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ACCESS TO WATER

Lake in the park is shared among a few residential area

SMALL PUBLIC SQUARES Allow small gatherings among neighbours, or where communities have meetings, and children play

BIKE PATHRAISED WALKROAD CROSSING With every major road, bike paths are provided at the side to prevent accidents from happening. Pedestrian crossings are provided too on major road crossings COMMON LAND ‘Without common land no social system can survive’ There are public parks around the town to provide spaces for the people to gather

ACCESSIBLE GREEN Every community area, there are accessible gardens. Trees are planted at the sides of the road, and greens are everywhere in Ara Damansara Christopher Alexander (born October 4, 1936 in Austria) intend to present the idea of a self-sustaining, self-healing and growing town that would last for a long time. The idea originated from observations that many medieval cities are attractive and harmonious.v CHEN ROU ANN 1001G76463

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ACTIVITY NODES The boxes in red indicate where most activities are happening throughout the day in the town. Where it be grocery shopping, or to hunt for knick knacks, everything is provided in Ara Damansara.

NIGHT LIFE Citta mall and Oasis provides interesting night life for the community.

Cinema and Karaoke centre in Citta Mall provides entertainment till late night while Pubs in Oasis provides meeting places and gatheringspots.

LACK OF:

WEB OF SHOPPING DAY NIGHT

PROMENADE ‘Each subculture needs a center for its public life, a place where you can go to see people, and to be seen’ Ara Damansara has a number of shopping areas, but mostly are driving distance. It is encouraged for a town to have places that are about 10 minutes walking distance away from an individual’s house for convinience.

WEB OF TRANSPORTATION Ara Damnsara is lack of transportation, around or in and out of it. Public buses are encouraged to increase their route cycle and trains and railways are recommended to be placed.

REFERENCE Alexander, C., & Ishikawa, S. (1977). A pattern language: Towns, buildings, construction.

New York: Oxford University Press.

Alexander, C. (1979). The timeless way of building. New York: Oxford University Press.

The libarynth. (n.d.). Retrieved April 14, 2015, from http://libarynth.org/the_timeless_way_of_building Google Maps. (n.d.). Retrieved April 6, 2015, from https://maps.google.com/