2. LEGIBILITY
PETALING STREET,KL
A well-known shopping district, Petaling Street
is the Chinatown of Kuala Lumpur. This famous
street cuts through Jalan Pudu and Jalan Sultan
with various hotels in kuala lumpur like Swiss
Inn Kuala Lumpur, Ancasa Hotel and Spa and
Alamanda Hotel surrounding it. Petaling Street,
the centre of Kuala Lumpur's original
Chinatown, maintains much of its traditional
atmosphere, particularly at night when
vendors fan out their merchandise along the
street.
3. ADAPTIVITY
PETALING STREET,KL
The coexistence of traditional shophouses
and contemporary skyscrapers in Kuala
Lumpur shows the contrast and changes
on form, materiality and architecture
style, it's preservation of the past and
progression to the future.
4. PACE
PETALING STREET,KL
Fast paced of life, the residents living
their life or making their life from the
place are the personification of the
land’s soul. A fast glance at the street
shows the gleaming and full of colour
busy market daily life, passing by the
darkness creeping in between the
dance of colours.
5. HUMAN ACTIVITY
PETALING STREET,KL
Petaling Street is chock-full of shops and stalls
selling goods and food. Petaling Street is also
filled with opportunities to sample a delightful
array of local cuisine. Chinese and seafood
restaurants can be found at every corner, and
stalls selling all kinds of snacks are stretched
along the street, resulting in an interesting
mixture of aroma filling the air that is quite
hard to resist. The best thing about them is that
most of them are open until very late at night,
with some even staying open until four to five
in the morning.
6. PUBLIC REALM
CENTRAL MARKET,KL
Central Market hosts a variety of
vendors that bring out their best
wares during the country’s colourful
and exciting annual festivals such as
Hari Raya, Chinese New Year and
Deepavali. For example, during the
Hari Raya festival vendors will sell an
assortment of sweet cakes and
titbits; at Deepavali, the market has
a colourful collection of saris and
other Indian merchandise on display,
while Chinese New Year sees the
bazaar filled with Chinese treats as
well as traditional Chinese costumes
for sale. For the rest of the year
Central Market supports local
contemporary arts by hosting art
exhibitions.
7. DIVERSITY
PETALING STREET,KL
People from diffrent places with different
cultures and religious can be seen in Petaling
Street in Kuala Lumpur. This place creates
intersecting point in pedestrians movement
patterns, establishing an interaction
between people.
8. IDENTITY
PETALING STREET,KL
Today, Petaling Street is where you can find
roadside hawker stalls selling a variety of
things such as clothes, food, drinks,
electronic goods and fresh produce. In case
you’re hungry or thirsty, the restaurants
and stalls here are more than capable of
quenching your thirst and satiating your
hunger. Despite all this, Petaling Street is
most popular for its range of goods,
particularly at night when the trading
activities are in full swing. You can find an
excellent range of items to choose from,
including sportswear, shoes, apparels, and
so much more.
9. MACABRE
PETALING STREET,KL
Hidden alleys shadowed by the presence
of solid forms became spaces of storage
and activity for small stalls. Back alley has
a intimate relationship between the
shophouses, creating a sense of
privatization to the street and also a
functional in between space. Backlanes
are relatively quiet due to lesser traffic.
Most of the shops here are the little stalls
but many locals claim that at these stalls
are where the best street foods can be
found, food are relatively cheap and
delicious.
10. MOVEMENT
PATTERN
PETALING STREET,KL
Complexity of movement pattern gives
a sense of vitality within the street.
Movement pattern promotes vitality
on the site where pedestrian is
everywhere. Moreover, the movement
in the city began a series of chain
reaction that pulling more movement
into the pathway.
11. SCALE
PETALING STREET,KL
The shophouses along the stretch of
Petaling Street are covered by the
overhand roof, creating a defined
volume throughtout the street, this
results the unpredictable scale of
shophouses under the uniformed
roof although they consist of various
scale and sizes.
12. ARCHITECTURE STYLE
PETALING STREET,KL
I would like to highlight the main
architectural style evident at Petaling Street-
The Baba and Nyonya style. It is somehow
our identity as Malaysians. A prized heritage
that we can no longer find anywhere else.
The Baba/Nyonya architectural style consists
of a elongated rectangular floor plan,
usually two storeys high with a significant 5-
foot-walkway as initiated by the British in
the 1800s. The exteriors commonly had 3
window panes intricately decorated and
above the main doors you would find
a traditional Chinese signboard bearing the
surname of the family or name for the shop.
13. DYNAMIC
PETALING STREET,KL
Form of the overhang roof creates dynamic
pattern, movement to have eye cathing view
and generates energy into the place,
bringing petaling street to life.
14. CULTURE
PETALING STREET,KL
The plain wall in Petaling Street’s concrete
jungle are well-decorated with mural art.
The mural art not only decorates the places,
but also shows the stories of the locals.
Murals are important in that they bring art
into the public sphere to make the place
more lively.
15. STREET INTEGRATED
PETALING STREET,KL
Spaces between roads and shops creates a walk-
way are one of the most recognizable element in
KL. It's designed to provides shades and
improves walkability. Activities always spilled
out the the 5-foot walkaway from shophouses
and develop intimate relationship between the
pedestrians and shophouses.
16. RELIGIOUS
PETALING STREET,KL
The presence of numerous sanctuaries in Jalan
H.S.LEE demonstrates the diversity of culture in KL.
The religious nodes engages the individuals.
