Mp town scape

MAPPING THE TOWNSCAPE The Third City, Kuala Lumpur

Tales of Three Cities (ARC 61003) Assignment 2 Tutor// Dr Sucharita Srirangam

Group Member Alice Wansa // Jordan Tok // Goh Jyia Whey // Khoo Yung Keat // Lee Jia Min // Tan Yang // See Wen Han // Wong Lieng Kam // Yuen Xuan Hui

CONTENT 01

INTRODUCTION

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FIGURE GROUND ANALYSIS

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SERIAL VISION

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COLLAGE CITY

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COMPARISONS OF THREE CITIES

Form Activity Movement Pattern

Social Dimension Temporal Dimension

6 Dimension of Urban Design

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CONCLUSION

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TALES OF WISHES

INTRODUCTION KUALA LUMPUR JALAN BUKIT BINTANG TO JALAN ALOR

Known as the City of Lights, Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia; besides being a strong power encase of economic and wisdom, it also serves a great melting pot of races, cultures and religion. People here live in harmony despite being different in demographic nature.

KEY PLAN PERLIS KEDAH KELANTAN

PENANG

SABAH

TERENGGANU PERAK PAHANG

SELANGOR

SARAWAK

NEGERI SEMBILAN MELAKA JOHOR

KUALA LUMPUR

The geography of Kuala Lumpur is characterised by the huge Klang Valley, which located in the centre of Selangor state but Kuala Lumpur was separated from Selangor. Its location on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

LOCATION PLAN

Nestled within Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle, the Bukit Bintang district begins with Bukit Bintang Road which starts at Raja Chulan Road and ends at Pudu Road. The two other roads that border the Bukit Bintang district are Sultan Ismail Road which intersects it and Imbi Road at the south. Changkat Bukit Bintang and Alor Road are considered part of the entertainment district. Bukit Bintang borders Pudu and Cheras to the south, Petaling Street to the west, Bukit Nanas to the north, KLCC to the northeast and Tun Razak Exchange and Maluri to the east.

SITE PLAN Jalan Bukit Bintang & Jalan Alor

Bukit Bintang is part of the Golden Triangle area in Kuala Lumpur, also the trendiest shopping and nightlife district. Popular amongst travellers due to its central location, Bukit Bintang is well connected to various areas in Kuala Lumpur via public transportation, including monorail and an extensive network of buses.While, Jalan Alor is a unique food destination, just situated behind Jalan Bukit Bintang

ZONING

Kuala Lumpur

Commercial land use growth has been significant, increasing by 116.5 percent from 504 hectares to 1,092 hectares between 1984 and 2000. Although there has been some dispersal of commercial land over Kuala Lumpur as a whole, the City Centre continues to be by far the most important commercial location in Kuala Lumpur accounting for 25.2 percent of the current total commercial land use.

(Source:dbkl,2020)

FIGURE GROUND ANALYSIS

Urban Grid

Deformed Grid - The buildings are oriented with different organic shapes, it doesn’t have a standard size to create a planned urban form.

- Different building scale and architectural style for different functional buildings (shophouse, shopping mall) - As a city, the traffic flow is high but the accessibility is not well planned.

Building Scale Jalan Bukit Bintang

- Buildings are presented in a vertical form to reduce the land use.

- Buildings for commercial use are built in a huge form as a public realm to gather people.

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Jalan Alor

- Buildings are linked to show a horizontal view.

- Buildings for residential and commercial are smaller than the buildings that built at Bukit Bintang.

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Solid and Void

This diagram shows the connection and relationship between urban and residential site.

Red: Residential area(solid). Residents use street and public realm(void) Yellow: Commercial area(solid). Pedestrians and shoppers use street and public realm (void).

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Urban Green

Diagram shows the relationship between nature and buildings, from this we can notice that the trees in urban area are quite limited.

