SIM LI MEI
MBE201072
Master in Architecture
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
simlimei@gmail.com | 016-3127233
October 2019
Kuala Lumpur Creative & Cultural District - Urban Regeneration & Smart Mobility 2019
SCE Project Asia, Studio Architetti Croce, IUAV University of Venice and Venice Architectural Association (VAA) in collaboration with Think City, organized a thematic design workshop. This workshop aims to engage young professionals to re-imagine the future of Kuala Lumpur’s historic centre. There were three categories for the projects in this workshop: Master Planning, Adaptive Reuse and Architectural Conservation. Our team is in the category of Architectural Conservation which we were lucky enough to be selected as the Best Project Award.
The workshop was conducted based on the idea of re-imagining the Kuala Lumpur's historic center into a viable creative and cultural center that preserves existing asset, improve its liveability as well as create attractive places for visitor appeal.
The traditional retail street precinct, namely Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) which is famous for its fabrics and textiles, urban interventions are proposed to highlight the traditional textile industry and to preserve the traditional shophouses in the precinct while improving the livability of the city. This is a good opportunity and great experience for us to gain knowledge and learn more in urban design.