Vernacular Sky-Terrace
Horizontal Skyscraper as Possible Solution
Project Brief : 2015 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of technologies along the studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution.
Organized by : Evolo Architecture Magazine
Submission Date : 27th January 2015
Building Type : Skyscraper
Site Location : Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Team Members : Amir Izzat Adnan + Nur Farhanah Saffie
City populations are growing faster than the city infrastructure can adapt. The world's cities are growing because of population shift especially concerning rural to city areas in search of jobs and other opportunities in hopes for improvement of lives and creating better future for the younger generations. Along with the growth and expansion of cities, comes the rise in environmental issues and problems. It comes to the role of future architects, planners and developers to achieve green and sustainable strategies where modern buildings can rely on new forms of energy.
By honouring the culture of the nature setting, the Vernacular Sky-Terrace invites visionary ideas for Kampung Baru to become a better city without ‘touching’ the existing fabric. The basic idea for this project is to elevate the existing site and improvise! The decision of hovering over the existing site is inspired by the aims to create one community consisting of office spaces, apartments, commercial area and public landscape also to generate the largest possible green space open to the public, right in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city.
Vernacular Sky-Terrace is equipped with many sustainable features. They are the wind turbine, rainwater harvesting, solar energy which enables the building to generate energy by itself. Other than that, other features include cross ventilation through many openings and hierarchy of levels and green areas improve the living condition of the building while minimizing the consumption of energy.
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