Yee Hoong Ming

1.Embrace of the future

Description :

I have chosen this picture because it shows the theme of embrace of the future.

Explain :

The world's tallest twin building . Petronas Twin Towers is the anchor project of Kuala Lumpur City Center or KLCC. Standing at 451.9M high, it has a two towers of 88-storey office building. The 1.8 bil Ringgit Petronas Twin Towers building was officially opened on August 31, 1999 by Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad. The Petronas Twin Towers was designed by Argentinian architect Cesar Pelli. The original design was 421M tall but later reworked to the present height.

2. Freezing of the Past

Description :

This shop located opposite Petaling Street is best showing the theme of freezing of the past.

Explain :

The old looking shop is showing the old style of design.

Even though there been years that this building have built , but yet the old style of design will still remain as the historical building . This is why the shop is still remain at there , freezing of the past.

3.Transition between the Past and the Present

Description:

I have chosen this picture because from the picture , we can see the theme of transition between the past and the present.

Explain :

This two building located near Petaling Street is showing two different design . one is the modern and one is the ancient . As we can see from the picture , the modern building usually will have a lot glass and very simple .

Whereas the ancient design will have less glass but more on design . From this angle of the picture , we can clearly see the transition between the past and the present.

4.Cultural Crossroads

Description :

This two shop is showing the theme of cultural crossroads .

Explain :

This two shop that own by different culture owner have placed together . It’s best showing the theme of cultural crossroads . This is also representing the malaysia best culture , where there can be multi culture placed together .

5. Collapsing Identity

Description:

This picture is showing a bookshop It have used the new concept of design but yet keeping the old material. This shows the collapsing of identify.

Explain :

Base on the exterior , we can see that it look like very old fashion but yet quite contemporary design. It have air-cond and a lot glass outside the building to make it look modern , but keeping the ancient shape of architecture building. This picture is best showing of the collapsing of the identity of the theme of collapsing of identity.