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“How human behavior simulation can be identify and implement into a design proposal?�

By human behavior, I mean the modalities through how people use a particular space to accomplish a task, how the casual relationship between the design of the different spaces cause interaction between people, mainly how architecture can connect us and creates a vibrant community?

Communities are comprised of a diverse mix of people, functions and uses. The built form that we give to communities helps to foster connections and communication; it becomes the stage for our culture. However, single destination buildings serve a single function, so they become a single experience, rather than a layered multiplicity of experiences.

But today we are seeing an increasing trend in architecture towards creating multi-point experiences through community-focused design, and how we can create a diverse community, bringing life to a space at different times for many different reasons. This is key to building vibrant neighbourhoods and lively communities.

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CO-WORKING COMMUNITY

what is urban workforce, and how it affect’s the white collars’

8 hours of sitting infront of computers, workers are adapting sedentary lifestyle stressful mental health. Sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle with little or no physical activity, it can potentially contribute to ill health, mental health and many preventable causes of death.

Goes on vacation is one of the way to de-stress/balancing mental health. However, how frequently do workers does on vacation?

Many workers don’t take vacations often enough, because of the limited leave and the amount of unfinished work. In fact, some of the workers think that vacation is a waste of time, because it takes time to travel to far destinations.

Why not bring the essense of a vacation inside the building. Therefore, the workers can work and unwind at the same time.

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lifestyle?

“Redefining the definition of vacations.”

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“Redefining The Definition Of Vacations” The design concept of this co-working community is to evoke a sense of peace, injecting the essence of a vacation, so the users themselves can still work but in a more peace and serene environment.

/ Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

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Implementing different spatial experience into each stage. Therefore, creating a multi spatial experience journey.

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m a s s i n g Subtract center part of the massing, creating an internal square as a focal point for the community as well as the target users.

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e x p e r i e n c e Clustered typology creates diverse spatial experience.

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r o o f Fifth facade (aerial view) : different kind of health activities happening at the same time.

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A water meditation to relieve streess. Water can calming the overactive mind, and encouraging a feeling of nonattachment and weightlessness.

Embracing the food culture of warung and bringing in more food stallls

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Reactivate the pedestrian bridge by locating offices at the upper floors for easy accessabilities and shorter walking distance.

The spatial qualities of five foot walkway are implemented as a strategies of the offices to increase the meeting and business opportunities.

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Standing workplace is designed to discourage sedentary lifestyle.

Working desk are custom design to encourage the user to do work and lift during break time.

Public and private meeting space with clients.

Meditation workplace - through looking and listening to the sound of water.

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Centre of the building is subtracted to create an open event space.

It is well-shaded and well-ventilation. By planting trees and water is added as a design feature, the interaction between water and air is widespreaded.

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Different heights roof without blocking the sunlight and ventilation, Tilted roof to create a sense of chaotic like the trees on the mountion.

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HUMAN CONNECTIONS

how to close the gap between

Due to rapid development, alot of shophouses turn into commercialised buildings, to cater more function to benefit their own business.

Therefore it creates a strong disconnection humans and surroundings as the essence of organic architecture has faded.

The youths in Klang are moving away from town, because there is no tertiary education & activities for the youths.

On the other hand, chinese associations nearby provides activities for the older generation. The elderly find this place a sense of nostalgic, and it is hard to adapt to in-trend things or topic.

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different generations?

“Disconnection between old & young.�

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“Extending The Meaning Of Five-foot-walkway�

The intention is to increase the possibilities of chance contacts and social contacts between different user groups, also implement the essense of heritage element in comtemparary architecture.

/ Jalan Besar, Klang

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- Read Magazines - Read Newspapers - Mahjong - Yumcha

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- Work - Yumcha - Board Game - Technology - Study / Reading

The programme of the library is create through the observation and identification of interest of 2 generations

This library brings different background of people come, share and exchange stories, theres building up a connection between one and another.

It is not a place for academic skills, but also caters to nurture different parties story, what they have gone through, and their wisdom and skills.

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circulation

The main idea of a circulation of this library is to let the user move around the library, stop and look the surroundings, increase the interaction between humans and surroundings then realize the sense of place that is still left.

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Airwell inside the shophouse create opportunity for passive contact and chance contacts, it is an intimate social space. Whereas, commercialised buildings has been modified to suit the business of maximizing the functionable area of each floor, losing the connection to the neighbouring context.

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The ground floor are designed for the community to come and chit chat, read newspaper and magazine, or a place for them to relax.

It is a lively and happening space where it builds up a connection between the people here.

how people use the space?

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“Five Foot Walkway As Social Connector”

“Five Foot Walkway As A Node”

Five foot walkway is a place where people can easily interact and socialise with neighboring buildings however, street vadors on the five foot walkway sucessfully interrupt the connectivity, making the walkway lost its communal meaning.

Activities overspilling the five foot walkway, increase the interactions between users.

Gathering Point - Old

Gathering Point - Youth

Kopitiam

Cafe

Spacial qualities : well-ventilated, sunlight penetration, smoking area, noisy and lively atmosphere.

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Extending The Meaning Of Five-foot-walkway

Continuos Five-foot-walkway

Spatial Qualities

Sunken ground floor to enhance visual connectivity, extend the meaning of social connector by catching pedestrian’s attention and pulling them into the library.

Street vadors utilize five foot walkway as their business spot, because it caught pedestrian attention. The culture has been remain in this library by creating spaces for the vadors at the same time keeping the walkway connected.

By implementing the spatial qualitie of five foot walkway, creating a contextual spatial experience for different user groups.

Over-spilling Space

Sharing Table Culture

Passageway

Pulling older generations from chong kok kopitiam to library to increase passive contact, chance contact and social contact between old and youths.

