BQD 7001 Advanced Architectural Design I Design Report.pdf

BQD 7001 Design Report

1. Final Design Compilation
RACHEL WONG LI YEN
S2188055
BQD 7001 Advanced Architectural Design 1 Universiti Malaya

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
1.0 CLIENT BACKGROUND 3
2.0 SITE CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS 4
3.0 CONCEPT 6
CONCEPT INSPIRATION 8
DESIGN EXPLORATION 12
FORM EXPLORATION 13
PRECEDENT STUDIES 15
4.0 INTERIM 1 19
SKETCHES 22
INTERIM 2 23
INTERIM 3 27
FINAL BOARDS 33
5.0 SEFAIRA 41
GREEN BUILDING INDEX 44
6.0 REFERENCES

3. MDEC’S GOALS
In MDEC, there are a few core values that they live by, which are:
serving the nation, forward thinkers, go-getters, collaborators
and having fun. As the leader of the nation’s digital economy
growth, MDEC is constantly committed and focused on
empowering the nation through digital growth.
“THE BRIDGE”
MDEC’s role in Malaysia is acting as a ‘bridge’ to connect the
people to the digital economy. Not only that, but they are also
constantly bridging the knowledge gap of the nation in the
ever changing digital economy.
“TOGETHERNESS”
Creating a holistic digital economy is not just the work of one
party. It takes the whole nation, combining the best minds,
ideas and efforts in both the public and private sectors, and
MDEC is here to bring together the innovators and leaders to
lead the nation’s digital economy forward.
CLIENT BACKGROUND
CLIENT BACKGROUND
The client is Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), an
agency under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia
Malaysia (KKMM), leading the ICT and digital economy growth in
Malaysia
MALAYSIA DIGITAL
The national strategic initiative to encourage and attract
companies, talents and investments, while enabling Malaysians
to play a leading role in the global digital revolution.
It helps to accelerate the growth of MDEC's ecosystem within
the nine focus areas which are trade, agriculture, services,
cities, health, finance, content, tourism and Islamic digital
economy. It drives digital adoption and opportunities in digital
economy through the Malaysia Digital Catalytic Programmes
(PEMANGKIN ) and other competitive offerings.

Their inclusive approach aims to harmonize the growing
demands of digital solutions with a steady supply of products
and services, whilst continuing to strengthen the enablers such
as talents, infrastructure and regulations.

The harmonization of these components is to ensure a thriving
and sustainable digital economy ecosystem.
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Future is Now
Heart of Digital ASEAN
Digital by Default
Industry
Development
Digital
Transformation
Enabling
Environment

4. SITE CONTEXT & ANALYSIS
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Bintang is
well-known as the lively district with energy pulsing through its
street's day and night. It's one of the top commercial and
entertainment districts in KL, with a wide range of malls,
restaurants, bars, hotels and backpacker hostels lining every
street.
The site is surrounded with mostly commercial and residential
buildings. The pedestrians here are mostly construction workers
and office workers. The heat map that indicates the density of
pedestrians are mainly at the southern side and western side
from the site. 
The western part is near to the shopping district of Bukit
Bintang, which attracts workers nearby for food and leisure. 
The southern part has a lot of constructions going on, as well as
cheaper food selections as compared to its neighbour.
Vehicular & pedestrian activity focuses primarily on static
activities, where visitors mainly visit via car/MRT, directly
towards their place of interest and vice versa. Which therefore
results in minimal pedestrian activities, even if present, are
mainly discharged from car park areas or the closest MRT
stations directly towards their point of interest.
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Craft Complex
Kuala Lumpur
Menara
Yayasan
Tun Razak
Prince Court
Medical
Centre
Agile
Bukit
Bintang
Wisma
Kebudayaan
Soka Gakkai
Malaysia
(WKSGM)
PROPOSED
SITE

5. 1.Good accessibilities of site
surrounded by 2 Primary roads
with wide road width
2.Moderate traffic condition 
3.Several existing private car parking
area available 
4.Good frontage with active mosaic
activities happening around 
STRENGTHS
OPPORTUNITIES
WEAKNESSES
THREATS
1.More pedestrian friendly design to
encourage more visitors walking to
site from CPD/Bukit Bintang Area
2.Bus stop/ Free shuttle bus service
from MRT station/CPD/Bukit Bintang
Area to attract more Tourism
activities 
1.Busy Primary road nearby during
peak hours
2.Poor public transport reachability
(Bus)
3.Poor pedestrian facilities 
4.Not Disabled friendly 
1.Further surrender of roads to the
local authority for future
expansion 
2.Worsen traffic condition upon the
completion of the new mid dense
residential project across the Jalan
Bukit Bintang. 
3.Security and safety concern due
to illegal activities near to the site
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SITE CONTEXT & ANALYSIS
SWOT

