An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture
With the establishment of a new administrative center in Putrajaya, an opportunity to address and to reaffirm a national architectural identity was presented. This research attempts to document and evaluate the design direction of administrative buildings in Putrajaya in response to the issue of...
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| author | Mohd Rasdi, Mohd Tajuddin Kanesh, Kavin Utaberta, Nangkula Asif, Nayeem |
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| description | With the establishment of a new administrative center in Putrajaya, an opportunity to
address and to reaffirm a national architectural identity was presented. This research attempts
to document and evaluate the design direction of administrative buildings in Putrajaya in
response to the issue of establishing a national architectural identity. It will attempt to analyze
the various inputs towards achieving the desired image, from the political, socio cultural as
well as economic context. Additionally, it is crucial to understand the architectural identity
thoughts and standpoint of the architect that was in charge of the design and implementation of
the selected administrative building. This research uses a historical architectural interpretative
methodology to analyze the building in place and aided with literature reviews, interviews with
the relevant persons involved as well as on site direct observation and analysis of the building
involved. The data obtained and presented reveals the thoughts that were the basis of forming
the national architecture identity to an extent. The architect’s position in relation to achieving
the design-brief but at the same time, utilizing his or her reflection and background formation.
The research discovers that the architect’s design principles were to emphasize the local and
Islamic characteristics to highlight the role of Islam within the new administrative center of
Malaysia. The resulting outcome of this research will provide an understanding on how to
critically engage in addressing architectural issues that form a national architecture identity. |
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| spelling | iium-808982021-06-23T15:52:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/80898/ An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture Mohd Rasdi, Mohd Tajuddin Kanesh, Kavin Utaberta, Nangkula Asif, Nayeem NA Architecture NA2000 Study and teaching. Research NA4170 Public buildings With the establishment of a new administrative center in Putrajaya, an opportunity to address and to reaffirm a national architectural identity was presented. This research attempts to document and evaluate the design direction of administrative buildings in Putrajaya in response to the issue of establishing a national architectural identity. It will attempt to analyze the various inputs towards achieving the desired image, from the political, socio cultural as well as economic context. Additionally, it is crucial to understand the architectural identity thoughts and standpoint of the architect that was in charge of the design and implementation of the selected administrative building. This research uses a historical architectural interpretative methodology to analyze the building in place and aided with literature reviews, interviews with the relevant persons involved as well as on site direct observation and analysis of the building involved. The data obtained and presented reveals the thoughts that were the basis of forming the national architecture identity to an extent. The architect’s position in relation to achieving the design-brief but at the same time, utilizing his or her reflection and background formation. The research discovers that the architect’s design principles were to emphasize the local and Islamic characteristics to highlight the role of Islam within the new administrative center of Malaysia. The resulting outcome of this research will provide an understanding on how to critically engage in addressing architectural issues that form a national architecture identity. Institute of Physics Publishing 2020 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80898/1/80898_An%20Historical%20Study%20of%20The%20Ministry%20of%20Federal.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80898/2/80898_An%20Historical%20Study%20of%20The%20Ministry%20of%20Federal_SCOPUS.pdf Mohd Rasdi, Mohd Tajuddin and Kanesh, Kavin and Utaberta, Nangkula and Asif, Nayeem (2020) An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture. In: International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management and Sciences 2019 ( ICSDEMS 2019), 16th-17th October 2019, Kuala Lumpur. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/436/1/012020/pdf doi:10.1088/1755-1315/436/1/012020 |
| spellingShingle | NA Architecture NA2000 Study and teaching. Research NA4170 Public buildings Mohd Rasdi, Mohd Tajuddin Kanesh, Kavin Utaberta, Nangkula Asif, Nayeem An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture |
| title | An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture |
| title_full | An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture |
| title_fullStr | An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture |
| title_full_unstemmed | An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture |
| title_short | An historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in Putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture |
| title_sort | historical study of the ministry of federal territories building in putrajaya within the perspective of the discourse on the national architectural identity of administrative architecture |
| topic | NA Architecture NA2000 Study and teaching. Research NA4170 Public buildings |
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