Deviations

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY

SESI SENI is a group of creative individuals formed by Shamin Sahrum to collect like minded individuals interested in all forms of Design SESI SENI focuses on bridging the gap between media and architecture by dwelling into photography, cinematography, illustration and anything mind bendingly different from the ordinary day to day life activites.

A COLLECTION OF WORKS AND WRITINGS

Tectonic & Field Ensembles.

First Edition 2012 All rights reserved.

Thanks to all the lecturers who made this happen: En Fairuz Reza En Hailane Salam En Jamsyid Idrus Puan Mazuiyah Muhammad Shamin bin Sahrum

FSPU, UITM

We like design to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all timeless.

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project 01 Architectural Design for the Disabled Barrier Free Simulation: Recording and Capturing

project 02 The Refurbishment of FSPU To improve access for Universal Design

project 03 Capturing the Temperament Of chaotic Bangkok

project 04 The architectural ensemble of Khao San Road, Bangkok.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Architectural Design for the Disabled Barrier Free Simulation: Recording and Capturing

Looking at various issues on disabled access and discuss possible solutions to those challenges. We will spend time OHDUQLQJ DERXW GHVLJQLQJ ZLWKLQ VSHFLÂżF FRQWH[W LQ RUGHU WR HVWDEOLVK FRQWLQXLW\ ZLWKLQ QHZ SURSRVHG VWUXFWXUH DQG H[LVWLQJ VSDFHV :H ZLOO GLVFXVV DQG H[DPLQH RWKHU LPSRUWDQW topics in spatial spaces and complying building requirements. At the end, we will seek to understand how to imSURYH H[LVWLQJ VSDFHV FRQWH[WXDO VLWH LQ SUDFWLFH ZKLOH UHFRJQL]LQJ LWV OLPLWV DQG FRPSOH[LW\

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Recording and Simulating a disability, (blindness). By doing this we see the built environment problems faced by the blind plus see the reaction of our society, whether good or bad.

These recordings will provide to be useful later on during during the design process for barrier free design.

Above and below:

The use of senses, particularly smell, touch, hearing was documented and focuesd on as these were the strong points for the blind to go on navigating through their daily lives.

Above: Segments of the short movie titled So Close, So far.

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Members are: Salar Khoramian Pour Muhammad Shamin Sahrum Fadzli Fuad Nur Hidayah Samsaimon

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So close so far: A Group Project

The Refurbishment of FSPU To improve access for Universal Design

Physical access has become a pointed problem in FSPU. Increasing numbers of students with disabilites, old buildings have to be adjusted for disabled students. Not all rooms in the faculty are accessible and the University will have to adjust parts of the environment to facilitate the mobility of disabled students, who are usually accomodated on ground ÀRRUV 7KH RYHUDOO WDVN LV WR GHVLJQ DQ HGXFDWLRQDO DQQH[ FRQVLVWLQJ RI D VHULHV RI VSDFHV DV DQ DWWDFKPHQW WR DQ H[LVWLQJ building especially within courtyard areas. We we’re asked WR PDNH D SURSRVLWLRQ IRU D QHZ H[WHQVLRQ WKDW LV FRQ¿GHQWO\ LQVFULEHG LQWR WKH H[LVWLQJ ODQGVFDSH DQG VWXGLR GHVLJQ classes.

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Manifesto

Slowing Down

“ Architecture is a machine for slowing down time. Time is less visible than matter, it is like a sub-text, an outline underlying the palpable surface of what is actual. Time is masked by the excessive visibility of the world.

The body experiences space with the obviousness of what is material, EXW LW KDV PRUH GLIÂżFXOW\ LQ SHUFHLYLQJ WLPH ZKLFK UHPDLQV DQ DEVWUDFW dimension, almost an hypothesis. Architecture speaks to us about archaic time, cold and of low intensity, a time that knows how to wait.

Architecture is a sun dial ontp which the gentle rythm of slow hours is projected. Calmly, it describes forms that elicit emotion - the silent sun is its metronome. Architecture is time slowed down. “

Laurent Beaudouin.

Project 2: A Group Project Members are: Salar Khoramian Pour Muhammad Shamin Sahrum Fadzli Fuad Nur Hidayah Samsaimon

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Above: Idea where the disabled person moves faster than normal people. An environment where the full senses are being utilized. A space where time is slowed down.

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Previous page: Idea where the environment meets half way. Where normal people’s vision is reduced partially by the dark, guided only by strips of light. +HUH LQ WKLV VSDFH PLVW ZLOO ¿OO WKH DUHD ,PSDULQJ peoples vision while the mist (air moisture) will be felt by blind people and normal people alike, increasing WKH H[SHULHQWLDO IHHOLQJ IHOW Time is slowed down, the destination will become of second importance.

Here, the journey is everything.

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So that’s when the idea of drinking tea came up.

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Inside this space, the repeated activities of making tea will become a norm. And the repeated process of making tea will cause the blind to make tea at a speed where normal people would be astonished to see.

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Here, the environment will be designed for ease of use and safety for the blind. Shown here are the processes of making tea by the blind. Showing how they navigate with their senses.

A small pantry is provided from where instruments of making tea are prepared.

Here the process of making tea is heightened to more than just making tea, but with the controlling of light, YLHZV DQG PDWHULDOV WKH SURFHVV EHFRPHV DQ H[SHULence.

Drinks are enjoyed on small benches prepared with slight openings in the roof letting in view and light in an other wise dark room. Letting people appreciate the ambience of taking things slow, isolating the foyer’s bustle.

Upon entering the entrance one is greeted by the smell of various tea leaves. The jars are not labled but relies on a person’s sense of smell to decide which tea they would like to make tea with.

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From here the leaves are taken into the room further to make tea.

Below: View of small strcutre as seen from the corridors of the faculty at block B.

Views and light are controlled. Only certain openings penetrate the structure. It makes people appreciate the light more. While the feeling of the suns warmth can be felt by the blind as they pass under the openings.

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Views from above the studio corridors.

Location Plan Within FPSU, Shah Alam

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Capturing the Temperament Of chaotic Bangkok

“Vision separates us from the world whereas the other senses unite us with it.�

Pallasmma. J (2005) The Eyes of the Skin

Stage 1: Recording and documenting travel from Shah Alam to Bangkok.

This stage is about the senses that you use to make obVHUYDWLRQV %\ H[HUFLVLQJ \RXU VHQVHV VLPLODU WR WKH FRQcept which you have done previously during your 1st and 2nd project, and by using them more conciously, you will become a better observer.

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THAILAND (IN A NUTSHELL)

The Khao San Road area in Bangkok is probably the epidome of the backpacker ghetto. South East Asia is the most popular region for international backpackers; Bangkok is their main gateway to the region; and when there, most head for the Khao San Road. The devel- opment is spectacular: from two guesthouses in the early 80s, there are now several hundred in the area (Cummings and Martin 2001:231) along with restaurants, travel agents, internet cafes, bookshops, and more. Thus, the Khao San Road area strikingly illustrates the world- wide growth of backpacker tourism during the past two decades.

