Sesi_Suara: Taksub by Sesi Seni

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Fitri Comet

Firdaus Husain

‘doa’

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Deklamasi Awanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Pagi aku habis dalam mimpi, aku celik waktu tengahari. Selebihnya aku isi masa dengan kerja secara longgar tak longgar. Masa kerja aku tamat selepas subuh. Ada juga kadang kadang kitar hidup aku berlalu tanpa diisi masa tidur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nak buat macam mana, ini rezeki aku.â&#x20AC;? Aku tidur atas pelapik lantai. Kalau ada alas kepala itu rezeki tambahan berkat solat Dhuha. Sudah susun atur hidup aku terabur, tambah pula hidup dibenci. Ini cerita aku, cerita kelamnya hidup aku.

Aku gilakan awan. Ya, awan yang sentiasa jadi payung tanpa rasa jemu mual. Definisi aku tentang awan, menyemai cinta yang makin menebal. Awan ini perjuangan aku. Setiap sisi bentuk, setiap ruang padu dan kosong, ada cerita yang membuatkan manusia ini berfikir tentang sesuatu. Ini cerita awan. Awan mengajar aku erti kebebasan. Sepertimana ia berubah, beralun dan menghilang, membawa berjuta cerita tenang. Aku taksub pada awan.

Akmal Borhan

Amzar

‘Battle of Aragor and Tu’

Alif Syazwan

‘Potret Kucing’

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By Adhrah Azifah

Stars // Bucks

llliyanna Ibrahim

It’s 15:00 in the afternoon. And I’m seating on a comfortable plush chair, placed at the centre of the shop. It’s a perfect spot for witnessing a Monday’s hectic lives of people in a two-point perspective. To my surprised, it’s full in here. (Just a minute ago, a man around his 50’s sat right in front of me, us sharing a small round table, with my things occupying most of the space. It’s a two seat set, so I don’t mind sharing.)

I have arrived here, to “A comforting third place”, writing this „inexperienced writeup of mine, while sipping my hot caramel macchiato. Starbucks Coffee in Bangsar Village, that is where I am right now. And the reason of my being here is to experience this brilliant coffee culture that Starbucks has created, since its birth in 1971, March 30th. The marketdriven organization might call this coffee chain a brilliant brand bomber, and who in the world wouldn’t? It’s a place where sophisticated people can share coffee, community,

camaraderie and connection. Almost 70% of the customers coming in here where I’m witnessing are educated business advocates with obvious limitless money in the bank. And here is where the golden question comes in; How obsessive are these people to drinking a RM15 worth of coffee every working days in a week, of their lives? Sure you can own an intelligent tumbler that’s been designed specifically for Starbucks, that then addresses to its loyal customers who thinks coffee is the best solution to stay hydrated as compared to a boiled tap water that you can pack from home for free. Here on its menu board wrote bellow in green font saying “Bring in a tumbler. Save RM2 and use one less paper cup every time.” Can you see one marketing strategy they use to its customers? Green initiative; where people in the world are much aware of now, helping each other to save the age old earth. Starbucks is of a different breed. They are different from other coffee shops in the world. With its use of intelligent furniture that is made of used wood and recycled materials, it creates a sense of being and comfort for its customers. Starbucks is the coffee shop that wants to stare deep into your eyes and „connect. Maybe this doesn’t sound obsessive enough,

“ This coffee brand is so powerful that columnist John Barber quoted, “it’s like head lice through a kindergarten ”. so let me bring you into a deeper insight of how this coffee shop has implemented a segment of life in one’s mind. This one’s called; Global Domination. Trust me, everyone knows what Starbucks is, and I mean everyone. And that includes infants. One vocab that a parent teaches its new born baby to speak is Starbucks. (I’m kidding, just exaggerating a little.) But my point is kids know what Starbucks is. It’s a coffee shop. Just as how kids projected an image to other plastic brands like KFC, McDonalds and Nike. This coffee brand is so powerful that columnist John Barber quoted, “it’s like head lice through a kindergarten”. This coffee shop just pops out like wild mushrooms. Here in Bangsar Village alone stood two Starbucks joint just 123 steps away from one another. (Yes, I’ve counted.) So why compete for the same customers of the same area? Isn’t one enough to gather all coffee addicts in one strategic spot? This one’s a strategy. Here Starbucks uses a policy called “clusters”. [Clustering: a competitive retail strategy] It’s a highly aggressive strategy,

and it involves something the company calls “cannibalization”. Their policy is to drop clusters of outlets in urban areas already dotted with cafes and espresso bars. Whilst instead of opening a few stores in every city in the world, Starbucks waits until it can blitz an entire area and spread. The idea is to saturate an area with stores until the coffee competition is so fierce that sales drop even in individual Starbucks outlets. Understandably, the closer the outlets get to each other, the more they begin to poach or “cannibalize” each other’s clientele. “A new Starbucks store is an investment”. What that means is that while sales were slowing at individual stores, the total sales of all the chain stores combined continued to rise doubling, in fact. It also helped Starbucks, no doubt, that its cannibalization strategy preys not only on other Starbucks outlets but equally on its real competitors, independently run coffee shops and restaurants. Such brave strategy played by Starbucks made them become so obsessive that this practice began creating controversy

“ Starbucks realestate strategy was to stake out a popular independent café in a well-trafficked, funky location and simply poach the lease from under it. ” in 2000. Starbucks real-estate strategy was to stake out a popular independent café in a well-trafficked, funky location and simply poach the lease from under it. Several independent café owners in prime locations are on record claiming that Starbucks went directly to their landlords and offered to pay them higher rental payments for the same or adjacent spaces. Such advantage has made them practice Usury. As we are discussing delicious insights about Starbucks, have you ever stopped and notice how gradually the interior, the façade or the in-house products changes due time? Notice how the packaging of its items displayed are eye-catching. Even a local banana is neatly packed in a transparent plastic and sold in front of the cashier so customers can grab one and ask the barista to blend it along with their coffee. And that will cost you another RM2/banana. Well I do not blame anybody because indeed, we as humans are attracted to nice