6. CONCEPT
CONCEPT
The metaverse and the virtual world has been on the rise as of
late. Metaverse is like a ‘cyberspace’ and an immersive virtual
world in which people could access the otherworldly spaces from
all over the world through the use of digital devices.
This 3D world combines aspects of social media, online gaming,
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. People enter these
spaces to often be away from the real world where some
spaces even do not have gravity!
Thus I would like to blur the lines between the physical spaces
and virtual spaces and to encourage the people to be aware of
the new technologies while designing the engagement center as
a point of attraction as well as a training center for MDEC,
imparting knowledge to Malaysians.
To challenge the need for having conventional spaces and
replacing them using virtual elements, thus reducing the need
for space being catered to one activity. Instead have a space
being used for multiple purposes via virtually such as exhibitions,
talks or even an open space for people to interact with.
Other than that, problems that plague reality could be easily
broken virtually. Such example was the Covid Pandemic in
which travels are restricted and MDEC couldn’t invite speakers
from overseas to give their talks. With the invention of virtual
meetings like Microsoft Teams or Zoom this was made possible.
After three years, these online meetings have become the norm
thus it is not impossible to have the talks virtually in my building.

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7. CONCEPT
Virtual Reality (VR):
Completely blocks your view of the real world, immersing you in entirely virtual
worlds.With the site being constantly filled with people and activities coming
and going daily. Many people have access to digital devices but people are
isolated and seldom interact with other people.
Augmented Reality (AR)
AR experiences layer digital objects onto the real world in front of you. AR
provides digital content that supplements what is before your eyes, and that
you see either through special AR glasses. People could step away from the real
world into the ‘virtual’ world where it has an entirely different atmosphere and
provides multiple experiences so that they could ‘get away’ from their
problems for just a moment.
Mixed Reality (MR):
VR and AR converge in mixed reality. Environments in which real and virtual
subjects and objects interact in real time — and in which you can interact with
both real and virtual components. Provide activities that impart knowledge
while bridging the people and digital technologies. To encourage and slowly
integrate the people into the new technological innovations.
Physical Reality (PR):
It exists = real = physical. Physical reality would not exist independently of
awareness, without consciousness to detect and thereby create it. We are in the
physical world in which we live in.
AR MR VR
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PR

8. INSPIRATIONS
Ready Player One (Movie)
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CONCEPT INSPIRATION
HOLOGRAMS

9. AUDITORIUM
VS
TRAINING ROOMS
VS
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CONCEPT EXPLORATION

10. OFFICE
VS
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CONCEPT EXPLORATION

11. EXHIBITION
VS
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CONCEPT EXPLORATION

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DESIGN EXPLORATION

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FORM EXPLORATION

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FORM EXPLORATION

15. Serpentine Pavilion- BIG
Viewed side-on, the pavilion is rectangular. But when seen from
the front or at an angle, its curving silhouette is revealed. It also
changes from opaque to see-through, depending on the viewing
angle.
Visitors will be invited to climb up the exterior, but only as far as
as a slender metal wire that acts as a barrier.
Each individual brick creates an interesting play of light and
shadow which is visible from within.
Space-defining garden wall creates a presence in the Park that
changes as you move around it
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PRECEDENTS

16. Cube installation- Sou
Fujimoto
Each cube is regarded as a single
entity, participating in varying roles
— some of them serve as tree-pots
for vegetation, introducing
greenery into the metallic
composition, while others support
the structural stability and balance.
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PRECEDENTS

17. Quality Innovation United
(CUBE PAVILION)
white, lightweight rectangle
steel frame structure
hierarchy of spaces in which
five container-like objects
engage uniquely by hanging,
floating, and escaping.
Lightweight translucent
Polycarbonate panels
-The dynamic lighting and materiality of the volumes offers the
visitor a multi-dimensional interaction
-guided by the interconnected lines of light – enabling visitors to
explore the mobility of the unknown
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PRECEDENTS

18. INTERIM 1
INTERIM 1

19. CIRCULATION
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People from TRX
Drop off
People from Prince
Court Hospital
People from Prince
Court Hospital
People from Craft
Complex
People from KLCC
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INTERIM 1