Thailand is one of the most popular destinations in Asia for international and domestic visitors, because of its richness of natural beauty, temples, wellknown hospitality, famous and unique cuisine, and Thai ancient kingdoms.

With all its resources, Thailand captures the attention of a wide range of visitors.

The attractions of Thailand have often EHHQ IHDWXUHG LQ ÂżOP DQG PHGLD PDNLQJ Thailand even more attractive. For the country itself, tourism has become an impor- tant economic factor. The most popular destinations are the coasts as well as Bangkok and the hills in the northwest.

Tourism Development in Thailand, Julia Ledl, Austrian Association of East Asian Studies Summer School Research Paper Series No. 2 (May 2010)

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Khao San’s popularity is corroborated by the ever increasing num- ber of budget hostels. The Tourist Authority of Thailand estimated that at the beginning of the 90s, there were 83 guesthouses in the area catering to some 238,000 backpackers (Footprint Handbooks 2000:126). A Bangkok Post (2000a) article estimated the number to be around 100 guesthouses with 4,000 rooms, 126 eateries and res- taurants, 144 VKRSV RI YDULRXV EXVLQHVV W\SHV EDQN EUDQFKHV FXU UHQF\ H[FKDQJH ERRWKV 12 Internet cafes, 20 travel agencies, and hundreds of roadside vendors. The street has evolved to become a backpacker’s paradise and those who work there have IRUPHG WKH .KDR 6DQ 5RDG %XVLQHVV $VVRFLDWLRQ WR SXEOLFL]H WKLV KDYHQ RQ DQ RIÂżFLDO website. $ FORVHU H[DPLQDWLRQ RI WKLV ODQGVFDSH ZLOO UHYHDO PRUH WKDQ MXVW WKH QXPEHUV 7KH Bangkok and the Beaches Handbook also refers to the street as a farang (‘‘foreigner/ white’’, used interchangeably) enclave. Formerly a middle-class neigh- borhood with a commercial specialization in dressmaking and tailoring, the location is now a world of its own

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A Post Colonial Analysis Of Backpacking, Peggy Teo (NUS) Sandra Leong,Tourism Singapore Board *DATA ABOVE SOURCED FROM (Footprint Handbooks 2000:126)

The development is noted in the research literature. In 1972, Cohen depicted the drifters of the 60s who shunned the tourism sector in their quest for immersion in the host societies (1972:175–77). How- ever, as early as 1973, Cohen described the Vermassung (growing mass consumption) of drifter-tourism and how it supported the rise of an alternative service infrastructure, a development also observed by Turner and Ash (1975). The institutionalization of backpacker infra- structure, destinations, and routes is further described by Cohen (1982), Pryer (1997) and Riley (1988).

However, the institutionalization has not been accompanied by homogeneity among the users of the backpacker facilities. On the contrary, this mode of tourism seems more composite and multifaceted than ever. Even casual observation at favorite ORFDWLRQV VXFK DV .KDR 6DQ 5RDG FRQÂżUPV WKLV ,Q WKLV VPDOO DUHD RQH FDQ REVHUYH the interactions and groupings of disparate characters such as well-educated young :HVWHUQHUV RQ H[WHQGHG OHDYH IURP DIĂ€XHQW VRFLHW\ KLJK VFKRRO JUDGX DWHV RQ JDS year travels, Israelis fresh out of military service, university students on holiday or sabbatical leave, young Japanese in rite-of- passage attire, ordinary holidaymakers, H[ YROXQWHHUV IURP YDULRXV RUJDQL]DWLRQV DQG WKH OLNH 7KH KHWHURJHQHLW\ LV PDQLfest, whether viewed in terms of nationality, age, purpose, motivation, organization of trip, or life cycle standing.

MICRO SITE DESCRIPTION

“ Duality of the site: Whats most intriguing about the alley is it’s duality and transition of thresholds from day to night as we see the activites unfold through the alleys. As the entrance itself is secluded, few would have guessed that its a connecting route to another main street. “

Our micro site is located along back lanes from the main street of Khao San all the way inside connecting the main street with Rambuttri street just parallel to it on the north.

This small alley measures a witdth of just 1.5m and goes as far almost 80 metres. The entrance is through the side of Lucky Beer Restaurant and bar, through a small shop which sells souvenir items for tourists.

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From here the route goes bending past a Tailor Shop which is located in the same EXLOGLQJ DV /XFN\ %HHU 7KLV ZLQGLQJ URXWH FRQWLQXHV IXUWKHU DV LW ¿QDOO\ FRQQHFWV WR a courtyard just behind the building, before going through the back alleys of other buildings to Rambuttri Road. The route is surrounded by hostels which range from 4-6 stories in height so most of the light is shaded by adjacent buildings.

Duality of the site: Whats most intriguing about the alley is it’s duality and transition of thresholds from day to night as we see the activites unfold through the alleys. As the entrance itself is secluded, few would have guessed that its a connecting route to another main street.

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With the bar, it totally changes the atmosphere and our perception of what the alley should and would contain. Thus the duality of the site is continued from day to night as the alley is continually used throughout the 24 hour period in a day. The bar also alleminates any negative activity that were to arise sholud pedestrian want to use the shortcut.

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DATA ON KHAO SAN ROAD BEING A TOURIST ENCLAVE

The Table below summarises responses to the question of what they liked least about Thailand. The most frequent response was ‘‘The Thai people’’, ironic because the friendly and polite people are a major tourist attraction. However, the reason seemed to be a reaction to overcharging and perceived increasingly negative attitudes toward tourists in tourist districts

‘‘There is nothing Thai about the character of Khao San Road. Everything is for the farang, from the clothing, to the jewelry, to the food.

Most residents in surrounding neighborhoods tend to keep the road at arm’s length and do not claim familiarity with it’’ (Marc Askew, Footprint Handbooks 2000:126)

To me, Khao San Road has got nothing to do with the real Thailand. It’s shops and hotels and restaurants and loads of people calling themselves travelers but being ripped off all the same. But it’s got whatever you need and some great food, and it’s a good place to meet other travelers. I always hang out in Khao San Road when I’m in Bangkok (Timothy from Germany).

A Post Colonial Analysis Of Backpacking, Peggy Teo (NUS) Sandra Leong,Tourism Singapore Board

‘‘I may be Asian traveling in Southeast Asia but I feel so strangely out of place here.

Like a foreigner. . . the Caucasians here, I bet they feel very much at home because, look at this place, this place is totally made for them’’ (Korean male, 30) Khao San has ‘‘disintegrated into a foreigner’s playground’’ (Japanese male, 28) ‘‘too commercialized and lacking in character. . . there is really nothing Thai DERXW .KDR 6DQ DW DOO WKHVH GD\V H[FHSW IRU WKH OLWWOH FDUWV VHOOLQJ 7KDL IRRG and vendors selling Thai tatamis and [straw] bags; but then again even these have blaring [sic] English signs or signboards’’ (Japanese female, 24) Interview conducted on Altogether, information from 30 Asian backpackers and 10 operators/facilitators who are hostel/restaurant owners or vendors were collected A Post Colonial Analysis Of Backpacking, Peggy Teo (NUS) Sandra Leong,Tourism Singapore Board

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On Average Monthly Income and Flooding The diagram on the left combines the dynamics of power relations with the spaces in which these take place.

