PART A: IDENTIFYING 5 ELEMENTS
Based on Kevin Lynch's The Image of the City (1960), we were to select a city and identify the 5 elements in the city. These included nodes, edges, districts, landmarks and paths. The site selected is Little India, Klang. From this project, I have learnt to analyse architecture and urban forms in relation to relevant architectural theories. I have gained a differnt perspectives towards urban city.
PART B: AN ILLUSTRATED ESSAY WITH A COGNITIVE MAPPING OF SELECTED URBAN SPACES
As a continuation of part A, this project required us to create cognitive mapping of selected significant urban spaces in Little India to understand one’s perception and spatial behaviour in cities today. Using the cognitive map students are required to present a critical understanding of emerging contemporary urbanism in KL city spaces (in relations to Kevin Lynch notions of imageability and how it influences people’s perception of the city. The submission requirment is a written report with cognitive map. As a result, I have gained a better understanding of cognitive mapping and how it can relate to architecture.
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