All About C10: The Surroundings
At the right of C10
In front of C10(School of Humanities)
The main road(roundabout) to C10
At the right of C10(Bus Stop)
All About C10: view after RENOVATION
In early 2010, the School of Communication at Block 36 @ C10 has done renovate. The period of renovate that building is 6 months. So this is a few pictures after renovation:
Front View
Side Elevation
Spaces in the Building
Stairways
Main lobby
EntranceAll About C10: No 9_Missing
The missing number '9' at the left building
Block 36 (the old building School of Communication aka C10) evokes its own brand of presence. Perhaps it is the missing number ‘9’ on its humble mark of 1938 or its physical setting at the edge of Lengkok Sastera that once overlooked well-kept verdant lawns and the picturesque distant wooded hills.
All About C10: Building's Wide & Floor Plan
Layout plan of C10
The sedate and mellowed exterior of the two-storey building has a 120 feet long façade facing west. The building exudes a great sense of strength because of its two imposing arched entrances spanning 15 feet each which catches the eye of everyone who passes by.
All About C10:History &Renovation
Old photographs depict Block 36 as a majestic building that emanated firmness in its design, endowed with an aura of serenity and it encapsulated the sense that all things were composed into their proper shape. Even the site has a place in the heart of the ‘70s cohort. It is certainly the place that pops up in the mind of most pioneering student whenever it is mentioned as it began humbly as the first female dormitory on the campus in 1971.
Today, C10 makes for a curious contrast. Having come to the end of its useful life, it is not uncommon for an old building to be unceremoniously coerced into changing and adapting for new development. The new renovation impairs and cramps the setting of C10. The cumulative developments surrounding the site further contribute to a significant loss of construction quality in the area.
Already it has undergone much tampering and alteration since the ‘80s. As new development programmers rapidly expanded, new extensions grew up behind the premise. As a result, the older part of existing buildings consist of tightly packed spaces, often repeatedly modified and enlarged in a variety or styles or somewhat, ironically, completely devoid of any.
The on-going renovated building futilely attempts to project a sense of progress but on the contrary ‘life’ has been draining from it with brash- or even ‘intrusive’ – three- storey annex as its new replacement does not help. Such renovations helped to ‘raze’ the existing soul and character of C10. A sympathetic makeover, congruent with the style of the original building, perhaps would have been a better option. Be that as it may, it represented a new departure in the face of development pressures and was accomplished on rather limited resources, devoid of feelings.
