BNB41103: ADVANCED BUILDING SERVICES TECHNOLOGY

SEM I 2019/2020

ASSIGNMENT 1

HARDSCAPE AND SOFTSCAPE

(MASJID AT-TAKWA INSTITUT KEMAHIRAN BELIA NEGARA,
PAGOH)

NAME & MATRICS NO. SIGNATURE

1.NABIL BIN MUHAMAD ISA
(AN170056)

2.MUHAMMAD AIDI REDZA BIN AHMAD

(AN170183)

SUBMISSION DATE : 24 SEPTEMBER 2019

Assessment:
1.0 Introduction

Masjid At-Takwa Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Pagoh was built on 23 October
2001. This mosque located at Pagoh, and about 21 kilometers from Muar. Objectives of build
this mosque were to give please for the students of IKBN Pagoh to perform the prayers and
held any activities. This mosque has two levels in which the upper level was for the female
area while the lower level for the male area. The area of this mosque was 12 meters length
and 12 meters in width. The capacity of this mosque could be reached about 1000 people in a
time. The uniqueness of this mosque was their architecture which follows the Malay
traditional and geometrical. We already know most of the buildings have their landscape that
makes the buildings become more useful and also give more eye-catching to the building.

Figure 1.0 Front side of the Masjid At-Takwa IKBN Pagoh, Muar

We already know that every building had its landscape to make the building more useful and
beautiful that could attract anybody to visit it. So, this mosque had its landscape that we will
explain in part number three.

2.0 Definition of the systems/elements

The landscape is the features of a given area of land, especially when the area of land has
been improved by carefully designed planting and arrangement. Besides, to improve the
appearance of land by using carefully designed gardens, bushes or other materials. Landscape
can be divided into two. Firstly, hardscape and then softscape. Hardscape is the hard stuff
such as concrete, bricks, and stone. Hardscape is solid and unchanging and inanimate objects.
Softscape is the soft, growing stuff, like perennial flowers, shrubs, succulents, and trees.
Softscape is changing and evolves constantly, as they grow and adapt to climate and other
conditions. For easy to understand is softscape is living while hardscape is not.

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2.0 Example of hardscape

Figure 2.1 Example of softscape

3.0 IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS ON BUILDING

 Hardscape

Pictures Explaination

 Structure of the mosque

 The arrangement of the
structure give more stability
to the mosque.

 Disabled person route

 Easy for disabled person to
enter the mosque without
any challenging.
 The corridor
 A corridor is a long passage
in a building, with doors
and rooms on one or both
sides

 Ablution place
 An ablution place is a place
to wash or a cleaning of
oneself, for personal
hygiene, or a ritual washing
or cleaning associated with
religious observance.

 Drainage
 The system of water or
waste liquids flowing away
from somewhere into the
ground to avoid flood.
  Car park
 An enclosed building in a
public place where people
can park their cars.

 Softscape

Pictures Explaination
  Trees
 A tree is a perennial plant
with an elongated stem, or
trunk, supporting branches
and leaves in most species
to give more beautiful to
the building.

4.0 RELATED TO INDUSTRY REVOLUTION 4.0

The fourth industrial revolution is the current and developing environment in which disruptive
technologies and trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, virtual reality (VR) and
artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way we live and work. This mosque does not have
new technologies involved in industry revolution 4.0. So, we decide to improve the mosque by:

I.

 A vending machine is an automated machine that provides items such as snacks and
drinking water to the consumer after money, a credit card or designed card is inserted
into the machine. It will help the people especially the students of IKBN Pagoh to
save their time to go outside buy the drinks or snacks.

II.

 A Sanitary Sensor is a device which measures temperature, flow or pressure in an

environment where products will be for human consumption. By adding this sanitary
 sensor at the ablution place, It will reduce the cost for the management to pay the bills
due to no waste happened.

III.

 A closed-circuit camera produce images or recordings for surveillance or other

private purposes. It will help the management to gain safety in the mosque from theft.

IV.

 Solar energy refers to capturing the energy from the Sun and subsequently converting
it into electricity. We can then use that electricity to light up our homes, streets, and
businesses, and power our machines as well. By adding the solar energy, the amount
of the current can be reduced so it will help the management to pay less the bills.

5.0 Conclusion
 As a conclusion, the landscape is very important to the buildings to make it more useful, safe
and comfortable for the users. A building that follows the Industry Revolutionary 4.0 can be
more efficient. It also helps people from the other country can expose to the new technology
that can make our earth healthier due to good technology from the Industry Revolutionary
4.0. We hope that our suggestions for the Masjid At-Takwa IKBN Pagoh will give more
improvement which is to reach the Industry Revolutionary 4.0 that can make every building
in our country able to stand in the same level with other developed countries.

6.0 References

1. Nizar Musa, 09 June 2018, Softscape and Hardscape Elements,

http://www.designandarchitecture.com/article/tomorrow-never-dies.htm

2. New Straits Time 2018, CIDB Establish IR 4.0 Roadmap,

https://www.nst.com.my/business/2018/12/444298/cidb-establish-ir-40-roadmap

3. Lisa Hallett Taylor, 2018, Learn Difference Between Hardscape and Softscape,

https://www.thespruce.com/learn-difference-between-hardscape-and-softscape-

4. Mason Barry Inc., 2016, Daikin – Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV),

http://www.masonbarry.com/VRV