The report shall incorporate application of the knowledge acquired from module co-requisite and pre-requisites into their design. The report is an evidence and documentation of the student’s 15-week design process
4. 1.2 Abstract
The intention of the report is to illustrate the development of my own position in establishing my individual project, the collaborative workspace - live, work and meet. Due to the
rapid development, the shop houses around the site are likely to be forgotten and demolished and some of the shop houses function is no longer required. It is replaced by the
commercial building thus the site gradually lost its cultural values. Co-working space can act as a catalyst to revitalize neighbourhood and community. It is also a place where people
from different social-cultural background meet.
Therefore, this co-working space not only functioned as providing collective space for target user but also to preserve architecture by inserting a portion of new into old and vise versa.
This is to bring the artistic heritage value into a cultural co-working space and public realm for diverse characters. Thus, the site is aimed to be physically, culturally, socially and
economically connected to the adjacent neighbourhood and bridge the community together.
1.3 Introduction
In recent years the offices has dramatically shifted from what it once was a conventional approach. The demand for hierarchy, privacy and efficiency are foremost consideration for
designing a perfect office environment. Collaborative working has evolved into many forms and gained popularity across the world. The current trend is the Live + Work + Meet /
Congregate or Play concept. Making it more efficient in travelling time and distance.
Pre - analysis of context is to be done and to develop a design brief as a core task for this project. Based on site analysis, we are to design a programme that serves the wants and
needs of the the locals based on the surveys and research. To design a building that delivers a strong relationship to place, people and time. It is crucial for the design to be
environmentally sustainable and to be knowledgeable of the materials, services and construction systems in the building. The building must be no larger than 2,000 sq.mts. and not
lesser than 1,800 sq.mts. Built in minimum of 3 levels and maximum 5 levels, which include the covered circulation spaces.
1.4 Project Aim and Objectives
Project Aim: To bring the artistic heritage value into a cultural co-working space
Project Objectives: Public Realm - An open space that has gentle wide steps plaza, exhibition platform protruding the sense of welcoming & openness
Art Studio - Studio dedicated to create dialogue and communication between the artisans and community who share the same interest
Co-labs and Art Workshop - The workshop allow people from collaborative workspace & artisan to share and exchange of knowledge.
5. 2.0 Site Investigation & Contextual Studies
2.1 Site Introduction
The city center of KL consists of an assemblage of different districts who are
interdependent on each other to sustain needs of its user group.The site chosen is
located within the Chinese dominated part of the city which is around the Petaling
Street area. It is surrounded by finance, institutional district who adhere on the site
for food and tourism demand.
The site is situated along the Jalan Sultan, approximately 3057 sqm in front of the
significant tourist attraction in Malaysia. Unfortunately, it is underutilized as an open
carpark.
There are three main destination for the user group around the site, MRT station,
Petaling Street and nearby confucian private secondary school. Situated at the
intersection of the streetscape and with the direct view from the main road, the form
of the building can be designed to become a strong visual cue. This can pull more
people towards the site and creating a new destination for visit.
Site Plan
6. 2.2 Historical Background of the Site
1889 1962 2016 2018
Buildings and transportation route are
built along the river as the mining Industry
develops. Most building are In linear
typology and expand from river of life
Rapid development increases urban
density. Heavy development narrows
some parts of the river and causes large
storm drain. Flash flood may occur in the
Pockets of buildings starts to develop as
old shop houses are being demolished for
new construction projects
The MRT station is completed along with
the addition of the other future
development construction
city during heavy rain
7. 2.3 Site Significant Issues
Strength Weekness
High public exposure due to the strategic location of the site which can draw in a variety of public users
Heavy shading on the North of the site creating a natural green wall
High accessibility for pedestrian and vehicular traffic
Public transportation (LRT) is within 10 min walking radius
Poor environmental security at night due to the presence of drug addicts
around the site
Merely one existing entry point which will discourage the users to visit the
site frequently.
