Psychoterratic of the symbiocene | Paradox Unity

PARADOXICAL UNITY

cultural meditative memorial center

WHO ARE THE BATEK?

KUALA KOH, KELANTAN

HEP( THE FOREST)- THE ONLY WORLD

'Not just the provider for their physical need , but also emotional and spiritual fulfilment for themselves

VIEW FROM BATEK PEOPLE EYES

dwelling places of other-than-human beings, who frequently become enraged and dangerous if these sites are polluted or destroyed"

PSYCHOTERRATIC OF THE SYMBIOCENE

Bateq emotional environment is in sync with their landscape their identity and sense of place are inextricably linked.

We need place to feel, We need spaces to feel grief, We need space to feel joy and hope, We need space for being alone and taking action together, We need space to care and cultivate, the earth need us to care.

TWILIGHT OF

BATEK

TROPES OF FEAR

unadaptable to current lifetstyle and environment, claimed life of 15 members in two weeks

A period of re-integration between humans and the rest of nature, to known positive psychoteratic state a dynamic, figurative embodiment of collective worries about uncontrollable global processes

WHAT IS PSYCHOTERRATIC?

emotions that people feel in relation to the earth, an earth emotion

Time has passed, years since I left the forest, for the last time, yet still it holds me.

I close my eyes, Wet with tears, land I feel the forest hug me, As an old friend.

The trees close about me, The bird song stirs my heart, And a deep longing fills me, To see it one last time .

To walk in nature’s cathedral To smell the forest after rain, To hear life like a heart beat , Vibrating through the canopy,

Now only in my thoughts and dreams.

VISUAL ILLUSTRATION

The illustration aims to capture the essence of Bateq Tribes settlement in its different periods, particullarly during the past, anthropocene era ,future visionary of symbiocene era.

NOMADIC LIFESTYLES ,ERA OF CULTURE AND IDENTITY CAPILATISM ,GLOBALIZATION ,ANTHROPOCENE ERA

SYMBIOCENE ERA ,SUSTAINABLE FUTURE GOALS | PAST | | PRESENT | | FUTURE |

Topophilia emotonwhere close emotiona bond with oca and regiona home

However,being one of the most neglected tribes , the bateq tribes cant reallydoanythingfortheiranchestralland

Negativeemotions are stirred when what we love about home, place andlandisbeingviolated.

Visionary: shifting towards symbiocene era.Positive Earth emotions must have been a default psychoterratic state, so much so that E. O. Wilson considers that biophilia or love of life, to have an instinctualorgeneticbasis.

Spectreofpollution:tinmining,palmoilplantation landusechanges,agriculture,deforestation ecotourism water,soilpollution ,poverty measleoutbreak,emotion

futurespeculation-transformationtosymbioceneera(reintegratesbetweenhumansandtherestof nature,improvingagriculturemethods,provides,transportation renewableenergy

TOPOPHILIA

The pleasure derived from a close emotional bond with our local and regional home was described by Yi-Fu Tuan as topophilia or love of place. The closer to the land a person lived, the stronger the topophilia

Ncholas, director Center for Orang Concerns (COAC) described the preKuala Koh Bateks althy and happy And still in full control of their lives.”

an emerging form of depression or distress caused by environmental change, such as from climate change natural disasters extreme weather conditions and/or other negative or upsetting alterations to one s surroundings or home

TERRIATRAUMA

where acute environmental change causes acute psychoterratic trauma Bearing witness to tree loss, a pollution event such as the Gulf oil spill or a human-enhanced natural disaster such as local flooding are causes of tierratrauma

where acute environmental change causes acute psychoterratic trauma Bearing witness to tree loss, a pollution event such as the Gulf oil spill or a human-enhanced natural disaster such as local flooding are causes of tierratrauma

the government.The deputy water, land and natural resources minister at the time, TengkuZulpuriShahRajaPuji,saidthewaterwaspollutedbymanganeseminingactivities.Theycitethevastquantitiesofpesticidesusedonthepalmplantations,anddetritusandexplosivesfromanearbymanganesemine.

|Pandemic,obstructedaccess |

Without the jungle, they have nothing, and without access to power and schools there is also no way for them to integrate into society. If we did not bring them food, they would not survive. In present, although Bateq tribes has slightly change their economy structure by gaining their main positive income through ecotourism, eg. they demonstrate specialized skills –shooting blowpipes making fire with rattan vines and selling handicraft, coronavirus pandemicisanunprecedentedcrisisforthetourismeconomy.Thecurrentproblemishowaretheysurviveswithoutpositiveincomewhentourismindustryareprohibitedduringthepandemic.

