Town Centre Concept

and Ideas
TPS 510

Nama: Ferhan Amirsham Bin Azman

 SITE BACKGROUND
SELANGOR
Selangor is situated on Peninsular Malaysia's west coast, bordering Perak
to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south, and the
Malacca Straits to the west.
KLANG
Klang is a Malaysian royal town and the former capital of Selangor. It
may be found in the Klang District. Prior to the establishment of Kuala
Lumpur and the current capital, Shah Alam, it was the civil capital of
Selangor.
 MERU
Meru adalah sebuah bandar kecil di daerah Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Bandar ini sedang meningkat naik kerana terdapat banyak bandar baru
dibangunkan di sekitarnya. Antara bandar baru yang sedang pesat
membangun di Meru adalah Bandar Baru Setia Alam.
 Main Finding and Issues
Traffic Device Open Spaces is not
Management is in a poor distributed well
condition
 Open spaces doesn’t meet the
 Lack of pedestrian lane and
requirement of 10% of site
bicycle lane.
 No public spaces
 Heavy Traffic

Industry close to residential Crowded area due to

area informal activity
 Majority of industry area has no  Commercial almost all near the
buffer zones residential area
No eye catching or
sense of welcoming Hardscape in the
landmark and unique open space does not
social gathering places. look attractive

 There is several landmarks in  The open space looks empty,

the study area such as Meru and the play lot is not well
Health Clinic, Meru Mosque, maintained.
Surau Sirajuddin, and Top
Glove.
 POTENTIAL

Commercial landuse is mostly near every entrance of the residential.

It is a potential for resident so that resident can access by walking.

Can provide good connectivity

Informal activities can attract tourist

Public facilities area located at main road and easy to access

Vacant land that can be proposed into any type of land use.
 LIVABLE TOWN CENTRE
AIM
Livable town strives to build outstanding streets and whole
neighborhoods where walking, bicycling, and public transportation To improving transportation, land use, open
space to make Meru a safer, healthier and more
are the best modes of transportation for most journeys, public spaces accessible town.
are beautiful, well-designed, and well-maintained, and housing is
more plentiful and affordable.
Objective

• To provide safe and comfortable bicycling

• To create a beautiful and vibrant public spaces
• To make walking a joy—safe, comfortable,
interesting.
 near
commercia Providing BUBBLE Providing public
Impart in
vacant lands
near the
DIAGRAM
l area and bicycle space as place
lane residential
public for people to be area that has
facility able to get other spaces
together than
residential.
Provide Create proper Create an
adequate Upgrade
bicycle lane optimized the
bike lane infrastructure bicycle lane
width standard of
for people to promote living Provide proper Emphasize
safety. more healthy
parking in most in
living
commercial commercial
area. area near
Livable Jalan Meru
Signage, Emphasize Tambahan.
lighting the
Town
Provide Improve
pathway
pedestrian pedestrian Centre public
and walkway to
infrastructur transport’s Beautify the
crosswalk make
e comfortnes bus stops
and walking
linkages. s shelter for
more
Public people
convenient
space as convenient.
connectivity
Design Add more bus
between
pedestrian stops in
community
walkway to industry area
Vegetation and land
make it for workers to Provide
and Urban uses
more Provide public commute at Jalan
Furniture. beautiful. back home. Dahlia
spaces in the center
Making the open and Jalan
of each spaces
spaces as nodes Teratai.
makes the resident
for people to
more advantageous
come gathering
to just walk from
and having fun
their home to
with many type
anywhere they
of events.
want.
 Linkages
CONCEPT MAP
Public

Li
nk
space
Element:-

ag
es
Linkages

 Safe and Beautiful Pedestrian Walkway

Linkage
 Attractive Public Spaces

s
Buf  Linkages like bridges
Linkage fer  Compact Parking Spaces
s
 Bus Stop in Industrial Area for workers
Buf
Compa
fer  Buffer Zone
Parking

Legend:-
Compact
Parking

ct

Pedestrian
Public
space

Public Walkway and Bicycle

space Lane Bus Stop
Linkages Buf
fer Linkages
Proposed Public Space

Parking Space
Buffer Zone
 SCHEMATIC MAP

Legend:-
Pedestrian
Walkway and Bicycle
Lane
Bus Stop
Linkages
Proposed Public Space

Parking Space
Buffer Zone

Nodes
 PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAY AND
BICYCLE LANE
Pedestrian walkway and bicycle lane were
design side to side to make it more compact
and special without using a lot of spaces.
With an additional touch of vegetation and
urban furniture on pedestrian walkway, it
automatically will make people interested
on walking more while enjoying the streets.
 LINKAGES
(BRIDGE)

Linkages are needed in order for people to

be able to cross to other side of the side,
from the issues itself we identified that site
has a heavy traffic. To be able to create
bridges for pedestrian can make people
cross to all spaces comfortably.
 PUBLIC
SPACE
Public Spaces that are well designed and
well maintained are the main attraction for
people to come back to. Having a public
space that are full of landscapes, beautiful
design and eventful will make this town
merrier and beneficial on attracting tourists.
This public space have the connectivity
from area to area and it can be a shortcut for
them to access anywhere they want within
the site such as a shortcut from their home
to the commercial area.
 Compact Parking
Space
Parking space were proposed near commercial
area to avoid congested traffic. It is also for
people convenience so that they won't need to
park beside roads and rush their way out since
half of the commercial is informal activities
especially in Jalan Meru Tambahan. Having
parking spaces is a benefit for people where
they can park their car and just hangout or just
take their time buying anything they want in
the commercial area.
 Bus Stop
Bus Stops were proposed at industrial area to
provide facilities and convenient for workers.
This is making their transportation easier and
faster than before with extra comfort. By
designing the bus shelter to make it more
beautiful and enhance the pedestrian walkway
on the bus stop area, workers might find it
more comfortable and attractive.
 BUFFER ZONE

Buffer zone are important for people to have a

comfortable living in their residential areas.
This won’t disturb the resident and there will
be no problem on for industry to operate.