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SPATIAL ANALYSIS ON LOCAL FOOD TRUCK IN KL
Get PDFIn their continuing search for competitive differentiation, the Food and Beverages (F&B entrepreneurs) are now turning mobile vendor including food truck as new and promising business proposition. While the growth of food truck in the current trend, the vendor's creativity and consumer’s demands influencing the evolving of food truck business in Malaysia. 3 kinds of food truck categories have been observed; Local food, western food and beverages. Space allocation is one of the most important and crucial part to create the spacious food truck interior for convenience of food truck vendor to operate their business. The mobile vendor chronology from the year 70s until 20s shows that there several movement designs in term of food truck space allocation and user circulation. This study aims to analytical study on the movement advancement of food truck chronology from international and local food truck and to find out the factor affected the circulation and interior design of the food truck. By using the pilot study and observation of line up study methods the result shows that type of food truck and type of food servings influenced the interior circulation and safety issue of the food truck operation. The findings show that there are few factors that affected the changing of the food truck interior circulation, and the study should be carry further deeply into universal design study that will include all type of users and possibly vendors with disabilities
A REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Get PDFTo date, much research on the sustainability of the automotive industry has been published. The classification analysis method has been used to describe the relationship between sustainable design categories and the automotive industry. More than 50 articles related to sustainability towards the automotive industry were found from a search through a database on sustainability and automotive published between 2000 and 2018. This paper attempts to direct attention towards the user and responding to his needs when designing automobiles to help avoid overconsumption. The findings show that the past articles discussed 1) improvement and actions taken; 2) the impact of fulfilling the users’ aesthetic and emotional needs; and 3) categories in sustainable products related to the automotive industry including green initiatives to sustainability, Malaysian industry and green initiatives, environmental aspects, sustainability in product life cycle, sustainable consumption, aesthetics and sustainability, end-life-remanufacturing, and product aesthetics, longevity, and user interaction. The study also found that sustainable design is considered less in meeting consumers’ emotional and aesthetic needs. This study could benefit from making early decisions during the automotive design and development process to avoid the costs and time used through later redesign, especially in Malaysia. As a whole, this paper contributes to encouraging manufacturers to adopt new thinking to support the environment by considering the influence of users’ aesthetic and emotional needs to improve the quality of the automotive industry.Keywords: Sustainability, Aesthetic, Automotive, Green Product, Use
ASSESSING PLANT SELECTIONS FOR VERTICAL GREENERY SYSTEM ON COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN AN URBAN SETTING
Get PDFVertical greenery describes a system that allows plants to grow on a facade of a building. The system is classified into two: Living wall and Green façade. In Malaysia, a Vertical Greenery System (VGS) has been practice for about eight years. Though the method is no longer new in the landscape architecture profession, technical knowledge on VGS and selection of plant species is in need of more research. This paper documents the application of VGS on commercial buildings in an urban setting with the objectives of providing information on the implementation of VGS andidentifying plant species used in VGS of commercial buildings. It is common knowledge that rigorous urban development can cause environmental issues such as urban heat island, noise, and air pollutions and others. Therefore, one of the ways to reduce environmental problems is by adopting more landscape solutions. To further probe into it, the study had data collected using a review of literature, personal field observation and interview of experts. The finding indicates that the VGS implicates not only environment, but also aesthetics quality. Hence, the result suggests that quality urban scape can be enhanced through landscape solutions, while VGS is one of them
THE RELOCATION, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF KAMPUNG TELUK MEMALI MOSQUE IN IPOH, PERAK MALAYSIA
Get PDFThe main purpose of relocating this long-abandoned century old traditional Malay vernacular mosque on to a new area is to ensure that it can be preserved and re-used by many in an area that is presently in need of such a place of worship. It is also to preserve the rich architectural heritage of this unique and unusual mosque. More importantly, it is to let its function to be continued as a place of worship for the future generations of Muslims living in Perak and from elsewhere to experience the act of praying in a century old mosque. It is hoped that with this restoration work, the mosque will still be in existence for many centuries to come.Keywords: Architecture, Heritage, Preservation, Dismantling, Timber
A REVIEW OF THE BUILT-ENVIRONMENT ATTRIBURTES FOR QUR’ANIC MEMORIZATION PROCESS
