Re-Imagining Kebun Culture for Creating Place-Making: Case Study of Residential Urban Farming in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Khairul Hisyam Kamarudin and Siti Nurhuda Abd Wahid
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Khairul Hisyam Kamarudin: Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Siti Nurhuda Abd Wahid: Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 2, 1316-1324

Abstract: This article explores the emergence of kebun culture as a means of creating place-making in Malaysia’s urban residential neighbourhoods. This study focuses on the Pondok Kebun Project in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, i.e., a community-owned project operating on a SLOAP site. This study combined field observations and brief evaluations based on fifteen selected place-making indicators with ten respondents participating in questionnaire-guided interviews conducted from October to November 2022. The data were analysed using simple descriptive analysis. This study reveals that eight indicators (53%) demonstrated a high level of place-making, particularly in terms of “sociability†and “comfort and image†elements. However, the remaining seven indicators (47%) related to “uses and activities†and “access and linkages†showed a moderate level of place-making. The study found that the emergence of kebun culture has promoted the community’s sense of ownership through the maintenance of the SLOAP in the urban setting.

Date: 2025
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