Revitalisation Urban Spaces

Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid (2012) Revitalisation Urban Spaces. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2012, 4. pp. 92-93. ISSN 2180-0685

Abstract

The rapid increase in population, in conjunction with increase in the rate of urbanisation, had led to unplanned and uncontrolled expansion of urban landscape spaces in Malaysia. These eventually resulted in the gradual loss of open spaces in the city, due to increasing demand for built up area. Projects in the urban landscape design studio accentuate designing landscape as a livable space that exists in urban environment. These 4th year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture projects have exciting potentials in revitalising development in urban city by injecting ‘Spirit of the Space’ that make possible for changes to happen. The big challenge was how students need to design and accentuate the abandoned, failing and underutilised sites of grey fields with respect to the integrity of existing elements of value, cultural, historical and activities in the area. Greyfield site normally yields lesser revenue or lower economical return due to being poorly maintained, their need for revitalization to suit the current trend of urban developmentis critical. Hence, efforts by the students to take up the challenge to turn these sites into profitable, vibrant, livable and exciting sites at par with their surrounding are much appreciated.

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