Lecture by Dr Suchi

 The site context is Jalan Besar, South Klang. There is a real life scenario to
reactivate the urban spaces in order to connect to the urban
community. The studio project is collaborative with a research project at
Taylor’s University and the scenario of the future vision for the area to be
a) a place for the community and b) with an active frontage of the
streets.

 The major issue being the fall of spatial connections and engagement to
the local community, to the tides of various contemporary forces. The
current trend is fading the rich cultural heritage rather than nurturing it.
The solution is in design employing critical approach to the notion of
‘content’ as a purposeful narrative to powerful questions relevant to the
context (Low, 2010). To begin with, the question is:

 What are the possibilities to establish a community library that connect

and empower to the urban community at the street scale?

Lecture by Dr Suchi
Lecture by Dr Suchi
30 august 2018, Thursday
Itinerary

9am: Depart from Taylor’s Lakeside Campus (TLSC)

10am to 1pm: Exploration by students - site to 1km radius

1pm to 2pm: Lunch

1pm: Depart from Taylor’s Lakeside Campus (TLSC) for those who have class in
the morning.

2pm to 3pm: Meet and walk with your tutor

2pm to 5pm: Site documentation (photographic mapping: for legibility analysis)

5pm: Depart from Klang

6pm: Arrive at TLSC.

Lecture by Dr Suchi
30 august 2018, Thursday
Itinerary

DURING SITE VISIT:

Collect data on:

1. SOCIAL: Intangible aspects such as behavioral patterns; photo-mapping

2. SPATIAL: Tangible aspects such as form, activity (land use) and movement
pattern.

3. PERCEPTIONAL: Intangible aspects such as kevin lynch elements of legibility

and Cullen’s serial visions.

PRIOR TO SITE VISIT

1. PREPARE THE FOLLOWING MAPS FOR A 500M RADIUS FROM MEDAN PASAR
a) Figure-ground map and
b) Land use map
2. DESK STUDY ON: Intangible aspects such as history of the place
3. READ THE NOTES FROM IAN BENTLEY’S REFERENCE

Lecture by Dr Suchi