A study of colour scheme of heritage shop houses, case study : Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur / Nur Fisya Fishol Hamdi

In Malaysia, the scenario of appreciating and awareness towards heritage conservation
was still lacking of support and guidance especially on the colour scheme for historical building.
Looking the situation at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman with a colourful heritage shop houses and
façade treatment decreasing original characteristic whereby every owner insisted to promote their
commercial value rather than heritage value. Even though, heritage conservation field is still
developing in our country and most of the shophouses is located at rapid development area, the
owner and responsible authority failed to use the power of historic value to attract tourist and
visitor instead of only thinked of economic value. Colour plays an important role whereby a right
choice of colour scheme reflected and enhanced the ambience of character and also increased
attractiveness. Colour is subjective, but in order to harmonize the area, an analysis should be done
to identify suitable colour types for heritage building. Indirectly, it also involves public
correspondence to strengthen the relationship with authority and consultant. It is important in a
way to conserve our built environment of the place and hope this study will be an inspiration for
conservation field to be closed to the community and at the same time can enable to produce a
better future for historic building.