Selflessness Beyond Boundries

Wan Mohamed, Wan Srihani and Ismail, Zamri and , Chuah Xin Yin (2012) Selflessness Beyond Boundries. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2012, 4. pp. 188-189. ISSN 2180-0685

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Abstract

Relating “selflessness” and housing for the needy has helped Xin Yin to exploit the Kuching site into a massive tangential links between forms and public open spaces resulting in a boundary-less architecture. It accentuates the movements of pedestrians across the site, making the open plaza a public park ingeniously built for visual connectivity to the triple volume lobby. The spaces and voids juxtaposed by diagonal lines generates excellent natural ventilation throughout the building. The designer’s intention to charm the public into her space is effective as there is nothing to hinder their paths. This project has steel structure as its main supporting members and constructed with lightweight concrete for better thermal insulation; hence, reducing the energy consumed for air conditioning. Such raw materials are applied to display a sense of honesty and humility even for an imposing form in the middle of Kuching City. The design theme, “selflessness”, drives the proposal for the regional office to use both materials and metaphor.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Divisions:	Faculty of Architecture and Design > Department of Architecture
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2013 20:34
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2013 20:34
URI:	http://stedex.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/296