Trip to Mantin
This town was once known as Abu Hassan. Its indigenous people are believed to be Malays from Pantai Seremban. The British were drawn to this place because of the abundance of tin found here, leading to the name many tin which later became Mantin due to the inability of the people of this town to pronouncing the name right.
It is also believed that a Chinese businessman started a mining company in this town hence the name mine tin which later became Mantin.
It is also recorded that this place was once the settlement of a Chinese secret society leader with his family and some followers who have populated this area from generation to generation.
fig.1 This is an image of the shops in Mantin. These buildings also contain restaurants pharmacies and banks. fig.2 is an image of the typical old scooter bikes seen in Mantin.
After the trip to Mantin we were asked to design a particular land mark we would like to make our subjects. I decided my subject would be about food.
I sketched out a restaurant and since Mantin is filled with Chinese I decided to design my restaurant in a form of old traditional Chinese buildings.
fig.3 is an image of my initial idea
fig.4 is an image of my work in the process
fig.5 is an image of my sketched idea
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