(shiny) things. This is the magic of Branding. And I would like to call this; Brand Bombing. As most of us are aware, the things that surround us are of branded goods. The clothes that we wear, the shoes that we style it with and the take-outs that we consume are completely branded. Franchises that have gone militant towards changing the landscape of selling products has submerged into an era called „the Age of the Superbrand. Starbucks is one of the many Superbrands in the world. But because Starbucks is different, it is in the business of taking a much more generic product – a cup of coffee – and branding it so completely that it becomes a spiritual/designer object. As its marketing director Scott Bedbury says, to “align ourselves with one of the greatest movement towards finding a connection with your soul”. Having to notice how Starbucks conceptualize its store design based on the “four elemental icons”; “Earth to grow. Fire to roast. Water to brew. Air for aroma”. The effect of the Starbucks cluster is a powerful evidence to categorize it as an elite lifestyle brand. For many of their loyal consumers, no price is too high to pay for these branded

goods and, in fact, merely buying the products provides an insufficient relationship. Brand obsessed shoppers have adopted an almost fetishistic approach to consumption in which the brand name acquires a talismanic power. One after another, the brainiacs of Starbucks goes deeper into making sure its stores are everlasting in this world. Starbucks, upon announcing that it would begin selling furniture over the internet, calls this a “brand canopy”. This is the true meaning of a lifestyle brand: you can live your whole life inside it. And if coffee houses, why not publishing too, ask Starbucks. As the sentiment goes, “if you aren’t everywhere, you’re nowhere”. Less that we are aware of, coffee is no longer a want, but a need. Nobody is more acutely aware of how enmeshed language and brands have become than the brand managers themselves. “Products are made in the factory,” says Walter Londor, “but brands are made in the mind.” Brand builders are the new primary producers in our so-called knowledge economy. Whether if “business make business decision” or “image is everything”, you are your own to decide. So before I end my paragraph, here’s a question:

Q: Are you obsessed, or am i? 15

I awake, from a deep long slumber, from a dream-world perfection. I fly, from my broken cocoon, to the high skies. I descend, for I have seen what is below and I have dreams to show; crucial codes to break them all free. I believe in bonding with nature, not binding. While pain and sacrifice is a human must to gain growth and wisdom. Be a philosopher and go beyond acknowledging existence of something; know the meaning. And this, this is what I share. So I dive into the mass, as deep as I can burrow. I explore this entanglement. Of nature and built. Of what is common and what contrasts. Of the loved and the despised. Of reality and mystery. In this monotonous world, we seek the unravelling of endless questions. Let this be a relic, a tribute, a testament to our journey. Oh roots, dig deeper into earth. Oh leaves, grasp higher into light. All is fated and I keep faith. I keep looking for priceless pearls. I keep sowing seeds of wisdom and taste. I keep on till life leaves.

Ajim Juxta

a Conversation With the City / KL SS

Kuala Lumpur sometimes abbreviated as K.L.,is the federal capital and most populous city in Malaysia. She covers an area of 243 km2 (94 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 1.6 million as of 2012.

Muhammad Shamin bin Sahrum is a travelling nomad, seeking things which he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand and tries to reconcile with his past. Here heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to be a forensic architect interviewing KL.

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So let’s start. I’m going to randomly shoot you some questions. So it would be great if you could answer honestly. Don’t worry, nothing too hurtful though. Just regarding the current state that you are in now. I’m starting of with a very personal one, your currently what? 157 years old? So what does it feel like to be in your age?

Your starting with the age game i see... Not a good start boy, i’ve seen older cities that could pick up a girl better than you. Look at Paris. He doesn’t need to do a thing and already he has slept with woman in the trongs, more than Simmons has i reckon. Owh..the question..well, i feel quite young despite my age, well when u compare it to Berlin or Makkah, it’s not so bad. Had a pretty mellow life i can tell you that far! (laughs)

Mellow? You had Tunku declaring Merdeka! Haha! Surely that counts as something?

Well yes, that. Who could forget! Ahhh the energy from the crowd..i miss those days. People were hard back then, but they fought for something. Nowadays people are how are..how would you say it..consumed? They’re always with their small box in their hands... But i had it much better than my friends in Cambodia and Vietnam. People were dying in the hundred of thousands then... (stares afar)...

i’m..i’m sorry to hear that..lucky we went through a pretty peaceful independence. But sadly enough, most of us forgot what we had to go through...all people want is to go to malls now...

That’s another thing i really don’t get. Who’s the fella that brought the idea of malls into Malaysia? Absurdest thing to happen since communism... Why can’t you people just accept that your country is hot! You live on the equator! It’s humid! Put on a hat and get on with it!

Was just about to ask you what you uhm..well..(mutters) thought on that matter (laughs). So are you against the whole idea of it? I wonder what was it like without malls? My point exactly.

Owh it was lovely! People cycled everywhere, walked... I’m not sure what human kind means by being successful, but having a car is far from it! People were sure much more happier then, always with their families doing things... Air was fresher.. despite me smoking occasionally, it was still crisp, and sharp.

People were happy? But it was hard then, i mean meager salary, hard work, no transportation, bad infrastructure. Tell me that can’t be considered good?

Well is it? If so what’s the difference between now? You lot with your cursing during peak times, i’m having a hard time just trying to barely contain it. And when was the last time that anyone looked up to the sky, took a deep breath and said that today is great??

Do you wish it was any different now?

(Silence)...In all honesty, i’ve accepted the things that have happened.. (stares into space), i mean that’s just who i am...i’m the bad and the good, just like the people living in me. But i do miss feeling beautiful, like truly beautiful, inside... Sometimes i feel as if people put make up on me just so that they could earn an extra buck or two. Like a whore waiting on her shifts... I long for that feeling when people wandered in me and got lost amidst the chaos, stopped in their tracks and found something beautiful along the way. Here’s a secret though. I’m secretly in jealousy of how Penang is doing. She’s 228 and still looks better than i do! I wish that Ernest guy would come down and give me a makeover.

At least it’ll be a better job than the one that Johor got. I pity that Johor fella! Just when he was about to brag about that beautiful tattoo of his, someone stupid came and rubbed it clean off! Haa! (LAUGHTER)

(Laughs as well) Yea.. we all know that story!

But you know..not everything’s bad. That’s life. Looking at what you lot go through now makes me thankful that i don’t have to go through the same ordeal though. Paying for black mucky liquid more than for food just to get from point A to B ?? That’s just sad... And i’m the one hurting here ‘cause of all the tarmac and concrete you people poured on me.

..Uhm..yea...Dearly sorry about that.. the powers that be have decreed that it needs to be done.

