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MERDEKA
MEMORIAL
INTRODUCTION
malaysia achieved independence on 31st of
AUGUST AFTER ALL THE SACRIFICES THAT HAVE
BEEN PUT FROM ALL RACES TO FORM A UNITE
CIVILIAN. THIS MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED FOR
PUBLIC USE TO MEMORIZED ALL THE SACRIFICES
THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWED BY ALL RACES

DESIGN CONCEPT
this memorial was designed in memories
of the old people who held their hands
together to achieve the independence.
besides that, this design also showed the
journey of our country from standing
proud to the lowest state and slowly
reforming back together to achieve what
the old people did before

SITE PLAN
LOCATION: dataran putrajaya, malaysia
APPROACH
CIRCULAR FORM
to show the journey of malaysians trying to
be like how they used to be. this portrays the
unity of malaysians

WEAVING FACADE
it is an attraction to the locals it represents the image of malaysia as
and this is so that they can look weaving is a part of their culture. it also
at the memorial and use it to creates a sense of unity of our people
refelct on themselves as
malaysians
SEMI-CIRCLE APPROACH
to show that it may look like it's not actually
solid. it shows how malaysians are easily
attracted to something that does not last
long
 SPATIAL POETIC

JOURNEY
FIRM WEAVING EXPOSED PARTS
TO SHOW HOW OUR PEOPLE WERE PROTECTED to show how people no longer feel
UNDER THE NAME OF MALAYSIA protected

HANGING STAIRCASE REFORMING EXTERIOR

TO SHOW HOW MALAYSIANS ARE GETTING
BACK ON THEIR FEET AND TO IMPROVE
MALAYSIAS IMAGE. ALSO DEPICTS HOW
MALAYSIANS GREW UP STRONGER

BIGGER AND WIDER EXIT

THIS IS TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT EVEN
AFTER THEY GOT INTO A NARROW PATH IN
LIFE, THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE
light penetrates from below the riser which
portrays the guidance from the elders on
how they sacrifice to build the image of the
country

SMALL GAPS BETWEEN

THE CIRCULAR STRUCTURE
allows light to penetrate.. it also creates a
dramatic scene that highlights the pain
malaysians went through

SKELETAL STRUCTURE
depicts how malaysians were breaking apart
and the image of the country started to
worsen

DESCENDING STAIRCASE
although we are going down, people are
actually determined to keep going on

GARDEN

RAMP
walkiing down, unconciously descending
 MATERIALS
STAINLESS STEEL

metal weaving

CORTEN STEEL
to show how small
things can become a big
the national flag hidden inside the thing. this is depicted
garden by the rusting method
RAFT CONCRETE
the staircases are made
of raft concrete..
represents stability.