Sharifah Salwa Syed Mahdzar

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• Doctor of Philosophy
• Associate Professor at University of Technology Malaysia

With the acceleration of aging and urbanization, inclusive design in urban parks is becoming increasingly important. As part of the "common prosperity" pilot, Zhejiang Province, where Hangzhou is located, is advancing the goal of "equalization of basic public services." Inclusive design aims to ensure that all groups, including the elderly, childre...

Considering the critical importance of public transportation, especially rail transit, in shaping urban landscapes and its alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this investigation delves into the architectural intricacies of rail transit environments through the lens of inclusivity. This scholarly inquiry adopts a multifa...

This study aims to optimize the evaluation system of inclusive design in urban parks, emphasizing the systemic nature of sensory, cognitive, and motor capacity support and exploring its role in park design practice. Based on the capability demand model, this study constructed indicators through literature collation and focus group discussion and as...

The global prevalence of dementia is on the rise, and existing medical models can no longer fulfill the pervasive need for intervention. Dementia is incurable, but the identification of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) provides a window of opportunity for early intervention. The environmental therapy theory has been widely adopted, however, the impl...

The purpose of this paper is to study the spatial characteristics of urban heritage in the historical core area of Xi’an, China. The focus of the research is on the in-depth analysis of the changes in urban form in various historical stages, the functional distribution of urban heritage that remains, and the evolution of the boundaries, centres, an...

The global trend in modern development often fails to appreciate and damages the natural beauty of old rivers in central city districts. This issue is observed in the case of the Bunus River, which once served as the main transportationroute for early settlements in Kampong Bharu –a traditional village located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city cent...

Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) has become an important topic of interest in promoting sustainable cities. It is the suitable scale of a neighborhood that allows meaningful evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impacts. Also, a neighborhood’s representation of the link between the city and an individual further adds to its...

Neighborhoods have received worldwide interest in sustainability assessment due to their suitable scale for representing the relationship between the individual and the city. Consequently, this has led to a focus on developing Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) systems and, thereby, studying the prominent NSA tools. Alternatively, this st...

This study introduces fundamental principles and terminologies by decoding the variations in the spatial typology of the old and new Libyan mosques design via Space syntax visibility analysis. The basic tenets explain the complex layouts. Libyan architectural studies have covered some parts of Space syntax as a theory. However, there are still no s...

Accessibility for people with physical impairment in public spaces has been a significant issue in architectural design and urban planning. Studies have shown that the participation of wheelchair users in society is strongly correlated to the quality of the built environment. Thus, this study explores the influence of spatial accessibility on the m...

In Malaysia, streets could be identified as public spaces for various activities especially at the heritage district. This study aims to promote street node as a potential liveable and sociable public space between buildings focussing on Johor Bahru city. The paper objectively proposes a method on identifying street nodes liveability pattern and in...

In to preserve this great heritage, the Centre for the Study of Built Environment in the Malay World (KALAM) has collected more than 600 buildings, mostly using the tanggam system. Malay house construction has an architectural value especially on the system used. Besides, features of traditional Malay houses can be refined from their spatial struct...

The rapid urbanization and population growth in Malaysia cause increased rural migrants and poverty in the city centre, particularly Kuala Lumpur. Therefore, the needs for affordable housing for the low-income group are crucial. However, low-income housing design is subject to guidelines and standards set by the Ministry of Housing that cause the h...

Changes are inevitable and fundamental phenomena. Indeed, the nations' disappearance and societal transformation relies on a range of variables directly linked to the time and the built environment. While the Space Syntax theory is becoming more popular and is being utilized worldwide, Libya has yet to use it. The purpose of this study is to determ...

Changes are inevitable and fundamental phenomena. Indeed, the nations' disappearance and societal transformation relies on a range of variables directly linked to the time and the built environment. While the Space Syntax theory is becoming more popular and is being utilized worldwide, Libya has yet to use it. The purpose of this study is to determ...

RE-THINKING A POST PANDEMIC QUALITY OF URBAN PUBLIC REALM

SPATIAL VISIBILITY AND STATIC ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE IN JOHOR BAHRU CITY CENTRE, MALAYSIA Explanatory on Syntactical Diagrams of People in Urban Tropical Walkways The urban walkway spaces in tropical cities are one of the most unique environmental settings that are found in Malaysia. The unique walkways embrace the blends of usages between the publi...