Limited traffic circulation which will cause difficulties of vehicle flows into
the site
Opportunity Threat
The front of the site is suitable to create stand out facade as there are no obstacle blocking the main road
Potentially act as a gathering spot to allow more public interaction and engagement due to high demand
to supply ratio of breathing space and informal meeting area
Create a node to enhance the surrounding landmarks and maintaining the culture of the site
Security can be an issue to our proposed building and surrounding back
alley is taken over by social neglects at night.
Poor drainage around the site and pool of water constantly collects around
the site.
Requirements
As a guide to specific use, the final building should take into account the following, with approximate percentages to be used as guide.
- 3-5% Services/ Core (lift, fire safety apparatus, pipe, M&E room, waste disposal etc.)
- 3-5% administrative space (offices, storage, file/supplies room, etc.)
- 30% circulation (halls, corridors, stairs, ramps, lobbies, etc.)
- 10-15% : Living Component, (staff room, rentable quarters, dormitories and alike)
- 15-20% Play and Communal, public component (restaurants, shops, plaza, library, others).
- 30-35% Working or programme-specific space (working paces, meeting rooms, others)
10. 3.2 Precedent Studies
Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC)
The public loop - and the unplanned 'theater' it provides for free to the public - in attracting attention to
the theater and in ensuring the success of both the building and theater productions on the whole. This
project introduces a public loop and it exposes to the visitors how the theater and its backstage works.
This blurs the line between private and what is public, just to get people familiarized with the program.
In this area there is a night market and we expanded on that plane of the square in front of the building,
underneath the volumes and up into the lobby, creating a space of a very familiar type of culture within
the city. Most of the people normally don't go to the theater or to the opera, but simply because the
building is so close to the night market, hence this will pull these people through and not only show them
what is actually inside, but also show the theater-making process. By pulling them through all of the
backstage spaces, and also pull them through the green rooms and the cafes and the public viewing
decks. Blurring that boundary is very important for people to transition to actually use the space and
experience the space.
Museum of
11. Image & Sound (MIS)
The architecture of the Museum of Image and Sound takes Copacabana Beach as its
inspiration: its coastline, its wraparound building wall, its mountains, and its distinctive
beach promenade designed by Roberto Burle Marx. The promenade captures the key
element of the beach—a space of the public in motion—on foot, bicycle and automobile.
The building is conceived as an extension of that boulevard, stretched vertically into the
museum.
The “Vertical Boulevard” gestures toward inclusiveness: it gently traverses indoor and
outdoor spaces and branches to make galleries, education programs, spaces of public leisure
and entertainment. The building inherits the DNA of Burle Marx but radically reorients his
public surface upward into a thickened façade for the new museum. The vertical circulation
sequence connects the street with the building’s entertainment programs—from the
clerestory view into the Auditorium at street level, to the elevated Terrace Bar and Cafe, the
Piano Bar at the third level, the Restaurant at the sixth, and outdoor cinema at the roof.
12. 3.3 Architectural Position & Design Intentions 3.4 Form Studies
Circulation
By recognizing urban context
and limit vehicular access to
priotize pedestrian circulation
Building Mass
Building mass is considered
by identifying the
arrangement of space
Plaza
A plaza is designed, generate
a public open space give the
community a platform to
meet and mingle
Voids & Levels
Voids, different level of floors
are created to give a sense of
intimacy towards interlocking
space
Hierarchy of Space
Spaces are arranged from
public oriented in the bottom
towards the private upper
floor
Shading
Louvres and water wall
features are designed to
shade the heat from direct
sunlight and bring humidity
thus create cooling effect to
the building
13. 3.5 Programme and Project Brief
The programs are separated
towards the function of each
floor and view of the site
towards the different target
user groups. The ground floor is
an extension of plaza intended
to serve public with more social
activities and open hangout
space for people to meet and
mingle with each other. The first
floor is the education zone
where workshop and studio are
located targeting for students or
startup company and conduct
for community who wish to join
and share their thoughts to
generate new ideas. The second
floor is more towards to have
their own privacy and rest in a
more quiet area. The floors are
created with different level to
create social interaction and visual connectivity. They are able to overlook the activities
happening below, above or opposite which increases visual connectivity.
