1. 1. PROPOSAL 2prepared by Cham Zheng Chee Creating a space whereby nature and mankind live as one. SUGGESTION FOR PROPOSAL: RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL AREA OBJECTIVE The objective of this project is to provide a healthy environment by changing the residents lifestyles through the addition of nature and fully operational facilities. These days, people of all ages are immersed in a stressful lifestyle and a deteriorating environment. It is important for people to find balance in their lives. Therefore, it is crucial to create a space for the community, that would allow them to relax and engage themselves in the natural environment that is added to the space. It is our vision to incorporate nature to the community and neutralize the stress that people have experienced throughout their day. We would like to introduce to the residents a healthy lifestyle that includes greater engagement with nature and the community. PROJECT BENEFITS The people will be able to live in a relaxing and comfortable environment with the provided facilities and the incorporation of nature in the area. As Putra Height is a very large residential area packed with various types of residential properties and a few parks, we find it reasonable and useful to create another space for the residents to gather and relax after a long hard day. Thus, we have designed a space nearby the residential area,
2. 2. which is convenient and easily accessible for the residents to enjoy being nature and all of its offerings. It is imperative that people are able to find balance within their lives. Many people take their health, relationships with families and friends for granted as a result of their occupation with their hectic lives. By creating this accessible space for relaxation, it will be convenient for families to come to Green Acres to exercise, get together and unwind. Additionally, by creating and designing a beautiful environment, we are hoping that the natural elements will be able to draw surrounding families to use the facilities of Green Acres as means of relaxation. This way, our main objective of providing a healthy space and environment to the community and improving the individuals lifestyle will be fulfilled. Parks and recreation facilities are indeed the best places that people go to get healthy and stay fit. A study by Penn State University showed significant correlations to reduction in stress, lowered blood pressure, and perceived physical health to the length of stay in visits to parks. Aside from that, parks and protected public lands are proven to improve water quality, protect groundwater, prevent flooding, improve the quality of the air we breathe, provide vegetative buffers to development, produce habitat for wildlife, and provide a place for children and families to connect with nature and recreate outdoors together. Thus, we believe that Green Acres will be a highly beneficial addition to the people living in Putra Heights. SUCCESS CRITERIA Project success criteria are the standards by which the project will be judged to
3. 3. decide whether or not it has been successful in the eyes of the stakeholders. The following are the success criteria by which this project will be judged: - - All people involved in the construction project carried out constant inspections on site throughout the whole construction process; - All the materials arrive on site on time; - Documentation gets approved on time; - All tasks are completed to satisfactory standards within budget and time; - All relevant authorities involved in the construction project has communicated well with each other.
4. 4. INTRODUCTION TO SITE The site we have chosen is an empty and an undeveloped land. We have decided to develop this land as it is surrounded by part of the residential area in Putra Height. The site is surrounded by a lot of roads which makes it accessible for the residence to enter that area. Another reason we chose the site is that it is a wide empty land which will provide to be very flexible and would allow us to best bring our vision to live. > The view of our site from the road. > The location plan. > The site is covered with weed and it needs to be clean off before construction project starts.
5. 5. CONCEPT CREATION To create a relaxing area for the residents, we must first understand the peoples needs. It is essential to begin by understanding the human nature, before creating the space for people. The concept and ideas that Green Acres would like to express is by providing a space where people can be fully immersed in an environment with a peaceful ambient. There is a need to create such a space for the residents of Putra Heights as it will allow people the opportunity to find more work/ life balance, which would lead to greater happiness. We envision a space whereby families and friends can gather, bond and exercise over various activities carried out together. It will be an accomplishment to be able see the residents of Putra Height fully immerse in natures offerings. PROJECT CONCEPT i) Back To Nature Nowadays, people are just too busy with their own lives and have come to neglect the concept of rejuvenation. Nature is one such means we will be able to rejuvenate. It provides us the most important thing, which is oxygen. It gives us stunning landscapes. Nature is so important to us, and has yet became such a natural part of our lives, that we have begun to take its existence for granted. In Green Acres, it is our objective to allow people to increase their appreciation for nature. We have focused a lot on the greenery and have applied it into designing the space of Green Acres. Water features are also implemented into this area in order to give a cooling effect to the surrounding environment; and to enhance the space by giving it a sense of calmness. Natural lighting
6. 6. is also a big part of the design as we want to incorporate natural sunlight as part of the lighting within the building to create a warm environment. We are moving towards the green living concept that we wish to introduce to the residents. By providing a green environment in Putra Heights, people will gain greater appreciation for natures treasures. Children will be able to enjoy the greenery in their surrounding environment from their tender age. ii) A Peace Of Mind It is far too easy to let ourselves get caught up in the stress of daily life. Whether it be from a hectic work day, or a busy day at school, nothing is so important that you would need to sacrifice your health and well being. Stress can be detrimental to our health as we may begin to forget to care for our bodies. This is why we wanted the residents to be able to unwind and separate work from play at end their day. We are focused on creating a Green Acres as the ideal location for relaxation. We have created a different kind of recreational area, which will be located above the coffee shop, Creatures Comfort. We want the residents to have a good view of the existing beautiful environment that they have been living in with an elevated and enhanced perspective. We want the people to come in with a peace of mind, leaving the place with a smile on a face. It is important to offer the people the relaxation they need in order to find the balance in their lives.