Yes there are (smiles) Thank you for willing to take some time off your hectic schedule long enough for me to do this interview. Thank you for taking care of us all this while...

And thank you for making me feel young again dear (smiles) haven’t had a good laugh in ages. I’m sure we’ll be bumping into each other more often after this.

You are most welcome Ma’am (smiles)

(With that the conversation ends.)

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Not to worry dear ! (laughs) No need to feel guilty (smiles) It’s not like you people have power over anything nowadays ... but there’s still much to be thankful about... 21

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Surface ReConfiguration / By

A parasite in scientific definition is a living organism that is attached to a living host for survival advantages such as food, nutrition, breeding and also reproduction. Parasitic architecture on the other hand can be defined as an adaptable and exploitive form of architecture that creates a relationship with its host building containing a different program configuration but rely on the same end user, location advantages or even structural needs. Malaysia as a developing country is facing a serious unorganized housing problem in urban cities such as Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley. Local citizens from villages migrate to cities for better job opportunities and often end up living on the outskirts in self-building unorganized housing communities. The government has tried to address this issue by building low cost housing units far away from the city

Danial Ismail and relocating these slump areas to their new locations. Since these projects have been developed, the number of people flooding into the city is increasing making it impossible to accommodate the staggering amount. Malaysia has suffered multiple financial breakdowns during the past few decades and this had led to a significant effect on the development industry. In Klang Valley alone there has been five abandoned projects in an area called Bukit Raja consisting of office blocks and housing towers. Squatters and families have evaded these abandoned spaces from slums to be closer to the city. Considering theses structures are unused and low cost housing developments has been temporarily stopped due to the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial downhill, It is only fair for these people to take refuge and bring life to these long abandoned concrete shelter.

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These people act as parasites to the host building by building their new homes using found materials scattered around the unfinished building adding also to the material scavenged from their slum housing units. Like mushrooms living of a dead log, this is a rejuvenating intervention on behave of humanity and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance as they eliminate unused bare structures and put them to good use.

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My approach to further enhance this movement spatially

is how to slice open structures to create more habitable surfaces and openings. The proposition is to enhance workable surfaces for maximum and better space usage without compromising the spatial quality and living environment.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its better to design an ugly building that functions rather than build a beautiful building that does not functionâ&#x20AC;?

Making use of abandoned sites to live its potential and also solving unorganized housing issues seem to be a legitimate answer rather than leaving these sanctuaries to rot. Juxtaposing the scenario from a negative to a possibly positive defines urban development to another level. Taking into consideration the climatic and environmental aspects while deciding the incisions on the structure is a factor to take note. Addition of workable surfaces can make parasitic adaptation more effective. C

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I am interested on how these two theories, the grossformen and the anarchitecture and how it can be combined and create a chaotic structure that can be adapted to use rather than being forever unused as an abandoned building. Bio-mimicking the typical breeding conditions of a parasite into an architectural context is hoped to make the proposition more natural. Military and mining activities has scared landscapes after leaving them abandoned with traces of their past activity. In the Nevada desert there are countless areas that have been used as weapon disposal sites and explosive testing grounds. I started to look into work done by Emmet Gowin, an American photographer. He had a photograph series titled Altered landscapes where he flew across America and document landscapes that have been altered by human activity. His photographs are areal views of the sites, which you can see evidence of human activity left abandoned.

“Military and mining activities has scared landscapes after leaving them abandoned with traces of their past activity.” These sites to me give out the narrative of being a negative and have the same vibe as the abandoned structures in the city. Imitating the mathematical equation of combining a negative with a negative becoming a positive, I intend to extract and move the abandoned structures and become adaptation foundations in the scared landscapes spawning a new utopia. The purpose is not to create “the” solution but “a” solution. The basic spawning stages

“ The structures that are the result of re-configuring do not dictate the spaces that will be inhabited.”

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at the new sites will start of with the foundation programs which will be dwelling blocks and from there further develop into more elaborate programs for economy and sustain living. Depending on the abandoned buildings available, the form and capacity of the “to be” spawning sites will differ. The structures that are the result of re-configuring do not dictate the spaces that will be inhabited. They only act as scaffolding and be built upon suggesting flexibility on each spatial designation and hierarchy of space to suit its proper program. Building materials and components from previous settlements are introduced into the new foundation structure.

I made an example of how this whole process can begin by selected an abandoned office building from Messe Hamburg, Germany.

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In my visuals, I render an uncertain form by illustrating a blank outline suggesting an unformatted end product. These controversial images start conversations and further expand the possibilities of different spawning foundations relating directly to the suggested site. C

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This 11 stories office block discontinued its construction in 2004 after the funding for the project was cut off. I used the elevation picture of the building and began the process of reconfiguration. I cut and categorized the elevation elements of the structure and rearranged their placements. Several forms were produced to generate more surfaces through rearranging the building elements. All forms were tested for

the number of particles it can hold by formulating a 3D model then running particle test algorithms and the most optimum result was chosen. This new configured structure will host the adaptation of new spaces and dwelling units built by the people themselves and relating back to the theory similar to the Grossformen ideology.

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Tanpa Tuhan Tanpa Iman / Tuhanmu siapa Tuhanmu dimana Tuhanmu apa nama Sahabatku, Apa engkau sudah lupa Tangan dulu yang menggamit kitab suci Hari ini digantikan sebuah komputer Dasae fikiranya terbit pada papan kaca Cita rasanya beralur arus elektrik Itulah kalamnya Itulah kekasihnya Sahabatku Imanmu dimana Imanmu siapa Imanmu apa nama Apa kita sudah lupa Keseronokan hari ini adalah sementara Pesta hari ini kan tamat jua Dan kau akan terus mengejar bayanganmu dan ak akan terus mengejar bayanganku Meskipun sorakan kebebasan yang kita muftikan iman Terbit fajar bangsa kita Tidak akan tiba.

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Infatuated Iterations For A Possible Architecture By

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Tingkap. Tengok luar tingkap. Cermin. Tingkap tak dibuka. Cermin. Kosong. Sebab itu nampak. Cuma cahaya. Tapi kalau ada cahaya, Ada pantulan. Pantulan kepada yang melihat, Bukan yang dilihat. Bukan tingkap, Cermin. Tapi cermin pon dari kaca. Kosong. Bila melihat, tak dilihat. Bila dilihat, lupa melihat. Taksub, Melihat dan dilihat hanya hajat. (ter)Lupa niat.

