QUESTION :
Each student need to think about one (1) public parks in
Malaysia that you have been to. Discuss the following:
• What is the purpose of this park?
• What sort of things do we expect to find in a park?
• What sort of things do you see in this park?
• How is space distributed in this park?
• How much of the park is natural? How much is curated? How
much is artificial?
• How are people using various spaces in this park?
ANSWERS :
Out of all park in
Malaysia that I have been , I chose Taman Botani Perdana , Kuala Lumpur . I‘ve
been there couple of week before . The purpose of this park were establish is
to acquire the need and demand of leisure and recreation of that area .
When we enter a park
, we expect to see an open space open to all and well equip with natural
element like field , lakes , trees as shade and aesthetic values . Other that ,
recreation equipment like jogging track or pavement , playground and not to
forget public toilets . In Taman Botani Perdana , I saw many things like
jogging track , playground , amphitheatre , man made lake , toilet, herbal
garden , café , trees, palm , shrubs , pergolas , and gazebos .The space is
super huge . Frankly can be said , the space can enough for the residents . Started
from the entrance we going to see the information centre and next to it is the
office . Then , we going to the right going down using the stairs start to see
the man made natural element which is the garden , a collection of forest trees
and the man made waterfalls then going up a little bit then going down found
the man made lakes and after that the amphitheatre then going up its was a
shady track where people jogging and cycling and along that track theres toilet
and prayer room and behind it down the hill there is a pond . Then we walk
along the trail where each side with vegetation like palm , trees and shrubs .
Then we arrived the middle of the park where there is a field where people
setting a wedding event , picnic and snap a wedding photo . Overall the space
is balance it has natural element surrounding the hardscape elements . Roughly
can be conclude that the park is more than half are natural and others are
hardscape elements . It was well design so it was curated but one thing is the
pavement is not well friendly for all users like especially the special need
people because sometime the pavements at the hill are too steep . The lake and
the waterfall are pretty artificial .
The spaces are well
used by the people . There using it wisely for an example , we stumble on a
group of foreigner who managed an event at the amphitheatre where there are
using the stage and others sitting on the provided sitting area .
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