'Laces' - Proposed Chow Kit Community Sports Centre

The structure featuring ramps that predominantly link all the functional spaces together.The entrance grreted by the circular steps going up to the entry court from Jalan Sri Amar. The entrance were placed at the crossing of Jalan Sri Amar and Lorong Haji Taib and directed towards the main vehicular access from Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, constitute a spatial sequence that offers a necessary urban hierachy for the metropolitan complex. The cafe and the gallery area are organized at the side of the main entrance next to Lorong Haji Taib 1 and overseeing the community of business trading and commercial activities along the street. The built body recompasses the traditional way of urban configuration, but it also permits through an elevated structure above the opened ground floor, the desired and necessary permeability. The height adjustment of the building proposed to the main vista of KLCC view, offers more than a transition from the rich historical context and the town district; it offers the intangible possibilities of an aerial extension of the local lifestyle towards the city area and bounce back to the site itself.

the contextual studies

site plan

The design is conceptually organized as the LACES - On each floors, connecting bridges analogue the ‘laces’ - enable the highest level of communications between two spaces. These connecting bridges lace together the building mass, forming a unique and highly communicative building which also expresses in ‘playfulness’ in the sports community centre. - featuring also as a vertical jogging track.

The gallery, filled with history, information, and the act of livingmemory, is strongly connected to the site as like how human actor who lets lifepasses, naturally. Sides of the gallery are enlighted by the large panel of clear glass, thus creating ultimate reflection and hallucination of views. Right behind the gallery is the little cafeteria and the broadwalk area. The open square on the ground floor featuring a ‘unifying ramp’ that literally connect the structure back to the back aleeyways and various of tiby activities take place here. The most prominent spot of the structure will be the rooftop garden and the rooftop futsal court, exercise on the rooftop and offering great views of the Petronas Twin Tower.

conceptual site section

Riverside Ensemble : Moments of Axis "the composition of two moments"

The design is conceptually organized as the MOMENTS OF AXIS - positioned in the main gravity of the concentration is the cascading water feature which channel the river water to the pool and water fountain in the centre square; enframed with arch-like structure to draw the observer’s eye towards the centre of the development, and emphasize the strong main axis.

the location

proposal - site plan

design studies - the axis

The central square features a ramp with water feature in the middle and directed towards the observation tower and the site opposite it, constitute a spatial sequence that offers a necessary urban hierachy for a metropolitan complex. The cafe and the waiting space are organized at the side of the central square and overseeing the villages and the state legislative building. The built body re-compasses the traditional way of urban configuration, but it also permits through an elevated decking above the water, the desired and necessary permeability. The height adjustment of the building proposed to the river, offers more than a transition from the historical site and the town district; it offers also the possibilities of an aerial extension of the local lifestyle towards the river and bounce back to the villages opposite, offers great continuity of site.