Learning Outcomes :
- Analyse and discuss the relationship between architecture and its social, cultural and intellectual context within the Asian region.
- Differentiate the way in which many varied factors contribute to the development of Asian architecture and urbanism.
- Produce, orally and in writing, a critical interpretation of Asian architecture and urbanism in relation to relevant theories within the contemporary discourse of architecture.
- A paper (3,000 to a maximum of 4000 words, double-spaced).
Topic of case study :
Project 2 : An Asian Street
Learning Outcomes:
- Explore an Asian street with the theme of street as an experience of the urban life, street as programmes or events, street as language, street as container of society, culture, history and memory.
- Sketches of street and map to expose the themes.
- Photographs to express the understanding of events and themes of the street.
Hand-drawn map of Jalan Sultan Iskandar and its landmarks
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History
Shoplots
along Jalan Sultan Iskandar that shows simplicity of design, yet bringing out
the beauty within the simplicity. These shoplots have over hundred years of
history and are the oldest shoplots in Ipoh city.
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The landmark，the separation
The Hugh Low bridge with 100 over years history marks the
separation between Ipoh old town and Ipoh new town.
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Over the years
Stacking of sales records, old crumbled papers, past goods.
Grubby walls, dusty switches… All these are surely not able to be composed in a
short period of time. This shop must have been there for business for a really
long time!
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Dilapidated
An
interesting dilapidated façade of an old building along Jalan Sultan Iskandar
shows it’s great history with buildings that has been there for ages.
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Congeniality
A
great morning starts with a great breakfast, what more in a coffee shop with
great food and great hospitality. Thie scene of an old lady serving the
customers and the mother feeding the child shows the intimacy that was brought
out through simple actions like these.
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Lim
KOPI
“Lim
kopi” the shop name, literally means “drink coffee” in hokkien. This is a more
renovated and beautified coffee shop however still having the essence of the classic
coffee shop in Ipoh- the source of a cup
of classic Ipoh White coffee to kick start a day.
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A
whole, like a circle
Sometimes,
happiness is just by having a simple meal with family. It is a culture of the
Chinese people to dine on a round table as it brings all family members
together as a whole, just like a circle that has no breaking points thus no end
to happiness.
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Simplicity
at it’s best
The
mother feeding her child while looking over her stall in the night market near
Hugh Low street. A simple yet heart-warming scene that brings out the motherly
love for a child.
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We have it all
As Ipoh is a town with a lot of
Chinese people, chinese herbal shops can easily be found there.The chinese herbal and medical
shop provides tons and tons of different traditional suppliments which are
still practiced and used by most of the chinese people.
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Always
busy
Most
of the shops along Jalan Sultan Iskandar are closed at night, leaving behind
the lonely and quiet corridors. However, the street remains busy with cars, as
hugh low street is a main road of the city connecting to many places.
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