Shiela Samsuri

Tingkap. Tengok luar tingkap. Tinggal langit. Kosong.

Tingkap. Tengok luar tingkap. Ada awan. Dua gumpal. Mungkin dua separuh.

Cermin Tingkap Dalam Kaca

By Anas Afandy

‘sut’

Rabbani Sujak

Malam pekat, bertemankan kopi hitam panas Cap Songkok tanpa gula – nyaman. Aku tenang berfikir tentang komunisma, kapitalisma dan keracunan minda secara demokrasi.

1994. Ketika umur hingus meleleh ke mulut adalah perkara biasa, pengetahuan aku tentang superhero tak kurang hebatnya. Masa tu, sebut sahaja Power Rangers, Batman, Ironman, Superman, Kamen Rider, Cybercop, Ultraman, Keluangman, Tiongman dan seangkatan dengannya, semua aku tahu. Mana taknya, masa tu siapa kurang tahu pasal ilmu watak superhero, dikira pondan. “jadah apa pondan woi?!” Lega juga aku bukan dalam kalangan mereka mereka yang pondan. Selepas aku menginjak sedikit dewasa, di mana hingus sudah tidak lagi meleleh kerana dilap pada lengan baju, aku mula berani keluarkan teori sendiri. ‘Sut memberi kuasa.’ Lama juga aku menanam keyakinan terhadap teori tersebut ; maklumlah zaman aku itu dulu belum dicemari ‘tuhan’ kecil bernama tablet. Main waktu petang menjadi rukun harian hidup aku sebagai anak watan yang cintakan hak sosial bersama. 2014. 20 tahun berlalu, hari ini aku bercerita. Kelihatan superhero masakini berwajah lain. Mereka lebih berani mempromosi wajah sebenar mereka. Mereka mereka ini ada dua golongan, senang aku bahasakan sebagai golongan

berusia dan golongan setahun jagung. Golongan berusia kemas segak dengan misai lentik tidak dilupa perut sedikit mengunjur ke hadapan. Golongan setahun jagung pula, muka licin dan acah acah ganas. Persamaan antara dua golongan ini adalah mereka ada sut khas. Seperti teori aku, ‘sut memberi kuasa’. Golongan berusia ini walaupun dengan imej yang menggertak, tetap rileks melaksanakan tanggungjawab maka aku taknak leretkan cerita. Golongan setahun jagung pula dengan sedikit perwatakan hero Malaya muka licin, mereka bersuara lebih lantang dalam melaksanakan tanggungjawab. Mereka hebat dalam melontar bahasa keras tanpa soal bukti. Terpekik telolong seperti manusia berkarisma tinggi. Menjaja kuasa ‘penuh’ tolak ansur dan berintegriti.

“ Kelihatan superhero masakini berwajah lain. Mereka lebih berani mempromosi wajah sebenar mereka. Mereka mereka ini ada dua golongan, senang aku bahasakan sebagai golongan berusia dan golongan setahun jagung,” Pernah juga, aku parking secara membabi buta di fakulti aku belajar pada waktu malam oleh sebab kecemasan. Lalu aku dgr suara lantang dari jarak jauh dengan pekikan “Woi! Kau sekolah mana belajar parking sini?! Kau alih sekarang!!” Baru aku sedar itu suara dari wakil golongan setahun jagung. Ya, aku faham mereka melaksanakan tanggungjawab dengan penuh wibawa, dan berkarisma. Sebagai manusia berakal, aku belah. ‘Sut memberi kuasa’. Taksub. Ya, sut itu membuat mereka kebal dan megah. Kebal hingga tak terkawal, megah tak terbanding. Terima kasih Polis Bantuan Universiti ** 45

Retreat For The Mad Scientistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cult This project is about a mad scientist, Gavin Roach, who wanted to prove that a salmon can produce electricity to make 12 cups of tea.

The mad scientist was last seen doing his research in Llanberis, the place of engineering wonders in Wales, the land of the Electric Mountain. (the mountain is dug out to build an electric power station inside it) It is where we can see the remnants of welsh slate quarry, and where the Sacred Fish in the well dwells. After a while, stories of the scientist in Llanberis turned into a cult. it created the opportunity to use the people who came to see the laboratory and supply electricity to power the laboratory itself.

The site is utilized in a way that people will use the maximum amount of energy to explore and live on it.Their kinetic energy will

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be stored as electricity whilst they walkabout on the Piezoelectric plates. The project uses the system of myths and rituals of baptism to map out the spatial sequence, seeing how people could travel as far as Wales just to experience a baptism at the Holy Wells, to be blessed and cured by the sacred fish. The architecture uses the method of manipulation; ie how the priest creates myth, adding on rituals, thus playing on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desperation to get the most out of them.

Rundingan Menentang Ditentang “Aku takde nak kejar apa sangat kot,” Aku pandang Lea dengan senyum, “nak pakai proton, ada rumah biasa dan ada kerja yang sederhana. Oh dan ya, aku suka menulis so aku nak menulis nanti kat masa depan aku.” Lea pandang aku dengan muka jelek. Hukuman begini cukup rutin bagi aku dalam waktu begini. Selalunya aku akan abaikan atau ambil alih perhatian mereka dengan keluarkan topik yang lain. Contohnya topik ikan melompat di persisir pantai yang tengah rancak disebut dalam Facebook dan laman sosial yang lain. “Oh so kau ni jenis manusia yang takde wawasan.” Dia membalas rapi, muka serius, “susahlah nanti kau nak cari awek yang hot pakai sut dan skirt pendek. Diorang nak bf kaya kot.” “Hehe, aku tak kisah pasal awek ke apa. Ini cara aku kot.”

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Dia dekatkan kerusi dan duduk menghadap aku seolah ingin menyampaikan sesuatu yang besar dan hebat. Seperti seorang pembawa utusan dari syurga dan aku ini makhluk yang jahil dan bakal dibakar neraka kelak. “Kau kena ubah tu semua Syed. Hidup kita kena pandang jauh sampai bintang. Kalau kita gagal, paling kurang kita mungkin dapat capai awan.”

hanyalah kita yang berkhidmat buat mereka? Maksud aku, kita terus kejar apa yang kita nak dan pastikan kita kekal dalam sistem tersebut sebab nak raihkan glory tu.”

