FINAL DESIGN REPORT

Siow Yee Thong

0333816
Ar. Emmanuel Canlas
CONTENT

1.0 Designer’s Profile

2.0 Project Background

2.1 Design Parameters

3.0 Site Investigation

3.1 Macro Site Analysis

4.0 Design Strategy & Explorations

4.1 Micro Site Analysis
4.2 Precedent Studies
4.3 Design Narrative
4.4 Site Planning Strategies
4.5 Form Studies

5.0 Environmental & Technological Strategies

5.1 Sustainability Concepts
5.2 Building System

6.0 Final Design Presentation

6.1 Floor Plans
6.2 Exploded Axonometric
6.3 Elevations
6.4 Sections
6.5 Sectional Detail
6.6 Key Spaces

7.0 Reflective Journal Summary of learnings

8.0 References
PROJECT
BACKGROUND
2 . 1 / D E S I G N PA R A M E T E R S

Total Site Area

2400 sq.m

Buildable Area
1560 sq.m

Plot Ratio
1:8

Setback Line
North : 3m
South : 6m
East : 6m
West : 6m

Surrounding Pavement
2m

Legend

Site Boundary

Setback
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INVESTIGATION Demographic Observation

Chow Kit are mostly crowded with Chinese community and

3 . 1 / M A C R O S I T E A N A LY S I S Malay, while it is also crowded with non-Malaysian due to
migrant workers coming to Chow Kit.

CHINESE The Indian community makes up for the smallest population in

38%
Chow Kit.

MALAY

31%
Homeless
NON-MALAYSIAN Lives at sheltered alleys or public

24%
spaces. Wonder around chow kit
and rummages through garbage
heap.

INDIAN

7% Drug Addicts
Few can be found on site, known
through interviews while visiting
the site.

Sex Workers
2884 Chow Kit has earned over
the decades is being a “red-light
3632 district. Sex workers can be
844 observed waiting for clients in
certain area.

4487 Stateless Children

Children of foreign workers or
sex workers, without any proper
educational and learning
environment, stated within our
interviews.
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INVESTIGATION
3 . 1 / M A C R O S I T E A N A LY S I S
District and Land Use

Our site lies in the middle of all the identified districts which
gives this site a huge advantage when it comes to making an
impact to Chow Kit as these land use features are able to
connect community, regardless of whether these functional
spots are outlandish or tainted.

Shops at the West are mostly whole

sellers while the East has more
vacant buildings acting as residency
for above levels. Hence, more marts
& convenience stores are in the
area.

SITE
In the South, there are more modern
and high-rise towers. Bringing in
white-collared workers to the site.

At the North side, it is filled with

commerce buildings and eateries at
dusk it becomes a night market
street where local vendors sell their
goods.

Motor shops Vacant Medical Entertainment Institutional Marts

Wholesale business Construction Government Eateries Hotels
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INVESTIGATION
3 . 1 / M A C R O S I T E A N A LY S I S
Major Edges
Segregation of Modern and
Traditional Building
An obvious edge differentiating
the modern (high rise) building
and traditional (old
shophouses) building by JALAN
SRI AMAR.
Minor Edges

Division by Function
JALAN HAJI TAIB 1 & 2 create
a separation between business
and vacant shophouses. The
West direction of site is more
active due to the residential area
brings in the vibrancy.
SITE. Visual Edges
Openness
The SITE itself creating a
different vibe from the
surrounding buildings to open
space (Site). It also serves as
the only space that gather the
vegetations.
Railway

Vibes
The RAILWAY located at JALAN
TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN
create a different vibe between
the vacant shophouses and the
commercial area.

Residential Wholesale Commercial Vacant Corporate

Major Edge Minor Edge Visual Edge Railway

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& EXPLORATIONS
4 . 1 / M I C R O S I T E A N A LY S I S

6.00 PM

The site best orientation-based on the north point where both longest part of the site are facing north and south direction. Natural lighting from the West
and East direction can direct to the site without being blocked by adjacent buildings.

