Landscape in motion: establishing the natural environment as a predominant identity of University Malaya using sustainable campus planning approach / Fatihah Adiba Mohamed Shah

In the need of moving towards modernization due to rapidly shifting teaching paradigms, with an advanced technology and learning cultures, universities in Malaysia has now come into the realization of the importance of sustainability. Having the urge of managing the campus increasing capacity growth, campus and universities have undergone a very rapid development and numerous physical changes which causes numerous issues to arise in the means of community engagement, space management and ecological disturbance as they failed to manage the natural resources effectively. Establishing the importance of natural environment is one of the approaches in creating a sustainable campus as proper management and planning of these particular natural resources and energy such as the forest, water bodies, topographical features and other related natural resources may integrate with operations which instantly not just bring numerous ecological benefits to the ecosystem and natural environment, but at the same time creates a pulling factor for community and public engagement as to generate the economic return. The importance of natural environment towards creating a positive vibes in social and cultural experiences can be expressed in the theory of 'landscape in motion' that uses natural environment as medium in creating a human and environment interaction. University of Malaya is the oldest university in Malaysia which currently aiming towards a sustainable future of the world's first class research university with abundance of natural resources. Continuous development of University of Malaya might be the best option in dealing with the increasing capacity growth but these continuous development might eventually tearing up this university apart meaning that the value of University of Malaya will be lost. The concept of 'Transformation' is now being reversible meaning that this particular regeneration seeks to establish the power of nature movement in its certain capacity to influence the changes of landscape which this regeneration would not just accommodating the community and public needs, but at the same time embodies ecological function within the campus environment. The design guidelines is merely focus on the preservation, conservation and the sustainable management of these natural resources as in to sustain these qualities in the next future portraying the image of University of Malaya as the world's renowned research institution that commits in sustainability.