At the core of this framework are the Asian backpackers. An understanding of how they may be LQFOXGHG H[ FOXGHG QHHGV WR WDNH into account their relative position vis-a`-vis the operators, facilitators, and White backpackers who ultimately have a bearing on Asian congregational spaces in Khao San.

THE VISUAL ARGUMENT

The pie chart to the rightshows the monthly income demographics of Bangkok.

According to data An average thai style room (basic studio) with basic amenities for 1 person would cost around 4500 baht.

Based on the pie chart 40% can’t afford a basic room, and this does not even take into account how families would afford an accomodation.

“ that by 2100 Bangkok will have become a new Atlantis “ Smith Dharmasaroja, the head of the National Disaster Warning Centre

Much of the metropolis is now below sea level and the ground is subsiding by 1.5 to 5cm a year. In the medium to long term more than 1m buildings, 90% of which are residential, are under threat from the ULVLQJ VHD OHYHO ,Q GXH FRXUVH WKH JURXQG ÀRRUV RI EXLOGLQJV FRXOG EH awash with 10cm of water for part of the year.

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Below: Target users of the dwelling

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Development sketches excerpts “ A corridor links two perhaps very different spaces. It is in effect a space of transition between them. Transition. Transience. A pause.

A place of reflection on what we are leaving and what we are coming to. These are the very essence of the exploration, the speculative. “ Lebbeus Woods

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Inspiration: Left: Plug In city by Sir Peter Cook Below: High House, Sarajevo by Lebbeus Wood.

Diagram showing the diferent typology of the dwellings according to the users needs. The increase in spaces are later added by the addition of scaffolding as structural material.

The 3 types of dwellings are the single units, double and triple. As with most asian families, it starts off as a single person, which then grows into a couple with families, then with the added members of relatives and family members these homes quickly grow into a house whcih also accomodates extended families.

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POSITIVE WASTE OUTPUT In developing countries, simple home and farm based anaerobic digestion systems offer the potential for low-cost energy for cooking+lighting.

(UN, decentralized sources of energy supply)

Method : Surface Clipped using cable clips/ cleats

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TACTICS OF INVASION

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Upon dropping of the dwelling core, the residents takes no time in locating the main electrical source through existing power posts or wire nodes around the location of the drop.

Extraction of electricity are through illegal methods such as surface clipping using cable clips or cleats.

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Previous page: The recycling and cleaning up of gray water by collection and its uses in watering K\GURSKRQLF JDUGHQV DQG ÀXVKLQJ WRLOHWV DPRQJ others.

Below: A photocollage of the structure being sent in by helicopter to the site, and the erecting of scaffolding structures into a dwelling. Khao SanRoad.

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DEVELOPMENT MODELS

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Material: Resin, copper rods

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The dwellings arrive in Single Units, Double Units and Triple Units, all of which double and WULSOH XQLWV DUH WKH H[SDQVLRQ RI WKH VLQJOH XQLW dwelling as the family grows.

Previous page: The optional possibilites of organization fot the dwellings.

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The scaffolding will be a temporary structure before connecting to a main structure to help distribute the increasing load.

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Projected growth of dwellings into a community overtaking Thannon Khao San as Bangkok eventually rises in sea water level.

Above: The indicated drawing in pink represents the sturctual and services core of the dwelling. here the main structure will support and conQHFW H[LVWLQJ VFDIIROGLQJ EXLOGLQJ FRPSRQHQWV DQG SURYLGH D SHUPDQHQW structure to support and shift the load off from the scaffoldings, transferring them down through the core.

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The services are all situated around the hollow core. Provided are infrastructure for electricity, gas and water as well as ventilation.

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Writings More writings on shaminsahrum.co.uk

Abstract: Investi gating into how architecture can be used as instrum ents o f conflictregions,wit h particular research looking into t he Palestinian-Israeliconflict.

Defensive Infrastructure/Offensive Architecture Project Gaza

Some time ago, I wrote a post on weaponizing architecture. But in the current turn of events, seeing gaza under siege, yet again. This time in a more bloody assault, and feeling helpless to do anything about it, or so I felt, made me compelled to write this ‘agenda’ of sorts.

This time relating more to how architecture can be an offensive structure, and how we may actually contribute. Other than just refraining ourselves from the fast food conglomerate that is McDonalds, and cutting off their monetary source (which is a good idea too while it lasts), shouldn’t we contribute intellectually as well to this cause ?

Sometimes it’s more tempting to actually leave what we do, and go to Egypt to cross the borders. To aid in the participation of helping the weak and injured. What’s more as a Muslim, to see more of your brothers and sisters getting slaughtered everyday, is even more disheartening. But hearing that the Egyptian government have threatened to counter attack and will not hesitate to go to war with the regime makes me, and I bet a couple of more million Muslims, proud and slightly relieved that someone somewhere actually gave two fingers up to the establishment that just stood by and watched as the bloodbath continued its way into it’s 6th day now. At time of publishing this, a ceasefire has been agreed upon. We pray for a long period of (relative) peace. Even though we know, behind those walls, atrocities against Palestinians are still happening.

Current emergency shelters, which usually become permanent homes for the refugees.

So that got me thinking, if we’re actually heading into World War Three, and it seems that this scenario is inevitable, what would my role in this war be. What would be your role too? A medic tending to the sick and injured? A soldier leading men into the frontline? How about something else, how about rebuilding structures?

Leaving everything behind to help in the rebuilding when the debris has settled. Why not?

We got the expertise and knowledge. It’s not as dignified as being a soldier, but its humble and contributes to the grieving society under siege.

The act of rebuilding from the ashes is both a symbol of hope and defiance. Sure we have MERCY to do that, but they create merely temporary shelters against natural elements (No offence to MERCY, what they’re doing is amazing).

What about un-natural elements? Hellfire missiles from an Israeli apache, uranium depleted shells, short ground to air missiles fired from the back of armour plated mobile launchers. Then there’s the iconic IDF’s armour plated bulldozer. Able to push into territories without armoured support. Equipped with a machine gun turret and able to withstand roadside bombs.

What then when mere shelters are faced with the regime’s military might? As simple as crumpling up paper.

The zionists have long created architectural and infrastructural strategies to push Palestinians out of their homes. There’s even a book dedicated to analyzing the strategies used by the regime to systematically invade their host’s home in Manual Of De-colonization by the Studio of Sandi Hilal . The manual seeks to determine to what extent the evacuated structures are to accommodate new uses and will demonstrate the various ways in which they can be adapted or transformed. From Re-Plugging, Un-Roofing, UnGrounding to Re-Combining. If they can afford to this, then the palestinians/we, can do something similar as well.

The infamous IDF bulldozer

We need to think and design beyond this.