Get PDFA conducive learning environment not only could promote positive learning behavior and improve students’ well-being, but also reinforce the better learning process and institutional objectives. The purpose of this study is to investigate activity patterns of Quran memorization and Quranic studies through analysis of 22 major local Tahfiz centers. This article highlights on method and findings of a significant parameter in designing a learning environment for the Tahfiz students. It reviews the multitude of perspectives on Tahfiz ecosystem that has influence on the Tahfiz center operation, the memorization method, behavior and other requirements in the education of a Hafiz. The paper concludes with significant key findings based on the reviews and connection to the existing theories from the mainstream educational research for the guidance of further investigation
INVESTIGATION ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF LIGHTING SYSTEM IN A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Get PDFThe electrical lighting system is one of the most significant contributors to energy consumption and operational cost for a library building. The extended operation of the lighting system in the library building consumes a high amount of energy, which requires the adoption of energy efficiency implementation to reduce energy consumption and to overcome energy waste. The objective of this paper is to present the outcomes of investigation on the energy efficiency of the lighting system in a university library building. The lighting system operated in a library building in one of the universities in Malaysia was chosen as the subject of the case study. A semi-structured face to face interview was carried out to interview four respondents who currently in-charge in the lighting system operation of university library building under the study. Looking at the results of the study, the lighting system of the university library is not energy efficient which leads to high energy consumption. To overcome energy waste, the results revealed that a proper guideline for the adoption of energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the lighting system is essential to be developed by the university authority for the university library
DOMESTIC TOURIST MOTIVATION ASSESSMENT IN I-CITY SHAH ALAM
Get PDFThe theme park is one of the tourism products in Malaysia that generate income to the country as well has been selected as the prior destination among tourists as it is one of the famous attraction sites for the purpose of leisure, recreational, entertainment activities. It is important for the theme park operators to understand the motivations that lead the visitors to come to their places. This paper presents the relationship between domestic tourists’ demographic characteristics and their frequency of visit to I-City, Shah Alam. Total of 150 respondents involved for the questionnaire survey. The result shows the purpose of recreation and relaxation is the main motivations that motivate their visit to the study area. It is also found that most of the domestic tourists are young, single and living nearer to the Shah Alam region. Adopting few strategies like introducing new themes, games and attractions that compatible with every age group and improving the accessibility by providing I-City Shuttle Bus will help to increase the number of tourist arrival and tendency to revisit more in the future. The research gives benefits and provide information to the authoritative body as well as industry players, especially I-City’s management, and Tourism Selangor in order to contribute more to the related tourism products besides for the educational references for the future
DENGUE RISK PREDICTION IN ILLEGAL DUMPSITE OF HOUSING AREA BY USING GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS
Get PDFMalaysia suffered from several dengue epidemics with a highly contagious health threat in the last few decades. Analyses of the incidence number of dengue cases and the illegal dumpsite by using the Geographical Information System, GIS, standard deviational ellipse, SDE, produces a scientific-based evidence of dengue map for the urbanized area of Iskandar Puteri, Johor State, Malaysia. A high incidence of dengue cases in the illegal dumpsite area was recognized in radius 200 to 1000 meter with the trend towards the east and west of the city with standard distance (STD) value 0.03. It was identified as a high spot area. It was noteworthy that illegal dumpsite has potential to be a predictive tool for dengue risk to prevent the outbreak. Furthermore, the study recognized the sites i.e. pedestrian walkway, roadside, abundant land and riverside as a spotted illegal dumpsite. Nevertheless, an increment about 40 percent out of the total cost to manage illegal dumpsite from 2011 to 2016 is showing the urgency in tackling this problem comprehensively. Close monitoring system on the sub- contractor of waste disposal collection works and having concentrated effort by involving the relevant government agencies are among crucial issues need to be tackled to solve dengue problem related with illegal dumpsite
TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC BUS SERVICES IN KUANTAN, MALAYSIA
Get PDFThe transformation of public bus services in Kuantan shows rapid changes in the overall level of service of public transportation system in the town. Modern and high technology, and well thought out operation plans have been deployed by RapidKuantan to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the bus service performance. The initiative and improvement programmes for buses in Kuantan have benefited the local people in their daily ridership, especially to the city residents in terms of higher mobility, green transportation system and reliable public transport system.Keywords: Urban public bus, Transport master plan, Bus ridership