PROJECT 1 | PRELIMINARY STUDIES
The site context is Medan Pasar, Kuala Lumpur. 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 DBKL on the scenario of the future vision for the area to be a) an effective public square, b) a place for the community and c) 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 connects to the urban community at the street scale?
FINAL PROJECT | THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
To what extent the community library can be connecting to and engaging with the urban community, at the street scale?
The idea of community library is recent in the architecture narration. We will have narrow down to a specific community from our urban analysis of project 1; community could mean people sharing the urban location, context and of holding similar interests. It will be a focus for a variety of cultural, learning and recreational opportunities.
The scheme for the community library should strictly span a total floor area of minimum 1200 SqM and maximum of 1300 SqM, and comprise between 3-5 storeys within its infill lot. Sufficient floor area must be allocated for the design of a public realm, circulation and ancillary functions reading, discussion) that is required for a community library of this scale and type.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE, THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
THE EXPERIENCES
FLOOR PLANS
UNREALISTIC RENDERINGS
ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS
PHYSICAL MODELS