MANUAL OF DECOLONIZATION Conceived within the frame of “Decolonizing Architecture: Scenarios for the transformation of Israeli settlements”

” The placement of the containers (In P’sagot we have counted at least 60, even if the recent surveys have pointed out a bigger number) within the fabric of the settlement densifies the existing structures and allow for connections between the homes. This help to de-suburbanize the space. We propose to insert them in some interstice available, one slab of the container connects between existing buildings, giving a form to one continuous used surface which is adaptable to diverse urban functions.”

– Source, Salottobuono.net

Underground -The destruction of homes and other building within the settlements would leave a system of underground infrastructure intact. These infrastructure – water, sewage, electricity, telephone – buried under the coming rubble could in fact give life for a new form of over-ground urbanity.

Infrastructure is defined as anything that contributes or completes a system. “Hard” infrastructure consists of your average power plants, roads, bridges. But then there are also schools and hospitals. And both of the latter are architecture. Defining the meaning of defensive infrastructure would be a built structure able to withstand external forces such as a tidal wave barrier. The word “offensive” and architecture rarely comes to mind as architecture is a “static” object and the word offensive being an action to counteract something, to attack.

With regards to the situation in Palestine, shelters/structures should be designed to be able to withstand external forces as much as possible (defense) and/or inflict damage at the same time, if possible, to the attackers (offense). The damages caused may be severe (or not), but at least it impedes the ensuing forces advancement. It wouldn’t have an effect if taken as individual numbers, but think of it in terms of whole villages or towns, imagine a whole town built of defensive infrastructure/offensive architecture. When you think of it this way, then the Israeli army would have a much harder time ploughing through urban scenarios, inflicting damage along the way. Thus buying more time for civilians to flee into safety. The debris of the damaged structures could later become foundation materials for future re-building of settlements, and their ruins would symbolize defiance against all odds.

An excellent example of resistive projects

by Palestinians, the project below shows how architecture can be subversive in nature. Set in Palestine’s landscape, a decoy structure is created as a construction site. From this decoy, cement is brought in via underground tunnels to the real site a few hundred meters away. An underground dwelling is created from carving out the earth and laying the foundation using reinforcement and covering them up with shot-crete or spray on concrete. From afar the structure looks like a Bedouin camp, when in fact underground a vast chambers connecting to one another.

All credits of this project belongs to the creator (Leopold Lambert).

Plan of the decoy (right) and real structure (left) connected by underground tunnels.

Lebbeus Woods was among the few architects of the 90’s in the west who looked into the rebuilding of eastern Europe’s conflicts. This being Sarajevo among one of them. Woods took upon himself to visit war torn Sarajevo and was deeply moved by what he witnessed there. He then returned to the states and created hypothetical projects of how existing ruins could be combined with the self-initiatives of its residents to re-create their city using what was left. Building on the existential remnants of war. People may criticise that being a hypothetical project, it lacks conviction of being a “real” project.

But his projects became the initial platform for taking those ideas further. Much of what he did was based around the idea of subversiveness, camouflage, defense and how architecture can for once be active towards its imminent surrounding.

Much like how most buildings in Taiwan/Korea/ Japan are equipped with counter devices to withstand typhoons and earthquakes.

From Lebbeus Woods Pamphlet Architecture 15

“ the new spaces of habitation constructed on the existential remnants of war do not celebrate the destruction of an established order, nor do they symbolize or commemorate it. Rather they accept with a certain pride what has been suffered and lost, but also what has been gained.

They build upon the shattered form of the old order and a new category of order inherent only in present conditions. within which existence feels its strengths, acknowledges its vulnerabilities and failures, and faces up to the need to invent itself as though for the first time, thus seizing the means to continuously refresh and revitalize itself.”

On Ode to Lebbeus Woods (1940-2012) Above, High Houses

Below is a rather far-fetched but highly optimistic project which aims at solving the never-ending tension between Palestine and Israel. Through large scale architecture teetering on urban interventions. Called the The Continuous Enclave: Strategies in Bypass Urbanism by Viktor Ramos at Rice University. From Ramos’s own project description:

“Architecture resisting change, even as it flows from it, struggling to crystalize and be eternal, even as it is broken and scattered…”

‘Scabs’ Rebuilding on the existing structures of buildings.

“This thesis takes a formal approach to understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by studying mechanisms of control within the West Bank. The occupation of the West Bank has had tremendous effects on the urban fabric of the region because it operates spatially. Through the conflict, new ways of imagining territory have been needed to multiply a single sovereign territory into many. It is only through the overlapping of two separate political geographies that they are able to inhabit the same landscape.”

Clearly gargantuan in size, this project aims at creating mega-bridges that connects islands of Palestinian settlements among Israeli occupation. Putting reality issues aside, such as who will fund the project, how will the socio-political tension resolve to start building the structure and of Israeli air-space, this is clearly an ambitious speculative project that deserves to be applauded for the ‘alternative’ solution he provides. This project could also be compared to the one Rem Koolhaas did, Exodus: The Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture. Where both of these schemes use architecture as a tool to solve society’s issues.

Although in actual fact, it would be naive to assume that architecture can solve everything.

The Bypass arching over Israeli occupied fortified towns.

Sectional cut of Bypass, indicating farming voids and urban terrain on a vertical level.

This writing was meant to remind myself that we can do something, small if not big. By discussing about ideas and disseminating them, that somehow these would eventually solidify into materiality. At time of writing, these ideas are still in the development stage, and it is hoped that it can be expanded further in future projects and discussions.

suffering. Through spreading of this among fellow architects and of non-architectural background, it would spark something much more in another fellow reader. Hoping that when the time actually comes, that we in the built environment can contribute actively and creatively to helping our fellow brothers and sisters in need.

Amin.

The writings of a pen is mightier than the sword. Prayers alone are not enough to help the

When all is said and done, have you said, or done enough?

WORK & PLAY ARCHITECTURE EDITORIAL DESIGN MODEL MAKING

Works and submissions for KL SUPERSTUDIO

KLSUPERSTUDIO

Model making for BANGLO Medium, Greyboard, Paint Scale 1:100

ORCHARD HOUSE Model making for Orchard House Medium, Greyboard, Paint Scale 1:250

Model making for Orchard House Scale 1:250 Medium, Greyboard, Paint

PLAN VIEW Model making for Orchard House Medium, Greyboard, Paint Scale 1:250

KL SUPER STUDIO 1o

THE COLLECTIVE

DREAM HOME LOCATION: 3°7’52”N 101°43’33”E

PPRT FLats

SMK Cochrane

Jalan Cochrane 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

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Credits Research Masterplan Prima Brief Data Calculations Hypothesis Strategies Concept Site Images Site Location Home Map Massing models Models Sketches Massing Development!

Sections Diagrams Structural Environmental Analysis Site Plan Parking Typical Floors Unit Variations Precedent Studies

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PRIMA HOUSING UNIT Second Edition 2012 All rights reserved

“I could not think of anything more noble than making a beautiful house.”

Thanks to all the Lecturers who made this happen.

Muhammad Shamin Sahrum 2009360311 FSPU, UITM, Shah Alam www.shaminsahrum.co.uk

Frank Llyod Wright

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CONCEPT-FORM & PROGRAM An abstract device had been developed to act as the generator of an architectural scheme.

