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Public Open Space's Contribution to Quality of Life: Does privatisation matters?
Get PDFThe quality of life of people in urban areas is the outcome of people's interaction with the urban environment. Many studies indicate that public open space is one of the important urban environment elements which give a positive contribution to the quality of life. This paper investigates how the privatization of public open space affects the quality of life of people while many studies show the degradation of 'publicness' of public space due to privatization. Research finding indicates that people keep doing their social activities both in the privatized and public area but are physically segregated
Tessellation Planning: Relationships between the physical environment and the neighbourhood
Get PDFThe fundamental objective of the national housing agenda is to ensure a better quality of life. The challenge is to develop affordable houses whilst sustaining positive social neighbourhoods. In the western world, research equated the physical environment as a dominant influence on the spatial behaviours of communities. Quality of living in Malaysia is only obtainable to the upper echelons in the organic planning of housing. These perceived as successful neighbourhoods such as the cul-de-sac or Tessellation Planning create a relationship between the physical environment and the neighbourhood. This paper initiates a search for such literature and identifies key concepts for further deliberations
Map Design in Subway Stations through Passengers' Wayfinding Behavior Perspective
Get PDFThis empirical study of behavioural observation with a verbal report attempts to understand the process of map-reading for purposes of wayfinding in a subway station at Taipei in Taiwan. Subjects were required to find the shortest way in reaching an exit via three manners - without a map, aided by 2D, and 3D maps. The results indicated that the design of underground space maps should support a direction and floor wayfinding strategy, plus the selection of a suitable angle of vision. Important considerations include marking the nearest exit, marking the scale, intensifying wall performance, and clarifying the discrimination of different floors and areas
Considering Art in a Hospital Environment from Children's and Young People's Perspectives
Get PDFIn response to research evidence, (predominantly research with adults) the need for artwork in healthcare environments are now regularly part of the initial design briefs for hospitals. The resulting artwork can be a collection of commissions; it can also be included as a seamless extension of the interior design concept. In the case of paediatric hospitals, it is unlikely that 'art' which is simply a graphic treatment applied to key surfaces throughout the hospital environment could function in the ways that children and young people have identified in research as being valuable in their experience of hospitalisation. This one environmental attribute will be used to understand some of the key components of a hospital environment involved in children's feeling of well-being from their perspectives
Flats Outdoor Space as a Vital Social Place
Get PDFMinimum dwelling space of low-cost walk-up flats forces life to spill outdoors involving daily mundane activities affecting neighbourhood social vitality. In design, this affordance of such 'marginal' outdoor space has been neglected. Using data derived from systematic observations in various low-cost walk-up flats, this paper explores the use of these outdoor near-home spaces and found that they support various domestic, social and retreat activities generating liveliness in the otherwise barren low-cost environment. Potentials for social encounters and casual surveillance were partially affected by flats configurations
Malay Landscape: Typical design for contemporary house at Desa Wawasan
Get PDFThe landscape agenda as looking at the global contact nowadays is gaining its popularity and dominates the need and importance of a good surroundings. In peeling the dilemma of the Malay contemporary community, a study has been conducted in conjunction with identifying the needs and their favouritism in accordance with the need and current lifestyle. Desa Wawasan reflects villages that adapt Gerakan Daya Wawasan (GDW) has been chosen specifically in order to see the efficiency and effectiveness of systematic planning and maintenance held by its society in regard to their surrounding. This research imposes a qualitative approach. The collected information is based on secondary data, field studies such as on-site observation, interviews, and questionnaires to the selected respondent based on the study sample. Based on the research conducted, the study has discovered the design characteristics with the usage of a typical element at Desa Wawasan residential which have been identically more systematic and comprehensive. Hence, the effectiveness of GDW concept can be considered as a module as it can be highlighted as one of the sentiments that contributes in creating the image and identity of the Malay contemporary landscape
Popular Contemporary Window Display Composition and its Influences on Youths in Malaysia
Get PDFConsumers' expectations from retailers increase with the expanding market demand, where diversification in business strategies to satisfy consumers' expectations has become a managerial concern. The window display is one of the marketing methods that sell in silence, helps better decision making and improves the store's image. This paper will critically analyse the application of window displays at shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur. The investigation will help establish a better understanding of how the window display works in conveying product meaning, value and quality correctly towards youth consumers while assisting in improving meaning transfer that leads to strategic merchandising messages and sales
Every Day Practices and Experiential Urban Space
Get PDFStrolling along Riau Street and shopping in Factory Outlet are major attractions to the visitor as well as to the small-scale entrepreneur for the experiential urban space and business opportunity being suggested. This paper will discuss the informal activities that constitute experiential urban space on pedestrian ways in front of the Factory Outlet, and the spatiotemporal arrangements being created through human activities and commodity transactions. Further on, the paper will summarize the physical and emotional aspects of urban spaces in attracting people and creating pleasurable experiences
Effects of Restaurant Interior Elements on Social Dining Behavior
Get PDFToday's customers tend to select eating places to satisfy pleasures through experiential socialization. This study explores how colors, lighting and decor have effects on customers' perceived social, emotional and behavioral intention on social dining occasions. The experimental method is used and 162 senior students are involved. The results show that the restaurant with monochromatic color scheme, dim lighting and plain decor yields a statistically significant difference on the entire dependent variables with almost any other interior conditions observed in romantic dining, as opposed to that in the case of casual dining. Further research on subtler and diverse dimensions of interior elements is suggested to enrich previous findings
Community Participation: Towards a safer housing environment
Get PDFLately, the crime rate in Malaysia has increased thus threatening the safety and security of the community especially those in high-density areas. There are crimes that had targeted women and children and this had caused much stress to the urban residents. Human responses to these issues are to band together and take control of their environment and this is what happened to the residents in the PKNS flats in Taman Dato' Harun, Petaling Jaya. They wanted to build a close-knit community that involve community activities and at that same time, this community will take care of each other's safety. This paper revolves around the participation of the residents in the PKNS flats in Taman Dato' Harun in Rukun Tetangga (RT) with the purpose to increase community involvement and interaction which will eventually lead to a more caring community. These flats have won the Petaling Jaya City Council Best Neighbourhood Contest in 2006 for their community activities. They consist of 300 housing units in five blocks of five-storey flats. A sample of 30% (90 units) was taken by stratified random sampling where every block and every level were accounted for. The data acquired was analysed using the SPSS programme. Findings showed that 100% of the respondents know their neighbours, 99% cooperate in community activities, 83% actively participated in RT, 85% of the respondent felt safe living in their flats, and 72% felt that RT helped prevent crime and social misconduct. Other findings also showed that the community are very satisfied with the existence of the RT and felt that the activities have helped to foster positive community relations. This in turn decreases the perception of fear of living in the urban area and instead gave the residents the perception of safety and well-being