S11 HOUSE, PETALING JAYA
The S11 house is situated in a set up more established suburb of Petaling Jaya. The current old house on the site
SPACE ORGANIZATION &
ACCESS HIERARCHY
Based on the First floor plan of the
S11 House, There is only 1 public
space and the rest its just a private
area such as bedroom and
Private
bathroom which gives out a
Public centralized plan. The orientation of
the house is faced to the house
itself rather than other residential
houses in that area whereby it
faces towards the main gate.
ZONES
Based on the site plan of
the S11 House located,
The location of the
house is within the
residential area. Nearby
to the residential is the
commercial area like
shop lot, and the far
opposite is the medical
Centre which is across
Jalan Universiti.
Medical Centre Residential
Commercial Jalan Universiti
BUILDING MATERIALS & SYSTEM
TIMBER RED CLAY CAMOUFLAGE
BRICKS MOTIF
Some area of the wall of
the house is coated with
The canopy of the S11
a heat reflecting paint in
house is white which helps
a camouflage motif. It
to reduce the absorption
helps to reduce the heat
of heat. This helps the
gain during the hot
temperature in and out of
weather in Malaysia and
the house feel cooler. l.
also it blends in with the
trees around.
NAME: ABIRAMI RAVICHANDRAN
STUDENT ID : 0332287
TUTOR: MS BALKISH
MODULE: ASIAN ARCHITECTURE
was worked in the mid-1960s and had turned out to be incapacitated and rundown throughout the years.
Architect: Dr. Tan Loke Mun
However, Dr. Tan Loke Mun has purpose another green tropical house for the site that was left abandon by Dr. Tan Loke Mun is the establishing Director of ArchiCentre.
conceptualizing and preserving along the lines of a tree. The expansive tree shade would be able to cover the DTLM Design Group and central of DrTanLM Architect,
living spaces underneath it and provides a cooling air to circulate in the house even in hot weather. The house is structural plan studios in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. His
completely built in the year of 2012 successfully and also proudly earning the title of The First GBI Platinum rated architecture are most likely to decipher the regionalism in the
house in Malaysia. modern context which creates values to the spaces for all its
user. He manage to convert simple metaphor into his green
architecture style. He is best known for having planned the
main Green Building Index Platinum evaluated house in
Malaysia, the S11 House.
CONTEXTUAL STUDIES
SKYLINE, COMPRESSION & HEIGHT VIEW SUNPATH
15m
8m
SUN SUN
The S11 House is around 15m. The residential houses surround it The view from the house is hidden because of the plantation and The atmosphere in the house is not affected due to the
is around the range of 8m-10m. Due to the large tree surround the placement of the trees around it blocks the user’s view. Most of trees that has been placed at the East and West side
the S11 House, especially the frangipani type which helps to the tree types are tall and large such as the frangipani, coconut helps to block sunlight passing through however only a
add interest to the height so it blends in with the surroundings. tree and also a star fruit tree. little amount of light will pass through but the temperature
of the house will still be cool.
VENTILATION: FEATURES RELATED TO THE FORM OF THE BUILDING CONCLUSION
STACK VENTILATION
The sunlight is The materials that been
caught in the re-used to make the
light box at wall of the structure is
the top of the made by the materials
roof. There is of the old house that
15 designated has been demolished.
turbine on the The picture in the left,
roof that helps shows the features of a
the house to brick wall that most of
be in a ‘stack the old house that
8m effect’ been built on that land
before. Not only that,
there are other
materials such as old
CROSS VENTILATION crushed concrete roof
The walls at east and tiles to make gravel fill,
west are placed with roofing timber for
glazed openings framework strutting and
propping and some The house is a green house due to the preservation of the
which occurs cross – trees in the area. Not only they manage to save the
crushed concrete
ventilation. & vegetation but also they have successfully re-use most
WARM combine with cement
COOL AIR insulated aerated light materials that can be found from the previous house that was
AIR aprons to create a
concrete blocks left neglected and run over the years.
backfilling aggregates.
which is coated in
heat reflecting paint
in camouflage motif.
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