JABATAN KEJURUTERAAN AWAM DAN STRUKTUR

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN DAN ALAM BINA

KKKH 4284 PERANCANGAN BANDAR LESTARI

SEMESTER 2 2013/2014

TASK 7: URBAN RENEWAL

NAME : YONG SIEW FENG

NO. MATRIC : A133075

LECTURER : Prof. Ir. Dr. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH BIN O.K. RAHMAT

Dr. MUHAMAD NAZRI BIN BORHAN

Kajang has transformed itself from a small old town to a big modern town by designing and

developing new township such as Bandar Baru Bangi and Bandar Seri Putra as well as extending

its CBD (central business district) such as extension to Sungai Chua. However, its centre is

inadequately transformed and most of its residences are working in Kuala Lumpur and

other external areas. Write your vision and plan for Kajang to transform its town centre and to be

a self reliance town. You may use sketches to enhance your vision and plan.

1.0 The Concept of Self-Reliance

The concept of self-reliance is located centrally within the discourse of community development

and is connected to related concepts like self-help, mutual-help, indigeneous participation and

rural development. It advocates the need for people to improve their condition using initiatives

and resources in their own hands. The concept is fast being accepted as a new formula for

community development. Self-reliance is thus “development on the basis of a country’s

(region’s) own resources, involving its populations based on the potentials of its cultural values

and traditions.

2.0 Vision and Mission

The main vision for this plan is to make Kajang as a town where the residences enjoying and

living with the benefits of a sustainable environment. The mission is transforming Kajang town

centre to become a self-reliance town. The principle objectives of the plan are :

i. To ensure new development upgrades facilities in the town centre, in a meanwhile

improves the sustainable of the environment

ii. To ensure that new development is well related to existing areas and does not give

rise to urban sprawl

iii. To ensure that the alterations and extensions to existing buildings generally will

improve the quality of surrounding environments and also reinforce the sense

of place.

3.0 Urban Renewal

Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban

land use. Renewal has had both successes and failures. Urban renewal, the publicly subsidized

destruction of old inner-city properties and construction of new development, began nationwide

with the Housing Act of 1949. The legislation authorized the federal government to pay cities at

least two-thirds of the difference between the cost of acquiring and clearing a blighted area and

the price the land brought when sold to a private development. Urban renewal involves the

relocation of businesses, the demolition of structures, the relocation of people, and the use of

eminent domain (government purchase of property for public purpose) as a legal instrument to

take private property for city-initiated development projects. This process is also carried out in

rural areas, referred to as village renewal, though may not be exactly the same in practice.

Kajang can take urban renewal approach to redesign their city. But Kajang is an old town with

business, structures and people are located for long time ago and it involves so many aspects to

be considered for example relocation of people is very hard to be done. So by considering the

existing Kajang, the main steps can be taken are alterations and extension the existing buildings

and construction of sustainable building.

4.0 Alterations and Extension to Existing Buildings

Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in order to be allowed to

build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. Planning permission will be granted for

alterations and extension to existing buildings provided they:

respect the form, siting, materials, details and character of the original property and its

curtilage;

respect the characteristics of the wider area, particularly where the property forms part of

a semi-detached pair, a terrace, or a formal street pattern;

would not cause unacceptable harm to the amenities of neighbouring occupiers;

retain adequate car parking within the site.

3.0 Construction of Sustainable Building

The Sustainable Design Guidelines focus on the appropriate and efficient use of resources —

energy, water and materials — in order to reduce the building’s environmental impact during its

lifecycle. In addition to increased sustainability, a consistent approach to design and construction

of the Kajang town’s facilities will clarify direction and streamline project execution. Through

the implementation and continued use of the guidelines the town will:

Minimize it’s ecological footprint

Achieve sustainable building and community design

Enhance the town’s air and water quality

Have increased operational efficiency

Be able to establish and maintain an effective preventative maintenance program

Achieve greater cost accountability

5.0 Downtown Development and Privatization of Public Spaces

Downtowns are the places where ideas and people converge. It is in our downtowns where both

innovative small businesses and private investment are taking root, fostering the economic

activity. Development will be permitted where all external spaces, including streets, footpaths,

civic spaces, other open spaces have been designed as an integral part of the scheme as a whole,

it is recommends that specific policy action is taken to encourage downtown development by

mixed-use development, foster urban redevelopment, and reinvest in our transportation and

urban infrastructure.

i. Mixed-Use Development

A style of real estate development that is often used in urban environments, mixed-use

development combines multiple uses and often includes retail, commercial, office, or residential

uses within one building. Because it is commonly associated with downtowns, mixed-use

development is denser than other types of development and is therefore very cost efficient from

an infrastructure perspective. Mixed-use development sometimes involves the redevelopment of

previously vacant or underutilized historic structures.

ii. Urban Infrastructure

Though the Urban Council strongly supports policies that encourage the development of mixed-

use projects, other elements of urban redevelopment are also integral to the ongoing

revitalization of our Downtowns. Addressing the blight of vacant properties; and encouraging

additional tourism are all additional priorities for the Urban Council.

iii. Transportation, Land Use & Connectivity

The ability for residents, workers, and visitors to easily move into and out of a downtown is a

key component in the vibrancy of an urban environment. Multiple factors, including public

transit, land use, parking, and walkability, impact a community’s transportation infrastructure. In

addition, external factors, like High Speed Rail and Interstate highway travel can directly impact

how individuals move into a Downtown. When these infrastructure assets are well-integrated and

combined with a sustainable land use plan in Kajang—often through the employment of Smart

Growth principles, they can have a positive impact on public health and even reduce the tax

burden for community residents of Kajang.

