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Podcast: Talk Architecture
Episode: Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Raymond Bu's The Market Hub at PJ Old Town
Description: Send us Fan MailTEASER INTRODUCTION on a highly commended The Market Hub at Jalan Othman, Petaling Jaya Old Town by Raymond Bu. unit 2, design thesis studio, 2019-2020. The issue here is the relevance of the market building, often called the "wet market" in Malaysia, a social hub especially with a higher than average older persons population in this community. Seen as a sight for sore eyes, due to the bad upkeep and poor state of the existing market building (dilapidated, unhygienic and causes several issues to the surrounding area), instead Raymond proposed a contemporary l...