|Alandwithouttime|

The process of globalization and capitalist encroachment of habitation areas (eg. artificial plantation, tin mining settlement, changes of land use) of Bateq tribes has posed a treat towards their community livelihood, both physically and emotionally. Batek groups have been deterritorialized and relocated to the forest fringes. “They’ve lost their means of production and survival and been robbed of their cultural autonomy.The Bateq, like the rainforests of Malaysia, exist in the long shadow of the past, within a chaotic presentand without a future. To enter the forest today is to beconfronted withthe chainsaws ofloggers andthe shotgunsofillegalpoachers.

Catastrophic deforestation-related flooding in 201415 badly affected the river-dependent Bateks. According to COAC, “Their physical and mental health declined rapidly after that. And never really recovered..”

We lives in the most destructive moment in 65 millionyears”

Briane Swimme ,professor ofintegral studies and revolutionaryphilosophers,thenewstory2006

|Theplantationocene|

Industrial culture has simplified much of the planet’s living diversity into’ slave’ monoculture plantation.

The Kuala Koh park entrance was described on TripAdvisor in 2018 as “dreary miles of oil palm plantations, unending… The river is muddy, forests disturbed…A heavy and oppressive atmosphere of decay”. As of January 2019, most of the children have dropped out of school because leaving their families for boarding schools has become the only option. Their home was ravaged as thousands of acres of jungle were flattened and replanted with palms.

LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

HARRAWAY (2015 RENAME S THE ANTHROPOCENE AS THE CAP TALOCENE AS T RESTS ON THE UNSUSRAINABLE ADVANCE OF GLOBALISED EXTRACTED ALL COSTS CAP TAL SM

''THEY CUT DOWN OUR JUNGLE, DESTROYED OUR HOME, THEN POISONEDOURENVIRONMENT JOHANTAHUN,BATEKELDER''

EUTERRIA

using all your senses, to hear.. rushing water. singing birds.. to see... an eagle gliding on the wind... the butterflies dancing from one flower to the next... to smell... the clean air...the fragrance of the leaves and shrubs... the ground...to feel the moss under your fingers...the sun on your skin...and even to taste the engulfing and enrishing natural world in all its depth and splendor...

|Beginningoftheend? ‘softlysubverting‘-Symbiocene|

To prevent the tribes falls into the same fate again, as well as preventing monoculture madness is causing Earth's life support systems to collapse, ideas to helpusmoveawayfromourerroneousecocidalworldviewareurgentlyneeded.

|Enteringthesymbiocene|

The Symbiocene is a meme that represents the very opposite of the period of human dominance known as the Anthropocene The new meme has been created to achieve nothing less than a complete change of the biophysical and emotional foundations of society from the ecocidal to the symbiotic, from the destructive to the nurturing. While the Anthropocene is generating despair and desolation, the Symbiocenegivesgenerouslyhopeandoptimism.

|Imaginingthesymbiocene|

Longtermeco-artpracticerequiresskillsofmutuality,deeplistening,reciprocity

Symbiosis’ mplies living together for mutual benefit, and this new era should becomeaperiodinEarthhistoryinwhichthereisadeepinterconnectednessofall life on Earth, including humans. Thanks to new technology and drastic changes in our way of living, “every element of human culture, habitat and technology will be able to be fully re-integrated back into life and its cycles and processes”. This way, thenewgeologicallayersformingontopofthelayerssignifyingtheAnthropocene, shouldshowhardlyanysignsofhumanpresenceonEarth.

The elements include full recyclability of all inputs and outputs, the elimination of toxic waste in all aspects of human enterprise safe and socially just renewable energy, and full and harmonious integration of human industry and technology withphysicalandlivingsystemsatallscales.

GLOSSARY OF PSYCHOTERRARIC TERMS

emergingformofdepressionordistresscausedbyenvironmentalchange Agoodandpositivefeelingofonenesswiththeearthanditslifeforces..

transition of emotion from anthropocene erasymbiocene era

SYMBIOCENE

A period of re-integration between humans and the rest of nature, to known positive psychoteratic state

As architect,what are the roles and design consideration to create environment that bring positive psychoterratic state?

CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR EXPRESSING EMOTIONS RELATED TO THE EARTH

doesn’t start from a building a shelter, but rather from creating an experience.

focusing of uising artistic tools, allow the visitor to express emotions realted to earth and foster a deep love of place

SYMBIO(S)CENE

Setting the scene for an era beyond the Anthropocene.

FORESTBIOSPHERE

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points are connection pontsthatffunctions as a marker and a unquespace anarea for experimentation thatislnkedtoagroup orevent

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TAMANNEGARANATIONALPARK

ACTUALSETTLEMENT

Conceptual framework: Spatial organization

usedthesystem ofpoints,lines,andplanestoplacetheprogram inasuitable placethatcanhelptogenerate the landscape in the forest.The points consisting of a grid of follies small cubical structures that can be transformed forvarietyofuses.

Zoning through topography

Followingthenaturalvarietyofprogrammesarecenteredto5differentzones.

Landscapeirrigatonandftratonsystem

2 entrancefrom JalanFeldaAring(1744)

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Greenstripswetandband, sunregent,emergent&wet mescplants

sungailebir

Hydrology &wetland

Increase river depth and expanding local watershed to improve water quality’ and prevent sedimentation.Wetland plant shelf filtered surface runoff and bioswale establish varied habitat for native animals

Circulation

1RiverLebirasmainconnection.RivernodesallowvisitortopassbyeachZones

2.VisitorarrivedtoBateqactualsettlementandtamannegarathroughfeldaaringroad

3.nodesaredistributesoneachpeakofmountain,additionalintersectionsnodes betweenfurtherimprove permeabilitytothepublic

4.Meanderingpaththatconnectsthenodesincreasedexposureofvisitortothe nature

RECREATION

PORTAL INTO REALM OF FANTASY

RECREATIONAL GETAWAYTOTHESECRETREALM

CULTURALEXPERIENCE

TREEHOUSE AS SPOT OF WONDER

REFORESTRATION

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HEALINGANDSPIRITUAL

FORESTRYBIOSPHERE

Emoionalandsprtuafuiment

Areaforbateqtrbesandoutsder Apaceforserousheadcearng andsousearchngheptobuda sustanabecommunty

HEALINGANDSPIRITUAL

FORESTOFRING

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PROGRAMINGSTRATEGIESANDIMPACTTOTHESITE

A NEWFOUND ECOLOGCAL YET SECULAR SPRTUALTY AND CRITCALLY, TOWARD EMBRACING LFE-SUSTAINING POLTICS

PROVISIONOF HEALING FACILITIES

TOINDUCEASMLARMENTALSPACE:ONE THAT S A TOTAL TOGETHERNESS OF ARCHTECTURE, SURROUNDING CONTACT WTHTHEBODY,ANDTHEMIND

INTERCONNECTS SCENCES AND ARTS –GVNG SPACE TO BOTH COGNITVE AND EMOTONALDMENSONSOFKNOWLEDGE – N ORDER TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE HUMAN-NATURERELATIONSHPSANDTHUS OPEN UP NEW PERSPECTVES FOR A LIVABLEFUTUREFORALLLVNGBEINGS

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TOUTLIZEFUNANDPLAYASANATTRACTION TO NSTILLCULTURALKNOWLEDGE NBOTH LOCALANDVSITOR ASWELLASFORMULATE STRATEGIES TO EXPAND TRADTIONAL TRADING

KEYSITE

the result is a place full of beauty and atmosphere, a highly poetic space that strongly influence the emotion of visitor

portal into realm of fantasy.

It’s a realm connects people to place and present a new model for How human can relate to nature,

also to act with

foster a greater appreciation of the environment and understand our relationship to it

BUILDING THAT TELL STORIES

A new design that keeps bateq integrity as a people. A memorial space to commemorate the 15 death Bateq.A building that transform the entire structure into a discourse about batek history and lifestyle.

