CONTENTSThe introductionThe profile. The

project. The City & its History. The Site.

The Tit Bits we Encountered in our

SiteTextures. Delicacies.

Common Nodes. Construction &

Pollution. SWOT.Main Streets & Areas

Jalan Alor. Intersection. Pavilion – Starhill – Fahrenheit 88. Jalan

Bulan.

My Favourite BuildingBintang Warisan Hotel

Overall SWOTSummary

References

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NAME:CARMEN CHAN SHEN WEN

STUDENT ID:0326485

COURSE:FOUNDATION IN NATURAL & BUILT ENVIRONMENT

SCHOOL:ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN

LECTURERS:MS. DELLIYA ZAINMS. IFFA NAYANMR. PAUL NICKSON ATIA

AIM:This project encourages students to understand a city. They will learn how a city is formed and developed and its essential components. They will also learn to analyse and find solutions to help improve the city’s physical and psychological wellbeing.

SITE:BUKIT BINTANG

TASKS:• Visit the site stated• Observe the components of

the site• Select a building and make

a building analysis• Make a site analysis and

SWOT conclusion of your observations

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KUALALUMPUR

Known as the City of Lights, Kuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia. Besides being a strong power house of economics and wisdom, it also serves a great melting pot of races, cultures and religion. People here live in harmony despite being different in demographic natures.

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11 districts

8th most popular city for tourism.

1.6 million people population

ResidentialCommercialIndustrialInstitutional

CommunityUndeveloped landSquattersInfrastructure

Land use of KL(as of 2000)

Open Space, Recreational, and Sports

Federal capital city of Malaysia

26th most sustainable city in the world.

Major Ethnic GroupsMalays 44.2%Chinese 43.2%Indians 10.3%

The HISTORY ofOur City

FROM ZERO TO HEROEver wonder how Kuala Lumpur got its name?It’s “Muddy Confluence” in English because it is located at the intersection of 2 rivers, namely Gombak River and Klang River, which were main gateways to the city in the olden times!

Yap Ah Loy

FrankSwettenham

Raja Abdul Samad

DevastatedBy diseases, disasters & warsIn 1881, a raging fire destroyed the houses which was build of atap and wood. But Yap Ah Loy and Frank Swettenham restored the town by replacing wood material with bricks and mortar. In 1969, the May 13 riots also occurred in the same town.

Restoration & DevelopmentOf Kuala Lumpur

A famous mining industry.Rich sources of tin in this area. Miners from all over the world came to KL and the city flourished rapidly.

Achieved independence after almost 100 years!(1857 to 1957)

These leaders developed the town of Kuala Lumpur by introducing many solutions to improve the quality of its infrastructure, transforming the town from a wasteland to a successful urban gem!

The Japanese might have occupied Kuala Lumpur for 44 months. But the British had occupied the city for almost a century! It might be extremely difficult to obtain freedom after so long but look how we’ve come thanks to the unity and the spirit of the people.an

ESTABLISHED and STABLE CITY

This year, Kuala Lumpur is about to celebrate its 59th year as the capital of Malaysia and Malaysia’s 59 years of independence.

Old Kuala Lumpur

HISTORY TIMELINE

1857 - 1862

1881 . 1969

1869 - 1880

1957

BUKITBINTANG

A little intro to MY SITEBefore you read to understand more about Bukit Bintang. Here are some basic facts on this little busy area.

Founded by Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay

Rebranded as Bintang WalkBy the YTL Corporation in 1980Top Entertainment & Shopping District

Initially a business center from 1970 to 1980.Bukit Bintang is

located within the Golden Triangle, which covers three main roads, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Imbi and Jalan Raja Chulan.

Source: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A1-s__abnqM/Ty5lanvVNoI/AAAAAAAAACQ/dubTPUJV34Y/s1600/gt3.jpg

Cultural

Pavement

Graffiti

Wall

Public

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texturesYou see and touch textures everywhere, whether they are textiles, fabric, cement. They are built for various purposes. Besides, textures also reflect the cultures and backgrounds of an area.

delicaciesMy group members and I decided to stay overnight in our site and pretended to be long term residents there to further our understanding on our site. We ended up eating like Bukit Bintang residents, eating and drinking Arabic food, bread from Tous Les Jours and not to forget Jalan Alor’s street food (these foods were mentioned in the Jalan Alor page.)

