Buku Jalanan Chow Kit

Buku Jalanan Chow Kit – Moving Library Project

Tamkang University (Dept. of Architecture) and Buku Jalanan Chow Kit

Tamkang University (Department of Architecture) and Buku Jalanan Chow Kit project collaboration venue located at Jalan Chow Kit, center of Kuala Lumpur. Jalan Chow Kit is a grassroots area, the residents make-up of people from the middle and lower-income levels. It is also an area with local red light district and street children, a high drop-out rate.

The collaboration of Tamkang University (Department of Architecture) and Buku Jalanan focusing on how design functions as a creative way to resolve or upgrade mobility and operation difficulties, book collection and better interaction with participants, as well as bringing design and practical aesthetics to the streets.

Chief Curator
Sandy Hsiu-Chih Lo (Taiwan)

Local Curator
Yeoh Lian Heng
(Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space)

Facilitator & Professor
Huang, Jui-Mao (Taiwan)
Wang, Kuo-Hsin (Taiwan)

Sub Project of
Topography of Mirror Cities

Project Date
4th – 14th August 2017

Venue
Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur

Project Partners
Buku Jalanan Chow Kit
Tamkang University (Dept. of Architecture)

Special Thanks to
Cikgu Rahayu
Institut Kemahiran MARA (IKM)

Buku Jalanan was established in 2012. It started the first street bookshop near the university and it has spread to 70 locations around the world. Their concept integrates small libraries, reading clubs, art exhibitions and workshops, trying to attract people to read and regain the space, and generate imagination.

They believe in “BACA” ( the Malay word “reading”), which is also a shortened phrase for Books, Arts, Culture and Activism. Buku Jalanan also encouraged participants to discuss their thoughts on the books they read, and share their views from economics to ecology.

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TamKang University

(Department of Architecture)

The Architecture School at Tamkang University started at 1964 is one of the most advancing school at Taiwan where professionals, architect, planner, urban designer and interior designer, are trained.

The undergraduate program was established in 1964. It is a 5-year program with the aim of educating creative and socially responsible professionals to design a man-made environment. The graduate program established in 1981 is a 2-year program, which includes 2 sub-programs. One is the design sub-program which requires a design thesis; the other is the theory sub-program which requires a written thesis or design thesis.