Syamila Kamal

1.Embrace of the future

THE MODERNITY CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THIS BUILDING. THE ARCHITHECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN OF THE BUILDING AS SIGNS OF TRANSFORMATION. WITH ITS SKYBRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWIN TOWERS AT THE 41st AND 42nd FLOORS,PETRONAS TOWERS WOULD BE IN THE IMAGERY OF THE OFFICIAL BROCHURES .

2. Freezing of the Past

THE BUILDING WAS A VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE.IT IS LOOKS ALIKE GRECIAN-SPANISH STRUCTURE.PRIOR TO SECOND WORLD WAR MANY SHOP HOUSE A BUILT IN THE OLD CITY CENTRE.THIS SHOP HOUSE DREW INSPIRATION FROM STRAITS CHIENES AND EUROPEAN TRADITIONS.THE WINDOWS EXACTLY LOOKS ALIKE MALAYSIAN CULTURE.

3.Transition between the Past and the Present

FROM THE PICTURE WE CAN SEE THAT THE OLD MALAYSIAN DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE EXISTING WINDOWS ARE COMBINATION OF BOTH OLD AND NEW ARCHITECTURE DESIGN.THE BUILDING ITS MADE FROM CONCRETE.THE ROOF DESIGN SYOMBLISE OLD MALAYSIAN ARCHITECTURE.

4.Cultural Crossroads

THE CENTRAL MARKET IT’S AN OLD BUILDING BUILT IN 1880.THE BUILDING ITS SELF REPRESENTS OLD MALAYSIAN ARCHITECTURE AND INSIDE THE MARKET,YOU WILL FIND OLD ARTIFACTS REPRESENTING OLD CULTURER DESIGNS.

5. Collapsing Identity

THE OLD BUILDING HAS LOST SOME OF ITS IDENTITY THIS IS BY,BUILDING A MODERN BUILDING BESIDE THE OLD BUILDING THUS,LOOSING HALF OF ITS IDENTITY.THIS CAN BE SEEN BY THE USE OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL AND ARCHITECTURE DESIGN.THE MODERN BUILDING ITS BIGGER THAN THE OLD BUILDING.