A Study on Kevin Lynch's Urban Design Elements with a Case Study at Taman Seri Juru in Simpang Ampat Town of Penang

Lau, Zhin Yang; Tan, Xian Yi; Arab, Yasser; Hassan, Ahmad Sanusi; Dumrongchai, Puttipol; Rakhmatulloh, Anita Ratnasari

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A Study on Kevin Lynch's Urban Design Elements with a Case Study at Taman Seri Juru in Simpang Ampat Town of Penang

Zhin Yang Lau, Xian Yi Tan, Yasser Arab, Ahmad Sanusi Hassan (School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains MALAYSIA),
Puttipol Dumrongchai (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, 50200, THAILAND),
Anita Ratnasari Rakhmatulloh (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University, INDONESIA).

Disciplinary: Urban Design, Architectural Science.
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doi: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.106

Keywords: Garden City; City path; Urban planning; Landmark element; Lynch's elements; Mental image; Edge element; Mind mapping; Urban development; Residential development; Urban elements.
Abstract

This study discusses and identifies urban design elements at Taman Seri Juru, Simpang Ampat, Penang. This study is to comply with the five approaches which were proposed by Kevin A. Lynch, i.e. paths, nodes, edges, landmarks, and districts by using Mental mapping. The qualitative method was applied to collect the information and data from the book and online resources, site visits, simulation, and interviews to ensure that the data is accurate and valuable. The study's analysis shows that all the urban design elements are essential for shaping this township's image. In contrast, the 'Garden City' concept is expressed through the buildings' arrangement on almost every district with a path. The path is the essential urban element in gridding the districts, while edges and landmarks complement each other well in the planning. Nodes do not play an essential role as the plan of the site is lacking nodes. The urban design elements are organised with urban planning development in shaping the mental image of Taman Seri Juru, Simpang Ampat in Penang.

Paper ID: 12A6A

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Lau, Z. Y., Tan, X. Y., Arab, Y., Hassan, A. S., Dumrongchai, P., and Rakhmatulloh, A. R. (2021). A Study on Kevin Lynch's Urban Design Elements with a Case Study at Taman Seri Juru in Simpang Ampat Town of Penang. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 12(6), 12A6A, 1-13. http://doi.org/10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.106

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