Programmatic strategy turned to concept Had to assume the configuration of a form -concept form- in order to exist Suspended Garden

Concept and its form are always a function of one or several program characteristics.

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There can be no architecture without programs Bernard Tschumi 11o

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Legend 1. Entrance to housing area 2. Sports Centre/ Recreational 3. Pedestrian Boulevard 4. Perimeter Vehicular Access 5. Commercial Area

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The theme for the development of high density living will be that emphasize on social interaction for the formulation of social cohesion with a sense of place and sense of belonging. A place where the tenant knows most of their neighbours, where neighbours

help each other in time of neeed and where children can grow up and play in safe and conducive environment. The physical facilities are well provided by the tenants and the social environments are safe and friendly for the community or users.

A A M I M I PPRR D D E E T T E E G G R R A A TT RORTHTEHE FOF M505!0!

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A M PRISING U O H NOW!

the M50 is us Malaysians earning between rm2500 to rm7500 a month!

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Existing Building

“Neighbourhood living and community environment quality are FSXL XLI MRÂYIRGMRK IPIQIRXW XS the house purchasing decision.

This is because Malaysian households prefer to stay longer in the neighbourhood.”

USES

Vegetation

Service Route

Outdoor

Main access road

Setback

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Privacy

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Green Link

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Total To T tal community centre

=

250 m2

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shops

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35 (7) m2

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religious place

=

140 m2

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Single Units

(45.60) m2

SOHO Units

(102.95) m2

entrance

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4.00 m2

entrance

8.00 m2

245 m2

room 1 room1

=

11.40 m2

room 1

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15.00 m2

150 m2

kitchen =

=

3.90 m2

room 2 =

=

15.00 m2

living room

=

25.00 m2

room 3 =

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5.25 m2

W.C W W.C

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1.30 m2

250 m2

public square

=

300 m2 + 480 =

300 m2

common terrace

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1000 m2 =

1000 m2

laundry place

=

100 (2) =

200 m2

=

2625 m2

70 units

=

Studio Units

(43.20) m2

entrance

= =

5.00 m2

=

3.90 m2

kitchen =

single =

45.60 m2

140 units

=

2+1

=

75.00 m2

60 units

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99.25 m2

30 units

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Studio =

43.20 m2

80 units

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Soho =

70 ~90 m2

Circulation = 10 % %=

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30.00 m2

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entrance

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9.00 m2

room 1 =

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16.00 m2

room 2 =

=

16.00 m2

kitchen =

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living room

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room 3

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room 4

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“Instead of multiplying individual dreams, can we build a collective one?”

Winy Maas, Visionary Cities, The Why Factory

Due to this mobility, the interpretation of ‘home’ is changing: we do not live in one place anymore like our grandparents. We adapt ourselves while moving around. Thus our notion of what constitutes a ‘home’ needs to change too. Can we create a city that absorbs changes easily? Should temporal ways of creating homes become more apparent?

Our notion of home no longer involves a monotonous, singular event dwelling, but home is now made out of series of events.

In this ever mobile society our home is made up of a collective of events that sum up what home is. Why don’t these series of events be closer to where we live? Within a 5 minute radius say?

With the fast pace change in society it is important that we hold on to certain beliefs and culture. Thus it is within the urban environment should the collective home be more important than ever. The Collective Dream (Home) requires the participation from it’s residents in order for it to happen. A more active role to living in a neighbourhood. The ‘collective’ encourages sharing, reduces waste and fosters relationships.

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“5 minutes of physical activities in the presence of nature led to demonstrable benefits in both mental and physical health.”

Walking, cycling, fishing, horseback riding, farming, and even gardening all constitute “physical activity.”

Common courtyard

Residents meet up at a common space with different functions

Vertical planting throughout the building, blurring boundaries.

Nurturing is home. Thus planting areas as well as communal gardens provided

The Five Minute City

Maximum efficiency through walking and cycling.

1-4 minutes of walking to get to any point of interest within building.

Connection with MRT line makes travelling to the city within minutes.

Re-envisioning the Linear Block

Five minutes was determined as the most efficient number.

Longer times were still beneficial, but lead to diminishing returns Doctor Frances Kuo, director of the Landscape and Human Health Laboratory at the University of Illinois Environmental Science & Technology

Neighbourhood and environment quality is not only a vital component for personal network; consumers are psychologically secured when trustworthy neighbours are around Shyue Chuan, Chong, Bik Kai, Sia, Wah Wan, Cheong , Soo Sung, Shyue Chuan, Chong, Bik Kai, Sia, Wah Wan, Cheong , Soo Sung, of Hng : House Purchasing Hng : House Purchasing Decisions: A Case Study Decisions: A Case Study of Residents of Klang Valley, Malaysia Residents of Klang Valley, Malaysia

Performative design for facade design reduces waste while optimizing efficiency

Creating ground street level conditions and meeting areas vertically.

Prefabricated building construction for future flexibility and cost effective

Ecological Responsibility

Water preserving through reusing of grey water for watering plants saves costs

Energy harvesting by means of environmentally responsive design.

Streets within streets

Low energy use by adapting passive cooling and heating.

Layering of Zones

3D matrix planning.

Planning both vertically and horizontally.

Encourage recycling by providing the infrastructure to minimize waste.

Layering of private, semi-private, public and semi-ublic zones.

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“Home is the making of an interior in which a variety of confronted societies gain simueltaneity�

-Andre Jaques-

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Sectional drawing showing the Vertical Street gardens and how activities are performed within them. The dotted red line serves as movement trajectories for the residents as they move about in the building.

Scale > 1:50 Legend 1. Vertical Street Gardens overlooking 4 Floors of neighbourhood streets. Becoming a vital point of circulation and interaction for the residents.

2. Communal Planting plot for residents. To have a home is to nurture, and planting helps foster interaction among residents.

3. Ribbon staircases that connect alongside the facade.

4. Vertical connectivity through a skybridge, increases connectivity and interactivity.

5. Lift and services core running from sub-basement all through other floors.

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Longitudinal Section 1:500 Showing Communal Programmes

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KEY 1.Vertical Street Gardens 2.Services Core 3.Communal Spaces 4.Ribbon Staircase

Gymnasium Eateries

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Laundry Kindergraden Community Hall/Shops

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Parking

Parking

Unit Distribution

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Family Housing /77 units Mid Family Housing /37 units

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Single Housing /40 units Studio Housing /51 units

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Public Space /400 m2 Community /1200 m2 Retail /245 m2

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DIAGRAMS

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Programme Diagram

Programmatic Distribution

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Wall units and other parts are assembled into a unit and slotted within the width of the columns

Above: Local weather analysis

(RED) indicates the structural lift/service cores

Below: Shadow Path analysis of Massing showing areas shaded during the span of a day.

Pre Fab slabs resting on columns

Above + Below: Thermal Comfort analysis of Vertical Street Gardens, cut at both the Vertical and Horizontal Axis.

Columns on 8.1m x 8.1m Grid

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“Architecture is about the understanding of the world and turning it into a more meaningful and humane place.�

The Blue areas indicate the more thermally comfortable regions, while gradually increassing to Yellow, indicating areas of the most thermal exposure..

