QUOTE(Benjamin911 @ Jan 22 2011, 03:38 PM)
Just one thing I thought about lately;
What is Malaysian architecture? How should it really look like? And are there any existing/hypothetical examples around?
From what I can see, most of the buildings in Putrajaya such as the prime-minister's office and the mosque for example, are primarily Islamic with the borrowed designs/motives from the west & the middle-east as such. In addition, the entire layout & style of the city, such as the Islamic steel arch framing the Islamic courthouse design, are also borrowed from the middle-eastern Islamic architecture concept.
Do IPTAs like UTM for example research into the quest for Malaysian architecture? Are the students exposed/brought to the awareness of it?
Or is Islamic architecture just the way to go in this country?
What will be the Utopia of architecture for this country/nation?
in IPTAs, we have a saying:
architecture in malaysia is not necessarily malaysian architecture.
meaning, most of the things u see are not actually malaysian architecture, but adaptations of another architecture in malaysia. first u have those buildings excessively borrowing from middle eastern, supposedly being more islamic in nature, but does not respond climate. we are very wet, after all, hence domes on flat roofs is reduced to a water catchment area. then u have the private homes excessively borrowing from western architecture, particularly rooting in roman, greek and those in the classical to rennaisance period.
malaysian architecture ultimately is something that responds to the local needs, climate, culture and community. a lot of this are actually present and more common that most thinks. masjid negara and the parliament is the epitomy of malaysian architecture. ken yeang and his bioclimatic movement is also another approach towards malaysian architecture, only that he's now more into creating an architecture for the whole region in the tropics
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hijjas kasturi is also one of the top guy in promoting malaysian architecture. try and read his writings, there's a lot of insight on why he design each buildings like that. it's like a whole learning process, where he evolved since the 70s, exploring ideas and technology, and trying to achieve something that is malaysian - not malay, not islamic, not chinese - but malaysian.
there are literally thousands of buildings that have explored one aspect of malaysian architecture or the other. i dont understand why people, architects included, still look at visual treatment of islamic architecture. it doesnt have to. heck, even u students are keen at looking at it that way.
masjid negara is one excellent example that a mosque doesnt have to have the islamic image treatment. it has no dome, no elaborate ornaments and almost no walls. it's purely functional, and made no attempt to market itself as the most islamic building in malaysia. but somehow, it's JUST IS.
Jan 22 2011, 06:45 PM
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