ARCHITECTURE CULTURE & HISTORY 2 [ARC 1323]

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• Lecturer: Ida Marlina Mazlan
• Tutor: Norhayati Ramli
• Tutor: Nurul Anida Mohamad
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• PROJECT | ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE BUILDING ANALYSIS

  
  
  
  

  Klang is considered one of the oldest town in Selangor. Today, many developments are taking place in Klang thus changing further its current conditions in term of architecture. Without proper documentation of what was happening there, future generations might not know the city, its origin and development changes. Therefore, this project designed to document Klang through report and analysis.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  We were asked to form a group of four. My group members are Hiew Yen Nee, Annie Goh, Chng Xing Yue and me. We were given a list of Klang's heritage buildings to choose from.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  List of sites in Klang:
  1. Klang Railway Station
  2. Gedung Raja Abdullah
  3. Klang Fire Station
  4. Klang Municipal Hall
  5. Klang Convent School
  6. Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
  7. Old Chartered bank Building
  8. Islamic religion Office
  9. The Royal Gallery
  10. Klang Primary School
  11. Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College
  12. Sultan Suleiman Royal Mosque
  13. Anglo Chinese School
  14. Klang High School
  15. Royal Klang Club

  
  

  16. Indian-Muslim Mosque

  
  

  17. Kuan Yin Temple Klang

  
  

  Shophouses (to choose on shophouse)
  18. Shophouses along Jalan Tenku Kelana
  19. Pre-war shoplots at Jalan Raya Timur
  20. Shophouses Along Jalan Stesen 1

  
  

  
  

  In a group of four, we selected a building and we were required to study the function of the building type to serve the community within its vicinity. From our observations on site, we identify the different architectural elements (exterior and interior) that have been adapted to site to best serve the practical and functional needs of the local community as compared to the similar building type found in another region.
   

  After much opinion, we have decided to go with Church of Our Lady Lourdes as all 4 of us think that the church is very interesting in terms of architecture elements and history.

  
  

  Images of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Klang.

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  Group:

  A report must be produced.The report should be written based on the following:

  
  

  Introduction
  Fast facts of the building
  – building name, location, architect, size, function etc
  Contextual condition
  – before and after the building was built & can be looked at from different aspects e.g. physical, social, political, economical, cultural etc
  The architect / Design Ideas / Concept

  
  

  Building Inventory
  Architectural elements/ special feature of building
  - The element of the building (to include explanatory images/photos)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  This is our group report of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Klang.

  
  Use the link below to view our group report.
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/fj33xltfahq4hw8/OLL%20xing%20yue%20final%204%20%281%29.doc?fb=1&fb_action_ids=699973173355520&fb_action_types=dropboxdropbox%3Aadd&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22699973173355520%22%3A659497404094421%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22699973173355520%22%3A%22dropboxdropbox%3Aadd%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D 

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Individual:

  
  

  From observations on site, students are to identify architectural components (exterior and interior) that have been adapted in response to local contextual conditions through a set of annotated sketches. A brief explanation of building names, location, architecture style, architect, function, construction and material is required to accompany the sketches. It should comprise of an analysis highlighting response, user and context, concept and change upon which the building was built.

  
  

  
  

  We are required to choose one of them to work on as our individual analysis. I was assigned to work on User & Context.
  
  
  This is my individual analysis board.
  
  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  All of our individual boards pin up on the presentation day.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  
  
  The overall presentation went really well and we definitely learned a lot from Our Lady of Lourdes Church, both in terms of architecture knowledge and spiritual wisdom. Besides, it helped us interpret architectural language in relation to the development of Western architecture between Industrial Revolution and post World War. We were also gained the ability to extract important information and presented them in your own way.