Art Gallery and Museum

Few square blocks are risen from the ground and surrounded by reflecting pool. Give out a sense of calm and peace. At night, the blocks are lighted up like crystals floating on the water. Arrangement of the blocks are inspired by Sets and Venn diagram which implies the theory of union, intersect and subset. Approximately 2,200m² of the area are used as exhibition and performace area. Buildings are partially enclosed which they are mostly open air. This allows natural ventilation to be occured as the heat rises and escapes out from the openning on the top of the buildings which as a result to stack effect. Large area of reflecting pool is used to cooler the buildings as well as provide an aesthectic value.

Allure Residence

Allure residence during night 

Allure residence entrance

 Living room (evening)

Living room (morning)

New Administrative Building design

 Building viewed from street during day

 Building viewed from street during night

 The administrative building [still in progress] screen and glass are not installed yet.

Presentation : plans and elevations

Titanic 100th Anniversary Tribute

Titanic by Chan Lek Heng

Rose drawing by Chan Lek Heng

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Spirited Away - The Bathhouse

Drawn by: Chan Lek Heng

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Prize Winning Design- KTS Guardhouse

Designed by: Chan Lek Heng

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The Breeze villa

Designed by: Chan Lek Heng

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6 Curves

 Day

Night

The floor plan of the house is formed by 6 curves.

Designed by: Chan Lek Heng

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THE L HOUSE

 View from street

 Double volume entrance foyer

Double volume formal living

Designed by: Chan Lek Heng

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sketchup 

coutryard (3ds max)

Rudinara Residence

In Malaysia, residential buildings with unique contemporary and modern outlook are relatively abundant. Most buildings are formed from rectangular-shaped initial object or object with rectangular element. There are only few design which has a different shape of initial object due to the scarcity of a plan type other than rectangular-shaped. Therefore, to find one with unique non-rectangular layout plan is tough.

Fortunately there is renowned residence known as Rudinara, which has distinctive layout, plans that have won the Aga-Khan Award for Architecture in the seventh cycle of the award in 1998.

Rudinara is a handmade timber house one of its kind in Malaysia and perhaps in the entire world. It is located in the district of Sepang in Selangor on a three-acre land, the house was completed in 1993 and took six and half years of construction period. The name Rudinara was derived from the proud owner, Dato' Dr.Rudin and Datin Munira Salinger. The preliminary design of Rudinara was drawn up by a renowned local architect, Ar.Jimmy Lim in 1984. However, Jimmy Lim was no longer involved in the project during the construction period and several modifications were made by the owner and discussed with the craftsmen involved.

Concerning the space planning of the house, the client's brief that focused around three major interrelating activities in the house: living, dining and cooking were interpreted as a triangular geometry for indoor living and later a triangular verandah for outdoor function was incorporated. In addition, a traditional and Islamic principle of spatial hierarchy and organization were also employed in the design where public and private spaces were placed on separate floors.

The design of Rudinara was made with consideration to ecological and sustainable principles and was primarily influenced by the climate. Besides its orientation to capture the prevailing winds and the open plan concept to allow cross ventilation, the wide overhanging roofs provide shade for walls and windows from sun and heavy rain. The house was constructed using timber structure and raised on columns to reduce the impact on environment as it was built without making any cut to the land, only clearance of trees at the actual site of the building. Besides allowing of natural ventilation, it also helps to reduce water run-off during heavy monsoon rain. Cengal timber is the main construction material throughout the house as it is highly resistant to moisture and termites. Other natural material used for the construction are clay for singgora roof tiles and granite for staircase core.

Reference: "The Shape Grammar of Rudinara Residence" by Mohd Adib Bin Ramli