1. Element of Built Environment
Case Study
By Yee Algel, Thun Shao Xun, Liong Shun Qi and Yvonne Chin.

2. Urban
Stadium Merdeka

3. Urban?
• High population density
• Fully developed
• Fastest growing metropolitan regions in the country,
in terms of population and economy.
• Mostly commercial building
• Majority are high rise building

4. Stadium Merdeka
• A sport stadium
• Stadium Merdeka was constructed from 25 September 1956 to 21 August
1957
• Located at Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur.
• Can fit the capacity about 25,000
• The stadium where Malaysia's declaration of independence on 31 August
1957.

5. Infrastructure
Well developed and completed infrastructure such as:
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Street light
Bridges in Kuala Lumpur that connects with outstate which enable citizens to travel in a shorter distance that can avoid traffic jam
Underground tunnel help to control the amount of the car and also the flow of the traffic.
Internet in Kuala Lumpur is much more faster than rural area
Flyover
Water supply system
Traffic light
Monorail
MRT (Under Progress)
Proper sewer
Public transportation
etc

6. Landscape and Nature
• Less landscape and nature are available
• Concrete jungle
• Emission from motor vehicles and construction work
• Less greenery
• Transportation everywhere

7. BUILDING
• A building is a man-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy
• Building is defined in many aspects as 'a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less
permanently in one place
• Types of building-1 Agricultural buildings
2 Commercial buildings
3 Residential buildings
4 Educational buildings
5 Government buildings
6 Industrial buildings
7 Military buildings
8 Parking and storage
9 Religious buildings
10 Transport Buildings
11 Infrastructure
12 Power Stations

8. BUILDING in KUALA LUMPUR
Stadium Negara
Plaza Lowyat
Pudu Jail
Petaling Street
SJK(C) JALAN DAVIDSON
High Class Condo

9. SPACE
Definition: Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in
which objects and events have relative position and direction

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No greenery will be seen in Kuala Lumpur
All the space in KL almost fully developed
Worst traffic jam in office hour
Cause a lot of accident due to improper road

11. Sub-urban
Bukit Jelutong

12. Bukit Jelutong
• an upscale suburb of Shah Alam
• mostly low-density bungalows and duplex and terrace houses
• developed by Guthrie Property Holding Berhad (GPHB), a subsidiary
company of Sime Darby.

13. Buildings
• Commercial buildings.
• Industrial buildings.
• Residential building.

14. Infrastructure
• Bus-stop
• Road sign
• Traffic light
• Recreational area
• Etc.

15. Landscape, Space
and Nature
• Bukit Jelutong has abundance of beauty landscape and nature.
• The space of this area is well organized.

16. Example of
nature and landscape

17. Rural
Kampung U6
• Kampung U6 is located in Shah Alam near the previous airport, Subang
airport.
• Near our suburban area, Bukit Jelutong
• Traditional kampong or small village.
• Population approximately 1000 people.
• Less developed compare to urban and sub-urban area.

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Mostly are old buildings.
Don’t have any renovation.
Some are in poor condition.
Only a few commercial buildings
Mostly are hardware shop
Not much educational or any religious
building
Can’t find any particular parking lot.

19. Infrastructure
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Rarely found due to the less development from
the authorities
Roads, electricity supplies, telecommunication
and other infrastructure services are limited in all
rural areas
Some of the infrastructure are in poor condition.
The bus stop shown in the figure is in poor
condition.

20. Infrastructure
Only a few infrastructures such as
• Traffic light – ensure the driver won’t crush into other cars at junction
• Street light – ensure the cars driven at night won’t involve in accident
• Signboard – show the direction to somewhere
• Bus stop – accommodate the resident to everywhere
• Chevron (Arrowhead) – remind the driver to drive carefully

21. Space, Nature and Landscape.
• Rural areas have more empty and
undeveloped lands
• These lands are remain nature.
• Most of it are still forests and even
plantations
• Due to less development, there are
a lot of rocky road

22. Comparison between Kampung
U6, Bukit Jelutong and Stadium
Merdeka.

23. Buildings
Kampung U6
Bukit Jelutong
Stadium Merdeka
Scattered arrangement
Well organized
Well organized but packed
Old, classic design
Modern design.
Modern design.
No high rise building
A few high rise building
Mostly houses and industrial
building
Abundance of high rise building
Mostly houses and some shop lot
Only commercial building

24. Infrastructure
Kampung U6
• Least
• Less developed
only basic
infrastructure
such as street
light and sign
board.
Bukit Jelutong
• More
• Well developed
Stadium Merdeka
• Most
• Well developed
with all kind of
infrastructure.

25. Landscape and Nature
Kampung U6
Bukit
Jelutong
Stadium
Merdeka
Has most landscape
Numerous of
landscape
Little of landscape
Most land are
undeveloped
Only few land are
developed
Most land are
developed
mostly remain
natural.
Man made landscape
and natural.
Man made landscape

26. Space
Kampung U6
Bukit Jelutong
Rural area
Sub-urban area
A lot of space
Stadium Merdeka
Fewer space than rural area
Only little space are used for
industrial building and
houses
Some space are used for
houses.
Urban area
Least space compare to
rural and sub urban area
Most space occupied by
commercial building