Cultural Conservation on Buildings

For this group assignment, we have decided to visit the place which was listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Melaka. 

Jonker Street was the main spot of our work.

Temples can also be seen easily along the street,

 as the residents there are mostly Chinese Buddhist. 

The temple is fine designed with the infusion of chinese traditional culture through the carving of dragons.

 Old houses are still kept in good condition by the effort of the local authorities.

Most of the owners chose to remain the most original look of the houses 

and some are even transformed into themed cafes or shops.

The houses around Jonker Street are mostly built narrow and long 

because of the limited land given in the past. 

The houses combined both wooden and concrete into one.

These houses left trace of the harder life the people been through in the past.

   The most significant buildings in Melaka will be the houses of Baba Nyonya.
       
Baba Nyonya were considered as the upper class last time as they're usually rich and owned many lands. It thus lead to a more magnificent kind of architecture design.

Baba Nyonya's houses usually emphasized more on the detailed carvings 

by using gold and silver color to indicate their wealth.

Photos above is the interior of the usual Baba Nyonya houses,

which through what we've observed, focus more on fancy and detailed carvings.

Another interesting part about the architecture in Melaka Jonker Street that we hardly find in other states will be these centers for the different groups of dialect.

 This is "Lei Zhou" center,

the design of this building is more to flower and nature carvings.

There are mini statue of animals installed to the rooftop.

 This is "Hai Nan" center,

which we can see it's actually more to simplicty.

The architecture is kept neat and simple.

Lastly will be the "Fu Jian" center,

It has a strong representation of the ancient Chinese cultural design,

with the carvings of dragon and phoenix and also the drawing of Chinese God on the front door.

 Different types of tiles are also been used in different locations.

Through the uses of these tiles, 

we can feel the cultural impact to this place started from the most basic thing.