esd report

“PAYING IT FORWARD”

IN COLLABORATION WITH HANNAH YEOH

LECTURER : MS SUJATAVANI

TAN SHING YEOUPENG YEP SIANGPEH KER NENGPHUA JING SERNYAP WEI TYNGLEE YAUE SHENLIM YU QUNLEE CHAER SHEANONG HUEY FERNLIEW CHUNG HOOI

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REPORT

INTRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT SUS-TAINABILITY ANALY-SISISSUES & SOLUTIONSWORK PROGRESSBUDGET & EXPENSESSPONSORREFLECTION APPENDIX

Project “Paying It Forward” is an envi-ronmental community service project that engages architectural students in solving community issues with their knowledge in architectural design as part of their academic studies. By encouraging the students to put their knowledge into application, this project serves to instill a range of skills in the students while benefitting the community.

The main objectives of this project “Paying It Forward” is to allow us to have a better understanding to-wards the principles of sustainability design in environmental and social perspective. This project raises the awareness towards current environ-mental issues and the importance of an environmental sustainable design for the community.

PROJECT “PAYING IT FORWARD”

Bandar Sunway is considered as a metropolitan town given its constant development since a long time ago. Within this metropolis, in PJS 7, there lies several flats that seems slightly out of place. Under the management of the Joint Management Body (JMB), Sunway Low Cost Flat has a total of 420 units. JMB works very closely with the developers, Majlis Perbandaran Subang Saja (MPSJ), and Adun YB Hannah Yeoh. Their responsiblility is mainly to keep the place clean and appropriate as possible as a living space. Majority of the households liv-ing in these flats are in poor financial condition and having difficulties just to make ends meet. The lacking of facilities become least of their wor-ries as they have more important pri-orities. Meanwhile, JMB is incapable to sustain all the maintainance of these facilities due to various factors.

SUNWAY LOW COST FLAT, PJS 7/15, BANDAR SUNWAY

LOCATION

Every human has different needs at different stage of life. Accord-ing humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow, human needs are cate-goriszed in a hierachy and people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other, more ad-vanced needs.

The poor living condition of majori-ty of the Sunway Low Cost Flat resi-dents places them between the lev-el of Physiological Needs and Safety Needs. However, there are a group of people that has an exceptional need - the need to play. Playing is critical for becoming socially adept, coping with stress and building cog-nitive skills. The children in the area has little chance to possess a toy and thus, the playground become their only playing facilities. Our aim in this project is to provide these chil-dren with a better and safer playing environment by improving the exit-ing playground.

Physiological Needs

Security Needs

Social Needs

Esteem Needs

Self-actualiztion

Needs

ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY

ANALYSIS

ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY

ANALYSIS

Rubber can be detrimental towards the environment. The main conse-quence is its highly polluted effluents. The rapid growth of this industry gen-erates large quantities of effluents from its processing operations. Its wastewater contains high biological

oxygen demand and ammonia con-tent.

Various countermeasures have been develop. They are generalized into two method the table below

Natural Rubberfrom Para Rubber Tree

Expandthe range of renewable re-sources

conventional Natural Rubber

+Gauyule

Guayule (a plant) grown in arid regions will diversify thte source of natural rubber

Rayon(Reinforcing Fiber)

Rayon+

New Cellulosic Fiber

General grade pulp can pro-duce the new fibers resulting in more suppliability

Synthetic Rubberfrom petroleum

Replace fossil resourc-es with re-newable ma-terials

Synthetic Rubberfrom biomass

Butadiene from bioethanol

Rubber Chemicalsfrom petroleum

Rubber Materialsfrom biomass

Curing agent and anti-aging chemical from biomass

Filler from petroleum and coal

Filler from biomass

Reinforcing carbon black from vegetable fats and oils

RUBBERThe waste management of the un-wanted tyres are one of the most diffcult. Improper management will cause the tyre to deteriorate and produce harmful substances as it contain high concentration of am-monia and nitrogen compounds.

Tyres are reused as one of our build-ing material as it is made of rubber. Rubber is long-lasting and it provies safety towards children with its elas-tic properties. Its threat towards the natural environment is also minimal.

