Themes and Projects
MEGA-CITY (dr. A. Rizzo, prof. S. Khan)
The Strait Mega-City Region (S-MCR) is a wide economic corridor stretching from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore along the 300-Km North-South Expressway. More than 15 million people live in the S-MCR with a projected population in 2020 of over 20 million. 2 global cities, 4 regional capital-cities, 3 intelligent newtowns, 2 international airports, 2 regional airports, over 5 international and regional seaports. With a current US$ 250 billion GDP the S-MCR could be one of the major players in future Asian economy.
VIBRAN-CITY #1 (Nima Moeinzadeh, Kirsten Martinus, Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan)
Putrajaya is the new administrative and political capital of Malaysia. With a projected population of 300,000 inhabitants Putrajaya is currently struggling to attract people and commercial activities. Too hot and dispersed to be walked or cycled, this new garden city lack of day/night -life while tourists barely know about it. Meant to be an intelligent IT corridor, MSC Malaysia risks to be an expensive and unsustainable utopia for Malaysia.
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VIBRAN-CITY #2 (Shahram Minouyi, Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra, Nor Hasnida Nor Sukri)
Iskandar Malaysia is a new economic corridor in South-Johore, a gateway to Malaysia urbanism. In this frame a newtown to the west of JB is being implemented to attract knowledge workers and world class urban developers. Although it is too early to assess Nusajaya's success, vibrancy remains the top issue on planners' agenda.
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DIVER-CITY (Katja Priyam Klavora, Javad Assadpour, Farzin Charehjoo)
Nusajaya is the exclusive, 5-stars capital city of Johore. With its multimillion dollars private-developments, exclusive gated communities, private healthcare and education, and attractive marina accommodating the needs of a rich community of expats and top managers, in Nusajaya there isn’t just enough space for neither middle-income locals nor for the ancient rural/aboriginal minorities.
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TRANS-CITY (Ryan Del Casale, Gabriel Kong Sing Heng, Rafif Hatim)
The Strait Transnational Urban Region (STUR) is the transnational urban conurbation which extends from Singapore city centre to Johor metropolitan area. 6 million inhabitants live across the stiff and busy Malaysia/Singapore border. 2 bridges allow 30,000 daily commuters working in Singapore or shopping in Johore. Yet very little efforts are paid to accommodate the needs of this “transnational urbanism” with a more efficient and socially sustainable transit space.
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