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Experiential Context of Residents With Green Infrastructure Network in Taiping
Get PDFGreen infrastructure network is a composite of various green spaces linked by streets, waterways and drainages encircling and connecting urban areas, at all spatial scales. It facilitates residents’ ability to recreate, socialise and perform other regular transactional activities. Despite such understanding, little is known about the relationships of green infrastructure network with urban residents’ experiences and well-being. This study explores residents’ experiential contacts with the properties and attributes of green infrastructure in Taiping, a town in Malaysia, and their effects to the residents’ well-being. The town’s green infrastructures consist of a town park, a large open playfield, various pocket and loose-fit spaces, neighbourhood open spaces, home gardens and green networks. Theoretical framework of this study was grounded by landscape perceptual theories which link diversity, naturalness and coherence of a green infrastructure to well-being of the residents. Data were gathered from the mixed-methods approach involving three strategies: survey questionnaire (n=335), semi-structured interview (n=33) and unobtrusive behavioural observation. Quantitative statistics and qualitative content analysis were used to analyse the data that were triangulated to examine the relationships. The findings suggest that the presence of diversity, naturalness and coherence in the green infrastructures facilitates the residents’ experiential contacts affording them physical, cognitive and social well-being. The attributes encourage frequent use, in which the green infrastructure support physical-kinetic, leisure and social activities that fulfil the residents’ nature and social interaction needs. Physically, the residents feel active, healthy and happy from engagements in the activities. The residents attain cognitive well-being through physical and visual experience with the green infrastructures which are dominated by matured greenery, plants, water and hills that relieve negative emotions affording relaxation, comfort and calmness. Socially, the green infrastructures allow more social encounters with other individuals resulting in satisfaction towards the community which induces friendliness and happiness for living in the town. Hence, the experience of the residents with the attributes suggests that different types of green infrastructure should be integrated as a network as to benefit the residents
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No full textThe Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management is original, peer-reviewed and international in coverage and outlook. It aims to report current research work and latest development in the specialized areas of architecture, landscape architecture, applied arts and design, urban and regional planning, quantity surveying, building technology and engineering, construction management and other scholarly works related to the built environment
An Overview of Energy Performance and Load Apportioning Trends in a Selected Malaysian Government Hospital
Get PDFHospitals have unique and intensive energy use requirements. In addition to the need for lighting and heating 24 hours a day, hospitals demand extensive energy for ventilation, equipment, sterilization, and laundry and food preparation. Studies on hospitals abroad have shown that lighting contributes about 25 percent and HVAC contributing almost 45 percent of a typical hospital's energy bill. Those studies also show that energy saving initiatives have the potential to reduce energy cost significantly. Serdang Hospital was selected for this study since it is one of the recently commissioned and operationalized hospital in the Klang Valley. The data was collected over 24 hour electricity utilisation for a one week period by using datalogger tool to map the energy consumption trend. The results have shown that the hospital’s energy trend is similar to literature. Energy savings approaches need to be incorporated in future hospitals development because energy cost is rising and the hospital’s management need to allocate a higher percentage for it in its annual budget
Application of Sharia Principles in Planning and Designing Pondok Pesantren in Indonesia: Case Study: Pondok Pesantren Al Fath Ma’had in Palembang, South Sumatera
Get PDFPondok Pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) as one of the educational institutions in Indonesia, which emphasizes on Islamic religious education, have had different and specific approach in the planning and designing of its facilities, compared with the process of planning and designing the school in general. Although there is no specific design typology of the pondok pesantren’s buildings and facilities, the planning, designing and development process of its contains a special approaches using the Sharia principles derived from the Islamic jurisprudence known as Fiqh. The acculturation of pesantren educational organizations and formal educational organizations such as public school, along with the architect's involvement in the pondok pesantren’s development process in modern times can potentially obscure the Islamic values in the life of pondok pesantren, where the principles and values of sharia should be the main characteristics of pondok