You will not believe it.But it took me 5 minutes to get this ice cream from the seller.He played with my cone and made sure I cannot take it from him before he finally gave in!

Adani Tea and Shawarma are popular Arabic treats. You can find them everywhere in BB, you can get them cheap too, without losing their original taste.

These breads are the freshest ones I’ve eaten so far! Straight and fresh out of thee oven in tous Les Jours Authentic Bakery.

Tit bits of what we encountered

common nodesNodes are intersection points where there is a concentration of people of traffic. It’s not difficult to find them. In Bukit Bintang, you can see many areas where people and vehicles meet. These areas are easy for us to observe people, thinking about where they are heading to or what they plan to go at that moment.

Main common nodes.

Jalan Alor

Pavilion

Intersection between Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Sultan Ismail

Tit bits of what we encountered

construction & the pollutionIn Buit Bintang there is always hear people hitting something, transporting blocks and drilling something. You can always smell that awful smoke from the car engines whenever you are outdoors..

We see smoke emitting from the Pavilion mall. It can be for ventilation but we assume that this smoke may contain some harmful chemical which may pollute the air.Look at the traffic! It is always congested. Besides, think about the amount of smoke emitted from this endless stream of vehicles!We inhale the smoke from their exhaust pipes as we cross the streets.

Construction is always going on in Bukit Bintang. I think it always want to develop continuously to advance the country.However, it causes sound pollution and you can feel very irritated hearing the noise of workers drilling the ground. Here are some marks which indicate construction areas.

Construction sites

Tit bits of what we encountered

STRENGTH. WEAKNESS. OPPORTUNITY. THREAT.

- of my tit bits -

• Each area of Bukit Bintang speaks its own identity through its textures, buildings, the type of people who live there, and the food.

• The site is always developing. High rise buildings are expected to mushroom everywhere, which may contribute greatly to the economy.

• Bukit Bintang is the most suitable place for our hangout or what we called a “chilled place”. It creates a comfortable platform for people to interact and socialise.

• The pollution here is bad. You can see it, you can even smell it.

• The traffic is always tight too. People (including myself) are always against the traffic lights because we are just that impatient.

• People may not like using public transportation and feel more comfortable using their own transportation instead.

• Plans have already been made. Buildings are always being erected for economy purposes.

• We can smoothen the flow of traffic and the number of vehicles on the road by using more of the public transportation available in the area.

• We may promote more economical and green buildings.

• We can grow more plantation to decorate the roadsides.

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Streets create connections between people. Areas create status of people.

MAIN STREETS & AREAS

Jalan Bukit

Bintang

Jalan Sultan

Ismail

Jalan

Bulan

Jalan

Alor

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1. JALAN ALOR2. INTERSECTION

3. PAVILION – STARHILL - FARENHEIT

4. JALAN BULAN

Jalan Bukit Bintang

Jalan Sultan Ismail

Jalan Bulan

Jalan Alor

Areas

Jalan Pu

du

Jalan Imbi

Jalan Raja Chulan

Jalan Pinang

Jalan Bukit Bintang

JALAN ALORFour words to describe this street?Food. Noise. Life. And Lights.

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DEAD during the day,ALIVE during the nightJalan Alor is practically deserted in the morning and the afternoon. However, when evening comes, stalls magically appear on each corner, lanterns spring to life, and people from all corners swarm the area!

BB’s Food ParadiseThere are so many stalls you cannot even count them because there stalls are just getting more and more! Street vendors on both sides keep beckoning you to try their food. They may be pricey but it’s difficult to resist such tempting mouth-watering foods.

Taste some of Jalan Alor’s savouring street food!

The Most Congested Node EverNo doubt that Jalan Alor is the busiest road in the entire of Bukit Bintang, rivalling the Pavillion and the Great Intersection (Jalan Bukit Bintang – Jalan Sultan Ismail) areas. You have to squeeze through people to even walk. Plus, cars are also squeezing to pass through!

FeelclaustrophobicBy crowds!

JALAN ALORSince Jalan Alor is a top tourist area, comprises of two main building types, namely commercial types and residential types.

RestaurantsResidential

Hotels

& Restaurants

Stalls

Sign displays

Lamp post

INTERSECTIONHence the name! This area has one of the biggest traffics in Kuala Lumpur. So it’s a big advantage for us because this is where you see different types of transportation, from tour buses, monorail, and taxis!