Typology

City typology: Deformed Grid Building typology: Linear & Point -

ACTIVITY

Land Use Distribution

Commercial Religious Commercial-Residential

With the variation of activities that happened along jalan bukit bintang and jalan alor are mainly for commercial uses. People are interested to come and enjoy the variety of these street.Start from culture, shops, transportation, lifestyle and food which are really extensive

Activity Use Distribution

Religious Shoplots Commercial-Residential Shopping mall High rise office tower Hotel

The variety of activity continuously charge the area with human flow throughout the day and night. This variety in terms of uses, activities and human flow shapes it into a vibrant area.

Vibrancy-Day

Gradient indicates vibrancy of the area

During the daytime, Jalan bukit bintang is more lively than Jalan Alor as there’s more people have leisure activities to shop around while Jalan alor has not much activity, as most of the shops,restaurants are not opened.

Vibrancy-Night

Gradient indicates vibrancy of the area

When the sun goes down(night-time), Jalan Alor will be hustling and bustling with activity, which become a food heaven while Jalan bukit bintang still happening as there’s live band, show and active frontage.

Typology of In-Between Spaces Jalan Bukit Bintang & Jalan Alor

Linear typology

Alley for vehicle, motorcycle parking lot, greenery , pedestrian short-cut way linked to other buildings and active frontage can be found in between

MOVEMENT PATTERN

Pedestrian Movement Pattern

Day-time - During day time, the shophouses along Jalan Alor were closed, the movement pattern is minimal. Only the locals around the area having activities. Therefore, the pedestrian movement density is less compared to Jalan Bukit Bintang.

- The pedestrian movement pattern at Jalan Bukit Bintang is denser as the area is more on shopping malls which the locals and tourists visit during day time.

Pedestrian Movement Pattern

Night-time - Businesses at Jalan Alor starts at during night time, therefore the pedestrian movement is denser compared to Jalan Bukit Bintang.

- The pedestrian movement pattern at Jalan Bukit Bintang density is reduced as the shopping malls closed at night time. Locals and tourists will visit Jalan Alor as the shophouses are open until midnight.

Cultural Mapping-Nodes

Junction of Jalan Alor Starting point of the Jalan Alor night food street.

Entrance of Pavilion A outdoor space with high human density and activities.

Golden Triangle A junction which connects 3 streets together with diverse of human activities at the pedestrian.

Permeability Pedestrian Walkway

MRT Station MRT Station Vehicular Lane

Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Alor can be accessed by various of movement pattern. For instance, via vehicular transportation, public transportation and by walking. MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) system that served as the region’s most popular point of entry for locals and tourists who travelling by foot around Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Alor. Usually both streets can be accessed by vehicle only, but Jalan Alor the road itself as served as a pedestrian walkway for the locals and tourists during the night.

SERIAL VISION SOCIAL DIMENSION

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Disconnectivity to Connectivity Jalan Alor promotes a linear circulation pathway where user easily to define the movement direction but unsuitable in a way due to the existing hawker stalls placed compactly at the surrounding context.

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Along Jalan Bukit Bintang, nodes were created for gathering point, enhancing the connectivity of relationship between the pedestrians and their surrounding. Concentration of pedestrians causing a disruption at certain gathering point.

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Traditional to Trend By offering mono option of local eatery along the in between space at the street of Jalan Alor, it gives a sense of belonging with its strong local cultural background, in the sense of connecting the relationship locally between the buildings and the users.

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In Jalan Bukit Bintang, it changes gradually to diversified option. International branding of retail stores could be found along the street, in the sense of connecting locally to the international.

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Intimacy Scale to Urban Scale At the street of Jalan Alor, the intimacy scale enhances the pedestrian engagement retails along the shophouses which creates a dynamism at the street.

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In Jalan Bukit Bintang, it changes gradually into urban scale which creates vibrancy to the streetscape with mix use space along the street, encourage pedestrians engaging in interaction.

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SERIAL VISION TEMPORAL DIMENSION

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From Temporary to Permanent

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Public realm. The contrast of Jalan Alor and Jalan Bukit Bintang shows the difference of public realm during day and night. Kiosks and stalls in Jalan Alor only operates at night, by that public realm in Jalan Alor forms a temporary public realm. Shops and facade around Jalan Bukit Bintang successfully created approachable environment with attraction and interaction with public entire day which forms permanent public realm.

