Streaks of History

Ja’afar, Mohamad Fakri Zaky and LIn, Xie Qi (2010) Streaks of History. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition (STEDex’10), 2. pp. 50-51. ISSN 2180-0685

Abstract

The gallery is set in a green surrounding of Taiping Lake Garden, the first lake garden in Malaysia. It is meant to persuade visitors to immerse in the rich history of Taiping i.e., the tin mines, the Larut wars and the advent of British Colonialism in Tanah Melayu. The design takes a different approach to buildings of heritage and history. Rather than the feel of a museum of yesteryears, the gallery conveys the idea of universality consisting, of modern ideas of forms and meaning. Strong horizontal lines indicate openings for views, light and ventilation. Realising the artefact status of the lake itself, the gallery is subdued by being pushed into the ground. Nevertheless, being at the edge of a higher ground, the sunken level still enjoys outside views of the lower part of the garden towards the lake.......[Read More]

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