On the map are indicated marks of a type of public transportation.

Monorail

Taxi

Bus

1. Air-Asia Bukit Bintang Monorail Station2. Monorail train3. The long stretch of taxis along Sungei Wang Street4. The hop-on hop-off bus

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PHYSICAL ELEMENTS IN THIS AREA1. Sewerage2. Drainage3. Bollards4. Stairs

INTERSECTION

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Lot

10

Along this alley, we found out that the trees along a side of this road have a function. They provide shade for those who are walking under them, hence the trees give a cooling effect despite the hot weather.

The orange boxes resemble loading bays. Loading bays are a type of building where goods vehicles are being loaded or unloaded.

2MORE PUBLIC FACILITIES

Lot 10

What is this mysterious square behind Lot 10 on this map you ask? Well, we went behind and discovered this square encompasses three public facilities!

Tenaga Nasiona

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Parking Lot

Telekom Malaysi

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Tenaga Nasional Berhad – Electric Utility Company

Telekom Malaysia –Telecommunications Company

Instead of focusing on the well-known Lot 10 Shopping Complex, we are going to take a look at the alleyway of this place. And we discovered little somethings which kept this mall alive.

Many would familiarise Bukit Bintang with the buildings in this particular area. This is because these public buildings or spaces

resemble the classy high end status of Bukit Bintang.

PAVILIONSTARHILL FAHRENHEIT 88

We call these

buildings LANDMARKS.

From Clockwise1. Fahrenheit 882. Pavilion3. Pavilion Crystal Fountain4. Starhill Gallery

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Ever wondered how this beautiful fountain display its lights? Firstly, it needs electricity. Second, it needs a source, but where? We noticed that the power comes from this small but important element which is the Tenaga Nasional Berhad stand.

Instead of fascinating landmarks, there are other interesting places which we had encountered. They were hidden in the dark and

seemingly dangerous corners and pathways in this area.

PAVILIONSTARHILL FAHRENHEIT 88

Grand Mille

nnium Hotel

We ventured into this back lane next to the Grand Millennium Hotel and what we thought we saw as a quiet and creepy street was actually a marketplace! Well, more like a makeshift breakfast mamak place.

A woman frying bananas at a street food vendor.

We call this a

PATHWAY.

The back of residential shop houses.

JALAN BULANDoesn’t this area look like a Little Miami in the U.S? Besides the Pavilion area, the area of Jalan Bulan is also very commercialised. It is equipped with huge banks, popular hotels and pubs.

THE PUBLIC SPACE

BB Park may be one of the best public spaces ever in Bukit

Bintang. It is quiet, safe, with security everywhere (they

cannot be photographed). This also allow the users to drink in

peace without a care in the world.

This area may seem to be filled with a lot of green scape. But do not be fooled! These trees are just decorative elements and do not provide any shade at all. We are still sweating buckets when we explored this area. .

To all ladies out there, you may have to watch

out for your bag because this area is

marked as the top 3 hot spots for snatch theft in

Kuala Lumpur!High crime rate (above 80%)

TOPOGRAPHYThis lane above is actually slanted, a slope.

Jalan Bulan’s landmark- Royale Bukit Bintang Hotel

STRENGTH. WEAKNESS. OPPORTUNITY. THREAT.

- of my main areas & streets -• There are some well-built

residential shop houses in Jalan Alor. I like to see that the residents can peep out from their balconies to see the hustle and bustle of the food vendors and visitors along the street.

• The traffic at the main intersection (Lot 10 area) is surprisingly neat. Drivers actually obey the rules.

• Pavilion, Starhill, Fahrenheit and Lot 10 have succeeded in being the symbols of Bukit Bintang.

• Jaan Bulan is unsafe. But the authorities have taken action and placed security around it.

• The traffic and people movement is Jalan Alor is so tight. You can even smell the sweat of others.

• Jalan Alor is very dirty. The food stalls are located in very dirty environments the food is most likely unhygienic.

• We found out that the construction of the MRT at the main intersection had been going on for about 5 to 6 years! This may greatly disturbed the traffic and frequently caused unnecessary congestion.

