a detailed architectural analysis of the Kuala Lumpur Convention centre.

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Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Cox Architects & Partners
in collaboration with Akitek Jururancang Malaysia.
GROUP 1B
Aakanksha (BA13ARC001)
barsha (ba13arc009)
shradha (ba13arc011)
prasanth (ba13arc012)
harsha (ba13arc017)

2. Recognition
The first in Asia to receive the ‘Gold’ AIPC Quality Standards certification.
The MICE Report Awards 2012 for ‘Best Convention Centre in Asia’.
AIPC (International Association of Convention Centres) Innovation Award 2015
rAWr (Recognising Award Winning Results) Awards 2013 for ‘Purpose Built Convention &
Exhibition Centre Award For Excellence’ in the Business Events category
Kuala Lumpur Mayor Universal Access Award 2013
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3. But why so?
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4. introduction
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 Located in Asia’s
Business Destination,
The KLCC is the city’s
most technologically–
advanced built space.
 This sophisticated
building houses world
class multi-purpose
spaces catering to
thousands of visitors and
business groups.

5. SITE CONTEXT
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 THE Kuala Lumpur city centre
precinct is made using structural
expressionism style of
architecture, blending in with the
surrounding buildings.
 The roofing is an abstraction of
the traditional malay roof with
ridges and sloped sides.
 Being located on a radial
segment, the built form takes a
circular alignment

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Plenary Hall
Plenary Theatre
Grand Ballroom
Meeting RoomsConference Halls
Banquet Hall
Exhibition Halls Food Court & Aquaria
Spaces

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Amenities
 Prayer room
(Prayer mats, slippers and ablution
wash area are provided in prayer
rooms. This shows the inclusion of
the country’s culture into the
planning)
 ATM
 Public Telephone
 Concierge
(They assist visitors with
information on events scheduled,
provide directions and offer
luggage services)

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Amenities
 Support Facilities
 Hospitality Services
 Bridal Suites
 Parenting Room
 Convenience Kiosk
 Freight Lift
 Medical centre
 Bureau de Change
(Money Changer)

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Access for Differently-abled
 Accessibility (Automatic doors at all its
entrances; double-leaf doors; Shallow grade
ramps)
 Conference Facilities
(A wheelchair platform lift is available;
designated chairs can be removed)
 Car Park(Parking bays adjacent to the
parking level lift landings and shallow grade
ramps provide access from road level.)
 Toilets and Drinking Fountain
(wheelchair accessible toilets adjacent to the
public toilets and lowered height drinking
fountain)

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Concept
• the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
stands testimony of the city’s high style
architecture and its imagery of global
business centre with the combination of
clean modern trunk with a subtle design
that expresses the culture and traditions
of Malaysia.
• It was conceptualised to be a ‘City Within
a City’ to house the galore of
requirements that comes about with such
a vision.
• The form takes an all embracing form to
take advantage of the views of the KLCC
Park and Petronas.

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Structural geometry
Hyparwave
With the Geometrica system, you can extend
structures and capture space in many ways,
including double curvature in opposite
directions.
3D Lattice
For surfaces with zero or only one direction of
curvature, a deeper Geometrica 3-D lattice
provides strength and rigidity, distributing
loads evenly and efficiently with much less
weight than a conventional two-dimensional
frame. Shapes include flat and single
curvature.

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Standing seam profiles
It offers thermal and acoustic insulation, and light weight with superior durability
whilst retaining a harmonious combination of shapes, color and surfaces
combining with other building materials to create astounding and inspiring
buildings.
With its variety of width, tapering and curving capabilities, the standing seam
known for its versatility to adapt to buildings of any geometry or shape

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CROSS BRACING
It is a system utilized to reinforce structures in which diagonal supports
intersect.
 Usually seen with two diagonal supports placed in an X shaped manner; these
support compression and tension forces. Depending on the forces, one brace
may be in tension while the other is slack.
Here aluminium cross bracing is being used.

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Aluminium cross bracing

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Architectural Geometry
Designed with Modernist and Postmodern architectural elements.

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 Symmetrical about y axis.
 Basic extrusion of planform.
 Two rectangular arms embracing
The COMPLETE CENTRE.
 Cantilever structure.
 Use of aluminum cross bracings on the facades.
 All glass façade to give views of the Kuala Lumpur
Landmarks from the circulation spaces and lobbies.