The tyress used in this project are carefully selected and cleaned be-forehand. The tyres are also keep away from direct exposure of sunlight as the sunlight will accelarate the de-composition of rubber and the relese of harmful substance.

By reusing the used tyre, the tyres’ life span is extended and less waste is created

The graph above shows the percent-age of recovery after 96 hours of stretching under high tension. Nylon rope has a result of 83%. Thsi prove that nylon has better resiliency and higher tensile strength compared to other material. It can elongates with-out breaking.

Nylon also has high resistance to-wards insects, fungi, animals, as well as molds, mildew, rot and many chemicals. This is make it suitable for outdoor purposes.

Its excellent abrasion resistance will ensure its long life span and resisi-tance in harsh environment.

All of nylon’s characteristic suggest that nylon is highly durable and long lasting. Nylon does not decompose and emit substance that will harm the environment. It is a highly stable and safe material to use in a playground.

PVC, as a raw material, is energy ef-ficient to process. PVC pipe manu-facturing is extremely efficient, with virtually 100 percent of the PVC com-pound being used. It takes four times less energy to make than concrete pipe, and half that used for iron pipe.

PVC pipe’s ecological credentials have been demonstrated by nu-merous life-cycle assessments, which scientifically assess the impact of a product, from raw material extraction to end-of-life.

PVC pipe’s ultra-smooth surface re-duces pumping costs and its leak-free joints eliminate water loss – which can be up to 40 percent in some old-technology and corrosion-prone piping networks.

PVC pipe’s greatest environmental attribute is perhaps its exceptional durability and corrosion resistance – leading to better water conserva-tion and lower replacement, mainte-nance and repair costs.Its light weight eases installation.

the amount of carbon dioxide released during decomposition

the rate of corrosion

PVCPVC pipe is chosen as the material to make the goal post because of its characteristics:

• strong and rigid• resistant to a variety of acids and

bases• maximum usable temperature

140oF (60oC)

The pipe is used to make the frame-work of the goalpost because it can withstand the strong force by soccer and does not break easily.

The graph above show the embodied energy used in the manufacturing of the products made from petroleum. As the graph illustrated, althought paint is also a pertroleum-based product, it used relatively low energy to manufacture.

There are many types of paint. The paint used in this project is acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. It is ex-tremely versatile, fast-drying paints, It is water soluble but water-resistant af-ter dried. Acrylic paint is sustainable

because it is generally non-remov-able from a solid surface once ap-plied. Water or mild solvents do not re-solubilize it.

Solvents in traditional paintsoften contain high quantities of VOCs, a substance that harms human health. VOCs are released into the atmo-sphere during the drying process. The fast-drying acrylics paint con-tain only a minimal amount of VOCs. However, the fast drying character-istic of the paint allows no VOCs to escape into the atmosphere.

ISSUES & SOLUTION

HAMMOCKTwo hammocks are tied to the trees in the playground to provide a space for relaxation purposes. Hammock is chosen as the one of the project outcomes because it requires less maintenance and weather resistant. The hammocks are weaved in a continuing series of alternating square knots with 14 pieces of nylon thread. The knots create a cool pattern of overlapping circle which contributes to the aesthetic value of the hammocks beside its stability and good tensile strength.

The two hammocks are weaved in different sizes to accommodate children with different build. The hammocks are tied at the optimal height so that inju-ries can be minimized in the case of the hammocks breaking. The hammocks are also tied over a clear patch of land to eliminate the risk of injury. With the average weight of the children in mind, the hammocks are designed to with-hold up to 3 times the average weight.

Lack of relaxation space

ISSUE

SOLUTION

BENCHThe number of existing benches at the playground is lacking and thus, we de-cided to add more benches. The benches are made up of recycled rubber tyres. Rubber tyres are chosen as the materials due to their weather resistance characteristic and low maintenance need.

The primary objective of the benches is to provide a resting place for the chil-dren after playing. The random arrangement and varying height of the tyres provide the children an interesting space to interact with each other and the space. The tyres are fully filled with soil to fix the position of the tyres and pre-vent water from acculumating in the tyres, which is the ideal breeding ground of Aedes mosquitos.

