CREATE A NATIONBY GROUP 2

DESIGN METHODOLOGY

Design Methodology

• Concept that represents our group identity.

• Every group members in our group has own talents and abilities.

• Not selfish to share our knowledge and help each other when necessary

• ‘Many hands make light work’, to accomplish the assignment, we divided our jobs based on the strength of different members, share the same equalities and make sure we contribute ourselves into it without troubling others.

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy

• A self sustainable nation rich with natural resources.

• The nation focus is economy and catered to benefit the people through the agriculture sector, forestry, sea and central trading center.

• A state where they are self sustaining enough to help other countries rather than seek help from others.

• The main reason behind this philosophy is inspired by the current state of China and the sorry state of Malaysia. The strong economic influence of China in the global market means that no country will take risk to offense them and one of the major conflicts in Malaysia is the economic distribution.

• Therefore, in order to make our nation peaceful, economic is the main concern. However, the lack of resources makes a country very difficult to independent from other country therefore something causing conflict. That’s why our proposed nation is rich in natural resource and energy.

Case study: Dubai, a major exporter of oil and a self sustainable country

Self sustainable with natural resources

MASTER PLAN

Proposed site

The nation is a trading center located at the center of different regions surrounding around it

Location: Located strategically in Malacca state, Malaysia

Area: 642 square miles

Population: highly populated in the central trading centre

Current population: 872,900 people

Climate & Resources

Tropical climatic conditions

• Warm

• Humid

Natural resources

• Timber

• Aquatic creature

• Paddy

Rules & Regulation

• 1 Family with maximum 2 kids

• Every family plants own vegetation in home

• Tax free

ECONOMY

Economy

• Our vision of new Malaysia can be divided into 2 major parts;

• Self-sustain in term of economic and energy.

• It’s like the metaphor reflection of our design intention. As we are proposing a nation with a trading center located at the center of different regions surrounding around it.

• Each of the region has its own natural resources and represents us respectively.

• Every region contributes its natural resources to other regions which implies that our group members with strength help the ones who are weak.

• The natural resources of the nation are the assets that make it to have own business instead of importing manpower and resources from other nations.

Mountain region rich with timber Paddy field region rich with agriculture Sea region rich with aquatic resources

Trading center located at the center acts as the core of the nation that collects different natural resources from different regions while attracting outsider to visit it

• Our nation is different from other nation as it is self-sustained.

• The reason we proposed the possible site for our nation in Malacca State is because its location is strategic and full of natural resources.

• Harnessing sun, sea and wind which emphasizing on the eco-friendly and passive design concept.

• This significantly shows the identity of our nation.

Solar energy Tidal energy Wind energy

POLITICS

Democracy

• A democracy is a form of government in which the citizens create and vote for laws directly, or indirectly via representatives (representative democracy).

• Democracy consists of four key elements:

A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections.

The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life.

Protection of the human rights of all citizens.

A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.

Representative is chosen from votes of the people.

1 term = 4 years

Maximum 2 terms per person

The country is managed by 4 representative (Council)

The country is divided into 4 regions/sectors

Mountain e.g. Forestry, tourism, etc.

Sea e.g. Port

Agriculture

Trading Centre

Every region/sectors has 1 representative.

Representatives will have an annual meeting to report on their area and proposal. Decision making through votes between them.

The representative will be elected from different racial groups - Chinese, Malay, Indian and others.

For four terms, the next election will be reserved for a person from that racial group. This shows equality among the races without any boundary.

First runner-up for representative position from any racial group will be an advisor for the representative.

Religion

Citizens are allowed to practice their respective religion

Majority and minority is treated equally

No official religion

Politic independent from any religion

EDUCATION

Education

Representative is filtered based on their education and achievements

• Each sector studies the same syllabus before deciding which sector to work and settle in.

• The syllabus teaches the basic knowledge of conservation and innovation through the use of natural resources and basic macroeconomics.

• The education system focuses on equality therefore giving the freedom of equal education to everyone.

• A final exam will determine which sector suits them the most and they will be sent to that particular sector to contribute themselves.

HUMANISTICS

All the humanistic is based on all group members humanistic.

Although the citizens come from difference regions, they still have the same humanistic.

• Self-disciplined, Punctual

Respectfulrespect elderly, obedient to leadermanifests itself in both manner & language

Hardworkingwell educated people & skilled workers

Cleanensure the cleanliness of the nationclean and reduce waste

Case study: Japan, a country which emphasizes punctuality & cleanliness

• Grouping

Share ideas with peers and make a group decision.

Doing well with own task for not implicating others.(There are different regions but they all focused and do a good job within their scope.)

They will have a meeting in every half a year. They will share their thoughts, discuss about the problems met and solve them together.

At last, they will give their accomplishments to the trading center to be shared equally among all the regions in the nation.

CULTURE

Cultural Value

• The citizens have the main celebration such as independence day for their nation, and different regions have different celebrations.

• Exhibition day is celebrated by the citizens at the center part of the country which is the trading center.

• For agriculture region, they celebrate harvest day.

• For the sea and the mountain region, they have rituals occasionally for providing the resources to them.

ARCHITECTURE

Central trading center architecture

• Self sustain

• Passive design strategies with vernacular materials

• Uses the natural resources from other regions like timber and stones as building materials.

• Due to the strategic location, the nation uses natural ventilation, solar energy, wind energy and tidal energy.

Trading centre architecture using vernacular building materials.

Suburban architecture

• Adapts to context and according to users.

• Uses vernacular materials and passive design.

• Passive ventilation strategies to introduce outdoor air flow into the spaces.

• Master planning according to different contexts, orientation and spatial planning.

Suburban houses in paddy fields

Suburban houses in the mountains using timber and stone

References

• Cheah, B. K. (2002). Malaysia: The making of a nation. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

• Wang, G. (2005). Nation-building: Five Southeast Asian histories. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

• Tajuddin, M. 2015. Architecture and Nation Building: Multiculturalism and Democracy. Partridge, Singapore.

• What Are the Different Types of Governments? (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2016, from http://www.livescience.com/33027-what-are-the-different-types-of-governments.html

• Climate CoLab. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2016, from http://climatecolab.org/plans/-/plans/contests/2014/buildings/c/proposal/1309226

• http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/alesina/files/nation_building_feb_2015_0.pdf

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