Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur

This study aims to examine the state of decline in the art of relationship between the urban river and all other elements in the historic townscape using principles of the Integrative Theory with the purpose to identify what binds townscape together and gives its sense of place and what causes the...

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Main Authors:	Mohamad Rozaly, Mohamad Zafarullah, Mohmad Shukri, Sharyzee, Abd. Latip, Nurul Syala, Abdullah, Alias
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Language:	English English
Published:	Science Publishing Corporation 2018
Subjects:	NA Architecture
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spelling	iium-727642019-06-21T00:52:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72764/ Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur Mohamad Rozaly, Mohamad Zafarullah Mohmad Shukri, Sharyzee Abd. Latip, Nurul Syala Abdullah, Alias NA Architecture This study aims to examine the state of decline in the art of relationship between the urban river and all other elements in the historic townscape using principles of the Integrative Theory with the purpose to identify what binds townscape together and gives its sense of place and what causes the rupture. A qualitative-method case study was conducted in the Masjid India Riverfront District involving a visual survey, townscape appraisal, and content analysis on the morphology of the historic riverfront. The results show that the rupture between townscape and river as context is a product of poor walkability in a riverfront devoid of any setting for meaningful human activities, and the key to reweave the historic townscape is to rediscover what gives its meaning and sense of place. Science Publishing Corporation 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72764/1/72764%20Reweaving%20the%20Urban%20Fabric.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72764/2/72764%20Reweaving%20the%20Urban%20Fabric%20SCOPUS.pdf Mohamad Rozaly, Mohamad Zafarullah and Mohmad Shukri, Sharyzee and Abd. Latip, Nurul Syala and Abdullah, Alias (2018) Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (3.9). pp. 81-85. ISSN 2227-524X https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/15282 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.9.15282
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spellingShingle	NA Architecture Mohamad Rozaly, Mohamad Zafarullah Mohmad Shukri, Sharyzee Abd. Latip, Nurul Syala Abdullah, Alias Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur
description	This study aims to examine the state of decline in the art of relationship between the urban river and all other elements in the historic townscape using principles of the Integrative Theory with the purpose to identify what binds townscape together and gives its sense of place and what causes the rupture. A qualitative-method case study was conducted in the Masjid India Riverfront District involving a visual survey, townscape appraisal, and content analysis on the morphology of the historic riverfront. The results show that the rupture between townscape and river as context is a product of poor walkability in a riverfront devoid of any setting for meaningful human activities, and the key to reweave the historic townscape is to rediscover what gives its meaning and sense of place.
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author	Mohamad Rozaly, Mohamad Zafarullah Mohmad Shukri, Sharyzee Abd. Latip, Nurul Syala Abdullah, Alias
author_facet	Mohamad Rozaly, Mohamad Zafarullah Mohmad Shukri, Sharyzee Abd. Latip, Nurul Syala Abdullah, Alias
author_sort	Mohamad Rozaly, Mohamad Zafarullah
title	Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur
title_short	Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur
title_full	Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr	Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed	Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur
title_sort	reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of masjid india, kuala lumpur
publisher	Science Publishing Corporation
publishDate	2018
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Reweaving the urban fabric of the historic riverfront townscape of Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur

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