pesantren itself. This paper studied the principles of Sharia and its application in the process of planning, designing and construction of a shar’i pondok pesantren in Indonesia, through a case study of Pondok Pesantren Al Fath Ma’had in Palembang. Islamic Sharia principles in the development of pondok pesantren are gained through the study of literature and the books of Fiqh as well as interviews with experts of Islamic law. Application of Sharia principles in the planning and designing of the pondok pesantren covers ranging from the determination of the legal status of the site; mosque planning, laws and conditions attached to the mosque; zoning activities as well as planning and designing of buildings and supporting facilities; dormitory planning; rules of interior design related to pesantren’s style teaching-learning activities; until the affairs of Waqf of the residential buildings of Kyai (school headmaster) or teachers
Optimum Healing Spaces of Public Areas for Children Aged 4 to 12 in Malaysian Hospitals
Get PDFHospitals are evolving to cater its patients’ needs that emphasis on promotive rather than curative healthcare that should become more patients-centric with greater attention paid especially young patients with families and visitors that come regularly to visit these young patients. This research deals with the possible healing environment that caters children while being hospitalized and children are prone to feel unfamiliar of new surroundings, the environment is scary, depressed and frustrated of being hospitalized. The aim is to understand the characteristic in creating an environment that would decrease children anxiety. The research design will look into a concise area of the public spaces in all the three cases analysed.
And method used in this paper is mostly through site visits to the case studies and taken photographs of physical observations at public spaces where the general public would experience the environment. The findings would look into three exemplar hospital design that has expertise on children health care in Malaysia and Singapore. The analysis of the cases data will identify whether these case studies comply with the design characteristic and how can it be improved. In conclusion, the research can give a little contribution in the hospital environment settings and creates exciting hospital that applies also for children
INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN INTERIOR DESIGN EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: : A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Get PDFConcern over the environmental impact resulted from the overused of the natural resources to fulfill human needs are increasing in recent years. In order to minimize the negative effects on the environment, the understanding of sustainability consciousness in interior design therefore stimulates the basic needs to practice considerate usage of electricity, water, materials, and resource quality. A systematic literature review (SLR) offers an overview of topics to clearly define and help select the issues that are potentially applicable from one or more research questions identified. It involves diligent scanning of databases and keywords in an electronic search engine. Through this SLR analysis, despite having comprehensive general research on sustainable interior design, it is found that exposure to sustainability issues in interior design education in Malaysia has a minimal number of direct research results. This indicates that a research gap can clearly be established in the body of knowledge, contributing to the further improvement of research aims and research questions. It is proposed that in order to establish awareness of better environmental development for future generations, early integration of sustainability issues into interior design education is vital. For instance, education on knowledge of sustainability, understanding, or the incorporation of environmental issues may lead to adequate practicality for sustainable interior design.
Keywords: Systematic literature review, sustainability, interior design, education, Malaysia
Book Review: Panduan Pelaksanaan Pengurusan Nilai Dalam Projek Kerajaan or Guidance on the Implementation of Value Management for Public Projects
No full textThe Government of Malaysia, on the 29th of December 2009, issued a circular requiring its agencies to implement Value Management or Pengurusan Nilai in the procurement of public projects and facilities. The directive covers all programmes and projects valued at RM50.0 million and above, both physical and non-physical.The sole purpose of the book or perhaps it should be referred to as guidebook is therefore to provide guidance on how Value Management (VM) should be implemented when procuring public projects and facilities. It is the works of 31 experts, drawn from various government departments, private firms and organizations and institutions of higher learning. The Value Management Section of the Prime Minister’s Department acts as Secretariat. In the book, the concept of VM is defined as an approach – multi-disciplinary, systematic and innovative in nature – that is to be applied when examining the functional needs of a programme, design, product, services, project, facility and system in order to achieve better and higher value and at optimum cost but without affecting the performance of the said programme or project