Proposal/ Surau Al Malek/ Landscape + finishes

 

 

• Proposed design

A minimal landscape within the prayer area.

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• In Progress

Originally, there wasn't supposed to be cemented floor within this area. It's too costly to have it removed.

 

 

Perhaps there's a way to work with this, by considering area as a huge planter box. Hopefully the green net is able to retain the soil within this area whenever water passed through it.

 

Depth of soil equivalent to the depth of roots. With shallow soil depth, could this control the growth of the plant?

water test. so far so good.

main prayer hall in progress

 

• Completed

how the space being used

 

the plants grew over the years, better than expected.

lights plays a role, enhancing volumes

Proposal/ Surau Al Malek/ Construction Phase

 

• Existing Site 

Ruins of demolished structures from previous tenants

 

 

• Setting. 

 

 

• Column to Roofing

• Wall/ Enclosure/ Ceiling

Seamless ceiling, lightweight planes

Elevated floor. Functioning as seating and gaps to store shoes/ sandals.

Proposal/ Surau Al-Malek/ Design Sketches

 

Could we get roughly 8-12 prayer for each area? partially natural ventilated/ illuminated? a way to store+hide shoes/ sandals

A french drain to hide the drains and keep the abolution area dry? High ceilings for dispersing the tropical heat and making the illusion of small space.. bigger?

the prayer area ... and the landscape.. seamless.. reconnecting us, back to nature and the Almighty?

Proposal / Surau Al-Malek / Sepang

 

Surau Al-Malek / Model

A step by step

Printed scaled drawing (1:100)

Sticking the printed plan to a model board with UHU glue.

Elevation and Section in 1:100. Also in the picture are cutouts of of the glued floor plan drawings. This drawing will be use using the same technique to provide extruded elements (wall, columns)

Putting all the parts together. Raising the floor height based on design/ referring to section.

Sticking the vertical elements on the plan/ model.

.. and columns. The height of all the vertical elements are based on the measurement from the drawings.

Attaching Beams.

Adding roof finishes.

a sneak peak of the interior spaces created by the model

Adding landscape and wall. Trees is using a washing dishes sponge.