INVESTIGATING THE CHALLENGES FACED IN DESIGNING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AT PANTAI LIDO URBAN WATERFRONT, JOHOR BAHRU, MALAYSIA

Abstract

Pantai Lido of Johor Bahru has a diversity of cultures, beautiful landscapes, and unique nature along its waterfront. This diversity at one time, made Pantai Lido a tourist’s option for domestic as well as international visits. After more than fifty decades of being a landscape of magnificent landmark for Johor Bahru, Pantai Lido is now experienced alteration which has resulted in the de-territorialisation of its cultural landscape. This inevitably eroded the identity and symbolism of the place. Thus, the objective of this paper is to explore and investigated the challenges that faced in designing cultural landscape at Pantai Lido, to preserve Pantai Lido from the de-territorialisation of cultural landscape. To achieve the objectives of the paper, a qualitative research method using a case study approach has been conducted in order to investigated the challenges in designing cultural landscape at Pantai Lido, and Pantai Lido was the context for data collection. A total of 12 informants were involved in this study comprising of the local authorities. The data were primarily gathered through focus group discussions (in-depth, semi-structured interviews) participant observations and supported by relevant information from document analysis, and audio-visual materials. It is hoped that the findings of this study can assist the state government and the related parties in developing cultural landscape design strategies framework for the urban waterfront at Pantai Lido, and thus mitigate the de-territorialisation of the cultural landscape areas at the said location. The implications of this study are not only beneficial to assist in the planning of the cultural landscape at Pantai Lido, but can also be applied to other similar regions throughout Malaysia. The objective of this paper is to explore and investigated the challenges that faced in designing cultural landscape at Pantai Lido, to preserve Pantai Lido from the de-territorialisation of cultural landscape. Qualitative Research Method using a case study approach, and to increase understanding of the findings, the primary data has been gathered from Focus Group Discussion (In-depth, semi structured interview), participant observations and supported by relevant information from document analysis, and audio-visual materials.The findings thus presented, this section closes with a list of challenged that faced in designing cultural landscape at Pantai lido- that is based on all of the theme, for the sustenance of symbolism within a cultural landscape at Pantai Lido urban waterfront; these also work as a potential cultural landscape design strategy to mitigate the de-territorialisation of cultural landscape areas at the said location. The data information faced in designing the cultural landscape for the urban waterfront: could assist local authorities and related parties to take necessary actions to solve the challenges in designing the cultural landscape for the urban waterfront at Pantai Lido.

Keywords

• cultural landscape
• the symbolism of place
• urban waterfront
• pantai lido
• malaysia