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19/12/2025

Project Name | MERDEKA 118

· Design Architect: Fender Katsalidis
· Executive Architect of Record: RSP Architects Sdn. Bhd.
· Project Principal: Hud Abu BAKAR
· Lead Project Director: Ahmad Farid BAHARUDDIN
· Completion Date: 2023
· Land Size: 18.96 acres
· Area: 292,000 sq.m
· Photographer: DKM2/Pixelaw Photography

[Project Brief]

More than just a skyscraper, Merdeka 118 is a celebration of Malaysian ambition and innovation in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. At 678.9 metres tall, this proud landmark is the centrepiece of a 6.35-hectare urban revitalisation precinct around Stadium Merdeka, the historical site of Tunku Abdul Rahman’s 1957 declaration of Malaysian independence. Spanning over 3.1 million square feet of foor area, the Merdeka 118 tower includes 1.7 million square feet of premium ofce accommodation, the new six-star Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur Hotel, and Southeast Asia’s highest Observation Deck.

Diamond in plan, Merdeka 118 is sited on axis with neighbouring Stadium Negara to the east, and a new four-acre linear water park, designed by Boston’s Sasaki Associates. This car-free recreational area is designed to promote vibrant community interaction within the city for people of all ages and backgrounds. It will also create an important visual alliance with the revered Petronas Towers and the Kuala Lumpur Tower.

By articulating the tower’s structural pathways with a combination of diferentiated glazing and illumination, its crystalline form reveals itself, day and night, as a unifed composition of disparate facets and patterns. The sculptural arrangement of triangular faceted glass planes is inspired by traditional patterns inherent in Malaysian art and craft, whilst also serving as a metaphor for the rich ethnic and cultural mix that defnes the Malaysian nation.The design language of the tower element carries through to the podium exterior and the dual lobby levels of its interior. Lit via dramatic skylighting, the immense volumes of these lobbies appear as if carved from solid travertine; the lower, to the north, connects via escalators to the larger, more formal space to the south, notable for its soaring 35-storey atrium.

Developed for PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn. Berhad (PMVSB), a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), project collaborators included an extensive team of local and international design consultants. The tower was designed by Australian Architect FK in close collaboration with Executive Architect of Records RSP Architects Kuala Lumpur, design engineering frms Robert Bird Group and LERA (New York), and a host of other leading industry consultants. Its completion as the world’s second-tallest building celebrates the years of planning, problem-solving, collaboration and human endeavour required to realise a building of such ambition and complexity.

Working on a site of this scale required the project team to work closely with local authorities to improve the overall urban environment. The infrastructure surrounding the site was signifcantly upgraded to ensure a smooth vehicular and pedestrian experience in and around the precinct. Signifcant technical innovations embedded in the design ensure a sustainable, future-focused, and highly adaptable workplace that meets the ever-evolving demands of contemporary business. The carefully crafted plan shape, hybrid belt truss structure and faceted form efciently distribute lateral wind loads whilst providing contiguous ofce foorplates unencumbered by columns. Merdeka 118 is the tallest LEED Platinum (BD+C) building in the world, redefning sustainability expectations for mega-tall towers and achieving 28% operational energy use reduction, 32% potable water use reduction, 95% construction waste diversion, and 55% open space provision.

The broader precinct development is also notable for its seamless integration with KL’s public transport infrastructure, as well as its diverse range of uses and accommodations on a single development site.

Upon completion, the entire precinct will ofer 1.4 million square feet of retail space, Merdeka Mall, Oakwood Premier Serviced Residents, two Residential Towers, Look at 118 Gallery and Textile Museum, PNB Little M Childcare Centre and a Mosque. De-spite the complexity of the project, the team has developed a comprehensive master plan that will support the anticipat-ed over 15,000 daily users, including residents, workers, and visitors. This included planning and incorporating 1.5km of new underground access roads to ensure the various uses are functionally serviced, maintained, and supported.

While many elements of the development are still under construction, the positive impact on the local community is already evident. Improvements to the surrounding infrastructure and public spaces have enhanced the overall experience for its users.

Completing a triumvirate of super-tall urban markers with Petronas Twin Towers and Kuala Lumpur Tower, Merdeka 118 has added an aspirational sense of new place to the city’s identity, and at the same time, enabled much-needed major improve-ments to the pedestrian and trafc infra-structure of the area.