18. ADDITION OF MODERN
FEATURES
LIKE CURVES TO
TRADITIONAL MALAY
ROOFING TYPE.
SET ORDER
EMBRACING IT
BASIC EXTRUSION OF
PLANFORM
SYMMETRICAL ACROSS Y AXIS
GLASS+ALUMINIUM
LIGHTNESS TO NULLIFY THE
HUGE STRUCTURE AND
PROVIDE VIEWS
STRUCTURAL EXPRESSIO
ALUMINIUM MEMBERS T
ENHANCE THE OTHERWISE
SOLID FACADE
TRIANGULA SHAPE TO
PROVIDE STABILITY
ARCHITECTURAL
GEOMETRY
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Zoning
 The building is zoned
vertically across 7 levels; 2
underground levels and 5
levels above ground.
 Apart from the two
basement car parking
space, a large on ground
parking is available.
L4: Private
L3: Private
L2:
Administration
L1: Public
G: Public
C1-C2: Public

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Entrances
There are Four
entrances into the
Centre in the four
cardinal directions.
East Entrance
(from traders
hotel, service
ramp to
concourse)
Park Entrance
(from traders KLCC
park)
Main Entrance
(from Jalan Pinang)
West Entrance
(from Oriental
Mandarin hotel,
ramp to car parking)

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The main entrance from Jalan PinangWest entrance from Oriental Mandarin
East entrance from Traders Mandarin
Park entrance from KLCC Park

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Parking
 The upper concourse level
houses 138 cars and the lower
concourse houses 588 cars.
 Service lifts, passenger lifts and
escalators continue to the
basement levels.
 On ground parking for 650 cars.

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Ground Floor
 The Ground Floor
houses Four main
Exhibition halls, one
central hall and
supporting amenities
space.
 The central hall acts as a
linking and distribution
space of the two lateral
wings.
 The exhibition halls on
the ground floor
accounts to 9710 square
metres of column free
space.

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Exhibition halls

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Exhibition halls
 Mobile rigging grids with clear
ceiling height of 9.3m which can be
lowered to improve ambience for
major banqueting functions
 Ideal for gatherings for up to 3,500
people
 Complete utility service every 9m:
water, power and communications
via floor pits and trenches
 Full catering facilities for each hall,
exhibitor storage rooms, hospitality
lounges and organisers' offices

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Semi-permanent hall
 Additional space of 2600
square metres as semi-
permanent marquee. (a
marquee is a large tent for social
or commercial functions)
 facilitates industrial exhibitions
that require large flexible
spaces but are conducted
over a short span.
 Temporary space structure of
aluminium members and
tensile membrane.

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First Floor
 The main conference room and
banquet are on this level that is
mainly accessed by the core of
elevators and escalators.
 the Plenary Hall balcony is
accessed from the ground floor via
elevator core from the Jalan Pinang
Main Entrance.
 Organisers’ suites for each hall are
located on Level 1. Each hall has an
adjoining Hospitality Lounge
located.

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Plenary Hall
 the Plenary Hall is the Centre’s
signature centrepiece. Internal
entrances at several points make for
easy access and transfer to other
areas within the Centre.
 The Hall is ideal for keynote
sessions, opening ceremonies,
concerts and product launches.
 Spanning 2 levels, it is comfortable
for audiences of 800 delegates to its
capacity of 3,000.

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Plenary Hall (Lower level)

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Plenary Hall (Upper level)

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Plenary Hall (Lower level)

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Third level
 the third floor is the
conferencing and banqueting
floor and accessed by the lifts
and escalators in the centre
core.
 Registration counters are
located outside each of the halls
along with self contained areas
for events.
 Smaller meeting rooms and
executive suites complement
the larger plenary areas.
Grand Ballroom
Banquet Hall
Conference Hall
Plenary theatre

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Operable wall systems
 A system composed of large
panels which are hung from a
ceiling track or a floor track,
permitting the panels to be moved
easily from their closed position (in
which the panels form a partition)
to an open position (in which the
panels are stacked against each
other)
 Thus, spaces can be configured in
accordance with changing
demands and prevailing functional
requirements, giving more
flexibility in every-day usage.

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Conference halls
 divisible to form three halls for 500, 770
and 510 with Sound-proofed operable
wall system
 Permanent built-in projection screens.
 Under-floor trunking system connecting
to utility and telecommunication
 9m ceiling height with vaulted ceilings
above

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Conference halls

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Banquet halls
 Permanent built-in projection screens.
 Under-floor trunking system connecting to
utility and telecommunication
 9m ceiling height with vaulted ceilings
above
Entrance
CounterCounter

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Grand Ballroom
 Under-floor trunking system connecting to utility and telecommunication
 9m ceiling height with vaulted ceilings above

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Grand Ballroom
 The Grand ballroom holds a capacity for
2000, and for greater flexibility, can be
divided into 2 independent spaces.
 Houses supporting pantry, audio-visual
rooms and control centre.

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Plenary theatre
 Tiered seating for 470
people.
 9m ceiling height with
vaulted ceilings above.
 Lifts and fire exits are
provided attached.
 The supporting areas are
the dressing rooms, suites,
servery, store, control room
and interpretation room.

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Plenary theatre
Service Area
EntryEntry
Service
lifts/Fire
Escape
Service
Area

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Fourth level
 The fourth floor is
essentially the set of 5
meeting rooms on each
side of the central core.
 The central core has
support areas and the
business centre with a
pantry.
 The east and west wing
are double heighted from
the third level and thus
directly covered by the
roof.

