Ken Yeang - At One with Nature

commercial development in the city of Putrajaya (Malaysia) that blends cultural heritage with

cutting-edge ecological advancements. Its creation is intended as a series of public realms

surrounding an iconic built form.

The faceted diamond-shaped facade of the building is sculpted to present itself as a crystalline

structure, rather like a gemstone. It cleverly anchors itself to the local culture by covering

itself in two 'skins' with an air-gap in between. The first skin is clear glass, and the second is

fritted using the 'Songket' pattern (a time-honoured handwoven Malay fabric). It concurrently

provides decoration and also 50% opacity, creating sunshading for the interior spaces.

The double-skin facade on the west of the building is placed to reduce the overall thermal

transmission value (OTTV) from the afternoon sun, and is perforated with vegetated terraces

and balconies spilling an abundance of greenery into the communal areas, enhancing local

biodiversity and living quality.

The axis points the direction from

Millennium Monument to the boulevard

leading to the Prime Minister's Office.

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A linked planting system naturally filters and drains surface run-off water into a centralised gravity-

fed irrigation system, which in turn maintains an impressive green linear habitat filled with various

planting species that sits as the centre-piece of the 7-storey entrance atrium. Flora and fauna

are selected carefully in order to design a desirable habitat for this particular location, by first

looking at which species of fauna are preferred for conservation and biodiversity reasons, and

then selecting the correct flora that will be both native and attract the right fauna. Of its many

eco-friendly assets, a particular innovation is the application of an 'Eco-cell' that contributes to the

holistic cycle of the building. This is a shaft in built form, bringing light, harvested rainwater, natural

ventilation, and vegetation right down into the lowest basement levels.

The partially symmetrical towers sandwich a landscaped promenade on the ground level,

that opens up to an active public realm, encouraging a similar sense of community with

seating pavilions, planting areas, relaxation zones, reflective pools, and temporal event

spaces. Verandas give way to covered and/or shaded walkways within the ground floor of the

building, reminiscent of the 'Kaki Lima' (the five-foot walkway) in front of the traditional pre-

war shop-houses of Malaysia's old towns. In a wider context, the concourse and two towers

arrangement is specifically aligned so that a visual axis is maintained, running from the

Millennium Monument through to the Prime Minister's Office.

View from Millennium Monument ramp

Millennium Monument

Millennium Monument ramp

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Retail zone

F&B outlets

The axis points the direction from the

Millennium Monument to the boulevard

leading to the Prime Minister's Office.

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Retail zone

Verandahways

Site

Verandahways along the ground promenade

is reminiscent of the 'Kaki Lima' in Malaysia's

pre-war shop-houses. On ground level, retail

areas face a central promenade designed to

be an active public realm with seating pavilions,

planting areas, relaxation zones, and temporal

event spaces.

The building maintains a visual axis to the

Millennium Monument from the boulevard,

through a landscaped promenade and atrium

space between the two building blocks.

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Rainwater harvesting

Rainwater is collected at the bottom

of the eco-cells. Collected rainwater is

filtered and reused to irrigate plantscapes

around the building.

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Eco-cell

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Green vegetated facade

Sky gardens

Cracked leaf

Openings inspired by leaf cracks

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Faceted form

Outer facade sun

shading glass

Facade facing Dataran Wawasan

Diamond metaphor faceted facade

Faceted glass sun shading

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