Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur

Heritage conservation has been a growing phenomenon in urban regeneration initiatives in the recent decade, playing a key role in meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2030. Goal 11 aims to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. It highlights the association...

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Main Authors: Saidatul Haziah Ramli, Zalina Samadi, Aidatul Fadzlin Bakri
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description Heritage conservation has been a growing phenomenon in urban regeneration initiatives in the recent decade, playing a key role in meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2030. Goal 11 aims to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. It highlights the association of the new urban agenda in the context of urban development and cultural heritage by “reinforcing efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage”, forming part of section 11.4. The conservation of heritage significance and cultural values requires exceptional attentiveness through its elements and attributes. The objective of this study is to devise a technique for evaluating the formation of the basis for determining and portraying the historical significance of characteristics with adequate precision to appraise the historical influence of Kuala Lumpur's urban renewal. (“Heritage significance and the identification of attributes to preserve the Sense of Places”) This is by providing a set of attributing variables to establish an ultimate benchmark for Kuala Lumpur’s urban heritage revitalisation performance and succession level.. More excellent socio-economic status and tourism would be the advantages holistically. The paper presents the findings on Attributes within the aspects of the Physical dimension, Senses dimension, and Functional dimension that have a holistic direct impact towards place attachment, place identity, and place memory, and its categorisation of rating significantly contributes to the preservation of Sense of Place. The result of the established Attributes framework is considered the basis for assessing and guiding design, which substantially supports designers to achieve two main pillars: Revitalise Heritage Enclave and demonstrate basic principles for any Heritage Enclave Design, Redevelopment, and Activation. A practical framework that includes an unobtrusive method of content analysis deployed as the primary method, developed through an analysis of content and evaluation of the recent developments of the heritage preservation discourse, and observation as a research method. The research concluded that altogether sense of places dimensions are essential in activating livability, and a sort of balance between the main dimensions. This can further be used as an assessment indicator for the future regeneration of Kuala Lumpur's urban heritage enclave and benefiting in conservation, eventually securing significant heritage place identity while continually sustaining its attraction. This article adopts a practical framework as a research method. The research concluded that dimensions in the realm of sense of places are essential in activating the heritage place, and finding the balance between the emerging dimensions. The more pragmatic strategies, the higher the sense of place to revitalise the heritage place should be. 
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spelling doaj-art-e7ef95381fc3449ca0817b256cccb5282025-08-20T03:58:36ZengIEREK PressARCHive-SR2537-01542537-01622025-07-019310.21625/archive-sr.v9i3.1110 Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala LumpurSaidatul Haziah Ramli0Zalina Samadi1Aidatul Fadzlin Bakri2Architecture PhD Student, School of Architecture and Interior Architecture, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor, Malaysia Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Interior Architecture, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor, Malaysia Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Interior Architecture, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor, Malaysia Heritage conservation has been a growing phenomenon in urban regeneration initiatives in the recent decade, playing a key role in meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2030. Goal 11 aims to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. It highlights the association of the new urban agenda in the context of urban development and cultural heritage by “reinforcing efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage”, forming part of section 11.4. The conservation of heritage significance and cultural values requires exceptional attentiveness through its elements and attributes. The objective of this study is to devise a technique for evaluating the formation of the basis for determining and portraying the historical significance of characteristics with adequate precision to appraise the historical influence of Kuala Lumpur's urban renewal. (“Heritage significance and the identification of attributes to preserve the Sense of Places”) This is by providing a set of attributing variables to establish an ultimate benchmark for Kuala Lumpur’s urban heritage revitalisation performance and succession level.. More excellent socio-economic status and tourism would be the advantages holistically. The paper presents the findings on Attributes within the aspects of the Physical dimension, Senses dimension, and Functional dimension that have a holistic direct impact towards place attachment, place identity, and place memory, and its categorisation of rating significantly contributes to the preservation of Sense of Place. The result of the established Attributes framework is considered the basis for assessing and guiding design, which substantially supports designers to achieve two main pillars: Revitalise Heritage Enclave and demonstrate basic principles for any Heritage Enclave Design, Redevelopment, and Activation. A practical framework that includes an unobtrusive method of content analysis deployed as the primary method, developed through an analysis of content and evaluation of the recent developments of the heritage preservation discourse, and observation as a research method. The research concluded that altogether sense of places dimensions are essential in activating livability, and a sort of balance between the main dimensions. This can further be used as an assessment indicator for the future regeneration of Kuala Lumpur's urban heritage enclave and benefiting in conservation, eventually securing significant heritage place identity while continually sustaining its attraction. This article adopts a practical framework as a research method. The research concluded that dimensions in the realm of sense of places are essential in activating the heritage place, and finding the balance between the emerging dimensions. The more pragmatic strategies, the higher the sense of place to revitalise the heritage place should be.  https://press.ierek.com/index.php/ARChive/article/view/1110Urban RevitalizationAttributesCultural HeritageHeritage ConservationSense of PlacePlace Attachment
spellingShingle Saidatul Haziah Ramli
Zalina Samadi
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Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur
ARCHive-SR
Urban Revitalization
Attributes
Cultural Heritage
Heritage Conservation
Sense of Place
Place Attachment
title Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur
title_full Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur
title_short Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur
title_sort urban heritage revitalization significance of cultural heritage attributes of sense of places for kuala lumpur
topic Urban Revitalization
Attributes
Cultural Heritage
Heritage Conservation
Sense of Place
Place Attachment
url https://press.ierek.com/index.php/ARChive/article/view/1110
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