The paper investigates the effect of spatial configuration in creating pedestrian sense of safety in neighbourhood commercial streets in Malaysia. To this end, space syntax analysis was applied to measure the syntactical variables. Forty streets were chosen based on their integration measures in the global analysis. The questionnaires were distribu...

NW6 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN - SPACE SYNTAX SPATIAL NETWORK & STATIC ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS

https://issuu.com/rashidahjimisham/docs/rashidah_j_dissertation_compressed

The Changing Use of Gas Station as Public Space in Malaysia

This study evaluates the spatial properties of flats block, where daily social interactions often take place, in order to identify socially encouraging layouts. It attempts to establish any significant relationship between spatial properties of flats layouts and the local network of social relations among the residents. It employed network mapping...

Architecture is part of the social, art, science and network of spaces that are intangible to our common bare eye. It all involves design, which is a kind of activity that is learned by doing and experienced. That said, the process of comprehending the configuration (layout) of space designed is then proven challenging, especially to the young stud...

Architecture is a complex discipline. Research in architecture involves different methodologies that can range from pure quantitative to pure qualitative in nature. Many researchers have mentioned different methodologies those are suitable for architectural researches. However, context plays an important role in architectural research as an exactly...

The rising technology globally in the 90’s has been influencing major cities in the South East Asia region, such as Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok, in using digital urban screen models as advertising mediums to the city dwellers. Such trend of communicating to large public has been preferred method adopted by the local authorities, urban desig...

The rising technology globally in the 90’s has been influencing major cities in the South East Asia region, such as Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok, in using digital urban screen models as advertising mediums to the city dwellers. Such trend of communicating to large public has been preferred method adopted by the local authorities, urban desig...

Fear of crime is an important social problem which has the negative impact on sociability and quality of life. The isolated streets are defined as urban spaces where fear of crime is highly perceived. Feeling safe depends on the knowledge about the environment which needs the awareness of where you are in the space. Thus, it is considered that spat...

This research attempts to mitigate this problem by suggesting a new approach to the design of low cost housing in Malaysia, especially for those who relocate themselves from rural villages or urban squatters. Whereas the low cost housing construction has managed to catch up with the planned target, the urban highrise apartments do not provide appro...

A successful transit stop is accessible with pedestrian and highly integrated with surrounding area activities; known as a node. Space Syntax's theory of 'Natural Movement' and pedestrian typologies are the main theoretical foundation used to analyse pedestrian's movement pattern in Pasir Gudang (PG) city. Nevertheless, this study is an attempt to...

This paper reports the application of space syntax methodology in the design studio works undertaken by architectural students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The design challenge poses the possibility to enhance the spatial visibility of the project's site; the hidden pocket space of a local informal eating place, which is situated in between th...

The concept of accessibility has been used in a number of scientific fields during the last few decades such as transport planning, urban planning and geography, and plays an important role in policy making. It expresses what possibly the major function of cities is; i.e. providing opportunities for easy interaction or exchange. In this study we at...

This paper investigates the spatial aspects of domestic uses of thirty samples of Malay Traditional Houses in the southern region of Malaysia. It seeks to unlock the cryptic knowledge from the past; the underlying spatial principles of the Malay traditional houses more objectively (empirically analysed) than the common narrative understanding about...

This paper investigates the spatial aspects of domestic uses of thirty samples of Malay Traditional Houses in the southern region of Malaysia. It seeks to unlock the cryptic knowledge from the past; the underlying spatial principles of the Malay traditional houses more objectively (empirically analysed) than the common narrative understanding about...

Development in the Kuala Lumpur City Center has been rapid to keep up with the social and economic demands of the urban dwellers. With the vision 2020 of making Kuala Lumpur-a World Class City, the City Government have been taken initiative to establish highest quality of urban environment to live, work and play. This shows that urban liveability i...

This paper will study the relationship in promoting healthy living in the area of Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. The current condition of Jalan Sultan Ismail is well-diverse, until the state that there is no significance to be labelled. It is such that it does not attract people for any kind of activity and even deters people from walking due t...

