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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:35:20 +0530
Barracks are better
Architecture Inside Out
By Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi
All over the country, in small towns and big cities, old police barracks
are being decommissioned and are awaiting demolition. Our maverick
architect grew up in one and thinks they should be saved. Not because
he’s sentimental but because they could teach today’s designers a thing
or two about living in comfort and harmony.
ONE of the most successful machines a habitae (machines for living in)
in the context of Malaysia’s own brand of modernistic architecture were
the Jabatan Kerja Raya-built police barracks I lived in for eight years
as a child. That old place could give today’s modern concrete cubes
lessons on climate control and community-friendly architecture.
cont'd....
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/1/28/lifefocus/15448577&sec=lifefocus