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From Hidden to Transparency

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Jalan Alor creates a sense of enclosure due to it’s hidden in between spaces in Jalan Bukit Bintang,. Where else Jalan Bukit Bintang that located at center of golden triangle in Kuala Lumpur has high transparency which attracts locals and tourist .

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Transition to Transparency Limited vehicles and pedestrian movement creates a desolated environment with its empty spaces during day time but the eateries and kiosk starts to extend their business out to the road to offer interaction and decreases the level of transparency for the usage of spaces which create a lively environment.

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Informal to Formal

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Informal activity on going in Jalan Alor which is a hidden alley where things couldn’t be seen such as drug addict, prostitution and so on . Jalan Bukit Bintang located at the city heart of Kuala Lumpur where local and tourist would be going for shopping and festival experiencing.

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COLLAGE CITY

Form

Transparency

Trend

Activity

Food

5-Foot Way

Setback

Activity

Movement Pattern

Form

Activity

Movement Pattern Fragmented Pathway

Transition

COMPARISONS OF THREE CITIES

MORPHOLOGICAL DIMENSION Orchard Road, Singapore

Changing height of building

Borneo, Sporenburg

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Considering history of contemporary development

Varies in height, scale and mixed used typologies

Anticipating future needs and providing spaces today

PERCEPTUAL DIMENSION Orchard Road, Singapore

Activities based on layering

Borneo, Sporenburg

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Integration with different culture,animated street elevation which emerges with focus on individuals

Visibly give off the impressions of variety options

SOCIAL DIMENSION Orchard Road, Singapore

Globalization for tourists

Borneo, Sporenburg

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Integration of different cultures

Integration of multi cultures

FUNCTIONAL DIMENSION Orchard Road, Singapore

Good pedestrian walkability was achieved with wide pedestrian walkways and intended views throughout their strolls along the path. It provides more stopping points and increase the engagement possibility not only between people with retails shop but also between people and people. High pedestrian flow increases passive contact and interaction between people whaling enhances the vividness of the street.

Borneo, Sporenburg

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Restricted vehicular circulation

The linear circulation of the street constraints the street but also gives the visitors a good guideline from the starting of the journey ( Jalan Alor ) towards the ending ( Bukit Bintang ) for people to experience the whole journey without getting lost or missing out any attractions.

It also links 2 spaces, from Jalan Alor to Pavillion.

Vehicles tend to ascend in a lower speed due to limitations of the narrow roads which are in single direction. The safety of pedestrians when utilizing the street or crossing the roads is ensured due to the restrictions implied to the movement of vehicles

VISUAL DIMENSION Orchard Road, Singapore

Forms are unique in that the redevelopment s work to adapt existing structures many times over few projects are “New Build�,but are rather,renovations of expansions.

Borneo, Sporenburg

Adaptive reuse- A compelling variation of architectural language is projected on the facades of the houses in reference to the Dutch culture which brings about a specific cultural identity to each street.

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Towards pavillion, each of the buildings serves as an iconic landmarks, thus the facades or more exhilarating. However, the buildings along Jalan Alor where old buildings being preserve, it gives people the local sense.

TEMPORAL DIMENSION Orchard Road, Singapore

Covered with lots of shopping centres which are more active during day time as people come around to do their shopping.Also used as a connection pathway to different places around the street like the train station.During the night, the street is covered with street performances including live bands and singers and also pedestrian night Involved in seasonal celebrations like during chinese new year and christmas, the street is fully decorated and brightened up which give the street a new look and feel of a special time of the year.

Borneo, Sporenburg

The street is majorly used for movement and circulation. It is used by mojorly pedestrians moving from their homes to work places and and schools.

The nights at borneo street is more to relaxing as people stage along the street and bridge for sightseeing while others hang out in the park as they enjoy the breeze of the lake.

