ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO III

KAMPUNG PULAI
SITE ANALYSIS

DAVEN MILANA ANAK JIM 0326624

I MADE LINGGA PRAYOGA 0332722
TAN YIN YEE 0329499
VANESSA HUANG 0331528
FELICIANA SOFIAN 0332993
KHEOH TING YING 0337025
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. MACRO SITE 1 9.0 VEGETATION 21

1.0 HISTORY & HUMAN-CULTURAL 2 10.0 MACRO SWOT ANALYSIS 23

1.1 FOCAL POINT 3
1.2 FESTIVAL & CELEBRATIONS 4
1.3 ARCHITECTURE 5
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B. MICRO SITE 24
1.4 HABITS
1.0 VEGETATION 25
2.0 NEIGHBORING CONTEXTS 8
2.0 NEIGHBORING CONTEXT 27
3.0 SITE PLAN 9
SITE CONTOURS 3.0 SITE PLAN 28
SITE CONTOURS
4.0 TRAFFIC PATTERNS 10
4.0 PEDESTARIAN CIRCULATION 29
5.0 VIEWS FROM THE SITE 14
5.1 VIEWS TO THE SITE 15 5.0 VIEWS 31
5.2 VIEWS THROUGH THE SITE 16
6.0 SOUND AND NOISE 32
6.0 SOUND AND NOISE 18
7.0 MICRO SWOT ANALYSIS 33
7.0 SUN ORIENTATION 19
References 34
8.0 CLIMATE 20
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MACRO SITE
ANALYSIS

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 1967
1600s 1976s 1983s 1981s 1988s

Collapse of the The people The last Gold Mining Starts a 7-km asphalt
Dynasty Ming started for reconstruct The gold mines road built to
government, a planting ion of the had destroyed enter the
group of Chinese rubber trees, Shuiyue almost 95 native village, before
people began to cocoa and oil Palace rice paddies of it was isolated
migrate to palm. since the Kampung Pulai at village in the
Kampung Pulai war that time where southern tip of
A 1.0 through the happened. paddy fields and Kelantan
History Kelantan River and rubber trees were
Sungai Galas to digested to
seek gold transport the land
exploration. believed to
contain the gold
seeds.

The fall of Dynasty Ming 1600 years ago make the Chinese to flee to Malaysia through Galas River by boats
(Tongkang)
Earnings come from gold mining in Galas River
Built settlements in the area, mostly use bamboo as walls, thatch as roofs and tree trunks as columns.
The ones who managed to get a lot of gold went back to their origin while the ones who failed are forced to stay
behind 
When the amount of gold available is diminished, they can’t rely on gold mining and started to  started to grow
crops, rubber 
plantations and vegetable to sell as well as to meet their needs to these days
The scarcity of women makes the Chinese to have intermarriage with the Siamese and locals
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 A 1.1
Focal Point

Shui Ye Gong Temple

Stands for more than 600 years 

There is an old statue that was traced to be from
the Ming Dynasty who ruled China between
1365AD - 1644 AD
Delieved to be the oldest temple in Malaysia.
There’s also a portrait of Guan Yin that was
believed to be the significant factor that they
survive when they migrate
At the centre of the temple, there is a void on the
ceiling that has a water feature that flows down
which represents the blessing from the deity.

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 A 1.2

Festivals and Celebrations

Guan Yin Dan

Celebrates the birth of Guan Yin which is held on the 1st

day and 15th day of the lunar calendar.
At the festival, there are performances and sometimes a
traditional stage drama to portray the stories and legend.
They would bring the portrait of Guan Yin out from the
temple and will be circling the village with it.
During this time they are only allowed to eat vegetarian
food for 10 days Mid Autumn festival
Held on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar
calender-Performances such as dances, singing and
traditional Chinese dance at night.
A feast is to be held
Drumming will be performed in front of the temple with
offering at the side as a prayer to the deities.