“Hm, apa maksud kau?” “Glory… What?” “Maksud aku, kau kena start pasang impian nak jadi boss dalam syarikat suatu hari nanti. Jadi AR yang kerjanya jumpa Dato’, Tan Sri untuk minum kopi dan dapatkan projek. Waktu tu kau tak payah risau apa, hidup kau boleh dikatakan mewah. Nak sara anak bini pun senang. Nak bantu orang lain pun senang kan?” Aku diam dan cuba cerna katanya dari dalam. Apa yang dikatakannya tu betul tapi tak begitu tepat – seolah ada sesuatu yang tak lengkap. Apa sebenarnya berjaya yang berjaya. Aku pernah terbaca quote rawak dalam Tumblr yang mana John Lennon kata impiannya adalah untuk menjadi gembira. Aku percaya ada antara kita yang tak inginkan kemewahan yang sebenar selagi hidupnya tak dihimpit seksa. Lapang – aku mahukan hidup aku untuk lapang dalam sederhana. “Kau jenis yang takde wawasan. Better kau berubah sebab nanti orang lain pandang kau rendah.” “Wawasan. Apa yang wawasannya kalau akhir kerja mewah tersebut

Kali ini aku tenung ke arahnya. Biarkan budak neraka cerita kepada dewa sempurna di depan ini. “Maksud aku apa yang kita nak kejar? Aku percaya ilmu yang bagus ialah ilmu yang kembali menyumbang kepada masyarakat. Sis, aku tak minat nak sambung archi sebab prosesnya lembab dengan disiplin yang bagi aku mengarut kat Malaysia ni. So sebab tu aku taknak cakap pasal jadi AR ke apa. Aku akan cari step aku sendiri untuk menyumbang kepada awam suatu hari nanti.” “What a waste. Kau dah belajar 4 tahun kot.” “Dan 4 tahun tu jugak Design aku kekal kat C+ sampai C. B- pun tak pernah. Aku just tak masuk dengan Design thingy.” “See, ini kata-kata seorang loser beb.” Muka Lea waktu tersebut sangat kecewa. Aku tak pasti dengan apa yang dia kecewakan. Adakah kata aku tersebut menyakitkan dia dari dalam?

Kalau ya, atas sebab apa dia nak sakit sebegitu? Aku bukannya sesiapa untuk diangkat dan dipelihara selain seorang kawan – walhal kawan pun tinggalkan kawan mereka yang lain bila dah nampak peluang. “Kau nak jadi writer apa? Fiksyen? Haha wei ni tahun 2014 kot. Kerja macam tu mana untung. Kau nak merempat ke dalam hidup kau?” “Kan aku cakap, aku akan cari step aku.” “Sekarang ni semua kena kejar bidang professional. Sebab macam kau nilah, kita orang Melayu susah nak maju. Selalu nak berkait dengan bidang seni jalanan ni. Menulis buku, painting, muzik; kau kena bawak diri kau tinggi.” Aku senyum dan senyum. Lea terlalu berpegang dengan idea professionalnya tersebut. Dan lebih dahsyat dia mengaitkan dengan Melayu yang susah nak maju. “See, semua ada part masingmasing.” Aku cuba membalas perlahan, elak untuk mengancam ideanya secara terus, “aku nak take part dengan penulisan walaupun kau kata tu seni jalanan.” “Sedihlah Syed. Kau dah dapat peluang belajar kat sini lepastu taknak praktis kat luar. Apa je kau boleh buat dengan menulis?” “Nay, aku anggap ni proses pengalaman aku.

Zul Fikri Zamir ada cakap, lepas slogan Wawasan 2020 oleh Tun M, semua masyarakat kita dah pandang kereta terbang, bangunan tinggi sampai langit, bla bla… Semua dah nak kejar untuk bangunkan negara dalam sains dan teknologi. Aliran sastera kat sekolah jadi terpinggir dan selalu dikaitkan dengan budak yang average, budak yang tak pandai.” “Memang betul pun. Sebab dunia nak kita dalam bidang professional.” “See, kau pun ada idea macam tu. Ibnu Khaldun dalam teori asas tamadun yang kita belajar kat sekolah dulu dia ada nyatakan tamadun wujud dari dua benda ni; pembangunan lahiriah dan rohaniah kan?” “A’ah, then?” “Sains dan teknologi itu bahagian lahiriah. Jadi di mana rohaniah tadi?” Dia diam dan berfikir sebentar. “Rohaniah kan kita ada agama. Apa susahnya.” “Kalaulah semua mampu takrifkan agama dengan cara yang betul sis. Rohaniah pada akhlak, moral dan tatasusila sesebuah tamadun. Jadi

untuk capai benda ni, kita ada bidang sastera yang akan mencerminkan masyarakat untuk dijadikan sebagai tanggungjawab sosial. Macam filem yang kasi kesedaran – selain filem dengan hiburan semata – dan bukubuku fiksyen yang menceritakan setiap dari kehidupan kita. Itu adalah cermin terhadap diri dan kita belajar darinya.” “Tapi semua orang boleh menulis kan.” “Semua orang boleh menulis, tapi tak semua boleh sampaikan idea mereka. Contoh, kau nak settle down dalam hidup: jadi AR, ada kereta, ada rumah. Kira kau nak hidup selesa. Tapi apa sebenarnya sumbangan kau kepada masyarakat secara mutlak? Design rumah mereka? Aku cakapkan tentang sesuatu yang lebih mentah dari tu. Aku menulis dengan harapan nak sumbang idea kepada masyarakat luar sana, untuk ubah pemikiran mereka dari A ke B, secara baik.”

“Aliran sastera kat sekolah jadi terpinggir dan selalu dikaitkan dengan budak yang average, budak yang tak pandai.” Itu adalah sistem yang telah termeterai dalam hidup manusia, maka selain dari kata hukuman losernya tadi ke aku, aku hanya percaya yang aku perlu hormat ideanya dan dia juga perlu lakukan begitu.