• The landmarks run on a lot of electricity daily. This is uneconomical and unnecessarily raise the bills to about the million or two per month.

• There are 3 lanes along Jalan Bulan but two of them are already used up by taxis. This forces the other vehicles to travel on one lane.• If we do not plan properly of how we are going to rebuild Jalan Alor, the street may lose its taste and identity of being the food paradise of Bukit Bintang.

• People may not agree with using public transportation. They find it more convenient using their own.

• If we can make Jalan Alor a cleaner and wider area. Visitors may be more comfortable.

• We can use more of the public transportation provided in the area. This may smoothen traffic flow, since we can’t interrupt the operation of construction.

• We can input green building index on the landmarks. They should run on sustainable source which depend on just renewable energy

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MY FAVOURITE BUILDING

BINTANG WARISAN HOTEL

INTERESTING FACTS

WHY THIS CHOICE?I chose this hotel because it is a heritage building. I like the idea that this building might have lived through the days when Bukit Bintang was still new. It was there to see its development. It was there to host our “ancestors” of the 90’s. What matters more is that this hotel still preserves its old design.

• 10 floors. 97 rooms.• Built in 1997• Owned by China Co (M) Sdn Bhd• Opened for Business in November 1998• Best Budget Hotel (Heritage) in Malaysia 1998 – 1999 Award• Best Budget Business Hotel in Malaysia – The World Asia Media’s Millennium Gold Awards 2001 – 2002

WALKING TO & FRO in MINUTES

OTHER SERVICES• Booking or Confirmation of Flights

MY FAVOURITE BUILDING

BINTANG WARISAN HOTEL

SPACES

THE LOBBYThe lobby is the symbol of Bintang Warisan Hotel. It still displays historical structures, pictures and figures in its space. As you enter, you will not miss the large decorated counter. On your left will be a restaurant and also the grand staircase which will lead you to the first floor of hotel rooms.

THE ROUGH PLAN of LOBBY

Table Piece

Souvenir ShopTo the first floor of hotel rooms

To the restaurant

CounterLift

Grand Entrance

MY FAVOURITE BUILDING

BINTANG WARISAN HOTEL

SPACES

THE HOTEL ROOM CORRIDORThe corridor is equipped with the basic facilities, including a touch of Baba Nonya culture and heritage on its design.Here are the features of the corridor.

KELUAR Sign

Fire hose

Fire extinguishe

rBesides being lined with rooms, the corridor is equipped with plenty of security and safety such as CCTV Cameras, KELUAR Room Signs, and fire equipment.

Linen room and telephone riser are an essential for a good hotel.

The plan of the first floor

STRENGTH. WEAKNESS. OPPORTUNITY. THREAT.

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• It still preserves its heritage design. It should not be removed.

• The hotel is cosy and easy to manage.

• The hotel is old. It needs basic renovation now.

• The security is low. You can freely access to any floor in the building. I got chase out from the office on the 10th floor because I can enter there easily at first.

• It’s rumoured to be haunted.

• If it’s not renovated properly, the heritage design may fade.

• We can use the “tap card to access the elevator” system so that in-house guests can only access to their respective floors.

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STRENGTH. WEAKNESS. OPPORTUNITY. THREAT.- the overall as a public space -

• Bukit Bintang has many outdoor eateries and large pavements and pedestrian roadsides where people will roam around and take photos. Such examples include the pedestrian walkway along Lot 10 and Fahrenheit, the area outside Pavilion, and Jalan Alor.

• It should not have many cars on the road. You feel stressful and irritated.

• Construction is greatly disturbing the peace of the area.

• Buildings are running high on unrenewable source.

• A lot of people may not agree with it because they are not aware on the importance of a green environment.

• Bukit Bintang has stayed in this condition for more than a decade. It can be difficult to change the setting now.

• We can depend more of public transportation.

• We can clear the roads and allow only people to walk on them and not vehicles at a certain time of the day, like Ginza Street in Tokyo.

• We can use the Green Building Index on our landmarks.

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Ginza Street, Tokyo (www.japanguide.com

“EXPERIENCE BEYOND SIGHT”Throughout this project, I am made to observe my

city from a different perspective. Whenever my group visited our site, there was always something new to observe. There was always something new to experience. To really study it, we learned to be

willing to open up to see, to feel, to sense.

My group – The Urbangods

SUMMARY

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