Lack of benches

ISSUE

SOLUTION

GOALPOSTThe futsal court in the playground is lacking in its facilities, especially the goal-post. the children always use a designated goalpost. In respond, a more prop-er goalpost build using PVC pipes and nylon rope. Both PVC pipe and nylon rope can sustain strong striking force from the soccer. This charateristic is the main reason that cause them to be the goalpost’s material.

Incomplete futsal coart

ISSUE

SOLUTION

MURAL PAINTINGThe mural painting serves as a decoration to the playground and attraction to the children. The theme of the mural painting is traditional games in Malaysia. It is used to remind the children nowadays about the traditional games that have been forgotten in the younger generation. The mural paintings depict children playing traditional games with bright expressions to encourage the children to follow suit. The painted traditional games are games that can be played in the playground.

Old damaged walls

ISSUE

SOLUTION

FENCING

5The futsal court is always occupied with parking vehichles. It inhibits the chil-dren from playing in the court and greatly demotivates the children. The fence is set up around the futsal court that is located adjacent to the driveway.

Although the fence is a chain-link fences, it serves our purpose nonetheless. It is easy to install and economical. Chain-link fence is installed by setting posts into the concrete footing. This could help prevent leaning under the tension of a stretched fence. Besides, the fence is set up to a maximum height to ensure the ball is played within the court area. As the futsal court is located beside the driveway, the fence is built for the safety of the children. Subsequently, the risk of injuries is reduced.

Occupied futsal court

ISSUE

SOLUTION

The initial purpose of the signage is to warn the public to not damage the goalpost in the futsal coart and pre-vent people from parking their vehi-cles in the court. It is render unneces-sary after we got the sponsorship for installation of the fence.

The dustbin serves to keep the plac-es cleaner and to educate the chil-dren on preserving the playground. However, it require constant man-agement and there are no organiza-tion officially responsible for the daily cleaning of disposal of the rubbish in the dustbin. It may negative effect and thus, the plan is dropped.

SIGNAGE

DUSTBIN

WORK PROGRESSUntitled Gantt Project Nov 9, 2014

Gantt Chart 4

Name Begin d... End dateWEEK 1 8/25/14 8/29/14

PROJECT B... 8/25/14 8/29/14WEEK 2 9/1/14 9/5/14

SELECTION ... 9/1/14 9/5/14SHOW PRO... 9/1/14 9/5/14

WEEK 3 9/8/14 9/12/14PROPOSAL ... 9/8/14 9/12/14APPROACH... 9/8/14 9/12/14

WEEK 4 9/15/14 9/19/14PROJECT W... 9/15/14 9/19/14FURTHER IN...9/15/14 9/19/14

WEEK 5 9/22/14 9/26/14SECOND SIT...9/22/14 9/26/14APPROACH ... 9/22/14 9/26/14IDENTIFIED ... 9/22/14 9/26/14

WEEK 6 9/29/14 10/3/14MEET PERS... 9/29/14 10/3/14RECEIVED S...9/29/14 10/3/14PROPOSAL ... 9/29/14 10/3/14

WEEK 7 10/6/14 10/10/14RECEIVED L... 10/6/14 10/10/14CONFIRMED...10/6/14 10/10/14DISTRIBUTE... 10/6/14 10/10/14BUY MATERI...10/6/14 10/10/14

MIDTERM BREAK 10/13/14 10/17/14CLEARANC... 10/13/14 10/17/14EXECUTION ...10/13/14 10/17/14

WEEK 8 10/20/14 10/24/14CONTINUE ... 10/20/14 10/24/14INSTALLATI... 10/20/14 10/24/14

WEEK 9 10/27/14 10/31/14PAINTING-M... 10/27/14 10/31/14DO REPORT 10/27/14 10/31/14

WEEK 10 11/3/14 11/7/14COMPLETIO... 11/3/14 11/7/14REPORT & V...11/3/14 11/7/14

2014

Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 Week 37 Week 38 Week 39 Week 40 Week 41 Week 42 Week 43 Week 44 Week 45 Week 468/10/14 8/17/14 8/24/14 8/31/14 9/7/14 9/14/14 9/21/14 9/28/14 10/5/14 10/12/14 10/19/14 10/26/14 11/2/14 11/9/14

