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Papers by SHARIFAH S A L W A S Y E D MAHDZAR

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Nov 30, 2023

Applied sciences, Dec 3, 2023

Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024

Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) has become an important topic of interest in promoti... more Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) has become an important topic of interest in promoting sustainable cities. It is the suitable scale of a neighborhood that allows meaningful evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impacts. Also, a neighborhood's representation of the link between the city and an individual further adds to its popularity. In an era of growing interest in socio-spatial measures for addressing sustainable neighborhoods, this paper explores the significance of measuring spatial configurations through the Space Syntax method for NSA. The study provides a bibliometric overview of Space Syntax research and a systematic literature search to review 13 research articles that use Space Syntax as part of the NSA. The review identifies integration and connectivity as the most frequently used metrics in NSA and finds that linking Space Syntax to neighborhoods' sustainable development, especially environmental sustainability, is a newly emerging topic. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion on the significance and limitations of Space Syntax as a spatial assessment method.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, 2023

Abstract: The global trend in modern development often does not do justice and damages the natura... more Abstract: The global trend in modern development often does not do justice and damages the natural beauty of the old river in the central city district. The case was noticed happening to Bunus River which once served as the main transportation route for the early settlements in Kampung Baru – a traditional village which is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city center. Though spanning 9.2 kilometers long, Bunus River is left underutilized, unexploited, and monotonous and it has no sense of place. Due to the heavy pollution and massive floods in 2007 and 2011, the river is now covered with a pathway and used as a cycling track for the city residents. The inefficient design of the pathway left the river buried and unnoticed by most residents in the area. Hence, this study investigates the spatial potential of Bunus River as a social network in Kampung Baru. The research method for this study is mixed methods i.e., Bunus River in Kampung Baru as the case study, and observational research was carried out along Bunus Pathway. This study revealed that the spatial potential of the river to direct a much active movement into the area can be optimized. Therefore, the study concludes that Bunus River should be integrated into the design of the cycling tracks and pedestrian path that spans over it, improving the connectivity of the pedestrian and social network in Kampung Baru as a whole.

iScience

A systematic literature review and analysis of 64 journal articles are conducted The frequently m... more A systematic literature review and analysis of 64 journal articles are conducted The frequently measured criteria for NSA are identified using the NVIVO software Urban form and morphology are revealed as the widely measured NSA factors A tendency to integrate environmental measures with social aspects is noticed

Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Environment Management

In Malaysia, streets could be identified as public spaces for various activities especially at th... more In Malaysia, streets could be identified as public spaces for various activities especially at the heritage district. This study aims to promote street node as a potential liveable and sociable public space between buildings focussing on Johor Bahru city. The paper objectively proposes a method on identifying street nodes liveability pattern and introduce a relationship between occupied socio-physical and visual connectivity. It is argued that people sitting and standing at the sidewalks can also be affected by the visual connection amongst the pedestrians in addition to the condition to the street itself. The distribution of static activities of people are measured according to socio-physical elements and visual graph analysis (VGA) in Depthmap software. The results show simple relationship between the socio-physical element and the presence of static activities of people in the walkway. It is suggested that street designers, business operator and the authority could be able to cre...

The paper investigates the effect of spatial configuration in creating pedestrian sense of safety... more The paper investigates the effect of spatial configuration in creating pedestrian sense of safety in neighbourhood commercial streets in Malaysia. To this end, space syntax analysis was applied to measure the syntactical variables. Forty streets were chosen based on their integration measures in the global analysis. The questionnaires were distributed to collect data about legibility variables affecting pedestrian sense of safety. The impact of legibility factors on pedestrian sense of safety is examined by adopting confirmatory factor analysis. Then the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was computed to measure the relationship between syntactical variables and legibility factors. The findings show that the legibility is strongly correlated with two syntactical variables, local integration and street connectivity. In fact, the local integration and connectivity have positive correlation with two items of legibility such as easy navigation, clarity. Thus, spatial configuration affects on legibility and consequently pedestrian sense of safety

Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, 2022

This paper studies the potential for enhancing and enlivening the Bukit Nanas Eco-park (recreatio... more This paper studies the potential for enhancing and enlivening the Bukit Nanas Eco-park (recreational area) to promote healthy living through physical activity with close context with nature. The current condition of existing eco-park has lack of attraction, connectivity and visibility to the users along Jalan Dang Wangi and Jalan Ampang. No significant nodes are labelled along this road. The existing secondary gate at this road to access to the eco-park has no clear indication or entrance for the users.Without any specific theme of activities to this existing eco-park, the communities are not able to unite as one strong community in order to promoting healthy living in natural setting environment as well as to promote eco-tourism of the park. Therefore this study will help to find the appropriate measures to promote healthy living through attraction at Bukit Nanas Eco-park which is the only green lung area at the Kuala Lumpur city centre through street connectivity and visibility study. The aim of this paper is to explore the potential on how to rejuvenate the existing eco-park through syntactical measures and observation to describe and analysed the potential of the place. The objectives are to identify the background and issues of Bukit Nanas Eco-park as a recreational park and to study the potential of rejuvenate the park at Jalan Dang Wangi and Jalan Ampang through connectivity and visibility analysis of pedestrian movement through space syntax. Secondly to study the visibility of the area by proposing a new urban intervention and lastly, to establish a better community interaction and static activity with the proposed design approaches in improving the situation. For this purpose, information was gathered on site about the existing park which involved both the primary and secondary sources. Extensive study was also carried out through reviews of books and journals, interviews, questionnaires, observation gate and snap shot mapping activities. It was found that the lack of activities or nodes along Jalan Dang Wangi and Jalan Ampang and lack of proper facilities and accessibility at the existing eco-park that act as a recreation area leads to the degradation of attraction. Therefore, by proposing a new potential building that promoting healthy living at natural recreational setting, the issue can be addressed.

WIT Transactions on The Built Environment

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

Fear of crime is an important social problem which has the negative impact on sociability and qua... more Fear of crime is an important social problem which has the negative impact on sociability and quality of life. The isolated streets are defined as urban spaces where fear of crime is highly perceived. Feeling safe depends on the knowledge about the environment which needs the awareness of where you are in the space. Thus, it is considered that spatial knowledge is crucial to evaluate feeling of safety. This study aims to investigate the relationship between fear of crime and space configuration in Mixed-use neighbourhood. The study focused on accessibility measures based on the axial line street model in order to define safe spaces and fearsome in urban street space. The main method and procedures used include: space syntax method to analyze space configuration characteristics of the study areas and questionnaire to examine the fearsome and safe places. Axial analysis, as the analytical tool, is applied to provide the opportunity for exploration of accessibility patterns of a space ...

This thesis develops a theoretical and practical framework of analysis for measuring the liveline... more This thesis develops a theoretical and practical framework of analysis for measuring the liveliness of urban streets. It studies the inter-related functions of streets to cater for the dynamic activities of people (walking) and the more static activities such as stopping, sitting, standing, waiting, watching, eating, etc. Practically, this framework measures the empirical relationship (the configuration) between these spatial and social functions, (the accessibility and sociability of the street). The sociability is measured through the capacity of the street to accommodate static activities. The accessibility relates to the ability of the street to accommodate and distribute static activities within its local and global network. Theoretically, the former regards the street as a setting, or a place wherein the dual processes of interactions between people and between people and the environment, are expressed. The latter subsequently regards the street as the conduit through which pr...

The geometry of Persian -Islamic architecture and carpet design is used to express certain concep... more The geometry of Persian -Islamic architecture and carpet design is used to express certain concepts with a focus on the idea of unity in multiplicity. In other words, geometry is a visual language that stems from the worldview of the artist or architect and it leads to the production of a work of art that expresses certain artistic perspectives. At various times in history, the idea of diversification and transformation have been seen in Persian-Islamic architecture and carpet design. In this paper, two goals were attempted. The first goal was to investigate geometric forms in Persian-Islamic architecture and carpet design and the similarities between these two very different art forms. The second goal was to find out the reasons behind the similarities.

Urban form is changing in Shiraz city, with new pattern of development reflecting land use planni... more Urban form is changing in Shiraz city, with new pattern of development reflecting land use planning technology and transportation. Land use plan is one of the most important segments of urban planning. It is common tools employed by urban planners to manage urban expansion in order to achieve proper urban physical form and better access to urban services. Though the lands use planning process is a complex and multifaceted process, through a process of modeling and simulation, planners can formulate a model that is useable in cities and regions panning. The Future Land Use Plan is designed to provide the framework for urban growth. In this paper the authors draw on evidence from the past and recent in Shiraz. The conclusion highlights the different influence of planning policies on urban form at various periods.

In the past, cities were more walkable and walking was the main pattern of people movement in urb... more In the past, cities were more walkable and walking was the main pattern of people movement in urban area because of low-cost and easy availability for all segments of the society. After industrial revolution and car domination in cities, pedestrian issues have been forgotten. In the last few decades, due to increase in air Pollution, Policy to reduce private vehicles use and policy to decrease fossil-fuel consumption, walking in urban areas has been considered again. The purpose of this paper is to examine and understand the walkability issue in urban area based on global experiences. It is achieved by investigating the functional role of street as the main element of urban area to present different perspectives on how to use the layout of streets in the world. Moreover, effective criteria to improve walkability are briefly explained and then categorized. In addition, some indicators are offered for assessing the walkability in the city to engage more people in the urban areas.

