ALA 2203 URBAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN

PLACE MAKING :
VISUAL CHARACTER

STUDY

• BY: NUR BASIRAH BINTI
NORYANI

• 1818344
• ALA 2203 : URBAN

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
• SITE 1: PETALING, SULTAN

AND HANG LEKIR STREETS



OPTICS: SERIAL VISION

SERIAL VISION OF WISMA FUI CHIU.
THIS BUILDING WAS LOCATED AT JALAN PETALING.
THIS IS THE VIEW OF WISMA FUI CHIU FROM LEFT
SIDE (STAND AT JALAN PETALING)

THIS IS THE VIEW OF WISMA FUI CHIU WHEN
STAND AT THE JALAN TUN TAN CHENG LOCK AND
IN FRONT OF PETALING STREET. THIS BUILDING
HAS CURVY SHAPE SINCE IT WAS LOCATED AT
THE CORNER OF THE PLACE. BETWEEN JALAN
TUN TAN CHENG LOCK AND JALAN PETALING.

THIS IS THE VIEW OF WISMA FUI CHIU ALONG
JALAN TUN TAN CHENG LOCK. WHERE PEOPLE
ARE COMING FROM THE JALAN PUDU. THEY WILL
REACH KOTA RAYA BUILDING FIRST BUT THEY
CAN SEE THE WISMA FUI CHIU BUILDING DUE TO
ITS HUGE AND TALL STRUCTURE.

THIS IS THE VIEW OF WISMA FUI CHIU FROM THE
BACK WHICH IS FROM NODES OF JALAN PUDU AND
JALAN SULTAN.

PLACE

HANDSOME GESTURE:
LOCATED AT THE NARROW STREET ALONG JALAN
HANG LEKIR IN BETWEEN THE TWO HUGE
BUILDINGS IN URBAN AREA

OCCUPIED TERRITORY:
REFERS TO THE SHADE, SHELTER , AMENITY AND
CONVENIENCE THAT CAUSES A POSESSION. IT IS
EMPHASIZING SUCH PLACES BY SOME PERMANENT
INDICATION TO CREATE AN IMAGE OF THE TOWN.

ALONG JALAN HANG LEKIR AND JALAN PETALING ,
THE ACTIVITIES OF SELLING, BUYING AND
WALKING ARE VERY SIGNIFICANCE SO MOST OF
THE SELLER EXTEND THEIR CANOPIES TO MAKE
THE IMAGE OF THE GREAT TOWN.

CONTENT

TREES INCORPORATED:
DESPITE THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SHARP
GEOMETRICAL PATTERN, THERE IS TREES THAT
MAKES IT LOOK SOFT AND PLEASED THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL AND
NATURAL STRUCTURE

SEEING IN DETAIL:
THIS DETAILS ARE AT THE WALL OF THE
MERCHANTRADE BUILDING WHERE THE BUILDING
WAS IN WHITE COLOUR AND THE DETAILS OF THE
ORNAMENTAL PATTERN ENHANCE THE BUILDING’S
STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF QUALITY.

NOSTALGIA:
THIS BUILDING LOCATED AT THE JALAN HANG
LEKIR THAT STAND THE OLD STYLE OF BUILDINGS
AND REMAIN ITS NOSTALGIC WITH THE OLD
PATTERN OF WINDOW AND THE MATERIAL.

NOSTALGIA:
THIS OLD BUILDINGS LOCATED AT THE NODES OF
JALAN PETALING AND JALAN SULTAN. THE OLD
STYLE OF THE WINDOW AND THE MATERIAL USED
SHOWS THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE NOSTALGIC
THAT EXIST IN URBAN AREA.

CALLIGRAPHY:
IT WAS SIGNIFICANCE DUE TO THIS STREET ARE
FULL OF CHINESE PEOPLE THAT COMING FROM
DIFFERENT COUNTARIES. THE VARIETY OF
CALLIGRAPHY THAT EXIST IN THIS AREA OR
STREET MAKES THE AREA BECOME MORE
ATTRACTIVE AND INTERESTING

ENTANGLEMENT:
REFERS TO STREET WITH THEIR FLAT WALLS
AND SIMPLE FENESTRATION AND SUDDENLY
CAUGHT UP AND ENTANGLED IN A BUNCH OF
INTRICACY THAT REFERS TO THE BOARDS
LOCATED ALONG PETALING STREET.

FUNCTIONAL TRADITION

THE ROAD:
REFERS TO THE BOLLARDS AS THE VERTICAL
ELEMENTS ON A ROAD AT JALAN HANG LEKIR. IT
IS REPETITIVE OF VERTICAL ELEMENTS OF THE
STREET SCENE. IT IS CLEAR TO SPREAD THE
MESSAGE OF A ROAD AT A GLANCE.

BLACK & WHITE:
THE MERCHANTRADE BUILDING WAS PAINTED
WHITE AND FUNCTIONS AS THE BUILDING IT
SELF THAT CREATE THE TRIM EFFECT. IT
ENHANCING THE BUILDING CHARACTER SINCE
IT WAS IN BETWEEN THE COLOURED
BUILDINGS.

TEXTURE :
THIS SHOWS THE DIFFERENT KIND OF
TEXTURE OF THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AT
JALAN HANG LEKIR. THIS TEXTURE
ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF THE URBAN
VISUAL AT THAT PLACE.

RAILINGS:
PLACED AT THE POSITIONS OF POTENTIAL
DANGER AS THE VISUAL WARNINGS ALONG
THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AT JALAN TUN
TAN CHENG LOCK. SECONDLY A PHYSICAL
BARRIER AS THE SIMPLEST DESIGN OF
RAILINGS.

LETTERING:
THIS BUILDING HAVE VERY CLEAR ON LETTERING
SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO READ AND
RECOGNIZED THE BUILDING. THIS TYPE-FACE
FUNCTIONS IS PROPERLY SPACED AND MAKES ITS
MESSAGE CLEAR AT DISTANCE.

NOSTALGIA:
THIS CHEONG HIN & CO (1923) BUILDING HAVE ITS
OWN CHARACTERISTICS OF OLD BUILDINGS
STYLE BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN WINDOW AND
THE MATERIAL USED. THE VALUE OF THE QUALITY
OF THI BUILDING ARE HIGH DUE TO ITS
UNIQENESS AND NOSTALGIC STYLES.

LETTERING :
PEOPLES BE ABLE TO READ AND
RECOGNIZED FROM DISTANCE AND MAKE UP
THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT BY PROVIDING
THE LETTERING.

TRIM:
PERFORMING ITS FUNCTION AS SEATING THAT
LOCATED AT JALAN HANG LEKIR AT THE
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THAT FIT INTO THE
TOWN SCAPE AND AS TO MAKE UP THE URBAN
VISUAL WITH THE LANDSCAPING AROUND IT.

LEGIBILITY &
IMAGEABILITY

LEGIBILITY:
CAN BE EASILY RECOGNIZED DUE TO ITS
COLOUR AND THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING
THAT LOCATED AT THE CORNER/ NODES OF
JALAN HANG LEKIR AND JALAN PETALING.
THIS BUILDING NAMED : RESTORAN KIM YUAN
KEE.

IMAGEABILITY: NODES
CREATE AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT
NODES ARE PART OF URBAN. WHERE IT CAN BE
THE DEFINA STATION FOR PEOPLE TO WALK
AROUND . SO PEOPLE CAN EASILY RECOGNIZED.
THS NODES ARE LOCATED BETWEEN JALAN
HANG LEKIR, JALAN SULTAN AND JALAN PUDU.

THANKYOU !