MAKING SPACE FOR EMOTIONS

incorporate theoretical ideologies of narrative.its important NOT to repress the trauma, its important to express it

A NEW GREEN BUILDING TYPOLOGIES IN THE FORESTRY

avoid cutting down trees Building that integrate Psychoteratic terms and green strategies

EUTIERRIA

PROGRAMMATIC INTERVENTION

CONSIDERATION OF THE ASPECT OF PLACEMAKING IN THE PROGRAMMATIC INTERVENTION

POTENTIALPROGRAMSINJECTSINTHE PROPOSAL

JOURNEY OF THE SYMBIOCENE

ToprotectandshowrespecttoBateqpeoplecultureandway of life through introducing a journey which allow the public discover originally forest dwellers, the Batek, have over time been relocated into villages on the fringe of these forests,as well as to explore the experiences of Bateq people's anxiety inthiseraofglobalization andfromwherewegetourideas aboutthereasonofdecentofBateq.

A journey that coverages man with water, earth, and light.It

MEMORIAL SPACE / STORY GALLERY

'CHAPEL' HEALING MEDITATIVE SPACE TRADISIONAL TRADE EXPERIENCE CENTER

Memorial falls, a quiet lament for loud loss. To commemorate the15deathBateq&DocumentationofBateqculturalhistory

Appreciate traditional trading method- Barter trading system.Provide a source of incometoBateq.

Both women and men engage in collecting and trading rattan, which is the main cash-producingactivity

Incorporate the living museums and teaching methods that recognize their communities’histories,cultures,traditionallanguagesandtraditionalknowledge.

Spacesunderneaththelattice

Chanting,exorsicism,meditative naturaltheraphy Aromatherapyarea,Herbs garden

inspiredustolookinwardstoourcenterandseekforpersonalconnection

Situated on the sloped of hill, it welcomes visitor approaching from all differentdirectionandinvitesthemtothestorygallerywhichallowmore and more people appreciate the cultural practices, tradisions and value ofBateqTribesindegeniousculture

Through the integration of all programmes, a foundation is created that "spiritual and secular activities should not be separated from one another," rather than just to celebrate and honour a space for contemplation and a peaceful interaction with nature, it was aim to revitalise, preserve, and promoteIndigenous Peoples'cultural knowledge, cultural resilience, socialinclusion, andwell-being ofBateqTribesmorebroadly. Finally, theprojectintendstocreatenotonlycultural andspiritual balance but also to serve as an environmental awareness strategy and to integrate the centre into culturalandtourismactivities.

SITE CONDITION ECOLOGICAL DESIGN

THE LIVING WALL

ATMOSPHERICAL SPACE

Stiltonground reduceenvironmentalimpacttothenaturesurrounding Openconveyasenseofsecuritywhileyetallowingforfreedom. createasenseofclosenesstotheenvironmentwhilealsoprovidingsolitudefromthedistractionsoftheoutsideworld.

forestry biosphere

Situated on the sloped of hill, it welcomes visitor approaching from all different direction

tree house as spot of wonder

FUNCTIONALITY

SPACE UNDER LATTICE

FORMAL SPACE - CULTURAL PROGRAMME

ORGANIC BLOCK WITH SOARING TAPERED FORMHEALING SPACE - CROSS PROGRAMMING CIRCULAION

open floor plan - where experiences are free to explore and create own experiences

TRANSITIONAL OF MATERIALITY- PRODUCE ALTERNATING RECURRENCE

TIMBER LATTICE ROOF FABRIC FACADE POLYCARBONATE ROOF REDUCEENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TRANSPARENTROOFING FACADE

ADDING WARMTH AND ELEGANT , THE LATTICE UNIFIES THE BUILDING IN A LIGHWEIGHT ENGAGGING STRUCTURE MAKING CUBICLES STRUCTURALLY INDEPENDANCE, ALLOWING RING OF LIGHT SCATTERED AROUNDTHEM.

RAMMED EARTH BASEMENT

lattice roof that allow trees to passthrough

Tapered form cubicles- allow forming a layer of canopy besides

open floor plan with green pocketspace

stiltongrounddesign

GARDEN OF DEMISE

Tapered form cubicles- allow forming a layer of canopy besides

The entrance of the center meets a 15 timber blocks hanging on tree trunk , embodies the sorrow and hopelessness of death of Bateq. Visitor feel entrapped and fear as they walk along the zig zag pathway floating on a subterranean with irregular off balance floor.The journey created by the memorial plates overhead, evoking the fear and anxiety felt by the Bateq Tribes in this era of capitalism .