This study seeks to investigate and determine the affordability of middle- income earners especia... more This study seeks to investigate and determine the affordability of middle- income earners especially young generation in few major cities in Malaysia. Specifically, the aim of this research intends to investigates and research towards the possibility of open building concept in public housing and provide architectural solution to increase the adaptability and flexibility of housing youth living high rise public housing that reflects the culture and image of the community towards interchangeable settlement pattern. Primary data consisting of non-participative and semi structured observation, which include questionnaire and interview session, field studies as well as site observation. Observation method is used in order to gather the information around the site at Kampung Bakar Batu and come out with site analysis at the end of research. For secondary data, lots of study conducted through few cases study. As Conclusion, there are few significant and difference needs between young coup...

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Nov 30, 2023

Applied sciences, Dec 3, 2023

Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, 2023

iScience

Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Environment Management

Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, 2022

WIT Transactions on The Built Environment

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2021

Street livability has been highlighted as one of the most important keys for the sustainable deve... more Street livability has been highlighted as one of the most important keys for the sustainable development of the city. However, several developing countries struggled to understand the concept of liveable city as the process of reclaiming back the streets for pedestrians, especially at the heritage district, is still a never-ending process.

11th Space Syntax Symposium, 2017

This poster illustrates the theoretical concept of space syntax methodology in the design studio ... more This poster illustrates the theoretical concept of space syntax methodology in the design studio works undertaken by architectural students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The design challenge poses the possibility to enhance the spatial visibility of the project’s site; the hidden pocket space of a local informal eating place, which is situated in between the two high rises, the Safuan and Sunway towers within the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Malaysia. The visibility of the site is analysed in accordance to the different topographical structure of the area based on the different levels of the building heights within the parameter. The result showed that the connectivity and visual integration values correlate strongly as the site is elevated higher from the ground level. This finding helps equipped students in determining the appropriate and scientific evident-based design decision on the suitable development of the particular context of the area. The strategies chosen had brought together the explorative application of space syntax tool in the urban morphology and spatial configuration analysis to issues related to architectural and urban theory.

http://www.11ssslisbon.pt/docs/proceedings/posters/181.pdf

This paper reports the range of space syntax applications that have been used in producing eviden... more This paper reports the range of space syntax applications that have been used in producing evident base approach for the architectural design studio at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Space Syntax research tools of analysis has been globally applied in the fields of architecture, interior design, urban design, planning, transportation, archaeology, psychology and many more. Exploration is still much needed in finding the ways of applying space syntax methods as a teaching tool for the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, especially to students who has little knowledge of it. This poses a practical challenge in enabling the students to be able to value the empirical aspects of space for their design scheme. The paper raises the question on the effective use of this tool in helping architectural students making their design decisions for the academic studio projects. The paper demonstrates the range of use of space syntax method and the limitation of the tools that can be used in helping students making decisions for their proposed schemes. Four samples of architectural design outputs of Master of Architecture Final Thesis projects of the students were analysed. The selected student's works are categorized according to the specific syntactical method used for their design process of analysis. The general use of axial line analysis has been shown quite effectively used as it is easy to be understood and applied into the proposed schemes. The method has been used by the students especially for their site analysis. This allows them to make a firm decision of the design strategies for the chosen site. The study also shows the use of visual graph analysis which has become the favourite tools for the students to help them further in making a convincing decision for their proposals. The VGA has then been explored further and students were able to demonstrate a more convincing and expressive form of design for their class project. The application as clearly visible when the VGA tools have been used extensively for the interior exterior context of the spaces studied. The study concludes that space syntax research tools is much needed and much exploration is still needed in making it as effective design teaching tools to architectural students worldwide.

Doctoral thesis, The Bartlett, University College London, University of London, UK, 2018

Practically, this framework measures the empirical relationship (the
configuration) between these spatial and social functions, (the accessibility and
sociability of the street). The sociability is measured through the capacity of the street
to accommodate static activities. The accessibility relates to the ability of the street to
accommodate and distribute static activities within its local and global network.

Theoretically, the former regards the street as a setting, or a place wherein the dual
processes of interactions between people and between people and the environment,
are expressed. The latter subsequently regards the street as the conduit through
which processes of interaction occur simultaneously.

The thesis also considers the impact of socio-physical and syntactical variables
in the street. The socio-physical variables are the topography of the physical designs
such as building indents, ledges, windowsills, etc. The syntactical variables are the
topology of the spatial connectivity of the local and global network of the streets in
the area. In doing so it asserts that pedestrian static activities are the predominant
social variable in the street.

Centre for Innovative and Development (CIPD), 2022