Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia

When landscape becomes the work of art, it is becoming more significant to the community. However, finding practical and effective ways in which public art could present an environmental cause is yet to be fully explored. Therefore, one way to approach this issue is by increasing the Vertical Greene...

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Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Nur Izzah, Mansor, Mazlina, Harun, Nor Zalina
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Published: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember 2013
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spelling my.iium.irep.440232021-07-17T16:22:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44023/ Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia Abu Bakar, Nur Izzah Mansor, Mazlina Harun, Nor Zalina NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying When landscape becomes the work of art, it is becoming more significant to the community. However, finding practical and effective ways in which public art could present an environmental cause is yet to be fully explored. Therefore, one way to approach this issue is by increasing the Vertical Greenery technology's application, especially at the wall of building in the city. Vertical Greenery (VG) varies in term of definition, but all in all, it can be interpreted as the growing of plants in, up, or against the facade of a building. On the other hand, public art can be referred as an artwork that is located in public space, which welcomes public interactions. Thus, in order to further study the potential of VG implementation as public art, this paper reviews 25 selected real life projects in urban Malaysia as reference studies, which include Kuala Lumpur, Selangor Johor and Penang that applied VG in their development. It explored whether the VG’s implemented is, for public art. Based on the study, the researcher found that VG is implemented for its environmental, economic and aesthetic value. The researcher also noted that all VG that has been implemented at the developments in some ways portray the basic idea of public art which is an artistic expression that is positioned in a freely accessed public space for the public to use, but not just any art placed outside yet still carries the basic concept of art, which to beautify spaces. Hence, the result had shown significant potentials for VG to be introduced as a new form of sustainable public art in urban Malaysia. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember 2013-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44023/11/568-2234-2-PB.pdf Abu Bakar, Nur Izzah and Mansor, Mazlina and Harun, Nor Zalina (2013) Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia. Journal of Architecture and Environment, 12 (1). pp. 1-26. ISSN 1412-937X(P) 2355-202X (O) http://iptek.its.ac.id/index.php/joae/issue/view/40/showToc
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topic NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture
NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture
NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
spellingShingle NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture
NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture
NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
Abu Bakar, Nur Izzah
Mansor, Mazlina
Harun, Nor Zalina
Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia
description When landscape becomes the work of art, it is becoming more significant to the community. However, finding practical and effective ways in which public art could present an environmental cause is yet to be fully explored. Therefore, one way to approach this issue is by increasing the Vertical Greenery technology's application, especially at the wall of building in the city. Vertical Greenery (VG) varies in term of definition, but all in all, it can be interpreted as the growing of plants in, up, or against the facade of a building. On the other hand, public art can be referred as an artwork that is located in public space, which welcomes public interactions. Thus, in order to further study the potential of VG implementation as public art, this paper reviews 25 selected real life projects in urban Malaysia as reference studies, which include Kuala Lumpur, Selangor Johor and Penang that applied VG in their development. It explored whether the VG’s implemented is, for public art. Based on the study, the researcher found that VG is implemented for its environmental, economic and aesthetic value. The researcher also noted that all VG that has been implemented at the developments in some ways portray the basic idea of public art which is an artistic expression that is positioned in a freely accessed public space for the public to use, but not just any art placed outside yet still carries the basic concept of art, which to beautify spaces. Hence, the result had shown significant potentials for VG to be introduced as a new form of sustainable public art in urban Malaysia.
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author Abu Bakar, Nur Izzah
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title Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia
title_short Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia
title_full Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia
title_fullStr Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Approaching vertical greenery as public art: a review on potentials in urban Malaysia
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publisher Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember
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