Juhani Pallasmaa

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1.Lobby 2.Community Centre/Hall 3.Vehicular Drop Off 4.Ramp to underground parking 5.Pedestrian Boulevard 6.Guard House 7.Services drop 8.Refuse Chamber 9.TNB Substation 10.Mail Room 11.Admin office 12.Childrens Playground

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Floor 5-6

Floor 8

Floor 10

Floor 7

Floor 9

Floor 11

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TYPE B

2 Room Unit / 79.2 m2

TYPE L

SOHO Unit / 63 m22

Studio Unit / 43.2 m2

TYPE S

3 Room Unit / 105.3 m2

TYPE P Single Room Unit / 51.2 m2

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Unit variation of dwellings, adapting to the needs of different residents that would want a specific environment for their living needs.

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b a A Example 3 Room Unit

Source: WOHA Architects

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Daylight analysis of Studio Unit and the amount of light received in the unit.

Also the shadow cast affects of the overhangs on its surroundings during the day.

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VANKE, STEVEN HOLL

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GIFU, SEJIMA 80o

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BIG, 8 HOUSE

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PRIMA HOUSING UNIT Second Edition 2012 All rights reserved Thanks to all the Lecturers who made this happen.

And to the guys at Quixotic Studio for all the blood sweat and tears together.

Muhammad Shamin Sahrum 2009360311 FSPU, UITM, Shah Alam www.shaminsahrum.co.uk

“I could not think of anything more noble than making a beautiful house.”

Frank Llyod Wright TEAM the Collective Dream (Home)

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“Antara Dua Darjat” Duration: 7 min 29 secs

CINEMA

Stories From Within The Walls Duration: 4 min 22 secs

“The Small Things” Duration: 6 min 03 secs

Visit to Rampakasli, Bandung, Indonesia

Visit to Rampakasli, Bandung, Indonesia

AN URBAN ORPHANAGE PROJECT

Translation from (MALAY): The Beacon Project Shah Alam

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DEFINITION According to the online Encyclopedia Britannica and the Merriam-Web- ster Dictionary an orphan is: (1) a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents; (2) a young animal that has lost its mother, and (3) one deprived of some protection or advantage-e.g., orphans of the conflict. most widely accepted notion of an orphan is

“a child who has lost both parents through death”

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AN URBAN ORPHANAGE PROJECT

Translation from (MALAY): The Beacon Project Shah Alam

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Second Edition 2012 All rights reserved Thanks to all the Lecturers who made this happen.

Muhammad Shamin Sahrum 2009360311 FSPU,UITM Shah Alam www.shaminsahrum.co.uk

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Definition Site Location Site photos Hypothesis Scenario Data Prelim Strategies Strategies Programmes Ingredients Orphanage Issues Concept Precedent Programme Diagrams Programme Mixing Masing Models Env. Analysis Final Massing Site Plan Elevation Ground, 1st, 2nd 3rd Tectonic tests Technical Studies Sections Detailed Section

INDEX

CREDITS

PROJEK (PELITA)

PROJECK (PELITA)

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AN URBAN ORPHANAGE PROJECT

Translation from (MALAY): The Beacon Project Shah Alam

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AN URBAN ORPHANAGE PROJECT

Translation from (MALAY): The Beacon Project Shah Alam

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SITE LOCATION

CURRENT CHILD CENTRES IN SHAH ALAM Pusat Jagaan An Najah(KanakKanak,Harian) Sek 11 Pusat Jagaan Rumah Aman, Sek 2 JABATAN AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI SELANGOR

Pusat Jagaan Persatuan Rumah Kanak-kanak Triniti, Sek 7 SITE

3°5’00”N 101°32’00”E

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Previously within the villages of our forfathers, the instituition of the orphanage was closely associated with religious places. It then became the node for the village where people could come freely to donate and help out in charity. This transparency is what is needed within a community to promote and build neighbourhood quality in todays urban context.

Within Shah Alam, we see a growing number of retired community where the earlier generations of Shah Alam, teachers etc. have now retired. These retired residents have the potential to contribute to society as their knowledge and experience prove to be invaluble. Here lies the potential of creating a network where orphanage and senior citizens could go hand in hand in creating a more community like environment. Thus opening up the role of the orphanage as a node in the neighbourhood.

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Aged 55-75

Aged 55-75

Age Groups in Shah Alam as of 2012

12.5%

10 years prediction

20%

SCENARIO

HYPOTHESIS

Current orphanages operation states that they openly accept external charity work, but most orphanages adhere to strict rules and protocols even before meeting the children and orphanages themselves.

This barrier against public and NGO operation presents an issue whereby places of charity are then questioned upon their intention and integrity in running the organization.

55 years Average retiring age in Malaysia

”Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90.

Time is a concept that human created.”

-Yoko Ono Among the retirement stress factors as surveyed on 36 retirees within the Shah Alam area are:

“Search for meaningful activites” “That a worker and retiree can handle retirement if they learn to do ten basic strategies; being themselves; leading a well balanced life; eating sensibly; venting stress physically (through exercise); adopting a calming routine; talking with people he can trust; taking control of his life...”

STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG RETIRED PEOPLE IN MALAYSIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY -Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar*, Robert Chen

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DATA

DATA

“The elderly, with their wealth of experiences, can also be encouraged to act as teachers or teaching aides in formal,informal or nonformal educational programmes (wether in a paid or voluntary capacity).”

CHALLENGES FACED BY ORPHANS Greying Malaysians: Strategies For Promoting And Supporting Healthy and Productive Ageing

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Deviances Total Dependence Accomodation problems Educational Loss Psychological Problems Social Disorganization Feeling of Insecurity Health Determination

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STRATEGIES

PRELIM STRATEGIES

Community

Retirees in Shah Alam Orphanage

ORPHANS

RETIREES

NEEDS

NEEDS

Role model Guidance Dependency Attention

Energy outlet Share experiences Attention Self-fulfilment

Family Assistance

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Healthy outlet Sense of belonging

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Administration office Waiting Area

Toilet

Garden Toilet

Seminar Room Toilet Store room Loading Bay janitors Room

Wardens Accomodation Toilet

Visitors Room

PROGRAMMES

PROGRAMME BRIEF FROM CLIENT

STRATEGIES

Entrance lobby

Toilet Private gardens

4 Class rooms

Study Rooms Toilet

Library Common Area/Playground

Toilet

Prayer Room

Recreational Court Medical bay

Orphans accomodation Boys and girls

Cafeteria

Dining Area Launderette Bathroom Utilities

Parking

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Entrance lobby Utilities Store room Loading Bay janitors Room

RECEPTION info centre directory OPERATION dispensary inventory loading/unloading cleanliness emergency unit security

ACCOMODATION sleeping area social interaction play area personal space contemplation sanctuary physical and mental wellbeing washing up cleanliness

PROGRAMMES

ORPHANS

SUPPORTING PERSONNEL

Library

PRIVATE

EDUCATION

Seminar Room

Administration office

OPERATION

PROGRAMME CLASSIFICATION & ZONING

PROGRAMMES

Study Rooms

ADMINISTRATION deskwork records staff meeting

EDUCATION learning study preperation IT education Literature tuition religious knowledge

