THE INNOVATION TEAM

Kodaruth Humairaa

0319356

Group Members

Loong Bo Lin

0321469

Erica Chin Ching

0320460

Our tutor:

Ms. Noorul Iffa

Experiential Landscape

Pocket Park

• A park that is also known as parkette or mini-park.

• Developed on free lots(forgotten place) or irregular shape of land.

• Not only can be found in the city, it can also be found in small town

• For people to stop and relax, read, eat a packed lunch or meet some friends.

• Children playing corner(eg. Hatcham Gardens, New Cross)

• Sitting area (eg. Barking Town Square)

• Walking/Jogging pathway

• Food growing programme (eg. Brookwood House, Southwark)

• Organized informal parties

• Air filter system(eco-friendly)

• Children: -spend time with family and friends

-This can help the children to become more social

-Avoid them from internet and video games

• Teenagers : meet up friends, exercising

• Elders : walking and enjoy the view

1 Utama Rainforest

• 1Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya

• 1Utama Shopping Centre

• Ground Floor

• 2003, trees were selected and re-planted in the shopping mall

• Since 2004, 1Utama had started the ‘Go Green’ Campaign each year.

• One of the longest running ‘Go Green’ campaigns participated by 10,000 shoppers is ‘Feed-The- Fish Charity’ campaign.

• The concept of this Rainforest is to create an awareness on nature.

• Has koi ponds, suspension bridge and lush foliage

• Relax setting replete with fresh water fish swimming in the aquarium

• Alfresco dining with a great selection of cafes and restaurant surrounding the part

• Plants are labeled to allow visitors to learn, appreciate and understanding the nature

• Sitting down at the benches

• Children - feed the beautiful koi fishes

• Teens or Families – dining at the nearby alfresco cafe

• Elders – walking around and enjoy the view

Barking Town Square

• 2008

• Location: Suburbs of Barking, London, United Kingdom

• Development(Characteristics): Arboretum(where trees shrubs,herbaceous,plants are being cultivated for scientific and educational purposes)

- Around 40 mature trees

• combination of both unusual and interesting seating

- Barking bench

- Traditional

- & flexible design

• Combination of both:

- Soft landscaping; natural objects(eg: trees,arboretum area)

- Hard landscaping; man-made objects

- (eg: sitting area)

• A space for everyday relaxation

• Sitting area

• Community space(eg: organisation of community parties, informal parties like barbecue

• Arboretum ; help in enriching people’s knowledge about nature and also allow people to appreciate

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