THERAPEUTIC HOUSING COMMUNITY

University of Malaya (UM), Faculty of the Built Environment (FBE), Kuala Lumpur

Project idea

'A PLACE FOR THE SOUL’-
'BRIDGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER’

BREAKING THE BARRIER OF SOCIAL GAP BY RESTORATIVE PUBLIC SPACES
What would it be like if you can live in a housing environment that heals and transform your soul and overall well-being on a daily basis?

“a quality living where it is not only for the rich but for everyone-, where a quality lifestyle transform, elevate and heals you on a daily basis“

“A GARDEN THERAPY LIVING”
Therapeutic housing community is a concept of community living life to the fullest that restore the state of mind for every person living in the area, rejuvenating them to their full potential to realize their maximum capabilities .

In this settlement, everyone enjoys the same benefits of quality living in a sensitive restorative environment, a living lifestyle where every day is a therapeutic experience and a chance encounter, a harmonious and joyous life and a tight knit community that embrace each other differences.

This therapeutic housing settlement will be the nuclei that transform not only its residents, but slowly and surely its neighboring area into a better and joyful community.

KEYWORDS: HUMANISTIC ARCHITECTURE, HEALING ARCHITECTURE, HEALING SPACES, RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN BEHAVIOR, SENSE SENSITIVE DESIGN, GREEN AND BLUE SPACE THERAPY

Project description

BAGS 6102 , AVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2 is a studio course that are undertaken for master degree in Fourth Year, second master.
In this semester, students are taught on how to design a residential housing that is inclusive to all three different level of major income which is the B40, M40 and T20, and also for elderly housing.
This semester design exercise is in tandem with the course contents which allow student to design affordable high-density housing project focusing on the psychological and physiological aspects of a human being, communal living and socio-cultural issues and apply theories and principles of housing design such as defensible spaces, security by design, crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and clustering or block grouping to accelerate social interaction. We may assume the client for the project is the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur.

Technical information

Full technical details is provided on the board uploaded, but generally the major technical details concerning the design is as below,
TASK AND OBJECTIVES:
To design affordable high-density housing complex able to fit between minimum 1:100 to a maximum of
1:120 person per acre designated for all 3 income groups and independent senior citizen including common
facilities with the following details and limitation:
1. Apartment unit typologies and provisions:
 Single bedroom at approximately 400 sf (±10%) at provision of 20% of total units and 50%
designated for the elderly.
 50% of single bedded unit for all three different costs of apartment come with OKU toilet
provisions
 2-bedded at approximately 500 sf (± 10%) at provision of 30% of total units
 3-bedded at approximately 750sf (±10%) at provision of 50% of total units.
 For the T20 group, the area provisions are approximately 500sf (±10%) for single bedded,
750sf(±10%) for two bedded and 1000sf (±10%) for three bedded
 Provision of units according to cost: T20:20%, M40:30% and B40:50%
2. Common facilities to be determined from DBKL and propose community requirements.
3. General guidelines, rules, law and regulations from DBKL, UBBL, DOSH shall be adhered to.
4. Height restrictions: maximum 1 floor higher than the nearest adjacent highrise apartment.
5. Basement parking is not allowed.
6. Only 30% of the ground floor is meant for unit.

Co-authors

This project is my sole works and there's no co author