Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia

Malaysia is known for its plethora of cultures, traditions, and identity. Similarly, so does its cinema industry, which has existed for almost a century. The cinema theater was a place and space where people of all ages met and engaged for entertainment. As the audience keeps growing, cinema halls a...

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Main Authors: Gowd, Deepankursingh, Mohd Zairul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resources Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/1/119820.pdf
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Mohd Zairul
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description Malaysia is known for its plethora of cultures, traditions, and identity. Similarly, so does its cinema industry, which has existed for almost a century. The cinema theater was a place and space where people of all ages met and engaged for entertainment. As the audience keeps growing, cinema halls are moving into shopping malls where more modern and bigger halls are being built to amuse people in both shopping and entertainment, and the cinema theaters are closing down. These theaters were once an integral part of the urban fabric of the community and country. Thus, the architecture of the cinema provides a character, identity, and culture, which acts as a catalyst for a socially sustainable society. To address this, architecture and cinema are used as two integral elements of sustainability principles on the social dimension consisting of equity and social identity, aesthetics, and comfort. The study will conduct qualitative research to explore cinema architecture as a platform to promote film culture development and investigate the architectural strategies that can be incorporated into a cultural hub. Furthermore, the study will present a framework for a new cinema architecture that aims to reintroduce the cinema theater as a cinema cultural hub for the present and future generations and introduce a new perspective to the cinema theaters outside the shopping mall. In summary, the study presents research on a new approach to cinema architecture and interaction with the urban fabric and community. The research focuses on cinema theater urban shopping malls and the sustainability and criteria of cultural entertainment with the design of cinema theater and operational guidelines and mechanisms to use in cinema architecture in the urban development and community.
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spelling upm-1198202025-09-11T02:00:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/ Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia Gowd, Deepankursingh Mohd Zairul Malaysia is known for its plethora of cultures, traditions, and identity. Similarly, so does its cinema industry, which has existed for almost a century. The cinema theater was a place and space where people of all ages met and engaged for entertainment. As the audience keeps growing, cinema halls are moving into shopping malls where more modern and bigger halls are being built to amuse people in both shopping and entertainment, and the cinema theaters are closing down. These theaters were once an integral part of the urban fabric of the community and country. Thus, the architecture of the cinema provides a character, identity, and culture, which acts as a catalyst for a socially sustainable society. To address this, architecture and cinema are used as two integral elements of sustainability principles on the social dimension consisting of equity and social identity, aesthetics, and comfort. The study will conduct qualitative research to explore cinema architecture as a platform to promote film culture development and investigate the architectural strategies that can be incorporated into a cultural hub. Furthermore, the study will present a framework for a new cinema architecture that aims to reintroduce the cinema theater as a cinema cultural hub for the present and future generations and introduce a new perspective to the cinema theaters outside the shopping mall. In summary, the study presents research on a new approach to cinema architecture and interaction with the urban fabric and community. The research focuses on cinema theater urban shopping malls and the sustainability and criteria of cultural entertainment with the design of cinema theater and operational guidelines and mechanisms to use in cinema architecture in the urban development and community. Human Resources Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/1/119820.pdf Gowd, Deepankursingh and Mohd Zairul (2024) Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14 (8). pp. 1511-1527. ISSN 2222-6990 https://kwpublications.com/papers_submitted/11210/exploration-of-cinema-architecture-to-resurge-cinema-as-a-cultural-laboratory-in-malaysia.pdf 10.6007/ijarbss/v14-i8/22529
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Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia
title Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia
title_full Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia
title_fullStr Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia
title_short Exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in Malaysia
title_sort exploration of cinema architecture to resurge cinema as a cultural laboratory in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119820/1/119820.pdf