Proposals involving the loss of open space will not be permitted unless it is demonstrated that:

i. No significant impact on the quality or character of the local environment

ii. The open space is a small part of a larger area or of limited amenity or leisure value

iii. The development is for a community purpose and the benefits to the local community

outweigh the loss

6.0 Naked Street and Masjid Centre

The naked streets concept, also known as “shared space”, is a very promising approach to both

pedestrian safety and improving the vitality of an area. Naked street schemes place importance

on how drivers make decisions about their behaviour, recognising the importance of how they

perceive their surroundings. It’s a significant departure from attempts to control behaviour

through interventions like road humps, or engineering pedestrians out of our streetscape through

subways or guardrail. Its sound impossible to be done in Malaysia since culture and attitude are

different from western country. But, this can be taken as first step to change our country

become a world class. What we can do to is giving drivers and pedestrians equal status. Road

humps, chicanes and other physical measures designed to reduce the speed of vehicles would be

removed and the question of who had priority would be left open deliberately, making drivers

more cautious. Traffic lights have been uprooted and drivers must negotiate their way across

junctions, forcing them to slow down and establish eye contact with pedestrians.

. Figure: Example of designation using naked streets principles

One of Kajang landmark is Kajang mosque. So, masjid centred can be used to transform Kajang

become a friendly livable environment. Kajang mosque already located at the town centre. What

we need to do only emphasize the function and need of Kajang mosque so that it will become

more lively with Islamic activities. Then, we can redesign the location or position

of  building for example shop houses and offices around the Kajang mosque. We need to give an

adequate facilities and amenities to generate the development and sustainable economic growth

around the mosque.

7.0 Modern Public Transport Facilities

Building at Kajang city centre already centralized which located close to each other. But, there is

no pedestrian walkway. They need walk along building perimeter which is busy. So, good

walking passages have to provide to ensure the safety and comfort for pedestrians. This is to

encourage them to walk to their desire place. Existing main road main road that connecting from

other places to Kajang are Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, Cheras-Kajang Expressway and

Kajang-Seremban expressway. Conventional public transport systems in Kajang such as metro,

commuter, tramway and others have been used and implemented in urban areas and cities with

high population density for many years as the use of public transport is an efficient solution for

the complications and disadvantages associated with private cars. Air and noise pollution,

congestion in urban roads, safety issues and accidents, high consumption of energy and many

others are the real concerns and most of the large cities and metropolises suffer from the

mentioned complications as a result of automobile dependency; but conventional public transport

systems have a lot of deficiencies that lead to poor function and insufficient potential to satisfy

the users. A new transport system based on advanced technologies could be a solution for the

mentioned problems in urban areas and cities.

Figure: Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)

PRT is a mode of public transport which provides a door to door and private transport for the

users. It provides an on demand transport that means passengers never wait for vehicle, it is a 24

hours service, it has a network form of tracks which means more accessibility for passengers, it

provides a private trip which is very suitable and comfortable for family members or a group of

friends traveling together.

8.0 River Front

Our purpose then is to aid in healing of river front as a place of critical ecological importance, as

well as a place for working and living. Where the river has been an excuse for dividing

neighbourhood and peoples, we desire a place where people can come together. We concur with

the view that parks can create new value on adjacent lands, but also propose that a new ecology

of parks is necessary that makes productive use of the rich riverfront lands and waters, as well as

the people on its shores. Transformation of Kajang town center base on river-front development

is one of the ways to transform Kajang from a small old town to a big modern town. The natural

river adds to the variety of scenery within the urban area and the city’s biodiversity interest.

There are a series of fundamental design/programming elements incorporated in the overall

design for the riverfront of Kajang. These elements are included on the basis that their

incorporation in the eventual development of the riverfront is desirable in order to achieve the

city’s goal of being an active public place. The downtown riverfront area is to be comprised of

five major activity nodes, each of which focuses on a major land use, building, or function which

has an impact on the theme or design of the area. The major activity nodes are as follows:

Shipyards Park

Hotel/Community Precinct

Heritage/Cultural Precinct

Visitor Reception Centre Area

Rotary Park

9.0 Shopping Development

The issue of sustainability has great relevance to retail environments. Many centres are designed

to collect good natural light within the internal space to create a feeling of outdoor environment.

The recurrent costs of a retail centre can be greatly reduced by energy efficient design and

management practices. Passive solar design and the provision of cross ventilation are provided

where appropriate however, due to the size and functional requirement of shopping centres and

the need to provide a climactically stable environment for customers, such measures are often

difficult to incorporate into design. Construction, operational and management measures which

are energy efficient are playing a much greater role in conserving resources. Such measures

include:

high shading coefficient and high thermal resistance glazing material is used to minimise

heat transmission;

triphosphor lamps are used instead of the conventional fluorescent tubes;

metal halide lamps to replace tungsten halogen;

circuit management of the lighting zones;

photo-cell control for external lighting;

automatic on/off when the ambient illuminating level is required;

power factor correction system;

building services (including air conditioning) which are fully programmable and can be

updated to suit any changes to the building and maintain high energy efficiency