:

This project attempts to insert

a library in between three primary
schools that with different cultures.

Origin:

Since long, I've been exploring the

multi-cultural issues of my country,

yet all the clues've been leading
me
towards the ancient myths from Ganges

River, deconstructing my previous

thinking values. Rethink the current

ABOUT MALAYSIA

state of disorder, with mythology, try

to respond to the phenomenon, leading
readers to re-cognition, re-imagined.

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_NAGA LIBRARY

_NAGA LIBRARY

DESIGNER/
ADVISOR/

/ LibraryCultureMythology

/ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia( )

Program/ Hidden Library

Order

------Culture------

------Library------

------Mythology------

The Nature

Malay Primary School

Chinese Primary School

Mythology

Urbanisation

(disorder)

Multi-Culture

(/order)

Library Inserted

[Culture]---------[Phenomenon]------[Disorder]

()

A way of Life that expressed by each Identity, Races, Society or Nation

[Library]---------[Vessel]----------[Medium]
[Mythology]-------[Key]-------------[Nature of Order]
N

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

The Ancient Supernatural Stories that give Multi-Interpretations

N

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

er

RIv

Jan

bak

Gom

Disorder

(//)

()
(///)

A Public Place that interprets the Relationship between Man and Knowledge
Indian Primary School

mirroring
hybridization
branching

20

40m

ABOUT MALAYSIA

Equator

Max. & Min. Temperature

Annual Rainfall

Monthly Rainfall

3H-Rainfall

South-West & North-East Monsoon

Equator

KUALA LUMPUR_______________________________The

Capital City

SITE

SITE

69

Multiple Roots

Present Globalisation

Building Blocks of Roads

ot

Ri

Cultural Roots

70

ce

Post-Independence

Gave Life to Forest

Environmental Roots

19

Ra

Colony Arrived

II

River Connected

Arrival of Travellers

Wa

Palm Plantation

British Colonial

19

Chinese Tin Miners

e
57 nc
19 nde
e

de

rl

Integral in Tin Mining

Wo

River Flowed

In

42

19

The Essence of Nature

85

57

18

18

The History

Trains

Development

Megalopolis

The Silk Road

The Ancient Knowledge

---------Man & Nature---------

ABOUT NAGA

--------Past & Future--------

--------The Ultimate--------

SOLAR LUNAR

Creation & Destruction

THE ESSENCE OF LIBRARY

The Ancient Knowledge

[Psyche] Hidden Library--------Emotion, Feeling, Memory, Imagination

---------Man & Nature---------

_______

--------Past & Future--------

--------The Ultimate-------[Senses] Continuous Library----Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, Touch

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Creation & Destruction

Organs

Senses

Substance

sight
hearing
taste
smell
touch
time
temperature
balance & acceleration
kinesthetic
pain
instinct

Cognitive Mythology

light
air
water
fire
earth
wood
metal

creation
nature
journey
destroy
sustain
dharma
test
curse
void

_______

Characters

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. , , , . ,
, . , , , , , , .

On Abstract Thinking

THE ESSENCE OF LIBRARY

/
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- /
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/ / Dato Gong
- Raksasa / /
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[Psyche] Hidden Library--------Emotion, Feeling, Memory, Imagination

mirroring

hybridization

branching

[Senses] Continuous Library----Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, Touch

ABOUT SITE

THE ESSENCE OF LIBRARY

[Psyche] Hidden Library--------Emotion, Feeling, Memory, Imagination

[Senses] Continuous Library----Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, Touch

Organs

Senses

Substance

sight
hearing
taste
smell
touch
time
temperature
balance & acceleration
kinesthetic
pain
instinct

Cognitive Mythology

light
air
water
fire
earth
wood
metal

creation
nature
journey
destroy
sustain
dharma
test
curse
void

Characters

Program Inserted
In the Library

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- /
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/ / Dato Gong
- Raksasa / /
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-
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Section aa'

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Chinese Primary School

Herb's Garden

Indian Primary School's Canteen

Section bb'

Waiting Space

Malay Primary School's Field

Section cc'

c'

e'

d'

a'

-----5th Attempt-----

-----6th Attempt----b'

1F PLAN

Workshop

-----4th Attempt-----

Playground

Malay Primary School's Field