Studio 4, Project 2: Centre for the Elderly

Centre for the elderly, site located at Taman Kanagapuram. The main function of this is to provide activities spaces that are insufficient in the nearby elderly centre but without accommodation. Design dealing with the surrounding environment and how the elderly communicate within the building itself is concerned. Social activities, communication, spaces, function, comfort level and suitability for elderly is the aspect to be concern during designing this elderly centre. 

Site Analysis

Concept and Intention

In Taman Kanagapuram, the value of its contribution to society as in commercial or historical are slowly depleting. Originally Taman Kanagapuram was a dwelling area, it establish during 1950’s and growing since then due to the situation of over population in Kuala Lumpur. New developments start taking place as us skyscrapers and apartments, residents start move out to new home and areas, related to the rapidly growing of high rise apartment buildings, there are still construction going on nearby the chosen site, and slowly Taman Kanagapuram become less lively over the years. Based on this situation, empty houses are being transform into commercial usages, but this doesn’t shop the urban development that engulfed the site gradually. To prevent this situation from happening, is to bring back the value of this area, giving a new purpose to it which is greater than those developments which is creating a place where elderly able to showcasing their skills and display it to the society hence propagate the area and elderly centre, which on another hand help preserve the site and being new hopes to the elderly. 

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