Urban Intervention in Kampong Bharu Kuala Lumpur by LIM CHEN HEE - "INCUBATOR" UTAR May 2021

A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD: KAMPONG BHARU KUALA LUMPUR. UTAR STUDIO 6 URBAN INTERVENTION & STUDY.
A NEW NORMAL LOOK AT AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD: STUDY OF KAMPONG BHARU KUALA LUMPUR AND IT’S FRINGES.
WHAT KINDS OF SPACE ARE WE WILLING TO LIVE AND WORK IN NOW?"
“The pandemic is a problem that is going to be solved by medicine and not cured by architecture. But notions of flexibility are the way that our studio is going to forward. It isn’t just the virus; it is the change of the speed society, where [the old] architecture [was] too slow to react, and very geo-fixed and heavy and expensive”
(Elizabeth Diller, architect) "
Currently the world is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it is said to be harmless, due to its low mortality rate, its infectivity is very worrying. Almost all countries have been infected by this virus with tens of millions of people. Although the mortality rate is low, the number who died has touched the millions. Researchers say that this virus spreads between humans. To prevent this, encounters between individuals must be limited. As a result, many countries have adopted policies to close their doors to citizens of other countries. Countries that rely on tourism money face huge issue of unemployment and loss of income for its citizen.
Areas with a high number of patients, referred to as red zones, even forbid residents to leave their homes or residential units. As a result, many residents cannot work because their workplaces are outside their residential units. Foodstuffs are scarce for regions that are unable to produce agricultural and livestock products, while agricultural areas experience a massive surplus because their produce cannot be sent outside the region. In addition, settlements that are not equipped with social facilities are also threatened with degradation of community life.
These travel restriction policies make the regions have to prepare all the necessities of life for their citizens. These needs include housing, work, schools, recreation areas, social spaces including agricultural spaces which will supply food needs for all its citizens. The workforce that lost their job need to be retrain in various other skills to improve their employability or entrepreneurial skills.
Working patterns of our cities do not support to put the spread of the virus under control. New protocol needs to be implemented and adjustment made to design of spaces creating ARCHITECTURE OF THE NEW NORMAL

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