Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. The Regional and National Agenda in Urban-Architectural Identity through Conflicts and Conflations

   • Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Mansor Ibrahim

   Pages 1-30

3. The Mosque in a Multicultural Context: Modernity, Hybridity and Eclecticism

   • Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Shireen Jahn Kassim, Mansor Ibrahim

   Pages 31-58

4. Public Buildings of Early Independence: Conflations of Regionalism and National Identity

   • Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi

   Pages 59-77

5. Monumentalising the Vernacular: Criticality, Culture and Identity of the City

   • Noor Hanita Abdul Majid, Shireen Jahn Kassim

   Pages 79-99

6. Regionalism in University Buildings: Tectonics, Form and Criticality

   • Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi

   Pages 101-115

7. Tropical Urbanism: Greenery and Walkways in Mediating Identities

   • Nor Zalina Harun, Alias Abdullah

   Pages 117-135

8. Between Criticality and Pastiche: The Putrajaya Boulevard

   • Mansor Ibrahim, Shireen Jahn Kassim

   Pages 137-154

9. Criticality, Symbolic Capital and the High-Rise Form

   • Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norzalifa Zainal Abidin, Norwina Mohd Nawawi

   Pages 155-175

10. The Transport Terminal: Marking National Landmarks

    • Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Siti Norzaini Zainal Abidin

    Pages 177-191

11. The Tropical Metropolis: A Review of History, Identity and Climatic Idealisations in City Form

    • Nurul Syala Abdul Latip, Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Shaiful Nadzri Shamsudin, Elias Salleh

    Pages 193-208

12. Urban Syncretism: Conscious and Unconscious Architectural Formation of National Identity

    • Shireen Jahn Kassim, Zumahiran Kamaruddin

    Pages 209-234

13. Conclusions

    • Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Mansor Ibrahim

    Pages 235-256

14. Back Matter

    Pages 257-264

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This book explores how Malaysia, as a multicultural modern nation, has approached issues of nationalism and regionalism in terms of physical expression of the built environment. Ever since the nation’s post-Colonial era, architects and policy makers have grappled with the theoretical and practical outcomes of creating public architecture that effectively responds to traditions, nationhood and modernity.

The authors compile and analyse prevailing ideas and strategies, present case studies in architectural language and form, and introduce the reader to tensions arising between a nationalist agenda and local ‘regionalist’ architectural language. These dichotomies represent the very nature of multicultural societies and issues with identity; a challenge that various nations across the globe face in a changing environment.

This topical and pertinent volume will appeal to students and scholars of urban planning, architecture and the modern city.

• GARDENS AND ECOLOGY AS IDENTITY in Malaysia
• Urban Trends in Malaysia
• Urban Design
• ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY
• Architectural Regionalism
• The Modern mosque architecture
• Regionalism within Modenernism
• CULTURAL LANDMARKS
• MUSEUMS AS NATIONAL SYMBOLS
• MODERNISM IN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL FORMS
• “SUPERBLOCK”
• Facadism,
• urbanizing Malay vernacular
• THE TROPICAL METROPOLIS
• idealisations in a post colonial city
• Development of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre
• reconceptualizing the sustainable city
• urban geography and urbanism

“What is identity in architecture? There have been numerous tomes and articles that wrestle with this complex topic. It’s a slippery slope but this book gets close to defining what it means in a way useful for the designer. It should be read by every scholar and student of architecture interested in seeking to address the collective angst of what constitutes identity in architecture — aesthetically, spatially, culturally, emotionally, functionally, systemically, perceptively, and ideologically.” (Dr. Ken Yeang, Architect, Planner, Ecologist, and Principal of T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn. Bhd., named by The Guardian as one of the 50 persons who could save the planet)

• International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Mansor Ibrahim

Shireen Jahnkassim is both an academic and practitioner of architecture, and is currently Associate Professor at the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

Norwina Nawawi is Associate Professor at the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

Mansor Ibrahim is Professor of Urban Regional Planning, IIUM

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