Floor Spaces Gross Floor Area (M2
) Total GFA (M2
)
Ground Floor Administrative & Services:
Reception
Administrative office
Storage
Kitchen
M&E
Public Space:
Cafe & bar
Art gallery
Lounge
Retail store
51
40
50
35
53
75
240
47
127
717
First Floor Education Spaces:
Art studio
Co-worker space
Information center
Co-labs & art workshop
Informal meeting space
219
175
74
173
94
735
Second Floor Living Spaces:
Napping Pods
Mini Theatre
Relax Zone
Toilets & changing rooms
120
130
156
70
476
Total GFA : 1928m2
Schedule of Programme Project Brief
14. 3.6 Spatial Programming
Layout
The building layout can be categorised into three parts: The plaza, main building
workspace and the services. The majority of the public social space are located
on the ground floor and the plaza and the upper floors are for the ideas
generated space which is the workshop and studio area. The highest floor is
reserved for resting spaces to increase privacy and reduce noise. The hierarchy of
spaces are arranged according to the noise level.
Landscape
The design exploits the existing contour of the site where the lush terraced
landscaping are done around the building to provide sense of calmness and healing,
away from the concrete jungle.
Water feature are added into the landscape to allow the wind blow the water into
the building which will create cooling effect during dry season and humidify the
interior without the use of air conditioning system.
The proposed programmes will be mainly focusing on meet, share and work where arts
become the main feature to build up the interaction of the community.
Design Layout (above)
Design Approach (right)
15.
16. 4.0 Environmental and Technological Strategies
4.1 Climatic Studies
Exposed with sunlight Wind direction from South to North
Shadow Analysis
9am
12pm
At noon, the sun is
partially shaded by
the dramatic
association
5pm
During the
evening, the site is
fully exposed to
the Southern sun
17. 4.2 Materials Consideration
Timber Louvre
The timber louvre is a sun
protection system that can be
installed as an integral cladding
system occupying the complete
facade or add as an element in
front of the windows
Water Wall Feature
Water feature are added into
the landscape to allow the wind
blow the water into the building
which will create cooling effect
during dry season and humidify
the interior without the use of
air conditioning system.
Composite Flooring System
The lightweight properties of composite slab allow for reduction of
structural size of other members
Thickness of composite slab will be thinner than the normal composite
floor slabs. This increases permitted ceiling height and flexibility in design
18. 4.3 Material and Resource
Floor Component Material Used
Basement Retaining wall Reinforced Concrete
Floor Composite Floor Decking
Floor Component Material Used
Ground Floor Wall Reinforced Concrete, Curtain Wall, Water Wall Feature
Floor Composite Floor Decking
Window Aluminium Frame Single Fixed Window
Door Double Sliding Door, Perforated Roller Shutter
Floor Component Material Used
First Floor Wall Reinforced Concrete, Curtain Wall, Water Wall Feature
Floor Composite Floor Decking
Window Aluminium Frame Half Leaf Fixed Window, Louvre
Facade
Door Double Sliding Door, Single Pocket Sliding Door
Floor Component Material Used
Second Floor Wall Reinforced Concrete
Floor Composite Floor Decking
Window Aluminium Frame Double Leaf Window, Louvre Facade
Door Double Sliding Door, Single Pocket Sliding Door
Floor Component Material Used
Roof Roof Tiles Perforated Aluminium Roof
Floor Component Material Used
Others Staircase Steel Railing and Concrete Stepping
Landscape Pavement, Stepping Stone, Outdoor
Benches
