Out-of-the-box ideas to turn pillboxes into modern attractions

Wong (second right) presenting the award to Farhana (right). With them are Ang (second left) and Teluk Kumbar penghulu (chief) Khalid Zakaria.

BUILT to stave off seaborne invasions that never came, the BD02 military pillboxes in Penang may one day serve a more cultural purpose.

Some interesting ideas to transform the historic structures found on the island’s southern coast for modern use came from a poster competition titled “Adaptive Reuse of the Pillbox in Teluk Kumbar”.