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

Visitors Room

Orphans accomodation

PRAYER ROOM

Wardens Accomodation Common Area/Playground Recreational Court

CAFETERIA preperation of food

Launderette Medical bay

physical activities social interaction physical and mental therapy constructive energy CAFETERIA daily meals events/dinner social inteaction

ACCOMODATION Garden Prayer Room

PUBLIC

Waiting Area

Living/Home Observation Surveilence Home away from home

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MAINTAINANCE

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Bathroom

utilities (tnb etc) sanitary services

FACILITIES

PRAYER ROOM prayer congregation quran recitation religios classes lectures events SEMINAR ROOM classes support groups

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meetings support group briefing

ACCOMODATION

RECEPTION

short stay home away from home personal refuge washing up

info centre directory waiting area

CAFETERIA deskwork records staff meeting

buffer space calm atmosphere waiting area

GARDEN

ACCOMODATION short stay washing up LIBRARY internet reading

LIBRARY internet reading CAFETERIA

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GARDEN buffer space calm atmosphere recreational space

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INGREDIENTS

SEMINAR ROOM

LOCAL FAMILY COMMUNITY

RETIREE VOLUNTEERS

PROGRAMMES

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Concept sketches!

CONCEPT

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SKETCHES

SKETCHES 28

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SKETCHES

PRECEDENT STUDIES. Includes buildings from TYIN, Peter Zumthor’s Serpentine Pavillion, and Atelier Xiadong’s bridgeschool.

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Prelim sketches of school becoming an image of hope, a reference point within the community

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SKETCHES Sketches developed along the way showing the intentions and spaces to be incorporated into the orphanage.

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The possibilities of programme mixing through physical mock ups enable quick design decisions to be made.

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1. Library and Media centre 2. Office room/ meeting room 3. Pantry 4. Sick Bay 5. Visitors room 6. Musollah 7. Lundramat 8. Girls domitory 9. Kitchen hall 10. Dining hall 11. Boys domitory

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MASSING MODELS

MOCKUP MODELS

Physical working models of the spaces inside orphanage to help in the sectional cut of drawings.

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ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS

ENV. ANALYSIS

THROUGH ANALYSIS AND COMPUTATION USING COMPUTER MODELLING AND DATA FROM THE SITE ITSELF, AN ALMOST PREDICTABLE MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS CAN BE DONE AND IS MORE PRECISE THAN US PREJUDGING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON OUR BUILDING. THROUGH THIS STUDY A FURTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITE FORCES CAN BE GAINED AND ANTICIPATED FOR FURTHER DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS.

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QUOTES

ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS

“The model is not a representation.

It is the building.”

PETER ZUMTHOR

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SITE PLAN

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Site plan Scale 1:250 LEGEND a.Site entrance b.Parking for visitors and workers c.Hebral educational garden d.Recreational space for orphans e.Grey water treatment garden/ marshland/ garden f.Pavilion garden

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ELEVATION

DRAWINGS 46

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1. Guard House 2. Drop off.

3. Lobby 4. Library and Media centre 5. Office room/ meeting room 6. Pantry 7. Sick Bay 8. Visitors room 9. Musollah 10. Lundramat 11. Girls domitory 12. Kitchen hall 13. Dining hall 14. Transition Courtyard 15. Refuse chamber

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DRAWINGS

Legend

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Administration office Classroom bridge Library and media centre Outdoor patio Boys domitory Warden’s accomodation Girl’s dormitory Workshop

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DRAWINGS

Legend Administration office Classroom bridge Library and media centre Outdoor patio Boys domitory Warden’s accomodation Girl’s dormitory

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DRAWINGS

Legend

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Wood, brass rods, concrete, plaster, wire mesh, balsa

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Tectonic tests in Materiality using models and different materials to detail up the spaces inside the orphanage.

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PERSPECTIVE This Page: Perpective showing the interior of the bridge, which houses spaces for classes with movable partitions.

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TECHNICAL STUDIES

STUDY MODEL

Technical studies during tutorials looking into steel construction for the bridge that link the circulation of the orphanage.

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Various mediums.

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Perspective showing the bridge from eye level view point.

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STUDY MODEL

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Study model focussing on details such as staircases to help in detail drawings.

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W-E SECTION

W-001

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Shingles Roof Finishes to manuf’s detail w 15 degree pitch 100 mm thk fibreglass insulation to manu’f detail 75 X 100 mm G.I C-Channel Batten 150 X 50 mm trusses at 2100 mm c/c to engineer’s detail 10 mm thk GI flashing to architect’s detail

9.80 m ROOF BEAM LEVEL

CEILING CONSTRUCTION 75 X 170 Steel C-Channel Batten 1200 X 600 X 30 mm thk suspended ceiling boards on aluminium tee to manuf’s detail Fluorescent flood lighting with 10 mm thk toughed glass attached on the downward face

DETAILED SECTION

ROOF CONSTRUCTION

ROOFTOP LEVEL

WALL CONSTRUCTION 20 mm thk drywall to manuf’s detail (in and out) 110 X 50 mm steel hollow wall stud to engr’s detail

7.10 m SECOND FLOOR LEVEL

UPPER FLOOR CONSTRUCTION 20 mm thk Timber Flooring finishes 15 mm thk cement screed 150 mm thk floor slab to engr’s detail 300 X150 mm Floor I-Beam to engr’s detail

GROUND FLOOR CONSTRUCTION 300 X 300 tiles to manuf’s detail 150 thk RC ground floor slab with waterproofing to engr’s detail RC apron to engr’s detail 300 X 150 mm Floor I-Beam to engr’s detail 300 X 150 mm I-Beam to engr’s detail RC Ground beam to engr’s detail

4.30 m FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

1.00 m GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

0.00 m GROUND LEVEL

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Staircase.

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DETAIL

Study detail drawings of components,

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FACADE STUDY Study model on shadow casting from the facade using lourves as external shading device.

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SHADOW STUDY

SHADOW STUDY Study model focussing onbuilding envelope using shading device.

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FUTURE CULTURE X: POTENTIAL OF THE WORKSPACE LIYANA HASNAN ASHIFF SHAHRIZAD MOHAMAD QARIB NUR HUSNA AHMAD ZAHIDI MUHAMMAD SHAMIM SAHRUM

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SITE SETTINGS The site Landsberger Allee is home to the swimming and velodrome of past Olympic Games that never came to Berlin. So much of it is abandoned and occasionally used as event spaces. In relation to this, much of the surrounding buildings are dilapidated and unused. As isolated as it is, the overgrown Olympics facility with its huge grounds are used by the locals as a public park and it is this quality that makes the grounds special - offering the feeling of solitariness and of calmness.

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DILEMMAS & POTENTIALS: There are almost 100,000 abandoned buildings in Berlin and these spaces cannot be rented out because there is no demand for the spaces. The facilities for a city/ commu¬nity are already there but these are not used to the maximum occupancy and usage. These empty spaces in an exciting city have the potential to be occupied and filled by economy generating community that integrates well with the society. Using professionals as well as migrants (temporary nomads such as college students, after school graduates or creative nomads) as a catalyst for growth, economically and socially, professionals / students come to work, pay taxes, and spend their salary, congregate with others and the locals. This thus creates a generative economy while diversifying Berlin culturally.

