Urban Morphology

Meor Mohammad, Fared and Mat Raschid, Mohammad Yazah and Teh, Min Shen (2011) Urban Morphology. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2011, 3. pp. 60-61. ISSN ISSN : 2180-0685

Abstract

A typical skyscraper seldom has the same qualities of human scale development in terms of social interaction that happens along the streets and the open spaces as offered in the sprawling urban development. The solution is to create a skyscraper that attempts to integrate the street life of Kuala Lumpur in a vertical configuration. Teh Min Shin proposes that entire fragmented volume of building to be interconnected with a spatial circulation ribbon that begins at street level moving upwards to create community areas, restaurants, auditoriums, parks and cultural spaces. This approach challenges the common perception of a skyscraper which does not place any value on the street life and the sustainable well-being of an urban population.

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