The site can receive natural ventilation from the west direction. The average wind occurrence is 25 with a speed of 0 to 5 km/h and 2 occurrences with
strong winds with a speed of 5 to 10km/h. Besides that, the site will also be able to receive prevailing wind from north, north-east and south. The average
occurrence of winds passing through is 13 with the speed of 0 to 5km/h.
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4 . 1 / M I C R O S I T E A N A LY S I S

The back alley is polluted as garbage heap is

scattered along the alley and creates a negative view

The shophouses along

Lorong Haji Taib 2 have
active frontage which Shophouses along
adds a more vibrant feel Lorong Haji Taib 1
around the site adopts the traditional
shophouse façade, but
with more modern
functions which creates
an aesthetic, historical
and active frontage

Clear view of the high rise building

and landmarks with vegetation on
site which makes the site noticeable

Direction North South East West

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SITE ISSUES

Lack of Vegetation Unhygienic Safety

The site is the only area found with high Trashes are easily to be found on site where Dangerous activity always happens at night
density of trees or greeneries. garbage are filled out where homeless whereas prostitution also considered a
people find food. crime.
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4 . 1 / M I C R O S I T E A N A LY S I S

SITE RESPONSE

Replanting Vegetation Sustainable Activity Cycle Materiality & Security

Replanting vegetation helps by providing A building that functions in cycle. For The materiality of the cultural center that
natural buffer to filter air pollution from the instance, harvesting plant in the community implicates the program and draws people
road garden on the top floor of the building and into the building yet securing the space.
utilizing it in the farmers cafe
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4.2 / PRECEDENT STUDIES

NIIGATA CITY KONAN WARD CULTURAL CENTER

This is a complex institution composed of

multipurpose theatre, library, local museum,
and community center, which maximizes the
merit of compounding four different
programs.
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4.2 / PRECEDENT STUDIES

NIIGATA CITY KONAN WARD CULTURAL CENTER

Each of four zones is connected by a

circulation corridor named "cross street".

Developed in the workshops with local, the spaces were designed based on somesthetic experiences, human scale and usability of the rooms. The
structure follows the space. And the uneven elaborate walls distribute the air conditioning and the natural lights. Its concrete structure with fissure
functions as a breathing skin to activate the building.
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4.2 / PRECEDENT STUDIES

KII ART AND CULTURAL CENTER / SO-IL

The architecture of the museum, is driven by the challenges of

its unique setting: it rests atop a k11 art mall and below a dozen
floors of luxury waterfront residences. The museum combines
the top two floors of the podium, originally designed for retail
and further food and beverage, with a generous rooftop
sculpture terrace that boasts the magnificent skyline of Hong
Kong as its backdrop.
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4.2 / PRECEDENT STUDIES

KII ART AND CULTURAL CENTER / SO-IL

Glass is considered a conventional building material; it plays a

significant role in the unconventional response to the project
Glass tubes of 475, each nine
context: a museum that sits in a mix-used environment and
meters tall and one meter
adjacent to commercial spaces
diameter and weighing two tons
embraces transparency to
implicate the museum within its
commercialized city space.
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4 . 3 / D E S I G N N A R R AT I V E

HOPE
CHOW KIT CULTURAL CENTER

To the marginalized, “don’t just survive, live your life”. Proposing

a cultural center in Chow Kit bring up liveliness and great
experience that heals users. By having a cultural center,
traditions can be passed down generation by generation as a in
a multiracial country. This cultural center will not only serve the
purpose for performers to perform Malaysia’s traditional dances
and musicals, but these traditions can also be learned in the
form of workshops, dance and music classes as a self
improvement program for the marginalized.
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DESIGN PURPOSE

Don’t just Survive, Live your Life

To heal from past

LIVE trauma and live to the
fullest

LEARN WORK

Giving opportunities and Create job opportunities

chance for the for the marginalized to
PLAY marginalized to learn, earn some income for
everything learned can survival.
be exhibited and
performed within the
cultural center and fulfil
To create a welcoming the activity cycle.
entertainment hub the
marginalized, local
community and tourists
can enjoy being in Chow
Kit.

To the marginalized who are tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it,.
Hence, they are the targets that are often being judged by their life experiences and their values in life.
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4 . 3 / D E S I G N N A R R AT I V E

PROGRAMME LAYOUT

Programme focuses on the journey of life , creating a cycle of functioning spaces.