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

The street also got lots of dining spaces and restaurants. The street is occasionally facilitates lots of people as they come in to eat in the restaurants and others that pass or drive through to different places around. It is used as a connection for pedestrians to different shopping centres Street performances take place including live bands and singer.

There is also dining that takes place majorly along jalan alor where mostly chinese food.

Street gets overpopulated as many people come to eat the food.

During festive celebration like hari raya and chinese new year, the street becomes overly vibrant and attractive as they marked with decorative patterns like balloons and fireworks during the night. The street seems more amazing on festive celebrations compared

THEORIZATION OF ORCHARD ROAD FORM

ACTIVITY

MOVEMENT PATTERN

TRANSPARENCY

Transparent glass facade enhance its visual quality.

Enhance visual interaction between inside & outside.

Transparency enhance visual interest and attract visitor enter the mall.

PEDESTRIAN ENGAGEMENT

Building setback creating space for the pedestrian activity.

Building setback creates layering for different pedestrian activity.

Wide walkways making ease of pedestrian movement.

STREET INTEGRATED MALL

Connecting the interior spatial experience and the streets.

Bringing in outdoor street activities to the interior space.

Make ease of in&out movement, creating different level experience.

BRANDING

Glass facade and Steel structure as identity of global retailing position.

Modern looking design encourage a series of luxurious activity.

Iconic design create nodes which the pedestrian stop and gather.

Different visually engaging facade attract visitor to the mall.

Create visual interest to the visitor.

Create nodes which allow activities happen underneath.

ENGAGING FACADE ARTICULATION

THEORIZATION OF ORCHARD ROAD FORM

ENGAGING CONTEXT BREAKING UNIFORMITY STREET IDENTITY TRANSPORTATION

TRADITION AND CULTURE SOCIAL INTEGRATION INDIVIDUALITY AND COLLECTIVITY LIVABILITY

FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

Building Along The Edge

Facade Variation

Building Geometry

Linear Unobstructed Pathway

Inheritance

Central Node

ACTIVITY

Functional Zoning

Spatial Transition

Focal Point

Bike Park

Adaptive Reuse

Spatial Integrity Through Public Facilities

MOVEMENT PATTERN Framing Views Of Ocean

Break Of Pattern

Alternative Flow

Continuous Movement

Water Transportation

Solid Flow

Break Of Horizontal Continuity

Neighborhood Connectivity

One Direction

Avoid Space

Diverse Zoning

Transitional Movement

Modularity

Flexibility in Spatial Usage

Prolonged Cycle

JALAN ALOR - JALAN BUKIT BINTANG CONCEPT 1 Temporary to Permanent

MORPHOLOGICAL

SOCIAL

PERCEPTUAL

FUNCTIONAL

TEMPORAL

VISUAL

CONCEPT 2 Disconnectivity to Connectivity

CONCEPT 3 Hidden to Transparency

CONCEPT 4 Transition of Transparency

CONCEPT 5, Informal to Formal

CONCEPT 6 Traditional to Trend

CONCEPT 7 Intimacy Scale to Urban Scale

CONCLUSION

DECEPTIVE CITY The journey from Jalan Alor to Jalan Bukit Bintang becomes attractive while it has the quality of being deceptive. A townscape that plays with the transition of form, function and movement pattern, also the crucial one, the experience. It is still creates a harmony relationship among the user with the city. Therefore, it makes Kuala Lumpur a welcoming city while being deceptive, without losing the Malaysia’s culture that existed.

In comparison with the other two city that we had studied, Amsterdam and Singapore. It is interesting to look at their similarities in compare with Kuala Lumpur, also the differences that define their uniquely own identity.

TALES OF WISHES

Among all the cities the most that i like would be Kuala Lumpur which the hustle and bustle creates an vibrant environment where living in fast pace would be an advantage in terms of advancement of technology and efficient life. Other than that , Kuala Lumpur which have the most amount of diversity in Malaysia allow us to understand and share our culture among each other for example food, language and religion.Thus, Kuala Lumpur would be the best place to increase the engagement and connection between us.

