Didactic Room for River

Othman, Abd Aziz and Mohd Tahir, Osman and Hussein, Mohd Kher and Abd Ghani, Murad and Abdul Karim, Nur Adibah (2012) Didactic Room for River. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2012, 4. pp. 58-59. ISSN 2180-0685

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Abstract

‘Didactic Room for River’ adopts the Genius Loci philosophy – creating space with spirit and distinct character. Space is broken up into a series of outdoor rooms to create greens, plazas and paths. The plazas promote the meaningful activities between the greens, providing pleasant breathing spaces in capturing the essence of the Klang city. The design also takes advantage of the river’s east-west linear orientation by ensuring the major activities along the river bank in continuously provided through significant linkages from the east to the west. The main green structures are located on both site’s eastern and western ends thus serving as an insulating buffer for the central plazas. Floating islands and riparian edges are also located in these wellinsulated green zones. They serve to improve the water quality as well as to encourage biodiversity. One novel feature towards this end is the expansion of greenery such as green-roofs which could reach across some of the surrounding buildings that could enhance some of their significant buildings’ façades which strengthen their characterz in portraying the historical and cultural values.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SB469-SB476.4 Landscape Gardening. Landscape Architecture
Divisions:	Faculty of Architecture and Design > Department of Landscape Architecture
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2013 17:26
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2013 17:26
URI:	http://stedex.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/252