CASE STUDIES
USER STUDIES
DESIGN CONSIDERATION
Analyzation of two local case studies and one international case study.
A study on the behavior of the identified main users of the design project.
Application of the behavioral study and case studies onto the design project.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION SEJAHTERA COMMUNITY
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CENTRE PROJECT
USER STUDY HISTORICAL CONTEXT
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SOCIO CULTURE
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CASE STUDIES
EDITOR'S NOTE \WAN NUR AMALYA WAN ZAMHARIR 1810526 AAR 2244 CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE DR ZURAINI AND MS UMAIRAH Bismillahirrahmanirrahim and Assalamualaikum W.B.T. First and foremost, praise be to Allah for that He has given me a chance and pink health to write this journal assignment which is a best opportunity for me to learn and explore new things in relation to architecture. In addition, I would like to deliver my appreciation towards my parents, my family and fellow friends for being my true supporters throughout the journey of my studies on prepraring this journal. Lastly, I would also like to say thankyou to readers for reading my journal, I hope that this journal will at least benefit you. Thank you.
THE BUZZ.AR
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PASAR SITI KHADIJAH
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PASONA URBAN FARM
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DESIGN CONSIDERATION Architecture
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION SEJAHTERA COMMUNITY CENTRE PROJECT This project emphasizes on Sejahtera which embodies the harmony rooted in a community, and fosters physical and psychological wellbeing of the users. The Sejahtera Community Center proposes programs and spaces that support and target the social challenges during the ongoing and recovery period of the Covid-19 Pandemic. This center also aims to meet the community's recreational needs as well as long term solutions to thrive its socio-economic needs. By focusing on the Local commerce, Up-skilling and Communal interaction, the Sejahtera Community center will revitalize & strengthen the community from within. Every neighborhood complex needs a platform for interaction and integration between the people. Community centers develop a sense of social cohesion and are a gathering place for social activities but also a place of guidance for citizens who require help. Not only do community centers stimulate the educational and recreational activities of a neighborhood, but they can also be used to boost their economic downturn. By engaging a community center with profitable schemes, it can make the neighborhood selfsustainable and generate an income thus bringing stability within its people.
"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness." - Frank Gehry
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BATU 6, JALAN GOMBAK
"Gombak was once a paddy field" Historically, Jalan Gombak was the main road that connected the East Coast to Pahang of Tanah Melayu. This Federal Route was constructed in the early 1900's and was frequented by traders, merchants, settlers and miners. Over time, in the late 70's to mid 90's, the road expanded to the four-lane bustling route that it is today.
The Sungai Gombak is also prominent in the development of early settlements. The waterways of the river were the main mode of travel for the migration of the Minangkabau tribes of West Sumatra. Selfsufficient villages with agriculture were established along the river banks of Sungai Gombak. One of them was found by Datuk Kuning, Kampung Kerdas, at Batu 6 which was named after the Kerdas tree that was abundant in the area.
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SOCIO CULTURE Community of Batu 6 was very active in religious activities. The community has a significant Malay Muslim identity; a strong engagement and bonding. The children age between 9-12-year-old were sent to the religious teaching school at an early age to manifest themselves with religious knowledge. By doing the design project in the proposed site located near to the active community area, it is expected to enhance the usage of a community centre, which will be constantly used by the local people.
"The future of architecture is culture" EDUCATION
GARDENING
FOOD STALLS
A small KAFA school nearby to the proposed site can accommodate 6 classes of religious teaching for the children aged 9-12 year-old at the early stage.
A crop fields of (dried chili plants) and the community also do small gardening and farming, make use the benefits of the soil and again related to their background before (paddy field workers)
During the field investigation, most of the economic activities observed is run by the local community includes small stalls selling food, workshop (cars and bike), bundle shop, and barbershop.
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CASE STUDIES
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CASE STUDY 1
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THE BUZZ.AR COMMUNITY CENTRE
Eleena Jamil Architect Located in Shah Alam, a township about 20 kilometres to the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the Buzz.ar project was requested by a local developer for a community centre that will form part of a new mass housing in Kota Kemuning.
This 1300 square metres building provides spaces under a large continuous folding roof for community events including performances, play and shops. Other than that, the significant function of the Buzz.ar will be as a local gathering place for leisure activities, community engagements and chance encounters for those who live around the local neighborhood.
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CASE STTUDY 1
ARCHITECTURE DESIGNING A FLEXIBLE BUILDING To design a good community centre, flexibility is one of the most significant design criteria as to ensure the building's sustainability by continuously used through various future programmes. Firstly, visitors can approach the building in all direction as it has no main entrance. However, is oriented in most conducive orientation for passive solar design where its front is positioned northerly facing an open green field and lake. Hence, a larger scale of outdoor activities can be spilled out onto that field and lake. Open spaces are facing north due to least intense direct sunlight from that direction, keeping the spaces cooler and provide comfort to users during activities. Other than that, the building offers intermediate enclosed spaces organized in small clusters around wide terraces.
The folding roof is a dynamic form that continuously stretches from east to west, covers all enclosed and open spaces yet shaded below it for various activities that suitable for community engagement.
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This building is approachable in all direction.
At the west end of the building, the structure of the roof acts as supports for the play swings which are hung onto the structure, with the addition of steel horizontal battens that acts as shading device. Meanwhile at the east end, the roof is structured folding up high to form a large performance space. The floorscape breaks into a webbed pattern along the rear of the building, allowing for comprehensive soft landscaping between footpaths. These lush greeneries have important roles to play which they help to shade the building and to decrease solar-gained heat besides it screens the services area and back doors from visitors' view.
