Concept of Night City: A New Dimension To A City s Economy

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1 Concept of Night City: A New Dimension To A City s Economy Center for Town and Regional Planning Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia saniahzaki@salam.uitm.edu.my ABSTRACT As an outcome of a comprehensive study on an area of acres, a township in Alor Gajah, Malacca, was redesigned based on an innovative idea, concept of night city. The concept is believed to be economically viable. By using space syntax, an analysis of movement as well as the amount of activity likely to result from the movement is performed on the layout to determine if the redesign functions successfully. Results of the spatial analyses showed improvements in connectivity, integration, intelligibility and synergy levels. Based on the ndings, the future town of Alor Gajah looks viable spatially ce-bs, FSPU, UiTM. All rights reserved. Keywords: redesign, visibility tools, spaces, movement INTRODUCTION

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3 CONCEPT OF NIGHT CITY: A NEW DIMENSION TO CITY S ECONOMY Figure 1. Conceptual diagram of night city. Source: Ngesan, 2009 REDESIGN OF THE TOWNSHIP 27

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5 CONCEPT OF NIGHT CITY: A NEW DIMENSION TO CITY S ECONOMY Figure 2. Visibility tools: (a) road network; (b) water body; (c) pedestrian mall; (d) continuous plinth area; (e) open central parking; and (f) square. Source: Mohd Riduan Ngesan, 2009 UNDERSTANDING THE SPACE-MOVEMENT RELATIONSHIP...the most powerful single determinant of urban movement, both pedestrian and vehicular...is the structure of the urban grid added...that socio economic forces shape the city primarily through the relations between movement and the structure of the urban grid e e e d ed e e e a ed e e e e e e de ed a e a d e e a e ed ea e a d e e e a a d e a e e ed a e e e e a de a d e e ed e d de a d a e a e 29

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7 CONCEPT OF NIGHT CITY: A NEW DIMENSION TO CITY S ECONOMY a a e e de e a a a e e e a a a e a a ea a a a d a a e e ed a e a a e a ed a a e a a e e e ed a ed e a e ed e e e a e ed e d a e e a ed a e a d e e e e e a d e e e e e a ed a e a d e e e e e e e a a e e a a d e e ad e e a d e e e a d e ede ed a ea e e d ed a a a e Figure 4 Figure ground map of City of London, spaces shaded black is shown in axial map (left). (Source: Hillier, 2007) 31

8 ASIAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOUR STUDIES, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 2012 Figure 5. Axial map (space syntax map) existing area (left) after redesigned (right) 32 a a e ed a a a e ede ed a ea a e e a e a a e a ed e a ea e ede ed e a e e a a a e e e ed a e e a ea ede a a d e a e e e a e e e e e e ee e de a d e de e a ea a e e a e a ea eed e a d a ed e ede a a d e e e a ea e e de d a a a ea a e ede ed a a ed a e e e e a e e e e ee e e e e e a e e e e e e e e a a e a e e e a d e e a e e e de e d e a d de e de d a d e a d e e d a a a e e a e e ee a a d a e e e e e d a e e d e e e a a d a a e ee de ed e e

9 CONCEPT OF NIGHT CITY: A NEW DIMENSION TO CITY S ECONOMY Table 1. Comparison of syntactical measures of township before and after redesigned Alor Gajah Township Global integration (Radius n) Local integration (Radius 3) Intelligibility Synergy Existing Redesigned (Pedestrian spaces) Redesigned (Vehicular spaces) CONCLUSION e d a a a e ed add e e e e a ea e a e a a a d e e d a e e a ed e a a e a e e e a d a a a ed d a d a a e a d a e a e e e e a a d a d a d a e e a e e a a ea ed e a d d e a a e ee e ea a d a a a a e ed a a e a a d a a a a e ed a a e dea e e a e ed e e ed d e e e a a ea e a a a a e a e a e a a e e ed a e e e e ed a a e e e e e e e ede e a de e e e e a e e e e e e e a e a a a a a a e e a a e a a a e a e ed a ded e a ea e e e a d e e e a e ede ed a e a a e e e e a d e e e e e a ea e a a e e e a e a e ede e a e e 33

10 ASIAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOUR STUDIES, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 2012 REFERENCES e e a e e e e Urban Design International. e Space is the machine: a con gurational theory of architecture. e ed a e a d e a Redesign the future town- concept of the night city ed d a e 34