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17/12/2025

Project Name | The Expansion of Bagan Specialist Centre

· Architecture Firm: MINWEE Architect
· Principal Architect: WEE Hii Min
· Design Team: WEE Hii Min, LEONG Gian Wen, LEE Peng Hui, CHIAM Tat Hong,
Fiona LAW, Claudia LAW, George LEE
· Location: Penang, Malaysia
· Area: 57634.06 sq.m
· Completion Date: April 2024
· Photography: Daniel YAM, Sean WEE, CK TAN, Jenny CHOW

[Project Brief]

Background

The Bagan Specialist Centre is a private hospital built in the 1980s in Butterworth, Penang, on a triangular site with its long side along the Perai River, and the existing six-storey hospital at the widest edge of the site. Since its inception, it has been providing afordable care for the residents of the area.

The expansion more than doubles its bed capacity from 150 to 350 beds, and includes a new Cancer Care Centre with Radiotherapy bunker and Chemotherapy Department. Other new facilities include a new Car Park Block, nine operating theatres, 40 specialist clinics, a cafeteria and four training rooms.

Brief

The hospital has been providing afordable healthcare since its inception, and our client wanted to continue her father’s legacy. She is a strong proponent of Lean Management principles, a key driver behind the project’s direction.The project brief is comprehensive and made more complex by several factors:

• The triangular site with the existing hospital anchored at the widest end tapers to a point 320 meters away.
• The existing hospital remained operational during the entire construction period.
• Construction, hospital operations, and approvals are carried out following a strict sequence.

Planning

With the existing hospital as the cornerstone, the new nine-storey Ward Block is aligned with the river, while the Front Clinical Block faces the park and the main road. Service spaces are plugged into leftover spaces: a car park block occupies the narrowest corner of the site, while an M&E Block flls the gap between the new and old wards. The existing hospital is later linked up with the OT Block, completing the ring of buildings framing a triangular planted courtyard in the heart of the hospital complex.

Strategies

The architectural scheme is a balance between complying with medical fow/requirements and fve over-arching design strategies:

1. Shade
2. Permeability
3. Thresholds
4. Sufciency
5. Community

These are simple tenets for building in the tropics; we employ them intuitively when designing houses and smaller projects. They are in fact more important in public buildings for the gains in comfort and reduction in construction and operations costs.

Shade

In the tropics, shade is king. We often think of this in terms of roofng, but the shading of vertical surfaces is equally important to reduce heat through windows and walls. The west-facing Front Block has large-angle fn walls that minimize glare while allowing views out and daylight to flter in.

The Ward Block employs vertical fns to shield against the morning sun without sacrifcing views of the river and beyond. The service blocks use more robust elements for shade: vent-blocks for the M&E Block and galvanised Z-purlins for the car park structure.

Elsewhere, circulation corridors are wide enough to be shady, and when needed, awnings are introduced to shade without limiting daylight into the rooms.

Permeability

While medical planning contends with ‘clean and dirty fow’ , we ensure there are means for air fow: naturally ventilated lift lobbies, public corridors and even the main entrance lobby. Sections of the hospital’s ground foor are open into the central courtyard, allowing air and views to permeate. This approach lowers the cost of operations and the risk of airborne infections.

Thresholds

The transitional space between the outside and inside, which allows the eyes to adjust to the light, enables perspiration to evaporate slightly, or allows us to put away our umbrellas before entering the building. In local culture, the ritual of removing our shoes is a physical act as well as a psychological one to pause, calm the mind and prepare for the task ahead. The central courtyard of the hospital is one such threshold for both mind and body.

Sufciency

A relevant strategy for the project takes into account its location and demographics, where there is a culture of practical sufciency. Using a few hard-working materials and systems to frame the overall architecture, using less to do more, and if we can do without, we do just that. Lift lobbies and common areas are naturally ventilated and lit, most out-patient departments are supported by outdoor corridors and stairs, and ceiling heights are mostly 3.2 meters to promote air circulation.

Community

Another strategy responds to the local context, where the pace of life is slower than that of its island sister - since people are more prone to stop and have a chat or share a meal. We created small pockets for the community to gather amidst the workday in the form of small interventions throughout the hospital. These small projects are often opportunities to reuse old hospital equipment, such as turning hospital screens into library shelves and so forth. This is in keeping with the notion of sufciency and a way to link the past with the present.

