SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

- FINAL PROJECT -

GROUP MEMBERS:

NAME STUDENT ID

CHAN JIA XIN 0319565

CHONG HUI XIN 0319363

SABA SANEI 0317822

TAN SHEAU HUI 0319235

COURSE CODE: PSY 30203

TITLE: FINAL PROJECT AND GROUP PRESENTATION

LECTURER: MS. NORUL HIDAYAH

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Introduction

PSP Park which represents “people need a space to play” is designated for relaxing

and it focuses on nature. Water pond is the significant feature of the garden as it is the

source of life for fish and some of the plants. The fountain in the middle of the PSP

Park is the main feature which brings the melodious and trickling sound of splashing

water. The garden is surrounded by children paradise which is the playgrounds.

Therefore this is a garden and park which will bring you happiness.

Purpose

A natural water garden is designed in the middle of the park with the aim of

decreasing the temperature of the area since our city weather is hot. The pond is

decorated with some lilies and gold fish reared in the outdoor pond and middle pond

is decorated with fountain that could also avoid mosquitoes. The trickling sound from

water feature are calming, stress relieving and can really soothe a person’s frazzled

mood after a long and hot day.

The children’s playground is split up into several different sections that have

different concepts – the playground equipment section, the slide and playground

climbing nets section, the intellectual games and creativity section and the chill out

section. The park also provides adults gym facilities with proper instruction boards.

This delimitation by section is meant to split the active and passive games, so that

these two will not interfere with each other, as well as to exclude any accidents that

might happen.

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Layouts and Activities

In PSP Park, the key feature is the pond fountain which is located in the

middle of it and surrounded by playgrounds. The pond is centred with a big solar

powered fountain and a small manmade island .The small island is planted with

various types of flowers and covered by grasses. The visitors can walk to the island

through across the wooden bridges or just sit on the bridges and relax while watching

the fishes and lilies.

Besides, there are two types of playgrounds for young children with age

between 3 to 6 which provides see-saw, spring rider and playground and children with

age 6 and above, providing marry-go-round, monkey bar and slide. Both playgrounds

have a common feature where they provide pergolas and benches for parents to sit on

while their children are playing.

Next, Skate Park is provided and specifically divided into 7 levels from easy

to difficult. Adult playground is the nest feature where it doesn’t actually provide

playground but exercise equipment in the area. And in the middle part, there are

pergolas and benches for them to rest and chit-chat. Each of the parts is surrounded

with jogging track for people to exercise along with bicycle track for cycling. Other

than these, there is a small hawker centre. It is a 2-levelled shop where the 1st floor is

air-conditioned while the 2nd floor is an open air area where people can enjoy the view

of the whole park. Other than that, there are evergreen climbing plants on the surface

of the exterior wall. The centre also provides services like skateboard and bicycle

rental for the people.

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Concept

Malaysia consists of people from various races and religions who live

together. Therefore, we came out an idea which is having a public garden in

residential area to decrease and avoid stereotype, prejudice and discrimination among

each other. It provides an escape for city with green and complete facilities. They can

enjoy and communicate peacefully in this fun and natural garden.

In this public space, we can observe the people are having the same traits

which are loving garden and park. First, the visitors will observe and slowly start to

have short greeting between each other. When time passed, they will talk and

understand each other and thus becoming friends. In the end, they will form a group

by sharing same traits such as a group of mother will enjoy their talking on how to

take care for their children. In these ways, we can see the increasing contact between

the people which can decrease prejudice between different races and culture.

The garden and park will provide a playground for children to enjoy their

time. We prepared complete facilities such as seesaw, merry-go-round, swing set,

slide, jungle gym, chin-up bars, spring rider, skateboard, monkey bars and overhead

ladder to help children develop physical coordination, strength and flexibility as well

as providing recreation and enjoyment. All these facilities are open to everyone who

train and teach the children not to stereotype in any area and helping them to build a

healthy personality. They are playing with different types of people which will help

them to build and develop their mental framework. They will know they cannot

complete all the games by themselves because the activities like seesaw and merry-

go-round need to involve two or more people to play. For example, a Chinese child is

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playing with an Indian child together. This social interaction will decrease their

stereotyping within Indian and Chinese. When they grow up, they will also accept

other Indian and Chinese friends in this situation. This is because these people have

been taught from childhood to build this concept in their metal framework.

Moreover, playground is the second home for children. They will learn the

ability to love and appreciate life that might sound wishy-washy in the hard world of

exam results, but love and security feed a host of qualities that great learners

need. These include the ability to be open and receptive, to be willing and to feel

connected. Meanwhile, cultivating an attitude of appreciation means being able to

enjoy the journey of learning, wonder at nature, relish a good story, feel good about

achievements, and enjoy the companionship of the classroom. All of which, in turn,

feed confidence, excitement and curiosity back into the learning loop. At this stage we

can teach children about other culture and regions with explaining to them in a

positive way.

Conclusion

PSP Park is a combination of nature and modern sport facilities. It’s healthier

than other typical parks because it contains adult gym facilities for the retired adults.

It is indeed a pleasuring space for everyone from any ages, genders and races.

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