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INTERIM 1

21. Office
Auditorium
Exhibition &
Lobby
Training rooms
Micro
housing
Open space
Linkages
The training rooms are able to connect
virtually to the auditorium so that people
unnecessarily need to be in the
auditorium to attend. Reduce the need
for alot of space, sustainable
Build around existing tree as focal point
These acts as the ‘in between’ realm of the
physical reality (Outside) and the virtual
reality (Inside)
SPACES
Media
Lab
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INTERIM 1

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SKETCHES

23. INTERIM 2 BOARDS
INTERIM 2

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INTERIM 2

25. GROUND FLOOR PLAN NTS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN NTS
The ‘VR Globe’ is a flexible space
where it could be used as an
exhibition space and an
auditorium. The Globe is like a
screen that is able to project out
videos, images, artworks. etc
The main space, the ‘VR space’ is a
space that connects to other
spaces such as the training rooms.
The spaces are link with a bridge
through the ‘VR globe’.
ROOF PLAN NTS MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN NTS
The mezzanine floor with the first
floor above allows for informal
spaces above for activities through
multiple platforms. This shows
that activities involving the virtual
world could happen anywhere at
any space.
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INTERIM 2

26. SECOND FLOOR PLAN NTS
The existing tree is integrated into
the globe to signify the physical
element in that ‘Virtual’ space.
While another tree could be seen
outside the globe. This shows that
both physical and virtual elements
could co-exist in a single space.
THIRD FLOOR PLAN NTS
The training rooms are connected
to the globe as sessions could be
connected to multiple spaces with
the speaker projected onto the
globe. Speakers didn’t need to be
physically present to give their
talks.
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN NTS
SECTION B-B’
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INTERIM 2

27. INTERIM 3 BOARDS
INTERIM 3

28. INTERIM 3
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29. GROUND FLOOR PLAN NTS
SITE PLAN NTS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN NTS
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INTERIM 3

30. SECOND FLOOR PLAN NTS THIRD FLOOR PLAN NTS FOURTH FLOOR PLAN NTS
FIFTH FLOOR PLAN NTS SIXTH FLOOR PLAN NTS SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN NTS
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INTERIM 3

31. SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE NTS
SECTION A-A’ NTS
SECTION B-B’ NTS
INTERIM 3
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32. INTERIM 3
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33. FINAL BOARDS
Physical ‘N’ Virtual

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SITE PLAN NTS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN NTS
SITE ELEVATION NTS

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39. SECTION B-B’ NTS
SECTION A-A’ NTS
SOUTH ELEVATION NTS
NORTH ELEVATION NTS
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SEFAIRA
Two training spaces are chosen
for Sefaira. These two relies
heavily on energy use to keep the
place cool as the walls consists
of entirely glass curtain wall.
As for daylighting, nearly 93% of
the overall building is well-lit This
is because the building envelope
consist of glass and with most of
the building, at an angle, facing
the sun orientation. Thus if there
is light, heat would also be
transferred into the building,
making the HVAC system using
more energy to keep the place
cool, increasing carbon
emissions.
Curtain wall with Low-E double-glazed
windows as the building. The daylighting
diagram indicates that illuminance is at 25% at
the middle of the space even though the entire
building consists of glass.
Sun shading along the building envelope blocks
sun into the spaces. This reduces harsh sunlight
and heat to enter spaces as shown in the
diagram above.
The table shows the breakdown of the
impact on cooling of the building through
materials and it shows that the building is
dominated by cooling. With the HVAC
cooling system accounting for the system
that required the most energy usage,
followed by the equipment and people,
the most efficient way to reduce energy
usage is to reduce the sun’s exposure on
the building facade through proper
building sun shading devices or through
the building facade insulation.
PV panels are added into the improved
model and parameters are simulated as
follows

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With the HVAC cooling system accounting for the
system that required the most energy usage, the
most efficient way to reduce energy usage is to
reduce the sun’s exposure on the building facade
The annual CO2 Emissions is high on the AHU
system, as cooling spaces is important in this
weather. Thus natural ventilation is important in
reducing the carbon emissions produced by the
mechanical cooling. Cross ventilation is
implemented into the design to reduce this.
To reduce the solar gains and carbon emissions of the building while
improving its performance. Key features could improve the building
performance such as the ones listed below:
1.Reduce Heating Loads
○Climate responsive building facade
○Glazing U factor, High insulation envelope
○Form for efficient management of solar Heat Gain
2.Reduce Cooling Loads
○Passive light and cooling through shading device
○Passive light and Heat through Solar Shading
○Facade that is climate responsive
○Glazing SHGC
SEFAIRA

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SEFAIRA
Zoning diagram with HVAC airflow within the building for the first and
second floor. It is high here as on the first floor consist the exhibition hall
which is in use more than the training rooms as it caters to the public as
well
Zoning diagram with HVAC airflow within the building for the
third and fourth floor. The design airflow is higher here as this is
where the offices are in which it has longer operational hours.
Based on Sefaira, AHU requires 61,831 kWh/year thus the PV panels could save 60% on the cooling requirements. Renewable energy
produced by PV panels producing about 16,484 kWh had balanced the carbon emission produced.

