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Book-Scape Library: Bridging Theory and Practice, Reshaping Klang's Identity

Part 1 Project 2024
Lee Yeoon Pheng
University of Malaya | Malaysia
The Book-Scape Library project unfolds in Klang, a city with a beautiful history, a place to seek the wonder of the past. However, its identity gradually fades. The community found no place to gather, no space full of green to stroll. The school children, teens, college and university students had nowhere to immerse within the depth of knowledge. With the presence of book-scape library, a place which surrounds the local community with books, compelling them to read, observe and learn; a focal point, promoting a breathtaking journey experience and fostering a sense of exploration; a node to gather the community; a lantern of knowledge.

The library reconnects the "canyon in education", reshaping the importance to bridge theory and practice through the community, especially children, students, and youths. The program reconnects the neglected practical with theoretical prospects, focusing on creation, arts, and robotics. The circulation begins through the great "canyon", a large atrium sandwiched between layers of book walls, providing a space to immerse in knowledge. The urban beauty of Klang is unveiled through connections between spaces through nature, materiality, and physical connectors. The library empowers the eagerness to create and provides a merge of the historical and new identity for Klang.


Tutor(s)
Norafida Ab Ghafar
Hazrina Haja Bava Mohidin
Gary Wong Wai Choong
2024
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