Goh Jyia Whey

Compare to Orchard Road and Borneo Sporenburg, I prefer Kuala Lumpur because it is a multicultural city.

Not only multicultural, Kuala Lumpur also a place where I was born. Besides, Kuala Lumpur also a place where it is a gathering point for various races from different country. There are diverse of food culture in Kuala Lumpur also which always attracts my attention to give it a try. In conclusion, Kuala Lumpur is a perfect city enhance the close relationship between the locals and the foreigners.

Khoo Yung Keat

Kuala Lumpur’s vibrant multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society will provide the stimulus to guide urban design initiatives to create a distinct and unique city identity, which will enable people to identify more closely with the city and each other, thus fostering a sense of community and social harmony.

Wong Lieng Kam

In my observation and opinion, I prefer borneo sporenburg because it is much more of a quiet city with low rise housing and has an amazing relation between indoor and outdoor spaces as the housings are situated right on the street with lots of open spaces in form of courtyards and greenery. It offers a compact housing and narrow streets which provides a sense of safety for the residents. It also brings out a sense of diversity to the urban structure of the building streets and building typologies. It has also got good circulation including the bridges designed perpendicularly to connect parallel developments. It is easy to navigate due to its simple linear nature which makes it more comfortable for both residents and visitors.

Alice Wansa

Based on the city that I have studied I would still prefer Kuala Lumpur because this city balances both modern and traditional, separated by a fine line of difference between harmony and aggression. The sense of hierarchy from old shophouses to modern high rise buildings are stronger than many other city in Malaysia.

Besides, The deformed townscape contains surprises and a sense of curiosity of what’s ahead while walking at the street level as many obstructions of buildings in front conceal the distant horizon whereby every corner and alley have its own interesting story. Kuala Lumpur stand as a modern, vibrant, progressive and a fast pace city which is diversified in term of culture, lifestyle, and architecture.

Lee Jia Min

I would prefer to live in Kuala Lumpur due to its culture-rich community. This mix of cultures give rise of a variety of activities that can further enrich our lifestyle. These lifestyle activities would include sightseeing, celebration of ethics festivals and experience of fusion food and unique architecture.

The high accessibility and connectivity of each street leads me to different block of shop house, open spaces and cultural nodes. The connection of all these creates a sense of belongings, telling me this is where I belong.

Maybe Singapore is a better country than us, maybe Amsterdam has better tourist attraction than us, but I would still prefer to stay in Malaysia. The reasons are not only about culture, food, language or anything else.

The reason that let me want to stay at here is the spirit, the every single pieces of Malaysia that make me have the urge to stay at here even though Singapore and Amsterdam are better than us in some field.

Jordan Tok

To compare in between the 3 cities, i love Bukit Bintang the most following by Singapore. As it is interesting to experience the journey from traditional to modern. iI also enjoy observing the architecture of the shoplots how the shopkeepers renovate the outlook into a modern way.As some have transform into wine bars, or even modern shop lots. I'm glad that they are being preserved. It is also a tourist attraction that Malaysians feel proud of as lots of good local food can be found there. I hope that they will improve the street in terms of safety, hygiene and more. We can look upon to others world class streets like Singapore, New York and Tokyo so that we can improve better. For Singapore, i really enjoy looking and experiencing the pedestrian engaging facade of different malls,and also liked the pedestrian pathway as it is comfortable to walk onto, and often when i pass by, there are even street dancing or some event booths being set up. This makes the street more lively gives more interaction with the visitors. However, sometimes i feel like i am just a passbier. I dont have the chance enjoy the good food and shopping experience as everything is way too costly for me. As for Amsterdam, for me it is less vibrant. It needs to have more activities.

Yuen Xuan Hui

In my opinion, Kuala Lumpur is considered a modernise city but is still preserving the multi culture of Malaysia. It shows Kuala Lumpur is a city that consisting colourful, vibrant, prosperity, variety and etc.In conclusion, this city is equipped with facilities, convenience, that brings out the myriad life of the metropolis.