SOM048

Plaża Rakyat

Design/Completion 1993/1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Daewoo Corporation 6,600,000 square feet Reinforced concrete

Stainless Steel, glass, metal panels, exposed concrete

The mixed-use development and transportation center was conceived as a group of buildings centered around a rooftop civic garden. The ensemble is anchored by a 77-story office tower that punctuates the Southern edge of the triangular site. Together with the office tower, a continuously arcaded, multi-level shopping center creates a vibrant civic facade along the site’s most active boundary. At the far corner of the retail błock is a 415-room, four-star hotel linked to a 315-unit serviced apartment complex along the residential edge of the site. Futurę expansion has been planned to include an exhibition/conference center linking the project to the adjacent tourist district.

The design addresses the triangular site with different facades that respond to the specific scales of surrounding streetscapes. Each component has a separate identity but utilizes common exterior wali materials and detail palette.

Office_4ower: Street elevation ^Office tower: upper wali Office tower: lower wali Retail arcade

Project overview looking west

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