NURAINA NAJWA BINTI SAIFUL AMRY

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THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP OF SALUTOGENIC AND PLAYSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: A SUICIDE INTERVENTION WITHIN SARAWAK YOUTH COMMUNITY

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The construction industry is a key contributor to the Malaysian economy. Nowadays, the construction industry is rapidly expanding as a result of modernization, infrastructure project demands, consumption habits, and population growth. According to BBC (2021), construction industry creates an estimated third of the world's overall waste, and at least 40% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, which lead to global warming. In Malaysia, the population increases rapidly along with constant increase of Malaysia Gross Domestic Product where it contributes to generation of tremendous amount of construction waste. Therefore, these issues created a demand for an effort of formulating a design solution for circular economy that promotes lower contribution of waste production from by introducing construction waste upcycling architecture. This approach will integrate the adaptation of regenerating building material from construction waste by giving the second life to the building material to reduce waste and pollution from waste disposal and extraction activities when producing new material. Therefore, there is a need for a designated temporary framework for adaptation of regenerating new building material in construction site.  The strategy is by shifting the linear life cycle of construction waste that usually will end in the landfill. Instead of sending the construction waste to the landfill, the construction waste is collected and turned into new valuable building material.