We obtained permission to upgrade the open space in front of the hospital into a community garden and playing feld. Our client sees this as a contribution to the local community, of which the Bagan Specialist Centre has been a part for almost 40 years.

Of the fve strategies, the frst three are climatic responses which are quite ‘universal’ to our region. It is the last two that shape the project and ft it into its local context and make it ‘unique’ to that site. And that is perhaps the most rewarding part of our contribution to architecture in a small town in Malaysia.

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15/12/2025

Project Name | Factory in the Forest

· Architecture Firm: Design Unit Architects Sdn Bhd
· Principal Architect: John BULCOCK, CHIN Kuen Cheng
· Website: http://designunit.com.my/
· Contact e-mail: [email protected]
· Firm Location: 8th Floor, Syed Kechik Building, Jalan Kapas, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur
· Project Location: Penang, Malaysia
· Area: 15050.29 sq.m
· Completion Date: Jan 2017

Credits

· Clients: Tecan CDMO Solutions PN Sdn. Bhd
· Architect: Design Unit Architects Sdn Bhd
· Engineering & Construction: Web Structures Sdn Bhd
· Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: Perunding Eagles Engineers Sdn Bhd Project
· Management: JLL Sdn Bhd
· Environment Consultants: IEN Consultants Sdn Bhd
· Main Contractor: South Island Building Sdn Bhd
· Photography: LIN HO Photography

[Project Brief]

As an architectural competition winning entry for an electronics manufacturing plant, this site is conceived as a forest that penetrates, surrounds & steps over the building creating maximum contact with nature – green, breeze, scent, sound, touch.

A canopy supported by a ‘forest’ of columns creates unity to ofce & courtyard while giving protection from the tropical sun. Ofce levels give access to roof gardens and staf are encouraged out for breaks, meetings or just contemplation. A green courtyard separates the ofce & factory with views and access from both. A bridge over the courtyard links the ofce & production, and this circulation route becomes a space for meetings, breaks & lectures.

The factory has views to landscape and the sky condition through full height and clerestory glazing with the glazing protected from the sun by free-standing of-form concrete fns and roof louvers. Rainwater cascades from roof spouts – heightening awareness of tropical storms – to storage tanks for landscape irrigation. The plant receives natural difused light across the entire factory foor reducing dependency on artifcial lighting that, combined with chilled water foor slab cooling & cutting-edge air-conditioning technology, reduces energy consumption to half that of a conventional plant of similar size.

Structure & materials are expressed: of-form reinforced concrete and steel structure, glazing and landscape. With this small palette of materials, the building explains to us what it is, what it is made of & how it is put together. The approach was to create a stimulating & meaningful working environment for all employees – the forest to be the face of the building & company. Forests, critical for both macro & microclimates are also vital for our psychological well-being.

Sustainability

From project onset, the client wanted an energy efcient and climatically responsive building. The cardinal sustainable design principles were energy efciency, water efciency, daylighting and biophilia – the fundamental human need for connection to nature.

The building is designed to shield against the hot & glaring tropical sun, while allowing difused natural daylight to flter into the building. The ofce & courtyard are shaded by a louver canopy designed to provide efective solar protection during the hottest part of the day.

The factory skylight design was optimized to achieve an evenly day-lit work environment. The simulations and daylight measurements in operation show that the factory foor achieves an evenly day-lit work environment without glare throughout the year. Dimmable daylight responsive LED lighting and individual task lighting ensure that the required light levels are always obtained.

An innovative radiant foor cooling system works with embedded PEX pipes in the concrete slabs throughout the factory & ofce. By cooling down the slabs to about 21°C, this structural element of the building doubles up as part of the cooling system.

The higher chilled water temperature and the water-borne cooling transport make the radiant foor slab cooling twice as energy efcient as conventional air-conditioning.

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11/12/2025

Project Name | GDP Campus

· Architecture Firm: GDP Architects Sdn. Bhd.
· Principal Architect: Directors of GDP
· Design Team: Senior Designers of GDP
· Location: Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
· Area: 9104.5 sq.m (built up area)
· Completion Date: 21 June 2024
· Photography: GDP Architects Sdn. Bhd.