“Kalau hidup sekadar hidup, babi di hutan juga hidup. Kalau bekerja sekadar bekerja, kera juga bekerja.”― Buya Hamka

Seperti biasa, dia ambil masa diam dan berfikir lagi. Mungkin aku terlalu menyampaikan dalam keadaan yang pantas maka dia agak tersentak dengan cara aku. “Tapi nanti hidup kau susah.” Lea membalas sepatah. Aku tak ingin sambung lagi lepas dari itu. Mungkin aku terlalu berpegang dengan idea aku dan Lea turut berpegang dengan ideanya.

Amir Sabri By Langsung marah si Opah. Menyumpah. Tengkorak dibaling dengan terompah. Mayat dibelangkung dengan pelepah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Selamat berpesta, tikus-tikus sampah. Banyak daging untuk dilapah. Anggap saja ini upah,â&#x20AC;? ucap si Opah. Aku yang memerhati, teruskan lagi menyumpah. menyorok di sebalik sampah. (sebab aku nak curi2 lapah aku juga dahagakan darah).

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;taksubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Tikus-tikus rakuskan sampah buat aku menyampah buat lorong-lorong bersepah buat orang menyumpah. Dan di situ juga darah mereka tumpah darah mereka melimpah mayat minta dipapah takut dilapah oleh tikus-tikus sampah.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tegak kan

Berdiri, menghadap berpijak di bumi mengakari tanah tapak berdaun, berbunga membenih bumi nanti kan mati putaran berulang hidup, mati, hidup lagi...

Berganjak mungkin seakan siput, perlahan berhaluan, tinggal kesan, pesan ditinggal, yang lain mungkin tegak mengikut atas dasar hanya terikut... Langit dijunjung, hanya pada kata walhal tak sampai hujung tak tahu hujung di mana hanya pada kata mungkin tak terbatas mungkinkah bebas, jatuh terhempas, cuba melangkau tuju ke atas tamak terbang terlupa nak hinggap. singgah di dahan, lelap sekejap...

Lalu mengadu tunduk ke bumi terlintas terimbas hidup dilingkar dosa mengutip pahala silap tafsir, cebis pahala sahaja...

hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tu ja

Dapat mendongak, berdiri tegak dapat kau imbang fikiran songsang

Ajim Juxta

ulit ulit ikat mengikat utuh tak runtuh kuat tak rapuh Biar dibina untuk sempurna biar indah jiwa dan raga Satu hari kan mati Satu hari kan runtuh Satu hari kan terbaring Takkan selamanya berdiri Takkan selamanya tegak Kekalkan nurani hati Jangan diturut, kanun gila dunia yang dicipta si tamak yang cantik luaran buruk di dalam. Andai yang di akal dan di hati bersatu biar dalam reput jasad menanti hujung aku tak hintung biar terus menerus menongkah garis gerak geri jari jemari keras gemalai berlapis berlingkar bergelumang

Terus tegak hujung nyawa.

Bunyinya seperti bermain kata sahaja dan rangkap terus tertulis untuk cuba mengungkap rasa

Jean Nouvel

Dirty deeds,

Dr. Evil

done dirt cheap.

The Obsession Of Newness In Architecture

Nowadays we have seen that an excessive concern for newness draws contemporary architecture into the world beyond its comfort level. There is a lot of modern architects attempt to define and establish their own identity or “newness” in architecture by designing and introducing the individual thoughts and ideas.

Since the past few decades, newness has become the fundamental criteria of quality in architecture .Newness in architecture is always been seen as vision of future of the architect. The architect has the power to speculate and show people what is possible and what is not. They believe that the architectural world should have a room for visionary and imaginary ideas to escape the problems of the day, and that is when the idea of “Utopian architecture” derived .However, history has shown that not all proposed architectural designs and solutions have proven buildable and constructible.

Saiful Sazlan

In order to make the “newness” in architecture become a reality, the important role of technology is undeniable and undisputable. Here arises a matter of course. Does newness and technology lead us to utopia? And if the answer is yes, does that mean we are living in the past architect’s utopia? According to Oxford Advanced dictionary, newness can be interpreted as “to make a new discovery or to do something that has not been done before”. Newness in architecture is expected to conjure concern and enthusiasm, and being obsessed by novelty. As an architect, we cannot avoid the idea of ‘newness’ in architecture. It can be about designing a new building, renovating an old structure or even designing the whole development concept of a city. In an article written by Juhani Pallasmaa, newness is usually related with extreme individuality and self-expression. The more subjective a design is, the more it focuses on the subjectivity of the architect. Reception on newness in architecture is not always positive. Newness has been criticized for its extreme individuality and uniqueness. As Maurice Merleu-Ponty emphasizes that, “We have come to see not the work of art, but the world according to the work”. Criticism of Gehry’s work includes objections that his designs wasting structural resources by creating functionless facades and alienated designs that do not belong in their surroundings. His designs for the new Faculty of Business for University of Technology, Sydney has been slammed for

“ Newness in architecture is expected to conjure concern and enthusiasm, and being obsessed by novelty. “ being unresponsive to local climate and context, resource-intensive, structurally wasteful and above all, costly. The same goes to Zaha Hadid. Her futuristic idea for the flamboyant new Guangzhou Opera House has been criticized for its insensitivity to local climate and context. As a result, During typhoon season, the rain seeping relentlessly into the building. Another Hadid’s project, London Aquatics Centre, have been accused by critics for its curvaceous roof as a design blunder that blocked most of the top rows from viewing the highest diving board. Vision of Future –Utopia Since the last quarter of the twentieth century, utopian visions have been understood, more and more to make the idea become reality. The concept of utopia, derived from Thomas More’s famous text of that name in 1516 – from the Greek ou meaning ‘not’ or eu meaning ‘happy’, and topos meaning ‘place’. In architecture, the idea of utopia started when the world was facing the devastation and destruction wrought by World War 1. During that time, the architects believed that their building could help solve the world’s problem. Using new materials available during the Industrial Revolution, modernist architects tried to imagine new cities that reinforced utopian visions.

