As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience

Of late it is noticeable that public spaces have considerably become a significant element in urban fabric as it relates very much with the quality of life of community. A meaningful planning and design of public spaces is crucial as it encourages positive activities for communities to make it mo...

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Main Authors: Asmawi, M. Zainora, Abdul Malek, Nurhayati, Abdul Aziz, Maimunah
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: Art University of Isfahan 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/34111/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34111/1/English_papers.pdf
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author Asmawi, M. Zainora
Abdul Malek, Nurhayati
Abdul Aziz, Maimunah
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Abdul Malek, Nurhayati
Abdul Aziz, Maimunah
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description Of late it is noticeable that public spaces have considerably become a significant element in urban fabric as it relates very much with the quality of life of community. A meaningful planning and design of public spaces is crucial as it encourages positive activities for communities to make it more active and lively. Public spaces like parks, pocket gardens, outdoor seating and eating areas, and pedestrian malls are among the trend of this contemporary era among city dwellers globally. Unfortunately, most of the current ideas of planning and designing the public spaces are simply focused to provide spaces for people to do their leisure without respect to Islamic human moral and behavior. Thus, this paper addresses the importance of incorporating the element of as-tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces. The Islamic perspective is far different from the Western adaptation and modernity style in the social activities. The issues of the right of women, children, family law, security, privacy and gender relationship are seldom being considered and observed in planning public spaces. As such, this paper discusses this issue in the context of Malaysian experiences. Observation on the selected case study was undertaken and analysis indicates that the element of as-tsaqafah is not a priority in planning and design public spaces. It is hoped that this paper could promote some Islamic values and approaches in planning public spaces, taking into consideration the importance of as-tsaqafah values.
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spelling iium-341112021-07-16T22:26:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34111/ As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience Asmawi, M. Zainora Abdul Malek, Nurhayati Abdul Aziz, Maimunah H10 Societies NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying Of late it is noticeable that public spaces have considerably become a significant element in urban fabric as it relates very much with the quality of life of community. A meaningful planning and design of public spaces is crucial as it encourages positive activities for communities to make it more active and lively. Public spaces like parks, pocket gardens, outdoor seating and eating areas, and pedestrian malls are among the trend of this contemporary era among city dwellers globally. Unfortunately, most of the current ideas of planning and designing the public spaces are simply focused to provide spaces for people to do their leisure without respect to Islamic human moral and behavior. Thus, this paper addresses the importance of incorporating the element of as-tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces. The Islamic perspective is far different from the Western adaptation and modernity style in the social activities. The issues of the right of women, children, family law, security, privacy and gender relationship are seldom being considered and observed in planning public spaces. As such, this paper discusses this issue in the context of Malaysian experiences. Observation on the selected case study was undertaken and analysis indicates that the element of as-tsaqafah is not a priority in planning and design public spaces. It is hoped that this paper could promote some Islamic values and approaches in planning public spaces, taking into consideration the importance of as-tsaqafah values. Art University of Isfahan 2013-03 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34111/1/English_papers.pdf Asmawi, M. Zainora and Abdul Malek, Nurhayati and Abdul Aziz, Maimunah (2013) As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience. In: International Conference on Islamic Architecture & Built Environment (IAIBE '12): Experiences from Iran and Malaysia, March 2013, Isfahan, Iran.
spellingShingle H10 Societies
NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
Asmawi, M. Zainora
Abdul Malek, Nurhayati
Abdul Aziz, Maimunah
As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience
title As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience
title_full As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience
title_fullStr As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience
title_full_unstemmed As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience
title_short As-Tsaqafah (Islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – Malaysian experience
title_sort as-tsaqafah (islamic socialization) in planning public spaces – malaysian experience
topic H10 Societies
NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/34111/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34111/1/English_papers.pdf