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SUN AND WIND DIRECTION
Orientated at north, the diagram shows the sun path from
the East to the West. The predominant winds in Kuala
Lumpur varies throughout the year, mainly between the
South & West. The average wind speed in Kuala Lumpur is
4.4km/h.
GREEN BUILDING INDEX
MICROCLIMATE ANALYSIS OF SITE
FLOOD
Kuala Lumpur has a history
of flash floods and with
precipitation levels expected
to become more intense over
the years, the likelihood of
river flooding and flash floods
is expected to increase
towards 2050 and beyond.

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CARBON EMISSIONS PROFILE
Kuala Lumpur recorded emissions of 25,094,052 tonnes of CO2
e in 2017. Overall, the transportation sector generates the
largest share of emissions in the Kuala Lumpur inventory,
accounting for 56% of total emissions.
CARBON EMISSIONS FORECAST
It is projected that the carbon emissions for the city of Kuala
Lumpur will increase by 2.3 times by 2050 from the base year
emissions of 2017.
AIR QUALITY
Kuala Lumpur ranked
second as the most polluted
city in Malaysia. Ambient
levels of pollution caused by
emissions from high vehicle
volume, and factories, gives
KL its year-round ‘moderate’
PM2.5 rating and worsened
levels of air quality
GREEN BUILDING INDEX

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GREEN BUILDING INDEX
GREEN BUILDING INDEX CLASSIFICATION:
GOLD

With a total of 81 points

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5. Public Transportation Access
The site is located close to an existing commuter rail
such as the TRX MRT and it is within 500m of a bus stop.
8. Rainwater Harvesting
Due to the landscaping naturally sloping towards the
stormwater drain, it helps in having a sustainable water
supply without requiring it from a portable water supply
1 Greenery & roof
The roof of the building at a 100% vegetated. This helps in
my concept while also having sustainability applied.
2. Daylighting Glare Control
Even though the building is mainly composed of glass
curtain wall, there are sun shading installed and that the
Virtual Globe in ‘Atrium mode’ have an automatic
monitoring system to control light to enter
3. External Views
Each space has a clear view and direct line of sight to the
surrounding context through the glazing curtain walls.
4. Development Density & Community Connectivity
The site is located at a strategic location, with a medical
facility next to it while also within 1 km of residential
houses
6. Greenery & roof
The roofing is 100% vegetated. This helps in my concept
of having physical spaces on each floor while also having
sustainable designs applied.
7. Recycled Content Materials
The building is constructed from reused steel and
prefabricated concrete as the floors as the structure is
molded to the building.
9. Innovative in Design & Environmental Design
Solar Thermal technology such as solar windows. Solar
glass that converts sunlight into electricity that is usable
like the actual solar panels.Allow light to pass through
like normal window. Allow light penetration with
insulation properties

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Roof gardens are arranged and
sloped towards the one below it,
reducing need to constantly water
the garden while collecting access
water for reuse.
RAINWATER HARVESTING
SOLAR PANELS
Solar panels are installed above the
micro housing, The solar panels are
facing along the East-West orientation
to obtain maximum amount of sunlight.
LOW E-GLAZING
Low E-glazing as curtain wall panels to
allow light to still pass through but
reflect heat. Reduce energy for cooling.
ROOF GARDEN
Green roof improve air quality with
oxygen from vegetations. It also reduces
the need for mechanical ventilation like
air conditioning thus reducing energy
consumption.
LOW-E DOUBLE-GLAZED
Low E-glazing as curtain wall panels to
allow light to still pass through but
reflect heat. Reduce energy for cooling.
PREFABRICATED CONCRETE
These slabs are manufactured in a controlled
environment resulting in it having a higher
quality and produce less wastage . They
could be fully recycled at the end of its life
expectancy.Precast concrete slabs are also
strong and durable while requires almost no
maintenance making it cost effective.
RECYCLED STEEL
Recycled steel reduce carbon emissions as
saves the production costs as the process of
the iron ore becoming iron is omitted.They
are durable and non-flammable . Even when
recycled it retains its quality.

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