The talk
by Mr. James Lim was about the architecture design project he did during his
working experience in the zlg design firm and his working experience in Singapore.
He involved in design process team to brainstorm
and start from the scratch. Most of the projects he did was based on random façade
treatment, floating idea and mainly integrating with natural phenomenon into
his buildings he worked on. He also shared his way of working differs from firm
to firm. Big architecture firms comprises of architects, designers, engineers,
draftsmen, etc. it consist of two teams where design team and project team. The
design team starts off with ideas and basic form of the building, while the
project team will undertake the design
and develop furthermore to meet authorities requirement.
These are the few buildings he carried out his
work in architectural firm
- Point 92, Malaysia
- Natura gurney, Malaysia
- Residential projects, Kolkata, india
- Lot 704 Development
- Point 92, Malaysia
Completed in 2012, the building simply named
after the size of the site itself, it sits on a small site of 0.92 acre and
consists of single 19-storey tower with 200000 sq feet of office space. This building
is situated on a sloped site, overlooking Damansara perdana. The play of
ambience through incorporation of day light with random façade treatment is a
tried and true timeless aesthetic, as are impeccable play of materials the
architects are known for.
Staying true to the intention of creating an
ambience that include the context to the inside of the building, visitors will
get to experience a breathtaking view of damansara perdana. As visitors arrive
in lobby, the planting of trees give rise to dense vegetation around the floor.
The deck allows visitors to take in the view by providing randomly placed
precast concrete benches that encourages respite while wooden lanterns with marine plywood ceiling buttoned
tightly against a raw concrete under croft create a smooth canopy.
As an
office plan, the generating feature of the floor plate is in fact a cut-out
space which comprise of several levels of voids connected through gardens and
meshes of vertical planting. The terrace is specially lit and designed grandly
to give the viewers from outside a taste of the garden.
- Natura gurney, Malaysia
This project
was a competition work. The concept of this residential building comprise of
natural raw materials with slot façade with playing with basic geometry shapes
in the elevation. Giving a double volume expression for the people. Giving them
a relaxed space after their work hours. Again part of this building floats to
give a aesthetic and as well good functionality of spaces for the user.
- Residential projects, Kolkata, india
This projects
is located in india, this building form is in clustered form to have aesthetic
and as well bringing a old age home to the building. The materials are raw as
it reflects calmness and tranquilty to the user. The open courtyard give a
pleasing ambience to the user. This building incorporates nature since the end
user is old people. The materials were used are bricks, concrete, stones, etc.
Mr.
James Lim, his talk was an inspiration to us to get along to work with
international architecture firm. It gives us good exposure and in terms of
working ability and exchange of ideas. I have learned that the design process
takes lots of effort and passion towards making a good building. His works
integrate with nature and choice materials for the proposal of the building.
Question from the students
1. Novi
From all of the design, is therr any issue with
the end user feedback?
There are feedback received like its too iconic
even thou its not in a big scale, but mostly, the main point of the feedback
from the end user is that they liked it and enjoy using the space.
2. Pang Shi han
Comparing Malaysia and Singapore, do you think
Singapore is a better platform for architects to explore and be given more
opportunities in terms of exposure and experiences?
- yes, as Singapore is a small country, it
becomes a design hub where architects from Singapore will receive various
projects from other countries around south east Asia.
- architect will be given more exposure toward
international projects and be able to work with people from all around the
world.
3. Yap yen ling In your opinion, do you think
the architect still following the theories of architecture in terms of
designing rather then just follow the clients’ needs?
- Of course we still follow those theories
somehow but when architects design also need to refer back to the clients
requirement and as I mentioned just now the project Point 92, we do persuit and
try to educate them with our typology and design sense. If you talk about
theories in term of philosophy kind I think this seldom happen in Malaysia and
it is too individualism to practice in Malaysia too.
4. Logeish
Your (mr. James) designs speaks a lot about
random openings and allow natural phenomenon penetrate through building. What
if the client likes the idea, but with neat and less opening on the facade?
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REFERENCE
http://www.archdaily.com/386153/900-zlg-design
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