As philosophers such as Karl Mannheim and Paul Ricoeur have discussed, utopia and ideology are simultaneously connected together 16. It is all about social change and the possibility of a radical different future while stabilize the features of the present. Some utopian visions focused on new technology, new social orders and still others on open. Each architect’s ideal was different, but they all knew that one thing in common, that the ideas could never be built during that time – but carefully planned and highly systematic. Utopia and technology As thought on utopia developed, however, many Utopist were uncertain. In his greatest work, A modern Utopia, H. G. Wells accepts that the idea of constantly developing the technology. In the 1960s, there was an avant-garde architectural group called “Archigram” and based at the Architecture Association, London that was futurist, anti-heroic and pro-consumerist, drawing inspiration from technology in order to create a new reality that

was exclusively expressed through hypothetical projects and idea. Between 1960 and 1964, Archigram manifested a provocative project called “Plug-in City” that suggests a hypothetical fantasy city containing modular residential units that “plug in” to a central infrastructural mega machine 19. Prefabricated living units, office and shops are plugged into a grid by a crane that would install and replace the modules planned for obsolescence and the organically self-refreshing city system would support change and growth. And this principle is transcribed into a vision of the future reality.

(Below) Plug-In-City, Archigram, Peter Cook

In 1972, the Archigram’s idea of Plug in City is shared and continued by a Japanese Metabolist architect, Kisho Kurokawa with his Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo. The 8-foot by 12-foot by 7-foot tall capsules were fabricated of site, and installed by crane and bolted to one of two support towers 20. This tower reflects Archigram’s space capsule inspiration but not the flexibility concept, since none of the capsules was ever replaced. In 2005, Shigeru Ban, a prominent Japanese architect designed “Nomadic Museum”,a purpose-built temporary structure used to house a photography and film exhibition. The main idea of this museum is a sustainable traveling museum. The architect imagined a structure that could easily be assembled and installed, with its industrialized containers constantly rearranged by cranes, echoing the ideas of Archigram.

of a different and better future. The hope that cannot be justified in conventional and traditional principles, the hope that links the perception of how visions relate to reality, and how they can be realized. Answering the question “does newness and technology lead us to utopia?” with a yes, I would say that we are actually living in the past architect’s utopia. Technology is the driving force for utopia and this idea will be sustained and continued. John Rajchman in his writings “what is new in architecture” states that. “That is why we can never find ourselves anywhere: our place is yet to come, our time is yet to take place”, echoing that today is not really our visions, but someone else. Ours is yet to come.

(Below) Plan Voisin, Le Corbusier Archigram’s visions succeeded in inspiring a new generation of architects and designers. Their radical and provocative ideas to reveal and explore infrastructural elements and reverse traditional building hierarchies as their utopian visions have succeeded and inspired many of modern architects and urban thinking today, parallels to technological advancement. Both newness and utopian visions in architecture are the hope

This is my letter ‘ T ’/

Khairul Izzuddin

Faiz Zaini

less is more less is a bore more is more yes is more = yes is greed 73

Amirul ‘Max’ Shafiq

aksub ke Bangang?

Kau pernah tau tak pasal projek ‘monster tank’ Hitler?Haa..ni aku nak cite sikit pasal tuh. Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte or dalam bahasa Amerika ‘Land Cruiser P. 1000 Rat’. Memang sangat beso bro. Oh..Hitler lagi?bukan dorang da ada Tiger ke Panzer hape ntah yang power tuh ke? Kalau kau rasa tank Tiger II ngan Panzer VIII Maus da beso, ini lagi beso kau tau. Tinggi je 11meter, panjang?fuhhh.. 39meter, lebar pulak 14meter. Lebih kurang satu blok bangunan aku rase ni. Memang dasyat. Kau boleh bayangkan tak kalau lah benda ni betol-betol dorang buat. Mau ranap batalion askar Moscow. haha. Ko bayangkan ni, tank ni ada 2 laras meriam SK C/28 280 mm. 280mm?ergh.beso ni haa.pergh. siap ada 128 mm anti-tank gun , 2 laras lagi 15 mm Mauser Meriam-automatik MG 151/15. Eh.. ada lagi 8 laras 20 mm Flak 38 antiaircraft 20 mm guns. 8 bro..laapaaaann!! Tapi….

tidak cukup resoures, so projek ni batal. Mase tu ada drawing yang da siap. Batal?emm..da agak.berangan aje. Setakat cakap, tapi habuk pun tarak. Bro, aku bukan nak cakap pasal projek ni batal ke hape. Kau boleh bayangkan tak si Hitler si sangat taksub dengan benda bespo-beso? Macam-macam lah benda dia nak buat. Tapi banyak tak guna pun mase perang. Macam projek â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Schwerer Gustavâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; . da siap da. Da test. Memang power. Cuma masa perang, benda ni belum ready. So kau paham la sendiri. Guna ke tak guna ke, yang penting kebanyakan idea si Hitler nih da sampai tahap prototaip. Kau kena paham la. Bukan arini kau cakap nak buat, esok da leh siap kan. Mesti ada perancangan. Sempat tak sempat guna tuh bukan soal sekarang. Kau tau tak bukan senang nak jumpa orang yang buat semua yang dorang nak buat. Kalau ada pun, orang yang pandai cakap aje. Pelaksanaan? Susa la mau cakap.

Kadang-kadang banyak idea orang boleh bagi. Cakap itu boleh jadi.ini boleh buat. Tapi kau yakin ke semua tuh dilaksana ke? Jarang la bro. macam-macam hal. Macam-macam alasan. Padahal, buat pun belum. Tu la akibat kalau bercakap banyak dari pakai otak. Orang kan buat keje pakai tangan. Fikir guna otak. Sekarang banyak orang buat keje senang. Buat keje guna mulut. Aku rasa kau nih taksub sangat dengan Hitler. Kau tak tau ke Hitler ni propaganda yahudi? Freemason. Ha, ko percaya orang boleh sampai bulan ke? Ni lagi pasal Hitler. Aku langsung tak percaya. I DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T BELIEVE IT !