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HYPOTHESIS The strategy is to inject a population of young entrepreneurs/start-up companies into a research environment assimilated with different cultural backgrounds.

working environment that involves sports while working. The entrepreneurs will benefit by having a flexible and ever changing workspace. The city benefits from the new economy driven by the influx of migrants working with the local entrepreneurs.

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Vertical workspaces are connected by slices of sports activities corridor.

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THE CHICTOPIA

AMAR MUHAMMAD RAMLI SAIFUL SAZLAN AHMAD ABDUL AZIZ MUHAMMAD SHAMIN NEDA NASSERI QATRUN NADRAH

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PROJECT SETTING The proposed “Chictopia” is a creative hub located in the Ultimo suburb, where the activities are focused in and around Mary Ann Park and Quarry Park. It is essential that all cities should enhance the quality of life and as for Sydney, by integrating the context with emerging programs will transform the downtown into a vibrant ambiance for creativity. Local talents will be showcased to outsiders and tourists and provide an

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area where the locals have control over how the image of Chictopia will be instead of being monopolized by large corporations.

Our approach is to reformulate the social structure by encouraging and nurturing creative activities through various platforms.

It will be implemented as the key strategy in producing a catalytic program to alter the skewed notion of what represents a place. It is more than just ‘superficial tourism’.

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ISSUES & POTENTIAL Are images of cities only limited to local icons? To what extent are the corporations propagating showing us what they want us to see? Surely there must be more to this, and so comes the issue of ‘superficial tourism’ or tourism on the surface. The locals play a big part in shaping how and what Sydney is.

But this is also limited to the usual nightlife activities. Another issue would be the lack of creative platforms or start-up areas for young emerging entrepreneurs. Students from the creative field have difficulty in acquiring spaces to turn into studios or boutiques due to the high prices of commercial rent in Sydney. Here we would like to expose the creative potential of the locals in Sydney their way in how they shape and contribute to society. Ultimo has a unique position in which it is at the crossroads of interesting places surrounding it as well as education institutions. Students from the creative field would be the catalyst to the initial program by providing them with affordable studios and shop units. From this it will attract other

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creative locals around the city of Sydney and foster itself into a creative hub. Locals will also benefit from this, as it would bring forth a large surge of population that would benefit the local businesses and open up new markets for jobs. Through phases it is hoped that Ultimo will become the first model for other undeveloped but potential areas around the central Sydney area to become its own local hub, maintaining their own unique community value and services to the place.

that act as temporary exhibition spaces to educate the public about art. Locals can experience the students’ works and lifestyle at the Ultimo. The public can linger around and interact with the students or join in activities.

This will benefit local business and create other oppor¬tunities. This might also attract more tourists to come to this area. Used

tram will be recycled and converted into students’ studio and galleries. The creative corridor can be extended to other creative hubs nearby in the future. The use of solar panels, wind turbine and nanotechnology will be applied to all hubs as to achieve a sustainable environment for all.

HYPOTHESIS The theme of “Chictopia” highlights intentionally the idea of creating a creative hub for the city of Sydney. The idea is derived from the issue of the existing interactive activities where this hub allows creative students to exhibit their works. The creative hub will be divided into different systems and approaches based on the program injected. Students with their creative work can have their own premises in hostel, cafes, flea market, and art galleries. The hub will be interspersed with interactive corridors

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On any given day, we live in places we have to live in and do things we are required to do. Yet there are only a handful of opportunities that allow us to create places for ourselves. The freedom and ability to express our ideas and create something special awakens our senses and sparks our imagination.

Kampong Bharu - Beyond 2020 Masterplan offers us this opportunity.

We envision Kampong Bharu Beyond 2020 Masterplan as a model community that captures the spirit of both the place and the people; where nature, culture, and the arts are an inseparable from the everyday lives of its community.

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As an integrated group of urban designers, engineers, architects, landscape architects and economists, we have proposed a holistic masterplan for Kampong Bharu Beyond 2020 Masterplan and envision An Urban Renaissance where new urban growth reflects upon an urban civilisation that has co-existed for more than a decade.

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In addition to being an inclusive, inspired, intelligent and green township for Kuala Lumpur, Kampong Bharu - Beyond 2020 Masterplan is positioned to be the destination to showcase Malaysian art, culture and living.

We have taken this positioning to heart and have integrated this concept into every aspect of the masterplan with the hopes of creating a community that truly embraces creativity and nurtures the arts. We aspire to place Kuala Lumpur among the ranks of the international arts community.

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FOREST RESERVE

SENTUL MANJALARA

WANSA MAJU MAHURI

4.8 KM KL METROPOLIS

FOREST RESERVE

TAMAN TASIK TITIWANGSA

0.7 KM PETRONAS TOWERS

BOTANICAL GARDEN RESERVE

KLCC (PETRONAS TOWERS)

CITY CENTER

DAMANSARA/PENCHALA

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ROYAL SELANGOR GOLF TAMAN TASIK PERDANA

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KL SENTRAL

0.7 KM KL TOWER

TAMAN RIMBA AMPANG

KLIFD

ISTANA NEGARA 0.6 KM TRX

CHINESE CEMETERY & FOREST RESERVE

7 KM MENARA TELEKOM

TELEKOM TOWER

MIDVALLEY MEGAMALL BANDAR MALAYSIA

NATURE

6 KM MID VALLEY FOREST RESERVE

HULU LANGAT FOREST RESERVE TAMAN BUKIT PERMAI

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Green Spaces Rivers and Canals Water Catchment Greater KL Boundary Landmarks

EDITORIAL DESIGN

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International Urban Design Workshop

ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPH 4

The Potentialities of Places 2010 - 2011 International Urban Design Workshop

The Potentialities of Places 2010 - 2011

International Urban Design Workshop

The Potentialities of Places ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPH 4

2010 - 2011

This publication is the result of the urban design research laboratory [UDRL] workshops conducted at four different venues during the 2010-2011 academic year. The workshops are based on the theme ‘The Potentialities of Places’ to promote the creative imagination of students to generate new ideas on contemporary urban living and working conditions.

The first workshop was held at the University of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland in July 2010.

The second was at University Technology Sydney in November 2010. The third and fourth workshops were conducted concurrently at the Aedes Campus Network Berlin and Oxford Brookes University in July, 2011. These International Urban Design Workshops have established an inimitable ‘dialogue platform’ focusing on the potential and dilemma of global cities.

Department of Architecture Faculty of Architecture Planning & Surveying Universiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah Alam, MALAYSIA www.fspu.uitm.edu.my

SLEEVE COVER for MONOGRAPH 3 “THE POTENTIALITIES of PLACES” International Workshop Series 2010-2011

“THE POTENTIALITIES OF PLACES”

Urban Design Research Laboratory [UDRL] UiTM ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPH 4

University Publication Centre (UPENA)

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