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Visitors walk down the dark angled stairwells and then into a corridor. The design allows visitors to establish and coordinate relationships with architecture through unique experiences of the maze of movement in the underground space. The entrance that passes through the two voids, where the wall meets at an acute angle, does not show the space ahead but filters it, introducing the remaining pathway as mysterious, while creating a dramatic atmosphere

GARDEN OF DEMISE

The entrance of the center meets a 15 timber blocks hanging on tree trunk , embodies the sorrow and hopelessness of death of Bateq. Visitor feel entrapped and fear as they walk along the zig zag pathway floating on a subterranean with irregular off balance floor.The journey createdbythememorialplatesoverhead,evoking the fear and anxiety felt by the Bateq Tribes in thiseraofcapitalism

PATH OF TIERRATRAUMMA

Darkness-the absence of light is part of experiences of light.We then enter to the ultimate darkness of journey, with sharp angle routes ,makes us feel entrapped in the heavy atmosphere created by the confinedwallsandsingleapertureallowingminimallighttoenter.

PATH OF SOLASTALGIA

.Surrouded by tall and bold, frail and massive columns,we can't see through it but only to choose moving through it.as we came closer andcloser,Passingthroughruotesofobstaclesfromheavymassive column to slim poles,however,what awaits at the end is not a beautifulruotesbutratheradirectiontoadeadend.themomentof feeling lost and dissapointed is the message that want to bring out in path of solastagia,where pessimism and distress are overwhelming the bateq tribes,allowing the visitor to feel the darkness and uncertainty faced by Bateq during the era of anthropocene where contamination issue and development overwhelmtheiranchestralland.

PATH OF EUTERRIA

Passinginthepathofeuteria, whereinthisstate,thedivision betweenselfandtherestofnaturearedissolvedandstateof harmony is entered.the journey couverages man with water ,earth and lights.The raw interaction witg th living earth gives the visitor a good earth feeling and one that loves of nature landscapeandbiodiversityoftenexperience.letthelightguide yr way, let the frame of picturesquare serene of nature not only your admiration but your propulsion and vision ,hoping and willness to shift from era of antropocene to a period of symbiocene.The courtyard is open towards the sky,which visitr can see from the underground spaxe,experiencing the naturallight,wind,rainandcloudsdirectly.

PATH OF SYMBIOCENE

The slight light in the darkness makes the space appear to convergeatthesurface,creatingarefractedspaceandevoking a gradual change of emotion from fear to hope,depicts the prospectofperishmentofanthropoceneeraandtoembracea period of symbiocene, the reintegration between humans and the rest of nature. And lastly driving by the lights there was a stairs leading to the end of the cave light. Represent the continuationofbateqhistoryandgivesasenseofhope

Darkness-the absence of light is part of experiences of light.We then enter to the ultimate darkness of journey, with sharp angle routes ,makes us feel entrapped in the heavy atmosphere created by the confined walls and single aperture allowing minimal light to enter.

It’s a pathway that transform the entire structure into a discourse about batek history and lifestyle.

TOWER OF SYMBIOCENE

Continuous, curving façades that offer panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. This quality is accentuated with the placement of outward-facing, plant-filled meditation cubicles, utilizing the high solar gain inherent within this layout.

Form development

The concept adopts Edward T hall's interpersonal distance from public to intimate, The four-level become the base of the structure.The structure of the rim, which are timber poles and bamboo bushes, are scattered around the center stages. Within each layer, the human activities are framed according to the level of private transitioningfromtheoutermostrimtothecenter.

Thereisnoboundaryatall,tothosewhobelieveandtrytomakeithappen

T H E B A R R I E R ( S

GARDEN OF HEALING

I A garden brimming with plants that promote a sense of well-being and hopefulness The Bateq tribes have two approaches to treating illness The first is faith healing, Second, through herbs treatment.

nspired us to look inwards to our center and seek for persona connect on with the ight and nature stilt on ground

NATURAL THERAPHY AREA OPEN COURTYARD EXORCISM SPACE

HERBS GARDEN

PARADOXICAL UNITY

CULTURAL -SPIRITUAL BALANCE

After experience a journey where full of obstacles and journey that activate 5 senses through natural theraphy and a meditative cuble cles, visitor conclude their journey with feom here they can exit and move back towards other metaphorically lkinking the practicing of symbiocene concept to the surrounding context

CULTURAL

SOCIAL INCLUSION, WELL BEING

THE NEW DESIGN , KEEPS BATEK INTEGRITY AS A PEOPLE.

BUILDING THAT TELLS STORY