T A L E S OF T H R E E C I T I E S KUALA LUMPUR (JALAN ALOR)-
STREET OF CULTURE
YONG THANG SHAUN 0320675
THE PLAY OF HIERACHY BRINGS FURTHER EMPHASIS TO THE CLUSTER OF ACTIVITY TYPOLOGY. THIS BRINGS A SENSE OF ORDER DUE TO THE SEGREGATION OF WORK AND PLAY.
THE APPROACH TO JALAN ALOR GIVES A FEELING OF BEING LED THROUGH AN INTENTIONAL WALKWAY BY USING SOLIDS AND VOIDS WHERE THE VOID ENCOURAGES VISION AND THE SOLID DETERMINES BOUNDARY.
THE STREET OF JALAN ALOR GIVES A SENSE OF BALANCE THROUGH
SYMMETRY IN BOTH FORM AND ACTIVITY.
A SET BOUNDARY GIVES A SENSE OF SEGREGATION THROUGH THE GRADUAL DIFFERENCE OF BUILDING HIERACHY.
THE STREET GIVES OF LIVELY AND EXCITING VIBE DUE TO THE MOVEMENT PATTERN FORMED ALONG THE LINEAR PATHWAY CREATED BY THE SPACE’S FUNCTION AND ACTIVITY.
THE FORM OF THE STREET CREATES A TWO-WAY MOVEMENT PATTERN THAT SEEMS TO RESTRICT ITS USER TO THAT CIRCULATION.
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THE REPETITION OF BUILDING IN BOTH FORM AND FUNCTION ADDS TO THE VISUAL CONSISTENCY.
A SENSE OF CONTRADICTION TO BOTH SPACE AND ACTIVITY. THE CONTRAST OF JALAN ALOR AND THE ENCOMPASSING MODERN CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR , HIGHLIGHTS THE TIMELESSNESS THAT IS PRESENT WITHIN.
THE ALLEYWAY GIVES OF A SENSE OF SURPRISE AND
ANTICIPATION DUE TO THE SCALE AND PROPORTION OF THE VERTICAL STRUCTURES THAT IS INVERSELY CORRELATED TO THE WALKWAY.
THE HARMONIOUS USE OF COLOUR PALLETES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE BUILDINGS FUNCTION GIVES OF A CERTAIN VIBE OF WARMTH
THE REFRESHING SENSE OF NATURE PROVIDES A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE THROUGH PLANTED GREENERY AND HORTICULTURE.
KUCHING A VIBRANT CITY THAT EXUDES CULTURAL HIERACHY THROUGH ITS EMPHASIS ON HORIZONTALITY.
KUCHING GIVES OF A SENSE OF WARMTH AND FAMILIARITY THROUGH ITS OPEN CIRCULATION AND THE INCLUSION OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS IN ITS LIVELY ACTIVITIES.
GEORGETOWN A WELCOMING INTRODUCTION THROUGH ITS NEARLY SYMMETRICAL FORM THAT EXUDES FAMILIARITY IN BOTH FORM AND FUNCTION.
A SENSE OF FAMILIARITY AND NOSTALGIA COMES FROM THE SIMPLICITY OF THE BUILDINGS TYPOLOGY AND ITS REPETITIVE FORM AND FAÇADE WHILE MAINTAINING THE
COMMUNITY’S ORIGINAL SOCIAL ACTIVITY.