glass architecture in malaysia (case studies of residential)
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The Glass Architecture in Malaysia
Residential (Case Studies)
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“the task of architecture is to make visible how the world touches us…through vision, we touch the stars and the sun.”
(Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 1994)
• Within the house (residential), the glass concept was further developed:– Viewing– Observing– Duality of show + display– Ideas of gazing and space
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Glass Shed @
• Designed by Ng Seksan (Landscape Architect)
• Inspired by adjacent Orang Asli huts – using stilts and treading lightly on
the land
• Site is heavily vegetated, with steep slopes
• Why GLASS? – Celebrate the nature (forest + +
landscape) – Transparent qualities– Seems to be “floating” beside the
stream– Reflective qualities
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• aesthetic – transparency, space, light• glass + steel is its entire structure.• bold experiment material of choice :
respect the surrounding environment
responding to the privacy of the inhabitants.
incur least disruption to the forest
reduce long term maintenance
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• 41-storey of residential tower
• glass-wrapped sculpture
• present a study in lightness and strength
• opens the interior to dramatic panoramas of the Kuala Lumpur cityscape
• by night, the tower will be illuminated by LED, become the luminous tower of lights.
• conceived as “seamless”, although made up of glass panels, the fluid organic lines of the façade is presented.
The OVAL @ Kuala Lumpur