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 A 1.3
Architecture

Temple

Beautiful Appearance and Unique Monomer Shape: The

ancient Chinese architecture is beautiful and graceful in
appearance with distinctive features. Buildings are usually
built in square, round, hexagon and octagon.
Rich artistic decorations: Decorations such as paintings,
colours, and sculptures is particularly important in ancient
Chinese architecture. Painting on architecture is a
distinctive characteristic of formal buildings such as the
palace and temple, while it is forbidden in civilian houses.
"Sky well" (天井): the concept of an "open space"
surrounded by buildings, a relatively enclosed courtyard
formed from the intersections of closely spaced buildings
and offer a small opening to the sky through the roof
space from the floor up.

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 House

-The house in Kampung Pulai are arranged in a linear

pattern similar to the traditional Iban “Long House” as
each of the houses is connected to each other along the
way
Since it was built by the people who settled down to make
a home, it is built by using the simple material such as
timber for the structure and zinc or aluminium for the roof
of the house, thus creating a unique kind of style and a
unique character to it
Some of the houses were built with concrete mainly due to
modernisation and timber is not a good long-term
material to be used for a house so parts of the houses are
built with concrete to sustain weather conditions

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 A 1.4
Habits

During normal days the residents are mostly

working and studying.
Some people who have retired just spent
their day talking to other residents
Usually, in the morning the residents would
visit the temple and do a short prayer. After
finishing their prayer, they gathered
together in the temple or the stall around the
place
Most of the residents say that the coffee stall
is the place they visit most often

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Neighboring Context

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 Site Plan
Site Contours
Kampung Pulai is located
in the lower site contours
surrounded by greenery,
river and cave. There is no
high building which block
the wind through the
village. Therefore, visitors
can  feel windy throughout
the visit. 

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Traffic Pattern
Adjacent street and vehicular
traffic patterns

Located at the southernmost

part of Kelantan with little
population resulting in less
vehicle to no traffic. The main
vehicles are cars and motorbikes
as well as some trucks for
agriculture purposes.

Primary roads are for trucks,

cars, motorbikes passing while
less resident walking it.

Secondary roads act as the main

entrance which allowed cars,
motorbikes and people enter to
the residents’ activities area.

Third roads with about

approximately 800MM wide
lane which only allowed cars and
motorbikes passing. Normally,
the residents who working in
rubber plantation area , they
always across  the bridge at
morning around 5-6am.  as usual. 10
 The village contains 2 types of
road provide the residents travel
to another areas. Single lane
suitable for motorbikes, cars’
drivers, while double lanes for
user drive at different direction.
During observation, there was
less dense traffic at the main
road and light traffic around the
area which people gathering or
B
activities. 
A

C
D

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A Single lane (narrow)
Residential along to the road side.
Morning with shading, people walk
along the road to the coffee stall.
C  Single lane
Trucks, cars, motorbikes pass through
the thin road for agriculture purpose
because the road is link to the highway.
B  Double lanes
Act as the main entrance. Cars and motorbikes
passing through it. The tourism bus normally
stop at front of entrance, tourists will walk
through this lane to enter the activities spaces.
D  Double lanes
Wider roads that contain double lanes for cars,
motorbikes, trucks driver as well.Less resident
walking this road because  it is dusty because
many vehicle passing by
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 MAIN ENTRANCE RIVER

The main entrance are located there because

- nice view out looking the mountain and rivers while
entering the site.
- the settlement was built following the river’s path due
to its gold resources in the past.
- the temple faces the river, which is the result of
following the feng shui of that particular year.
- temple as the focal point of the site.

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Views

View 14
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Before entering Kampung Pulai, there is a Chinese style
gateway in at the entrance of Kampung Pulai. The more than
3 metres height structure manage to give us a nostalgic and
welcoming feel for those who are visiting Kampung Pulai.

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When we stand in the middle of the plaza facing South East,
we can see the historically significant temple, Swee Nyet
Temple. The temple is on a same axis as the Princess Cave and
it face the cave directly across the river. It conveys a sense of
blessing from the deity to and fro their daily living and their
working life.
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Looking towards the North West from community hall, we can
see Princess Cave located across the river. It feels like a
guardian, looking after Kampung Pulai from far. 