Compact table arrangement to achieve the culture of sharing table, which always seen in kopitiam and cafe. This is to increase the possibilities of them interacting.

Passageway is created for younger generations as the walking direction they choose to take are usually shorter and fast movement.

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Traditional business skills and knowledge have very rich culture thatportrays klang. These skills and knowledge unable to pass down from generations to generations due to lack of younger generation in klang. This is a place for the elderly and youths to exchange knowledge and experience

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Third floor is a place where it represent the strong identity of klang, which is food. People can come here to experience the cooking culture through learning and sharing recipe.

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how to stop human from taking mother nature for granted?

The existing greenscape on site forming a barrier and locked up the dilapidated site, lower down its visibility. The park has lost its sense of place, and has been replaced by the new park, segegration between human and nature happen.

Recycling. Repurpose and reclaiming break the barrier through reorganising, beautify the landscape and maximizing contact with nature. The spaces are also arranged to capture the intangible values on site, the natural elements, the sounds and colours, the smell, all these amplified to instill a sense of welcoming place, to make people realise and appreciate.

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“Hidden & Isolated”

“Bringing dead back to life.”

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“Breaking The Box.�

Recycling. Repurpose and reclaiming break the barrier through reorganising, beautify the landscape and maximizing contact with nature.

/ Taman Desa Danau, Kuala Lumpur

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Recycling centre caters to nurture beauty of nature, where it encourage interactions between human and nature through recycling items and contribute back to nature.

Moreover, the recycling centre aims to attracts volunteers increase human flor to site and make the place more welcoming and lively.

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c o m m u n i t y Residential area, commercial area, school canteen and food court nearby produces large amount of food waste everyday.

By collaborating with different zones and turning food waste into fertilisers.

potential c o l l a b o r a t o r High density of residents in taman area. Engage with the community, increase human flow to the site, makes the place more happening and lively.

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Bottles will be places on the structure and become a design elements.

An integrated watering system provides the plants with water during day and night.

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how architecture embrace the rich

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Sekinchan is a small town located in Selangor, apart from being a lively fishing village, Sekinchan is one of the major rice producing areas of Malaysia.

The views reveal the emotions, at the same time it also represent different things in Sekinchan, and how the farmers embrace their planting life.

The Visitor Interpretive Centre (VIC) aims to convey the spirit of the people in Sekinchan, their rich culture and the culture of paddy planting which navigate between two extreme emotions of the farmers, harmony and competition by framing the view of Sekinchan.

The VIC's architecture attempts to embrace the rich culture of Sekinchan and understand more about paddy planting.

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Design Studio : Visitor Interpretive Centre

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JALAN TEPI SA

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“Conveying Spirits�

The Visitor Interpretive Centre (VIC) aims to convey the spirit of the people in Sekinchan, their rich culture and the culture of paddy planting which navigate between two extreme emotions of the farmers, harmony and competition by framing the view of Sekinchan.

/ Sekinchan, Selangor.

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Paddy Field

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The main idea of a circulation of this library is to let the user move around the library, stop and look the surroundings, increase the interaction between humans and surroundings then realize the sense of place that is still left.

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Visitors enter the lobby and this designated lobby ceiling creates a focus point and direct the visitor to look upward. The sunlight illuminates the space, infuses a sense of warmth and cozy glow to the cold and contempary concrete. The space feels warm and welcoming, which represent the people of sekinchan.

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Visitors climb the stairs and enter the first gallery - hope.

The voids on the wall direct the sun illuminate the artifacts on the wall, rays of light from the skylight above nurture the paddy within the gallery and create a sense of hope when the visitors close their eyes and lift their head allowing rays of light to bathe their face. The space feels cheerful.

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As visitors ascend to the sky portal, shadow reflect and cast through the surface of water and reminds the hardwork they have paid from the begining to the end.

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Entering the next gallery - persistence by stepping on the rough concrete stepping stones.

The visitors ascend the gallery, every steps that they take make the narrow space grows dimmer and higher interspersed with multiple thick angular walls to the sky portal and offering the mood of persistence. Visitor thought to herself, “don’t give up because the outcome is in just abit.�

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all the hardwork that he paid off, was it worth it?

Entering the sky portal, a large skylight opening on the top and direct the man’s visual to the sky, and the sunlight shines on his face, like its bathing his face and thinking all the hardwork that he paid off was worth it. The sun shines on the roof opening and creates a narrow shadow and direct the visitors to go up to the sky portal.

The space gets brighter and warmer to the cold and comtempary concrete, as the visitor reach the skyportal. A contrast visual technique was play in this space, the man see blue sky just now, and now he see paddy field.

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Visitors climb the stairs and enter the last gallery - JOY. The translucent poly-carbonate, corrugated metal roof, cold concrete walls with paddy straw ceiling in this space evoke the whole paddy culture. The light illuminates and reflect back to the paddy straw ceiling, she look up to the sky, observe the harvest system through the steel trusses which interrupted by harvest machines.

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This space interconnect with every levels of the VIC through the skylight and the transition of the water and paddy. Before she leaves the VIC, the back wall reflect the whole view of paddy view, make she feel a sense of reminiscent.

But today we are seeing an increasing trend in architecture towards

creating multi-point

experiences

through community-focused design, and how we can create a diverse community, bringing life to a space at different times for many different reasons. This is key to building vibrant neighbourhoods and lively communities.

Buildings are built to bring people together and strengthen communities, rather than wall them off from one another.

I b e l i e ve a r c h i t e c t ur e i s a l l a b o ut . . .

r e co n n e ct in g w hat is d isco n n e ct e d .

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