KAROUIEH VILLAGE
The urban village concept is used for a well-planned development concept. The goal was to design an urban village that can operate as a part of the urban population, with good infrastructure and communication facilities, available work opportunities, and the ability to exploit economic opportunities. According to the development concept, a more welcoming atmosphere, a safer environment, effective facilities, improved traffic flow, and all the daily affairs that may be implemented inside the "urban village" location can promote and improve society.
From a macro site aspect, our site is well known for its compact residential area. The urban village must provide good facilities, provide an area where people can live, work, play, and have fun, provide job opportunities, and encourage residents to contribute income to the village in order to strengthen. To revitalize the existing jetty and turn the site's attraction area into community parks as the main attraction area on the site.
The designed apartment for the residents in Kampung Tanjung, Kampung Sinjan and Kampung Tupong Batu, Petra Jaya. The apartment has considered privacy as a sensitive issue. The Islamic concept is taken based on the data of residents' religion which is all the residents are Islam. Public and private life are strictly segregated, and even within the house. The most fundamental privacy in Islam is personal privacy, family privacy, intra-family privacy, visual privacy, neighbor privacy, urban privacy, and auditory privacy.
The Karouieh name was taken from Arabic words which bring the words village. The main concept of the space in the residence based on the Islamic daily life which privacy is the main concern in daily life. All members of the family need privacy, each of the family needs privacy with the neighbor and many others. The orientation of the residence is facing the Kaaba. The arrangement of each space also considers the sunnah.
Not only the proposed apartment, but the community parks also included in the proposed urban village where the residences and the visitor can have fun and clear their mind. The community park concept was implemented from the waterfront where the place has the promenades as the main pedestrian. Not only that, but it is also a place where the mini commercial area can provide income to the socio-economy kampung itself.