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4 . 4 / S I T E P L A N N I N G S T R AT E G I E S

DESIGN STRATEGIES

Response from Views Orientating Planting Zone Natural Ventilation

Create visually permeable spaces from Due to the morning sun, the community Create an opened corridor and void spaces
critical angle to indicate the clarity of garden is placed on the top east side of the on the garden for sun penetration and natural
learning/workshop spaces and negative view building. ventilation
to be covered.
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DESIGN STRATEGIES

Centralized Spatial Organization Zoning Hierarchy of Spaces

Emphasizing a cultural center’s theatre with Spaces to be categorized into sizes by their Sort the spaces from the ground floor to the
see through performances and secondary respected areas, service core, entertainment top floor into public space, semi public
spaces differ from one another to respond to area and workshop area. spaces and semi-private spaces.
the function.
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& EXPLORATIONS
4.5 / FORM STUDIES

BUILDING BLOCKS

Idea 1

Using addition and subtraction of blocks to create a protruding form of tainted and damage.
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4.5 / FORM STUDIES

EXPLORING ON MATERIALITY

Idea 2

Using materiality to explore on visually permeable and semi permeable spaces

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4.5 / FORM STUDIES

EMPHASIS & LAYERING

Idea 3

Emphasize the grandness of theater with double volume and adding another horizontal layer to add diversity
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4.5 / FORM STUDIES

MERGING SPACES

Idea 4

To combine all the proposed spaces into a building form

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4.5 / FORM STUDIES

DIGITAL MODEL

Idea 5

Slicing of the blocks to create a more dynamic angles

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4.5 / FORM STUDIES

DIGITAL MODEL VERSION 2

Idea 5

Elevating of second floor to create bigger volume

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4.5 / FORM STUDIES

DIGITAL MODEL VERSION 3

Idea 6

Mimicking of the traditional Malay house roof orientated in another angle

ENVIRONMENTAL &
TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES
5 . 1 / S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y C O N C E P T S

Stormwater
drainage
system roof
slope
RC roof with planter on
the rooftop community
garden to reduce heat and
absorb radiation

Translucent glass allow

for diffuse lighting and
control light exposure
Cross ventilation and
stack ventilation through
the building

Sectional Perspective
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TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES
5.2 / BUILDING SYSTEM

Hot water storage tank Water storage tank

To accommodation

2F

1F

GF
M Water Meter
Water Supply
P Water Pump

Stop Cock

Gate Valve

Ball Valve

Cold Water

Hot Water

Hot and Cold Water Supply System

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TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES
5.2 / BUILDING SYSTEM

BASEMENT FLOOR GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

Bomba Plans [ Means of Escape ]

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6 . 6 / K E Y S PA C E S

Amphitheater Community Garden Music Room

A public space to hold traditional dance A healing space and a self sustainable planting area Music room with ambience to allow people to enjoy
performances that creates job opportunities by harvest and market music even from the outside because music is life
itself
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SUMMARY OF LEARNINGS

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SUMMARY OF LEARNINGS

Week 5 & 6 Week 7 & 8 Week 9 & 10 Week 12 & 13

To identify and understanding the
community of Chow Kit. For
instance, the marginalized to
locate programs for them and
removing some unnecessary
program.
Besides that, sketching more to
satisfy my dissatisfaction of
building form from initial form
and doing more research or
precedent studies to get
inspirations.
Brainstorm and focus on one
idea such as site response and
design strategies. Doing more
sketches and building mock up
digital models for visualization. I
hope I can transition my skill in
digital modelling into future
practice.
At this stage is mainly about
finalizing the design, the form of
the building and to incorporate
the materiality of the building.
Sketching over plans to figure out
how basement works.
Starting the actual digital
modelling with details. To be
honest, it was a struggle because
the elements of the digital model
was drawn one by one and it took
a long time. However, drawing
one by one made me realized
some parts do not work and I had
to make some amendments to
the final design.

Conclusion

From this lesson, I realized that time is limited even though there are plans but I should have time myself better. Lastly, I’d like to thank my
tutor for being helpful and patient with me.
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