Week 1 Release of project briefWeek 2 Selection of site ProposalWeek 3 Proposal approved Approached management

Week 8 Continue work Installation of fences

Week 10 Completion of work on site Completion of video and report

Week 5 Second site rejected Sponsors aporached Problemsidentified

Week 7 Letter from sponsor received Dateofexecutionconfirmed Distribution of work Preparation of material

Week 4 Approval from Management Further Information

Week 9 Execution of mural painting Report in progress

Week 6 Meet person-in-charge Sponsorship received Proposal sentmation

MidTerm Break Clearance work on site Execution of work on site

Untitled Gantt Project Nov 9, 2014

Gantt Chart 4

Name Begin d... End dateWEEK 1 8/25/14 8/29/14

PROJECT B... 8/25/14 8/29/14WEEK 2 9/1/14 9/5/14

SELECTION ... 9/1/14 9/5/14SHOW PRO... 9/1/14 9/5/14

WEEK 3 9/8/14 9/12/14PROPOSAL ... 9/8/14 9/12/14APPROACH... 9/8/14 9/12/14

WEEK 4 9/15/14 9/19/14PROJECT W... 9/15/14 9/19/14FURTHER IN...9/15/14 9/19/14

WEEK 5 9/22/14 9/26/14SECOND SIT...9/22/14 9/26/14APPROACH ... 9/22/14 9/26/14IDENTIFIED ... 9/22/14 9/26/14

WEEK 6 9/29/14 10/3/14MEET PERS... 9/29/14 10/3/14RECEIVED S...9/29/14 10/3/14PROPOSAL ... 9/29/14 10/3/14

WEEK 7 10/6/14 10/10/14RECEIVED L... 10/6/14 10/10/14CONFIRMED...10/6/14 10/10/14DISTRIBUTE... 10/6/14 10/10/14BUY MATERI...10/6/14 10/10/14

MIDTERM BREAK 10/13/14 10/17/14CLEARANC... 10/13/14 10/17/14EXECUTION ...10/13/14 10/17/14

WEEK 8 10/20/14 10/24/14CONTINUE ... 10/20/14 10/24/14INSTALLATI... 10/20/14 10/24/14

WEEK 9 10/27/14 10/31/14PAINTING-M... 10/27/14 10/31/14DO REPORT 10/27/14 10/31/14

WEEK 10 11/3/14 11/7/14COMPLETIO... 11/3/14 11/7/14REPORT & V...11/3/14 11/7/14

2014

Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 Week 37 Week 38 Week 39 Week 40 Week 41 Week 42 Week 43 Week 44 Week 45 Week 468/10/14 8/17/14 8/24/14 8/31/14 9/7/14 9/14/14 9/21/14 9/28/14 10/5/14 10/12/14 10/19/14 10/26/14 11/2/14 11/9/14

WORK DISTRIBUTION

Name Before During After

Tan Shing Yeou Selection of SiteSite visitRequest approval

Clean tyresBuild benches & goalpost

Fund-raisingReport

Liew Chung Hooi Site visitProposal

Clean tyresBuild benches

Fund-raisingReport

Peh Ker Neng Selection of SiteSite visit

Clean tyresMaking benches

Fund-raisingReport

Phua Jing Sern Selection of SiteSite visit

Cleaning tyresRecord video

Video edittingReport

Lee Yaue Shen Site visit Clean tyresBuild benches & goalpost

Fund-raisingReport

Peng Yep Siang Site visit Clean tyresMake hammock

Fund-raisingReport

Yap Wei Tyng Site visitMural painting design

Clean tyresBuild benches Mural painting

Fund-raisingReport

Lim Yee Qun Site visitMural painting design

Build benches & goalpostMural painting

Fund-raisingReport

Ong Huey Fen Site visit Build goalpost Make hammock

Fund-raisingReport

Lee Chaer Shean Site visitProposal

Build goalpost Make hammock

Fund-raisingReport

BUDGET & EXPENSES

FUND RAIASING

Account

No Description Unit Price (RM) Quantity Amount (RM)