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Both sides of the alley had been covered up with overgrown
weed due to lack of maintenance. This had created an
unknown dangers (eg : snakes) for the villagers who uses the
path. The more than 1m height overgrown weed had provided
a unwanted screening of the view toward the Swee Nyet
Temple and the Princess Cave.

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Quite a number of the villagers of Kampung Pulai work as a
rubber tapper and we were able to see the rubber tree
plantation. The rubber plantation had blocked the views
beyond it.

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Viewing towards South East, we are able to have an
unobstructed view of Kampung Pulai sitting on an open
plains with mountainous terrain on the background. 
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 Sound and Noise

The average temperature of

Kampung Pulai throughout the
year is >25 degree celcius.
Although there are still certain
percentage of high
temperature, Kampung Pulai
still manage to maintain the
average temperature of >25
degree celcius. This is because
there are a lot of trees or
greenery around Kampung Pulai
and it can help to llower down
the hot temperature.

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 Sun
Orientation

08:00 14:00
There are people walking on the streets and
There are no shades at all and everyone
some having their breakfast in the coffee
tend to stay indoor because it will be
shop because the sun rises from the east
uncomfortable to have outdoor activities.
and create shadow towards west. The
temperature is also in a comfortable level.

18:00
The sun shine from the west and shadow
forms towards east. The villagers started to
have an evening walk because the
19 temperature is not as high as noon.
Climate ( Rainfall & Temperature)

Wind Speed

Kampung Pulai experiences light to gentle wind most of

the time. You can feel the wind on your face and the
small twigs on the trees moves. Kampung Pulai rarely
experiences wind speed that is more than 19km/h. With
the existing of wind, it carried away the hot air and
make the place cooler.

Temperature

The average temperature of Kampung Pulai

throughout the year is >25 degree celcius. Although
there are still certain percentage of high temperature,
Kampung Pulai still manage to maintain the average
temperature of >25 degree celcius. This is because
there are a lot of trees or greenery around Kampung
Pulai and it can help to llower down the hot
temperature.

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 Vegetation
A A
Kampung Pulai was once a jungle full of
greeneries. Although in the present days,
some parts of the village are developed
and reduce the number of green plants,
but the greeneries that are spread from B
the river to the Princess Hill are still
maintained.
C

Legend:

A      Rubber Plantation
B      Bamboo
C      Bodhi Tree

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 A. Rubber Plantation
Due to the dimishing number of gold in the past, the villagers
started to switch their main sources from gold mining to selling
crops. Therefore, that culture still remains until now where most
of the villagers get their income from the crops that they have
harvested near the Princess Hill. The location of the rubber tree is
a bit far from the plaza because of the strong smell that is
produced by the rubber tree.

B. Bamboo
Bamboo is located beside the bridge and in front of the shop near
the pavilion. It is usually used for a hand craft or souvenir that the
villagers sell in kampong pulai. There are some wooden chairs at
the bamboo area near the bridge for the visitors to take a rest and
enjoy the view to the plaza, since its shaded because covered by
the bamboo itself.

C. Bodhi Tree
We can see from the entrance there is a 7m high tree near a
pavilion. They planted a Bodhi tree there because it has a same
name as the pavilion which is 菩提閣. According to the villagers, it
has a good luck for the kampung pulai where in the past Buddha
was meditated and got an enlightment in this tree.

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 MACRO
Strength SWOT ANALYSIS Opportunity
A reminder of significant
Strong cultural practices
history
Views of the terrain & forest
Improve economy
Unique characteristic of the place
An exhibition of culture &
High frequency of visitors
history

Weakness Threat
Inconvenient location, Unstable structures (lack of safety)
isolated Deteriorating culture
Language Barrier Wild animals
Poor Maintenance Serious flood due to heavy rain
Unpleasant Smell season

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