[Project Brief]

After three decades of collaborative growth, GDP Architects has consolidated its creative ecosystem under a single roof in Kuala Lumpur. Their new headquarters, the GDP Campus, in Bukit Damansara, unifes seven specialized studios that were previously scattered across satellite ofces throughout the suburb, creating a coherent spatial narrative that refects the frm's integrated design philosophy while embodying Malaysia's rich cultural tapestry.

Founded in 1990, GDP Architects has grown to become one of Malaysia's leading architectural practices, renowned for projects that blend innovative design with contextual sensitivity. With a portfolio spanning residential, commercial, institutional, and master planning works, the frm's interdisciplinary approach has consistently delivered environments that respond thoughtfully to both client needs and broader social contexts.

Occupying a modest 0.344-acre site along Jalan Setiabakti, the project establishes a distinctive architectural presence among surrounding residences and shops in a mature neighborhood. The quiet setting, adjacent to a primary school, demands a contextually responsive approach that respects its neighborhood character while embodying the practice's forward-thinking aspirations.

The 8-storey structure transcends conventional ofce typology through strategic spatial interventions. Double-height voids, mezzanine insertions, and cascading terraced gardens transform standard foor plates. Expansive curtain walling foods the workspace with natural light. This spatial composition manifests GDP's collaborative ethos, deliberately eschewing traditional corner ofces and hierarchical arrangements in favor of fuid, open-plan studios that facilitate cross-disciplinary exchange. The design choreographs circulation to encourage spontaneous encounters while providing varied settings that support diferent modes of thought and interaction.

The building's development, like many initiatives within GDP Architects, evolved organically after the team discovered the property through serendipity. The fnal design emerged as a product of countless voices - a team efort refecting the frm's collaborative approach to practice. Ergonomic, thoughtfully designed furnishings and precisely calibrated temperature and clean air control systems create a workspace that prioritizes comfort and well-being.

GDP Campus unites architects, engineers, planners, researchers, graphic designers, and model makers, dissolving traditional disciplinary boundaries and addressing the previous challenge of departmental isolation. Functioning more as a contemporary academic setting than a corporate ofce, the building promotes a culture of ideation and continuous dialogue exchange.

GDP's community engagement extends beyond its own practice through a public gallery space on the fourth foor, which hosts curated design exhibitions focusing on Malaysian artists and designers. The top garden space has been thoughtfully reimagined as a vibrant staf canteen where nature meets nourishment. More than just a dining area, this space serves as a communal hub that promotes well-being, collaboration, and a sense of belonging among team members.

This new home represents both culmination and beginning - a physical expression of GDP's collaborative values and a platform for discovering new frontiers in integrated design practice that responds to Malaysia's building industry. As the frm looks toward its fourth decade, the GDP Campus provides not just shelter for its operations but inspiration for its future.

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09/12/2025

Project Name | Oculus House

· Architecture Firm: WOOI ARCHITECT
· Principal Architect: WOOI Lok Kuang
· Design Team: WOOI Lok Kuang
· Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
· Area: 864 sq.m
· Completion Date: June 2022
· Photography: SIM Yong Wah

[Project Brief]

Harmonizing Identity and Nature- A Contemporary Malaysian Residence
———By Ar. Wooi Lok Kuang

Nestled within a guarded hillside enclave, a Malaysian home stands as a quiet manifesto of place and purpose. Crafted for a couple deeply connected to the natural world—a former pilot and diving instructor turned underwater photographer, and his wife, a wildlife enthusiast—the residence weaves together ecological sensitivity, adaptive design, and the lived ethos of its inhabitants. It refects not just architectural intent but the soul of a nation where tradition and modernity coexist.

A Dialogue with the Land

The house responds to its sloped terrain with humility. By aligning the main living space with the elevated green reserve behind it, the structure avoids aggressive earthworks, embracing the topography rather than conquering it. This strategy reduces the need for retaining walls—a sustainable choice that honors Malaysia’s tropical landscapes, where architecture often dances with the land rather than dominates it. The gallery, positioned a level below, frames daily life against a backdrop of foliage and cityscape, while a minimalist staircase and discreet lift blend into the hillside. Such design gestures echo a broader regional philosophy of building with nature, seen in vernacular architecture across Southeast Asia that prioritizes environmental symbiosis.

