Tales of three cities
Hierarchial Dominance
The scale and materiality of christ church from the town square resembles the dominance of the church, in terms of its history and culture.
Geographical Influence
The melacca river and the row of shophouses along demonstrates the geographical influence the city had on trading and how the lives of the people are connected to the river
Linearity of the street
Linearity of the street and its architecture elements such as the windows used in the five foot way, makes the shopping street more welcoming the pedestrians
Horizontality and repitition
The horizontality of the street and the repetitiveness of the shophouses gives the street a sense of unity in terms of its urban fabric.
Programmatic Adjancies
Alignments in terms of buildings programs in the street gives the street a homogenous characteristic
Transparency of interiority/exteriority
The use of fiveftooway in most of the melacca street gives a sense of transparency between inside /outside, private/public
Reminent of the past
The melacca river, which inlfluenced the lives of the melacca citizens in terms of economy, history and culture, A reminent of the past.
Cultural diffusal
Shophouses and townhouses in the city of melacca has similr planning. However, the difference in the details, such as the architectural style, and social acivities that takes place in the street resemble the cultural diffusal in Melacca
Religious Pluralism
Many of the streets in Melacca, such as the temple street, consist of mosque, churches and temples which resemble religious pluralism in Melacca
