Designing Social Engagement

Ja’afar, Mohamad Fakri Zaky (2011) Designing Social Engagement. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2011, 3. pp. 64-65. ISSN 2180-0685

Abstract

Being regarded as a relatively new idea, a Permaculture Centre should maximize the site resources to engage the society participation in the activities programmed whilst enjoying the surrounding environment. The design should not only enhance the social and environmental experience but also become a unique learning laboratory in which both the visitors and locals can utilize. Asyraf Azmi designed his Permaculture spaces in a natural mangrove observation hub orchestrated by a central rectangular courtyard created near the main axis. It serves as a mini farm open to the public and is flanked by green houses for farming where the scale of the buildings are kept low to allow transparent observation throughout the building complex and surrounding mangrove. The arrangement of integrated built spaces with intertwining open areas allow more social interactions that can enhance the environmental learning.

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