Rumah-Ku
KLAF2020 Malaysian House Competition
_Sept 2020_
Baba Nyonya jaganlah dilupa,
Khazanah Bangsa tidak terkira,
Sejarah Peranakan Kebanggaan Negara,
Warisan Dunia Sama Dijaga
Peranakan culture in Malaysia had been slowly forgotten by the new era. As part of the unique culture that born and raised in particularly Penang, Melacca & Singapore, peranakan were an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Hoklo settlers in the Malay Peninsula. It was a results of inter-marriage between the Chinese and the local non-Muslim Malays, their descendetns become known as the Peranakan Cina/ Straits Chinese and are always referred to as the Baba Nyonya. There's several different type of architectural styles that are related to the Peranakans. However a typical Peranakan house usually has the Ruang Tamu (the first hall), Tiah Gelap (second hall), Chim Chae (courtyard/ air wells), Ancestral Hall, and Kitchen.
In "Rumah-Ku' the designer proposed to bring back all these significant peranakan spaces into this particular proposal, to re-embrace the spaces while paying respect towards the Peranakan Architecture Style. While in another aspect, the designer tries to tackled the approach from the visual experience perspective, as all the furniture & material were mostly into Retro style which giving an experience as if the user were living in the traditional Peranakan house.
- The Proposed Site -
Proposed site were located at the existing site of bangunan MARA (MARA building). The site were approximately 3131 meter square with a buildable area of 1388 meter square which includes the existing car parking that sits beside the existing bangunan MARA. The site were located next to the significant main road of Jalan Sultan Abidin while were set between 2 secondary road which named as Jalan Tok Lam & Jalan Masjid Abidin
- The Concept -
The whole concept were derived from the traditional Terengganu Architecture which lead to the wood carving and the local awareness on their own local culture, arts & craft .
- The Green Ideas -
Sustainable ideas were implement into the design of hotel to cope with the sustainable topic of the assessment while trying the best to create a low-E emission building that able to minimize the damage impact towards the nature.
- The Board -
