issue 1

Lack of communal ground around the site for the youth and elderly to interact and participate

Breaks the barriers of social participation which leads to generation segregation.

Issue 2

Poor visual linkage between pedestrian movement and transit transportation

Presence of multiple transit transports around the site create multiple bridges and walkways to connect one another which resulted visual blockage and aesthetic unpleasing experience to the people.

Issue 3

Poor design and undeveloped Pekeliling Bus Terminal

Pekeliling Bus Terminal which happens to be one of the oldest bus terminals in Malaysia are no longer able to fulfil the needs and requirement of a modern day’s bus terminal.

crossing over of weaknesses to become one’s strength

What kind of proposal is required to support one another ?

Can the place synergize aesthetic pleasing while promoting social and economic participation between generation as well as reconfiguring Pekeliling Bus Terminal to meet future demand ?

Hybrid Urban Market

An aesthetic pleasing place that acts as a human transit point to encourage intergenerational social and economical activities to occur by mobilizing the surrounding transport mode to assist the people to travel to the urban market.

“a transit within a transit metaphorically”

CASE STUDY 01

MixC Market Hall I Shenzhen, China

The architect has imagined a range of interconnected spaces, revolving around human scale. MixC Market Hall includes places such as market, food-oriented boutiques, restaurants, coffee shops, food halls, interactive classes as well as arts, culture and entertainment spaces.

MixC Market Hall is a mixed-used development drawing inspiration from a traditional market square to create a central meeting place for the public.

Source: https://www.archdaily.com/939634/mixc-market-hall-10-design-mixed-use-development-is-under-construction-in-shenzhen-china

Kampung Admiralty I Singapore

The ‘Vertical Kampung’ is planned, with a Community Plaza (bottom stratum), Medical Centre (middle stratum) and a Community Park with senior housing (upper stratum). The closeness to healthcare, social, commercial and other services encourage intergenerational bonding and active ageing in situ.

Kampung Admiralty is an one-stop integrated complex serves as a prototype to solve the issue of Singapore’s aging population.

Source: https://www.archdaily.com/904646/kampung-admiralty-woha

Aim

To reconfigure the design of a hybrid urban market in order to give the place a sense of local identity, a fertile ground for intergenerational social and economical cohesion as well as reduces the environmental impact to the city.

Objectives

To develop an economically and socially age-friendly place which benefits and show reciprocity between the youth and old.

To explore viability ways to resolve the poor visual linkage between pedestrian movement and transit transportation.

To reform Pekeliling Bus Terminal’s system and layout towards increasing the effectiveness with pleasant experience.

Hypothesis

Can architectural building reduces the intergenerational conflict through the design of a hybrid urban market ?

Design Features

Market Hall

Spaces that helps people’s imagination dialogue

Urban Park

Spaces that act ground

Multi-Purpose Area

Spaces that allow for unplanned activities

Lodging Pod

Spaces that allow different age together for a short time

Bus Terminal

Re-imagination of civic assets as social connector

Proposed Programmes & Spaces

Hybrid Urban Market

Social Participation

Market Hall Urban Park

Workshops

Public

Community Art & Event Space

Communal

Food & Beverage

Showcase Stalls

F&B retails & vendors

Retails

Business & Job Opportunities

Co-Working Office

Bus Terminal Transit

Living & Lodging

Lodging quarters

Semi-Public

Elderly care centre

Private

Management

Maintenance & service office

Hybrid Market Hub

A hub that serves as a intergenerational community living area while taking into the consideration of the intergeneration connectivity, mobility and business opportunity issues.

View from across Sungai Gombak towards the site

Ingress

View from Jalan Pangkor showing both egress of the site

Ground floor consists of three main spaces which is the urban park, market hall and town bus pick-up & drop-off area, from left to right. With an open ground plan, it creates a strong connection and transparency between the building, Sungai Gombak and the surrounding site. Services area are located at the far right corner of the site, masked by greenery.

Ground Urban Park

Presence of green plants in urban park creates a sense of inviting to people from the surrounding site and improve pedestrian liveliness around the site.

Ground Urban Park

Consists of not only park seating, but also allow busking, cycling, skating and dancing activities to occur.

Drop-Off Lobby located in between the Urban Park and Market Hall

Easy accessible to the users to reach their destination with the shortest footprint.

Town Bus Drop-Off & Pick-Up Area

Only applicable for daily commute within Kuala Lumpur for a quick drop-off and pick-up.

The initial existing Pekeliling Bus Terminal is relocated to the first basement level with a new reconfigured plan, separating the indoor- passengers boarding area and outdoor- bus parking area.

Pekeliling Bus Terminal Passenger Boarding Area

Separating the passenger boarding area from bus parking area helps to provide a better boarding experience to the passengers and ensure a smoother bus operation system.

Two level of basement carparks are provided in order to cater the parking requirement.

First floor level is easily accessible for people coming from Titiwangsa LRT and MRT stations. Bicycle parking lot and ramp access located next to the elevated green park are provided for cyclist in the city. This level is acting as a buffer level for users who are enjoying their events on the ground floor to come up to rest and eat. Multiple voids are created, giving the market hall and drop-off lobby below a double volume effect.

Titiwangsa LRT Station

Titiwangsa Monorail Station

View from the Elevated Urban Park Presence of semi and open spaces ensures visual continuity across the building and visual connection between people from different levelling.

Second floor and third floor are the levels where it adjoin intergeneration together sharing the needs, interests and learning opportunities. An elderly day care centre and child day care centre are proposed to cater kids and elderly who have no activities to do and no one to take care of during the day. By doing so, the elderly can help out at the childcare centre while being entertained vice verse. Spaces like workshop, centres, public reading areas help to provoke people’s imagination and dialogue, creating a symbiotic social environment.

Presence of multiple communal spaces such as centres, workshops, showcases, kiosks, reading areas create a stronger physical and social connection among the people in experiencing the space together.

Community Art & Event Space

Allowing different functions and encounters creating surprise connections between different function of the hub. Example, it can be a space for singing competition, a show or even a seasonal thrift indoor market.

Showcase Stalls

To display and sell handmade products produced by the intergeneration from the workshops.

Forth floor plan, there are retails, coworking offices and communal areas such as library, massage kiosk and public resting spaces. A balance combination of communal, commercial and businesses activities generate a dynamic surroundings that foster mutual awareness and interaction, enhancing the surrounding intergeneration community.

Fifth floor plan consists of more commercial spaces.

Seating and massage chairs are provided along the corridor of the hub for the users to stop and rest any time they need.

Sixth floor plan onwards, would be a living and lodging spaces that allow intergeneration to stay together for a short period of time. A shared facilities floor is proposed.

Separated lifts are used to provide privacy to the accommodation. Living & lodging is mutually benefited arrangement to cater the increase sense of loneliness of the senior generation, as well as affordable for the younger ones.

Having an open extended ground creates a strong connection and transparency between the hub, Sungai Gombak and the surrounding site, providing a sense of inviting and attraction.

In conclusion, this hybrid market hub aims to improve the space connectivity to ease mobility of the elder generations and creating businesses potentials to integrate them back together, reducing the gap between intergeneration relations in Pekeliling.

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