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Landscaping
 KLCC boasts of a large landscaped area.
 Being an all glass façade giving views of the
landmarks, landscaping was integral for the site.
 the hot climate is complemented by the water as a
design element.
 Local varieties such as palm are used for shading and
flowers used for beautification.

43. Materials
 Materials used to stand values:
 VISIONARY
 TIMELESS
 fundamentally right.
 The distinctive design of the building bird requires specific
requirements for housing, especially in terms :
 ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE,
 EASE OF MAINTENANCE,
 DURABILITY,
 LOND LASTING.
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44. MATERIALS
Aluminium Members
 light weight but strong.
 Non toxic & corrosion resistive.
 Sliver white metal compliments
transparency of glass.
 Modern look.
Wooden composite
panel
 Clean made panel at bottom.
 Perforated on upper side for
acoustic insulation and HVAC.
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45. MATERIALS
Mineral-fibre
Suspended Ceiling
Acoustical Ceiling Panel.
Fire rated Assemblies.
Rockwool
 acoustic reduction .
 Thermal insulation.
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46. MATERIALS
 Carpets
 Beautifications.
 Easy maintenance.
Fibre Glass
 Modern look.
Protection from weather.
Strong lightweight
material.
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47. MATERIALS
 Stone cladding
 Ease of maintenance .
 Aesthetic .
 ROXUL Hardrock 80
 Reduce impact of rain noise.
 Good thermal performance.
 Fire safety properties.
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48. SERVICES
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49. Vertical Circulation
• In this building , 28 elevators are
installed with innovative circular
design and 21 escalators by Fujitec
company.
• Special VIP lift are provided for the
direct excess to the plenary hall.
• FREIGHT LIFT: Dimensions of the
freight lifts are 6.3 metres (length) by
2.75 metres (width) by 2.6 metres
(height) with maximum load of 7
tonnes. Its has speed of 30mpm
• PASSENGER LIFT: has speed of
60mpm. And has maximum capacity of
1,630 kg.
• ESCALATORS: has the max speed of
30mpm with the inclination of 30⁰ and
35⁰.
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50. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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51. TOILET
• Toilets are present for every hall and at each corner of the building.
• Parenting room are also provided beside toilets.
• KLCC has wheelchair accessible toilets adjacent to the public toilets
on every level.
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52. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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53. FIRST FLOOR PLAN FORTH FLOOR
PLAN
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54. TOILETS NEAR PLENARY HALL
ESCALATORS
TOILETS
DUCT
FIRE EXIT
TOILETS
PESSENGER LIFT
FREIGHT LIFT
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55. TOILET LAYOUT NEAR EXHIBITION HALL 1 & 2
PASSENGER LIFTS FIRE EXITS
DUCTS TOILETSTOILETS
HOSPITALITY LOUNGE
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56. LIGHTING
 Technologically-advanced
lighting system and stage
lighting.
 Banquet hall, conference
room, and grand ball room
are fitted with static
rigging points
 Different types of Lighting
fixtures are used in
exterior and interior for the
aesthetics purposes.
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EXTERIOR VIEW
INTERIOR VIEW OF ENTRANCE

58. ACOUSTICS
 Sunway Construction Bhd, was the Acoustics Consultant
responsible for the detailed design of all acoustics and vibration
control for the Project.
 There was design challenge with long span floors for the Plenary
Hall upper terrace, the Banquet and Conference Halls.
 the large metal roof also required high performance airborne and
rainfall impact noise insulation in all the Halls and functional spaces
 Double-operable soundproof
wall system used in grand ball
room and conference room
 Technologically-advanced
audio visual system.
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59. Aerial view of roof that had rain impact
noise isolation solutions
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Ballroom with Interior finishes integrated with
acoustics Treatment. Note elaborate ceiling
with timber veneer.

60. DEPICTING ACOUSTICAL RAYS IN PLENARY HALL
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61. CATWALK PLAN OF
PLENARY THEATRE
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CATWALK
CATWALK WITH
STAGE LIGHTING

63. LEGENDS
FLOOR PLAN OF PLENARY HALL’S STAGE
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64. FIRE FIGHTING
• For fire safety, smoke sensors are used everywhere in
the building
• To protect each space from fire, water sprinklers are
installed in each room.
• Fire exit staircase is provided adjacent to each hall.
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65. Challenges
 The challenges presented by
the centre are
• The operable wall panels being huge
requires immense labour and damage
the carpets
• Carpets used for flooring are prone to
accumulation of dust and are difficult
to clean when spilled with food in the
food courts.
• The plenary hall with executive suites
and service rooms open up to the same
lobby making the VVIP personels to get
glance of the service areas.
• The control rooms for the banquet
halls, ballrooms are located on the
upper floors, instead of being adjoining
causing access problems in peak times.
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66. PLAN OF MEETING ROOM NO. 302
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67. THANK YOU
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