4G9 Tower: Progress as at 6/9/2010

The Fibonacci curtain wall facades have progressed 5 floors since 10/8/2010 (Fibonacci 8 completed and 3 floors of Fibonacci 5 facade). With only 7 floors to go (2 floors remainder of Fibonacci 5, 3 floors Fibonacci 3 and 2 floors Fibonacci 2), and if WCT maintains the current rate of progress the facade may be completed by the 3rd week of October 2010. In November and December they could work on the skylight (Fibonacci 1 + 1 of the equation) and the roof covering for the maintennance gondola.

Lot 5G2, Putrajaya: Progress as at 6/9/2010

External works, IDFO (Interior Design Fit Out), and installation of facade decorative elements in progress. The architect for the project is Arkitek Seni Bahri. Jafri Merican Architect represents the design and build contractor Bina Goodyear Berhad. Our scope of work is to develop detailed drawings for construction implementation.

Competition scheme for commercial lots 3C10 and 3C11

This is our proposal for a design competition in 2009. The design featured 2 main elements. A glass facade with sunshading devices forming wave patterns and corner shear walls of the service cores. We developed the wave concept to provide the scheme with design elements that give some form of dynamic effect and movement, whereby the facade changes whenever the traveller moves within the pedestrian mall. We felt that the wave metaphor is relevant because of the site being located in the Core Island. No building in the boulevard had addressed the symbolic relationship with the water elements so by adopting this approach we hoped to create a unique scheme.

The two lots are separated by a pedestrian mall leading to the Boulevard.This separation is due to an LRT tunnel route that traverses the site leaving 2 triangular shaped parcels with separate basements. We oriented the grid to face the longer boundaries at the separations to make the basement design more effective. As for UDG we provided the low rise streetwalls and punctuation zones facing the boulevard and the height tallies with POJ and 4G3 facades.

The shear walls of grey concrete finish with bas reliefs of exotic patterns is a homage to post merdeka Malaysian architecture of the early 60s period but rendered in a more contemporary way.

The competition winner was Broadway Malyan. Pakatan Reka Architects Sdn Bhd was appointed as local architects. Recently, Sacha and Tan architects, one of the participants, presented their scheme in the Venice Biennalle architectural exhibition.