Design Studio 6

Project 1- Site Analysis (JOHOR BAHRU HERITAGE TOWN)

As a group (studio), the students are required to go to the site to perform investigation and analysis. In this pre-design phase, students are required to conduct studies on contextual conditions of the site, local codes & pertinent guidelines, Students are required to apply the urban analytical technique(s) learned in Architectural Design Studio V and Theories of Architecture and Urbanism. The group presentation should show comprehensive understanding of people and place that they are to design for. We were required to conduct an in-depth site analysis of the city of Johor Bahru and translate it into a presentation. The site analysis is to mainly investigate the intangible and tangible aspects of Johor Bahru and to propose a suitable programme for the site.

Presentation boards

Presentation slides

Presentation Video

A Floating City, JB

Documentation of Site analysis

pre-researches of the final design

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Project 2- Johor Bahru City Lobby, Social commentary

Final Design Proposal:

Social commentary; the social infrastructure.

Johor Bahru City Lobby.

Years ago, our design project site, Bazaar Karat, JB popular flea market (established in 2009), which receives a rough total of 6000 visitors on a daily basis (based on news articles). Economy market growth of Iskandar - causeway development further attract developers to mark this strategic node (our site) to transform into a luxurious residential project, where Causeway Regency was officially launched (in 2015) at the forefront of JBCC and Singapore, on our site. Ended up termination of this luxurious project highly due to Iskandar property massive blooms. Looked in-depth, our project site has no significant spinal urban connection with the surroundings, the park is unsafe and does not fit into a major JBCC public space and illegal car cloning is also rampant in the city. However, the sense of ownership still remains in a temporal way, the people still celebrating their existence around the sites. Our site was perceived as the main shortcut to reach the Mosque India which situated along Jalan Duke. Activities like busking, Chinese community Saturday night, bazaar activities enliven the site. Now, the main objective of this project is clearly defined, an architecture display to celebrate the connections of the urban community.