SIRIM Kota Kinabalu, Sabah [ click the pictures for bigger view ]
Located at a new industrial park called the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park, the new Sirim Building will be testing lab similar to the one in Shah Alam for the State of Sabah. This building will be the first phase of an extensive complex which will sprawl over a 14 acre site.
Our design approach here is to design a building which is high tech in nature using steel fabricated materials and metal cladding. The building is also oriented in a north-south orientation to avoid direct sunlight. A center landscaped courtyard is also introduced to soften the area.
View of entrance porch.
Side view of the corner wall of the oval shape building.
View from KKIP highway.
View of the connecting walkway from the main building to the laboratory building.
Detail view of wall treatment from the center courtyard.
View from the main road.
View from the pilot plant.
Interior view from the corridor at ground floor.
View of the building at dusk.
View from the main entrance.
View from first floor overlooking the exhibition hall.
View above the entrance lobby.
View of the exhibition hall from outside at dusk.
Section elevation across the 3 buildings.
Entrance elevation.
Left elevation.
Exhibition hall .
Back elevation facing KKIP highway.
Site plan.
Ground floor plan.
First floor plan.
Tshun Tshin Secondary School Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu [ click the pictures for bigger view ]
Section.
Master plan.
Elevational study.
This project is a design competition organized by Tshun Tshin School Board for a new secondary school campus at Menggatal, Sabah. Our approach is a tropical modern architecture with emphasis on vernacular roof form that was used to address the tropical climate. Large overhangs are purposely incorporated into the design to prevent sunlight and rain from penetrating the outer skin of the building.
The core area is where the academic blocks are located, flanked by the residential blocks on one side; and the sports center and the playing field on the other.
