Penang Turf Club Masterplan Competition

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Posted: Aug 22nd, 2009 / Last Edited: Sep 13th, 2011 Print

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A multi-layered urban organization emphasizes the symbiotic interaction between landscape, building, and program. The integrative shaping of built form and landscape establishes a series of varied environments that accommodate the development’s dynamic mixed-use program – a center for culture, commerce, and recreation.

In an effort to strengthen the new development’s connection to the surrounding landscape, the master plan prioritizes open space and provides the community 140 acres of parklands. Weaving through, around, and under the buildings, the parklands extend the surrounding landscape and tie the project’s residential, commercial, cultural, and civic components into a cohesive whole. The civic park culminates in a tramway and hiking trails that link the lower, densely developed part of the site to a bungalow hotel and restaurant at the peak.

A broad plinth-like structure, punctuated by moderately scaled office towers, houses the development’s primary commercial and cultural programs, and buffers the southern perimeter of the site. In the residential zone, dense, undulating ribbon structures wrap the northern edges of the site, anchored by mid-rise residential towers. Low-rise blocks of luxury courtyard condominiums provide a counterpoint to the ribbon and tower typologies, and transition to the adjacent Jesselton Heights residential community. Each of the three housing types is strategically oriented and articulated to maximize access to natural ventilation, light, and views.

The master plan proposes an incremental phasing strategy that allows for a flexible, logical, and organic development of the site. The buildings in each zone can be implemented individually or in multiples depending on demand, and the individual structures’ modularity allows for incremental construction. Conceived as a working model, or tool, our organizational and formal strategy provides a fluid framework that can adjust in response to changing programmatic needs, market demands, and economic forces without compromising the integrity of the overall development.

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A multi-layered urban organization emphasizes the symbiotic interaction between landscape, building, and program. The integrative shaping of built form and landscape establishes a series of varied environments that accommodate the development’s dynamic mixed-use program – a center for culture, commerce, and recreation.

In an effort to strengthen the new development’s connection to the surrounding landscape, the master plan prioritizes open space and provides the community 140 acres of parklands. Weaving through, around, and under the buildings, the parklands extend the surrounding landscape and tie the project’s residential, commercial, cultural, and civic components into a cohesive whole. The civic park culminates in a tramway and hiking trails that link the lower, densely developed part of the site to a bungalow hotel and restaurant at the peak.

A broad plinth-like structure, punctuated by moderately scaled office towers, houses the development’s primary commercial and cultural programs, and buffers the southern perimeter of the site. In the residential zone, dense, undulating ribbon structures wrap the northern edges of the site, anchored by mid-rise residential towers. Low-rise blocks of luxury courtyard condominiums provide a counterpoint to the ribbon and tower typologies, and transition to the adjacent Jesselton Heights residential community. Each of the three housing types is strategically oriented and articulated to maximize access to natural ventilation, light, and views.

The master plan proposes an incremental phasing strategy that allows for a flexible, logical, and organic development of the site. The buildings in each zone can be implemented individually or in multiples depending on demand, and the individual structures’ modularity allows for incremental construction. Conceived as a working model, or tool, our organizational and formal strategy provides a fluid framework that can adjust in response to changing programmatic needs, market demands, and economic forces without compromising the integrity of the overall development.

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Location:

George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia

Client:

Equine Capital Berhad (the Sponsor) on behalf of Abad Naluri Sdn. Bhd.

Site Area:

259.0 acres / 104.8 hectares

Size:

25,000,000 gross sq ft / 2,322,500 gross sq m

Program:

Housing, retail, offices, convention center, 2000 room hotel, primary and secondary school, 600 seat philharmonic hall, 1500 high-end residential units, mosque and medical center

Design:

2004

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