A common stigma where some individuals do look down upon the extreme sports in which the youth were involved. Skateboarding is one of the most popular recreational sport, but very little maintenance at the skate park because mostly are outdoor which degrades and rusts the obstacles. Thus, making the skate enthusiast playing freely at the street. En...

Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur rich with hidden Visual Art gems and activities that bring vibrancies into the city. Unfortunately, due to the harsh condition at Jalan Sultan Ismail such as no proper connection to the pedestrian walkway to expose these creative activities, it limits the public to interact with the art pieces and the artists thems...

Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur rich with hidden Visual Art gems and activities that bring vibrancies into the city. Unfortunately, due to the harsh condition at Jalan Sultan Ismail such as no proper connection to the pedestrian walkway to expose these creative activities, it limits the public to interact with the art pieces and the artists thems...

The concept of accessibility has been used in a number of scientific fields during the last few decades such as transport planning, urban planning and geography, and plays an important role in policy making. It expresses what possibly the major function of cities is; i.e. providing opportunities for easy interaction or exchange. In this study we at...

Legibility is based on landmarks and geometry. Visitors in a space learn to ?read? an area by using three- and two-dimensional cues. This research aimed to determine the responses of visitors to the influence of geometry on the legibility at Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC). The relationship between geometry and space legibility can affect visitors?...

one of the important effects of sustainable urban environments is motivating people for outdoor activities. The phenomena of street simultaneously come from the west into urban spaces with automobile and designers doesn’t have much of a role to set and design of this space in relation to physical activities. Consequently, these spaces are not adjus...

The aim of this research is to establish how visitors responded to the influence of cognitive map on stress in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). This study investigated the views of visitors during the daytime. The results show that there is a correlation between cognitive map and stress. Moreover, quantitative and qualitative data all suggested tha...

In modern and developed cities, large office buildings and factories occupy the center of city destroying the legibility of these areas. The city center of Kuala Lumpur (KLCC) was chosen as a case study because this area faces these challenges. In this study, the relationship between geometry and legibility was reviewed using two models that were c...

Traditional houses are often regarded as ideal architectural solution in respond to hot and humid climate. However, these houses are rapidly being replaced by modern ones. Consequently, it is important to record the thermal comfort levels of the houses as guidelines for future residential designs. This research investigates the thermal comfort leve...

The geometry of Persian -Islamic architecture and carpet design is used to express certain concepts with a focus on the idea of unity in multiplicity. In other words, geometry is a visual language that stems from the worldview of the artist or architect and it leads to the production of a work of art that expresses certain artistic perspectives. At...

The geometry of Persian -Islamic architecture and carpet design is used to express certain concepts with a focus on the idea of unity in multiplicity. In other words, geometry is a visual language that stems from the worldview of the artist or architect and it leads to the production of a work of art that expresses certain artistic perspectives. At...

Urban form is changing in Shiraz city, with new pattern of development reflecting land use planning technology and transportation. Land use plan is one of the most important segments of urban planning. It is common tools employed by urban planners to manage urban expansion in order to achieve proper urban physical form and better access to urban se...

While walk-up flats are common low-cost housing types in Malaysia, the social impacts of such housing have not been fully explored. Evaluating spatial properties of flats configurations and the outdoor near homes spaces, where daily social interactions often take place, is crucial to identify socially encouraging layouts. This study investigates th...

Pedestrian safety is the primary concern in designing and managing street crossings. Crossings that are safe, easy to use and well-marked support pedestrian-friendly environments and link both sides of the street physically and visually. This study explores the problem of pedestrian situation in Pasir Gudang City Center and the possibility of impro...

This thesis develops a theoretical and practical framework of analysis for measuring the liveliness of urban streets. It studies the inter-related functions of streets to cater for the dynamic activities of people (walking) and the more static activities such as stopping, sitting, standing, waiting, watching, eating, etc. Practically, this framewor...

This research focuses towards a better understanding of the relationship between the following functions of a street as a place for interaction; the capacity to accommodate dynamic patterns of use, when the street is regarded as a channel for urban space use or as a conduit to direct the flow of movement (defined as the accessibility of the street)...