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CASE STUDY 2
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SITI KHADIJAH COMMUNITY MARKET
A woman domenation market One of the most well-known wet markets in Malaysia selling various local products including fresh and dried herbs, spices, vegetables, crackers, fish, kitchen utensils and textiles such as batik and silk. Most of traders in Pasar Siti Khadijah are Malay Muslim women, and most women in Kelantan are known to be enterprising.
For the locals, the market is seen as the soul of the city as it is very much part of their daily lives. A place to get their daily needs, to meet their friends, to exchange little anecdotes which making the shopping experience richer and more meaningful. It is also a place that holds family traditions, of knowledge and skills, which are handed down from one generation to another, in the form of small and medium business enterprises. Pasar Siti Khadijah is a place where everyone go albeit their different reasons.
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CASE STUDY 2
ARCHITECTURE
One may see and appreciate nature's abundance and blessings in the diversity of vegetables, spices, and A MARKET WITH A condiments available to nourish VIEW and support our everyday life The main building of Pasar Siti from a vantage point on either Khadijah is distinctive for the ground or first floor. It Malaysian wet market. Its four-story indirectly tells a story of how high construction in octagonal commerce is viewed as a way of shape keep it compact and life rather than a thing to do for a ergonomically easy to enter and profession, and how the market explore, giving visitors a fast is viewed as a home extension understanding of what's around in rather than a workplace. The hall’s current paint colour one sweeping panoramic vista. scheme of deep intense colours, complements the A busy place with a multitude of which architecture of the building things being sold, including food, vegetables, fish, poultry, spices, perfectly. clothes, kitchenware, and many it is the main heartbeat of Kota others is depicted by the potpourri of folk, colours, scents, and noisy Bharu's economic activity as it atmosphere of discussion and opens at 6 a.m. and closes at 7 transaction. The main attraction of p.m. The perfect time to visit this market is the high-volume and enjoy the atmosphere of the inner octagonal market hall on the market is at its peak business ground floor, where sellers who are hour. to add, their respectful mostly women put up stalls on culture is traders would stop raised platform lots., where they sit working for 15 minutes during in the middle, and surrounded by prayer time, allowing them and visitors to the nearby mosque to their goods. pray.
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Market as the soul of the city of Kota Bharu.
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CASE STUDY 3
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PASONA URBAN FARM
by Kono Designs Located in downtown Tokyo, Pasona HQ is a nine-story corporate headquarters for a Japanese recruitment firm. Pasona Urban Farm is a one-of-a-kind workplace that encourages greater productivity, social engagement, and long-term sustainability while also engaging the Tokyo community by displaying the benefits and technologies of urban agriculture.
Pasona HQ focuses on educating and training the future generation of farmers by hosting public seminars, lectures, and internship programmes to promote both conventional and urban farming as viable careers and businesses. Kono said, "The design focus was not on the imposed standards of green, where energy offsets and strict efficiency rates rule, but rather on an idea of a green building that can change the way people think about their daily lives and even their own personal career choice and life path.
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CASE STUDY 3
ARCHITECTURE GREEN IN THE CITY Instead of constructing a new structure from the ground up, a 50year-old structure was rehabilitated while maintaining its building envelope and superstructure. A double-skin green exterior, offices, an auditorium, cafeterias, a rooftop garden, and, most importantly, urban farming facilities are all part of the concept and integrated within the building. The building has a double-skin green facade features seasonal flowers and orange trees are planted within small balconies. From the outside, the office block appears to be draped in green foliage. The green balconies help to shade and to insulate the interiors besides providing fresh air with operable windows which is a practical feature that helps in reducing heat and cool loads of the building during moderate climate.
The entire facade is then wrapped with deep grid of fins, creating further depth, volume in orders to create the living organic green wall and a dynamic identity to the public.
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Vertical farming of urban agriculture.
Inside the building, tomato vines are stretched over conference tables, lemon and passion fruit trees are utilized as meeting room partitions, salad leaves are planted inside lecture rooms, and bean sprouts are cultivated under seats inside the workplaces. The green spaces are total around 4000 square metres and consists of 200 species of fruits, vegetables, and aromatic herbs that are gathered, cooked, and served in the building's cafeterias. This was a significant loss to the net rentable area for a commercial office. However, Pasona believed in the benefits of urban farm and green space in engaging the public also in providing a better workspace for their employees.
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The main culture in Batu 6, Jalan Gombak is community gardening among the villagers of Kampung Kerdas and Kampung Changkat. Because of Gombak is located in sub-urban of Kuala Lumpur, lack of lands is provided for green area. Therefore, vertical farming is the best design in providing spaces for their community engagement in gardening. The concept is that they can grow their own crops here, and take the products back.
I N T E R A C T I V E M A R K E T A high volume market, with platforms, stalls and spaces for local vendors to sell their local products to the community as well as creating commerce as a culture and the way of life in Gombak community. An interactive market is where the buyers can choose and pick the vegetables or fruits by themselves from the vertical garden provided which are the products from Batu 6 community gardening. Thus, this helps to create a better economy in the community.
L I N E A R O R G A N I Z A T I O N A grand staircase with atrium on top receiving natural sunlight, starts from ground floor all the way to the top floor, connecting to every levels. Visitors will experience ease to explore, as it gives a fast sight-seeing and understanding of spaces and its surroundings in one sweeping panoramic vista. As a complex building functioning as community centre and up-skilling hub, the linear organization eases visitors and smoothen the inner circulation as they automatically know which level and how to go to their destinations.
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WITHOUT AN ARCHITECTURE OF OUR OWN WE HAVE NO SOUL OF OUR OWN CIVILIZATION LOUIS KAHN