7. 7. RATIONALE AND BENEFITS This project is built to cater to the peoples needs. We always have a design philosophy in mind that mankind and nature should live as one. An extraordinary living experience should not be defined only by what is within the walls of schools, offices, or homes. But, it is also about the relationship that we can build together with the nature and its offerings. It is for that reason that, through Green Acres, we would like to implement the beauty of nature in to the living space of people. The relationship between nature and human beings has been slowly drifting apart as busy lives get in the way. We want to create a place with an atmosphere that provides the most natural and relaxing feeling for all residents, giving them an opportunity to experience nature daily. Apart from that, we would like to design an environment whereby we are able to promote healthy living by providing facilities that would allow residents to exercise and keep fit, engaging them in healthy lifestyles. Our focus is on two main ideas which is to bring the rejuvenating nature through creating recreational areas; and combining it with an environment in which residents can relax, this being the coffee shop - to fulfill our objective of reintroducing a healthy lifestyle and nature to Putra Height through the creation of Green Acres.
8. 8. DESIGN INSPIRATIONS This will be the desired overlook of Green Acre. The design of the building is clean and clear. It has wide spaces around the building, adding in the swimming pool and some greenery to the surrounding environment. The main entrance will be big and filled with greenery. This design is to show that the Green Acre gives a warm welcome to the residents of Putra Height. Green Acre would like to promote the green living into the community. Therefore, the rooftop is covered with turf and it is an open space for the recreational park to be featured in it. It is spacious allowing the people to carried out any activities. The design of the cafe in Green Acre, Creature Comfort focuses on the cozy atmosphere.The cafe plays around with the placement of lights to give a comfortable and relaxing feeling.
9. 9. The cafe will be filled with some wall glass to bring in the natural sunlight and enlighten the environment. Natural elements like the trees are implemented in the interior design of the cafe. We would like to bring the nature to this urbanized area. The Green Acre would like to keep the recreational park simple and stunning by incorporating modern design to the facilities of the park.We would also like to focus on our design concept which is to blend in the nature into the human living space by adding greenery to the environment.
10. 10. GREEN ACRE The word Green represents the green and healthy environment, and the word Acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and U.S. The combination of these two words simply means that the undeveloped land is now being wisely used for the benefits of the residents in Putra Heights. THE CAFE - CREATURE COMFORT The full definition of these two words, Creature Comfort means something (as food, warmth, or special accommodations) that gives bodily comfort. The cafe is specially designed with a comfortable and relaxing ambient.
11. 11. BUBBLE DIAGRAM ZONING LEGEND: Vegetation Cafe Lawn Walkway Pool / Water Feature Park Jogging Track Reception Deck Changing Room Stairs Earth Mount / Slope
12. 12. Playground MASTERPLAN ELEVATION VIEW OF GREEN ACRES
13. 13. The Cafe - Creature Comfort The Main Entrance of Green Acre
14. 14. The Recreational Park of Green Acre The Resting Area At The Deck. CONCLUSION In conclusion, it is not easy to complete a construction or a project without the coordination and communication among the team players involved in the project, carrying out site analysis to fully understand the conditions on site, and researches regarding the suitability of a particular project or construction on site. There are so many considerations and task must be done before starting any kind of project, to aid throughout the process of the project and upon achieving a successful completion. Other than that, exploration of ideas and options to a particular site is also important. One should not be confined with only one answer, but exploring more possibilities that can be done to fully utilize the space, in order to create a space which has a higher beneficial value for the people at that particular area. Last but not least, after several consideration and carrying out the site analysis, the
15. 15. Green Acre will be the most suitable option to be build at our site. By having such a great site, surrounded by the residential area, connected by main roads leading to a high accessibility, makes it the best place to create a space providing a healthy environment by changing the residents lifestyle through the addition of nature and fully operational facilities.