Material Honesty, Cultural Resonance

Raw concrete, polished terrazzo, and Yellow Balau timber—a hardwood native to Malaysia—anchor the home’s aesthetic. The timber envelops interiors in warmth, its grain echoing the surrounding green reserve, while exposed concrete grounds the space in simplicity. These choices refect a broader architectural shift in Malaysia, where vernacular materials are reinterpreted through modern techniques. The tactile richness of wood and stone speaks to a collective memory of craftsmanship, even as their application remains resolutely contemporary.

Fluidity in Form and Function

The house adapts to climate and ritual with ingenuity. A 5-meter-square steel wall folds open to merge gallery and landscape, while retractable canopies and sliding glass doors invite breezes and light. On the rooftop, a fsh pond doubles as a plunge pool, its water recycled to nourish a hidden garden below—a self-sustaining loop that transforms residual space into a productive urban farm. This garden, a casual retreat for family gatherings, channels the communal spirit of traditional kampung villages, reimagined for urban life. Blurring indoors and out, the design embraces Malaysia’s humid climate, using passive strategies to cool and shade without sacrifcing openness.

A Shared Vision

At its core, the home is a collaboration. The clients’ passions—photography, travel, ecology—guided its layout. Exhibition spaces for their work become storytelling canvases, while fexible zones accommodate both solitude and socializing. The architects’ trust in the clients’ vision mirrors Malaysia’s cultural emphasis on collective creation, where dialogue shapes outcomes.

Conclusion: Architecture as Living Culture

This residence transcends mere structure to become a mirror of its context—geographic, cultural, and personal. It avoids nostalgia, instead fusing innovation with tradition to address modern challenges: sustainability, urban density, and the search for belonging. Like Malaysia itself, the house resists static defnitions. It is both sanctuary and laboratory, rooted in its terrain yet open to change. In an age of globalization, such spaces remind us that identity is not preserved in amber but cultivated through daily rituals, materials that weather with time, and a willingness to listen to the land, the climate, and the stories of those who dwell within.

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05/12/2025

Project Name | Sentul Works

· Architecture Firm: O2 Design Atelier + Choo Poo Liang Architect
· Architect: Edric CHOO Poo Liang
· Year Completed: 2021
· Land size: 9688.33 sq.m
· Built up: 3,703.07 sq.m
· Photographer: David Yeow Photography

[Project Brief]

Sentul Park is nestled within the extended park setting of Sentul Pak in Sentul West, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where the Federated Malay State Railway (FMSR) rail complexes were established in 1904. The century-old colonial building was formerly the headquarters of FMSR under British rule.

For years, this colonial building with its distinctive brick-and-concrete arched-colonnades façade stood prominently as a hollow shell amidst the leafy canopy of the park’s big old trees until YTL land Design Group spearheaded its restoration to create a unique atmosphere for a compatible new use as a modern office building. The brief to the architect was to ensure that building adaptations do not deviate materially from the building’s original architecture. The “new” must not overwhelm the “old” as ideally, both elements should coexist to express a fresh aesthetic to the building’s age and heritage.

The original layout of the Sentul Works consists of 2 main spaces separated by a central double volume hallway. Adapting to the original symmetry of the building interior, the new free plan office spaces flanked around the original hallway now serving as a double volume central atrium. A bridge on the first floor links both office floor plates at both sides. Visual connection is established between tenants on the ground and first floor within the working environment without compromise on privacy. The interior of the office is planned as a flexible free plan, giving tenants maximum adaptability according to their working needs.

The new extended second and third floors form a new mass rising from the majestic colonial form at the base. Steel posts and beam structures supporting the new floor slabs lightly raised from the ground, well-integrated, and yet structurally independent from the colonial structure. This, at the same time, brought the architecture challenge of creating a relationship between old and new. The new mass is made recessed inwards from the main colonial block below as a means to preserve the scale and presence of the old.

Corten steel which is used as an external building surface for the projected new mass above the existing building structure blends harmoniously with the exposed steel frame skeleton of the adjacent old railway workshops. The Corten cladding gives a modern cutting edge modern outlook and yet embodies a rich warm texture that resonates with the surrounding old rustic material palettes.