1 1L Nippon Paint (white) 26.00 2 52.00 2 1L Nippon Paint (colour) 24.00 3 72.00 3 Paint Brush 3.00 3 9.00 4 Raw Sand 5.00 10 50.00 5 Sand Transportation Fees 3.00 1 3.00 6 PVC Elbow Socket 1.30 22 28.60 7 PVC Tee Socket 1.80 6 10.80 8 PVC pipe 17.00 8 136.00 9 PVC Glue 5.50 1 5.50 10 8mm Metal Drill Bits 12.00 1 12.00 11 Bread 4.00 200 800.00 12 Nylon String 25.00 6 150 13 Screw, Bolt & Nut 1.00 100 10 Total 1338.90

Sponsorship


1 Semi-professional workers 4 1000++ 2 Steel Bar 28 3 Chain Link Fence 3

Fund Raising


1 Fund Raising 5.00 200 1,000.00 2 Donation - - 44.00

Total

1332.00

Charity Drive


1 Bread Sale 5.00 200 1088.00 2 Bread Budget 4.00 200 800.00

Profit

288.00

CHARITY DRIVE

Account



Sponsorship



Fund Raising



Total

1332.00

Charity Drive



Profit

288.00

EXPENSEAccount



Sponsorship



Fund Raising



Total

1332.00

Charity Drive



Profit

288.00

SPONSORSHIP

Account



Sponsorship



Fund Raising



Total

1332.00

Charity Drive



Profit

288.00

In the process of getting approval from the local authorities to execute our project, we had the oppoturnity to speak with the YB Hannah Yeoh. More commonly known to the pub-lic, YB Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan is the current Speaker and a member of the Selangor State Assembly from the Democratic Action Party (DAP). She has generously offered a helping hand for our project by funding the installation of fences.

The fences were installed by a few construction workers as it requires some skills. The fencing surround the three side of the futsal court in the playground. The fences inhibit ve-hicles from occupying the children playing area and protect the facili-ties within.

SPONSORS

HANNAH YEOH

REFLECTIONIt all started with just a brief. Some-where in all our ten minds echoed ‘Project “Paying It Forward” is just another assignment to submit’.

AIt fter doing some precedent stud-ies and research, we proceed with our plans. We search for several needy communities and discuss as a group before the slection. One particular communities caught our attention as it is a need that we can relate. The children in PJS 7. Due to their fami-ly’s poor financial condition, the only thing they play is the facilities of the playground nearby their house.

As we start to work on it, we be-come more enthusiastic. It was no longer just an assignment, it startedd to mean something more for us and for the children. The children helped us with our work as they too are ea-ger for the outcome just as much.More often than not, the design are changed according to the children opinions. There were unexpected re-sult but it all works well. Although the final looks a bit shabby, the children appreciated it. The innocent soul of the childern deeply moved us. Meet-ing the assignment criteria became secondary.

It all started with just smile. Some-where in all our ten minds echoed “I want to see that smiel again. It makes me happy”.

“It looks like a small taman now, usu-ally there are only a few children playing but now there’re more and more coming and we are very hap-py to see that happening.”

- Ms Mary, Secretary of joint Man-agement Body (JMB) -

“One of the boys give this colourful bracelet. It is so adorable.”

- Ong Huey Fen, student -

“I feel like I am like one of them now. I want to keep playing with them but Ker Neng keep ask me to help them.”

- Lee Yaue Shen, student -

“I just gave one the boys my watch. I don’t even know why I did that. I just did it and I think I will still do it if given another chance”

- Tan Shing Yeou, student -

“Best”

- Peh Ker Neng, student -

“Pink fluffy unicorn dancing on rain-bow”

--Phua Jing Sern,student -

APPENDIX

esd report

Documents

project paying

human needs

different needs

safety needs

basic needs

community issues

advanced needs

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