Abstract
Building facades contribute to attractive urban streetscapes. In between, physical elements and visual qualities of building faA§ades play the most important role. This study seeks to identify the impact of building facades on creating attractive streetscapes in the city of Kuala Lumpur. In achieving this, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted to gather peoples' evaluation of building facades in Kuala Lumpur where combination of modern and traditional architecture creates worth-study urban landscapes. The researcher randomly surveyed 330 respondents, 18 to 50 years old, from the passers-by who just visit the area and those who reside and work there, using the time interval sampling method. The results demonstrate that consistency of colors and details of building facades, simplicity, unity, conformity of store lots in a single building block, large windows, transparency of the function of buildings, and display items of store-fronts determine visual richness of streetscapes in the study areas. The findings contribute to visual identity of cities through creating attractive streetscapes.
Highlights
Evaluation of a streetscape mainly depends on people's perception of building facades
The findings showed that professionals, such as architects, designers, and landscape designers, reveal similar opinions to laymen when it comes to evaluation of physical elements of urban streetscapes
The results show that five-foot corridors, variety of colorful awnings, various designs of shophouses, welcoming entrances of the buildings, interesting views created with shadows, cleanliness of building frontages, and colorful and detailed building facades contribute to streetscapes as well
Summary
Evaluation of a streetscape mainly depends on people's perception of building facades. Physical elements and visual characteristics of building facades play a significant role in creating attractive streetscapes. Scholars such as, Nasar et al (2005); Myers (2007); Akalin et al (2009); Askari and Dola (2009), stressed the role of building facades in forming streetscapes. The new buildings emerged create monotonous urban streetscapes in most areas of Kuala Lumpur (Wan Ismail & Shamsuddin, 2005). Study of role of building facades in configuring streetscapes in Kuala Lumpur has hitherto remained scant in most areas. The main objective of this study is to identify the impact of building facades on creating attractive streetscapes in the city of Kuala Lumpur. The second section shows method applied, data collection procedure, findings, and conclusion
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