Itu aku punya hal. Kalau kau nak baca ni pun itu kau punya hal. Tapi cuba kau fikir, sepatutnya cerita camni buat kau lagi passion, lagi yakin dengan diri kau. Andailah memang takde sape pun boleh buat macam Hitler, takda sape boleh naik bulan termasuk Neil Amstrong, tak boleh ke kau tanam kat diri kau yang kau boleh buat semua propaganda ni jadi realiti? Cerita orang naik bulan kononnya lakonan, tak boleh ke kau sendiri berusaha untuk naik ke bulan? Cerita Hitler ni pulak saje yahudi buat-buat kan? Pada aku, taksub aku dengan Hitler sebab aku kagum Hitler mampu membina negara yang kuat. Senjata canggih. Teroka teknologi yang belum ada. Its fine la kalaupun Hitler ni cuma mitos yahudi. Tapi nilai murni yang ada dalam Hitler, pernah tak kau amek pedulik? Benda-benda yang merangsang kau untuk jadi maju, ada kau nampak tak? Apa dia buat untuk rakyat Jerman?VW beetle asal idea sapa?apa sumbangan untuk rakyat Jerman?sampai arini kau nampak tak VW Beetle?apa pulak yang kau buat untuk diri kau?untuk negara kau?kau sebuk

taknak terlibat dengan agenda yahudi kononnya, freemason la, dajjal la hapa. Apa yang kau buat untuk bangsa kau?sekadar mengingatkan segala dalam dunia ni aturan yahudi je? Then kau berterusan menjadi pengingat je?kenapa kau tak melawan je. Bangkit dan lawan balik yahudi semua ni. Mulut asyik cakap, abes tangan kau buat apa? Ni ha.ni tangan aku. Tengah reply message awek. Like gambo pompuan kat FB. kadang-kadang berâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;debatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kat FB. u know what? aku selalu menang kau tau. Kira tangan aku tangan warriors la sebenarnya. kan? Tu jela kau. Kau tak tahu apa yang ada dalam sejarah. Kau tak tahu asal-usul kau. Kau tak pernah belajar. Aku tak ajar kau jadi taksub. Tapi kau pandaipandailah fikir. orang lain taksub ada hasil. Kau taksub, nampak bangang. bersumpah depan alquran pasal bola. goyang bontot sambil berdemo. yang paling epik, nak boikot Jepun pun ada. hahaha. Memang tak malu dan tak maju. Tolong hentikan. Tolong jangan jadi BANGANG. Tu je aku nak pesan, kawan. 77

When Money Speaks Louder Than People The most powerful thing in the world use to be intelligence, religion, but these days, that throne is uphold by none other than money. It is the most powerful and influential things exist in this modern era. Its an irony, the fact that the world today focus on the value of things rather than people. How much do you have? How much does it cost?? How much can we get? How much did we lose? How much is the pay?

These words are often heard on a daily basis by everyone. The reason why these words are chosen as the welcoming passage of the paragraph is to show you how we humans emphasie on the aspect related with money in every part of our lives. The present world as we know it, has already since a decade ago, being structured in a way that makes money a very important commodity that we need. Being able to attain the capability to have more money than you can spend has become the holy grail of this world, the dream every child is taught to have. So as a child grows up, they learn that they need money to survive in this world. They learn that

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things of no value or non profitable should be discarded and not be cared for. They are taught to search for progress and view modernization as the way to go. But is it really? Because if so, why are there never ending streams of people that repeatedly emphasize the negative effect it will cause to the present and future generation. However, the method to counter or negate the effect of this is still an on-going process of who is to blame and who should change. So what am I doing here? Why are you reading this? Which side are you on? Which side do you agree with? What I am doing here is nothing more than just to spark a thought in your mind. I was raised in a family where both my parents had different understanding of how money should be viewed. I was raised and taught that money is an important part of life as it determined they success of your life, but at the same time I was also taught about not to emphasize on money over people as life is something that can be bought. So what is it? Going back to my origin in architecture, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really see this as an issue. My job is to make good buildings for good clients. Sounds quite simple. But then I see something more. What if the client, which in my understanding can be considered as a good client, is asking the architect to do the wrong thing?

What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m referring to is the billion Ringgit Kampung Baru Redevelopment Project. I have only been to Kampung Baru a few times. The food was nice, the air was nice, the environment was nice, and the people was nice too. Kampung Baru sits right next to the city centre but the environment and the feeling in Kampung Baru is like I entered a new dimension away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I can still see the Petronas Twin Tower, and all the other eye-catching skyscrapers around Kuala Lumpur, but being at Kampung Baru, at the moment, at that time, was something that I find of high value. It was simple, it was pleasant and it was relaxing. I enjoyed Kuala Lumpur as it is, there is nothing wrong with Kuala Lumpur (okay, that might have been too much, they are things that needs to be done to improve Kuala Lumpur, but lets save that for next time), but sometimes, being able to enjoy the village-like atmosphere in a place adjacent to the city is something that to me should be valued and protected. I find it sad that these places will be lost in the near future and that my children and the next generation would never be able to experience it.

All for the sake of modernization, is it? Okay, this might be a little side-track, but what is really modernization? Skyscrapers everywhere occupied by the worlds wealthiest conglomerate? The new Kampung Baru will be known as a part of the city that people go to work in the day-in-day-out. Is it really the best? Sure we hear all the reports claiming how beneficial the project is for the people of Kampung Baru, they will get a good amount of compensation, their land price would skyrocket and all the other statistics. But yes, that’s the statistic, that was made by the people that is sitting at their desk everyday counting numbers and how to divide it in a way that everyone can hopefully have a smile on their face at the end of the day. I think we shouldn’t be doing what we are doing now. The issues are there. The people involved in the project knows the risk but their hands and mouth are tied up by the so called ‘higher-power’. Those people can only see the current residents of Kampung Baru as assets that has now become a liability to their progress to make more money.

not be able to make the money that was initially desired, but I think we can make enough to give everyone the smile that they need at the end of the project. It’s not an easy step, more of a steep climb, but I think by protecting the social value of Kampung Baru, we can benefit more in the long run. If we can come up with something that can modernize Kampung Baru while maintaining the social value needed in Kampung Baru. It will be something unheard of, a prototype for something that can hopefully trigger a new dialogue between scholars and what should be emphasized in a modernization of a city and its people.

So what can we do? This is where I want to interject. As an architect, I think that a better solution can be made to solve this issue. But somebody needs to make the sacrifice. Yes, we might

The stroy of the flameco dancers can be seen by the ‘reddness’ of the dress. The layers, swirl with the hips and body, resembled the story told by the story teller, with the ambience of the classical spanish guitarist. Supported with the story of Goya’s black painting - Fantastic Vision, The woman wears a white dress covered by a red-rose coloured robe. Both seem fearful, She covers the lower half of her face with her robe, his face is deeply disturbed at refure for Spanish Liberas during aftermath of Spanish Penisular War.

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Azrul Haqimie

tak faham? tak suka? tak kisah? tak peduli? takut? tak apa, tak de hal

SEKARA AKU TAKSUB KAU YANG TA

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