Neda Hashemi

1.Embrace of the future

This architecture will happen in all of the word in near future. People will welcome to this buildings. These buildings are famous to skyscraper. They are like geometric forms such as cube, cylinder and etc. They have high technology.

We can see the same materials such as iron, steel, stone and so on in these buildings. Also the same colors that are white, gray, black and etc. A lot of glass use in windows. The roof is flat in all of the buildings. We observe a lot of floors.

2. Freezing of the Past

I select this picture for up theme because this building is representative past. The past that is toward fall. There are not any sign of repairing, also we can see national architecture. There are columns, wooden door, big balcony with metal balustrade and chalky walls.

Nowadays, we see less symbols of this architecture in Malaysia, except old areas such as KL Central. It is obvious that past of these buildings will remain in freezing.

3.Transition between the Past and the Present

This photo is incorporation of the past and present. We can see a lot of difference between buildings. In the old buildings we colors are yellow, red, blue, and etc but in the new buildings use cold colors such as white, gray, blak. Now a days most of roofs are flat but in the past, using gable roofs were current. Also the narrow and louvre windows with small glass are symbol of the past buildings. There are not modern materials such as steel, stone in old buildings but in new buildings we can see that. Exponent of building stuccoed and bepainted that the dark yellwo color in this building but in new buildings exponent is often of stone, steel and so on.

4.Cultural Crossroads

This photo is about Malaysian culture in architecture. I think due to Malaysia is a Islamic country , being minarets and domical buildings are representative ancient civilization and culture.

Obviously affront wall is reticular that is one symbol of Islamic architecture. We can see reticular balcony nearly in the middle of minaret.

Also more usage this kind of architecture is seen in mosques and holy places.

5. Collapsing Identity

This buildings are symbols of collapsing of identity in Malaysian architecture. In comparison with past, there are not traditional houses and trace of past. The new materials such as stone, granite, steel, glass, mental and so on is obvious. We often see a lot of window with glass, and small balcony, flat roofs, black, white and gray color, long buildings with specific design are specification of modern architecture. Also we can see many floors in this buildings.