A central glass curtain wall breaks the homogeneity of the Corten-clad new mass. The façade break enhances the quality of modern abstraction and conformity to the domineering and symmetrical colonial architecture below.

Office tenants are visually linked to the surrounding context by the window openings on the new corten-clad building skin. Tranquil greenery is brought into the office interior through thoughtfully craved-out window openings.

The overall gridline is generated by superimposing 3 grids include the original façade brick arched colonnades grid, an enlarged colonial brick laying pattern grid, and a new internal steel column grid.

A number of balconies and bay windows are strategically added to some of the openings between the grid projecting towards the historical railway workshops to the north, the lush park setting to the west, the YTL land sales gallery to the south-west and the iconic soaring towers of The Fennel by YTL Land towards the east. The balconies and pop-out windows create surprises and contribute to the overall abstraction of the upper mass in contrast to the formal language of the colonial architecture below.

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03/12/2025

Project Name | Sama Square

· Architecture Firm: TKCA Architects Sdn Bhd
· Principal Architect: Rien TAN
· Design Team: TAN Kwon Chong, LAM Chee Hau
· Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
· Completion Date: December, 2023
· Area: 16,794.15 sq.m
· Photographer: HeartPatrick, TKCA Architects

[Project Brief]

SAMA Square: Reinventing Urban Connectivity in Setapak

Nestled in the vibrant heart of Setapak, SAMA Square emerges as a groundbreaking landmark, pioneering a new paradigm in community and Commercial development. This project epitomizes the spirit of unity and communal engagement, encapsulated in its name, "SAMA SQUARE," which translates to "togetherness." As a beacon of community and multi-generational interaction, SAMA Square invites the residents of Kampung Baru Air Panas and beyond to celebrate life in its myriad forms, from shopping and dining to leisure and activities, all accessible from its strategic location at Setapak.

Unveiling the Heartbeat of Setapak

SAMA Square is thoughtfully segmented into three distinct zones: the Main Market Building, ofering a plethora of dining and shopping experiences; the Open Street People Plaza, a dynamic space for pop-up events and gatherings; and the Retail Village, a curated collection of shops, eateries, and service outlets designed to cater to every need and desire.

Design Ethos: A Canvas of Urban Vitality

SAMA Square is a bold response to the challenges and opportunities of urban living in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. By adopting a 'club sandwich' approach to its design, the project maximizes the use of its ground plane, creating a layered experience of public plazas, markets, and retail spaces that not only enriches the urban fabric but also promotes sustainable and vibrant community interactions.

Celebrating Vibrancy of Life: The Heart of Community Engagement

The overarching planning concept of SAMA Square is to empower and engage the local community through an integrated design that fosters social interaction, supports active lifestyles, and encourages a dynamic interplay of public and private spaces. This vision comes to life in the People's Plaza, a central hub that connects various elements of the project, creating a seamless fow between the food court, market, and retail village.

Masterplan: Weaving Community Threads Through Innovative Design

Through its comprehensive mix of amenities with colourful metal decking roof and facade for community markets, retail villages, and pocket gardens, SAMA Square is poised to become a pulsating heart of the community.

A Tapestry of Spaces: From People's Plaza to Urban Retreats

The market at SAMA Square is a revolutionary space that transcends traditional market experiences. It is a hub of freshness and variety, housing fashion wear, cofee roasteries, and food courts alongside bakeries and patisseries. The market's design, with its translucent facades and strategic lighting, creates an ambiance that is both inviting and innovative, fostering a unique shopping and dining experience that extends into the evening hours.

A sustainable Market: A Beacon of Light and Life

"SAMA SQUARE" redefnes the marketplace, setting new standards for cleanliness, organization, and accessibility. The modular stall design and linear organization streamline operations and enhance the shopping experience, connecting seamlessly with residential areas and providing easy access for all. The development is meticulously designed to optimize rainwater harvesting, passive ventilation and natural lighting, catering specifcally to the tropical climate. This approach not only enhances comfort but also promotes sustainable design by signifcantly reducing energy consumption.

Conclusion: SAMA Square - Where Every Day is a Celebration of Community

SAMA Square stands as a monument to community, vibrancy, and innovation in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. Through its thoughtful design, strategic planning, and commitment to inclusivity, SAMA Square not only meets the needs of its community but also inspires a new vision for urban living.

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