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point92 marine plywood lobby statement

point92 (now named menara obyu) facade is shown in the later part of the afternoon, taken from drop off area. part of facade cleaning has taken place this week and landscape replanting works are srill ongoing. here what we see is the view of the entrance just before the lift lobby. the timber construction in the ceiling is the acmv dropper and the ones outside made to look identical to the ones inside are light baffels and sockets for the terraces outside the glass line of the entrance.

point92: basalt stone lobby

The lobby of point92 is located at the entrance level shown here with signs of a landscaped deck with a view toward the lower side roads surrounding the site. The plants are species selected to grow upto 12 feet and we noticed they shed their leaves very frequently which adds to the character of the garden strip around this area. We don't mind the rustic look and the worn feel of the surrounding green bordering the edge of the lobby at all.

The granite floor is finished in two tone volcanic basalt imported from Vietnam. We were there to inspect the quarry, a very impressive array of natural stones were available but basalt is the most beautiful and also the most readily sourced from this region in the north part of Vietnam. The home and finished mixture is patterned after the facade which is consisting of many randomly sized windows.

point92: ceiling construction

We saw that the ceiling was last put up after the windows are well in place and when the facade is in very advanced stage of completion. Access was difficult and had tinge done through erecting metal staging and scaffolding before the floor could be put in.

point92: update

as of this blog entry date, we are three weeks away from the final days before vacant posession. the trees have mostly been planted around level 2, we are waiting for the cleaning to be carried and completed for the external facade. no signs of deterioration so far of the white concrete. a remarkable connection to the outside from the inside. visible in the foreground is a sample of the benches also made from marine ply and insitu concrete. to the back we see a row of droppers forming the air conditioning supply diffusers and also light fixtures, again these are lined in marine ply finish.

Point92: corbusier windows

we can notice a peculiar detail in point92 which is the slant wall with porcupine like hoods and projections, they resemble thorn like constructions made from concrete fins and insterstitial glass windows. These are lights which turning around the corner of the office block carved out to draw daylight into the workplace. it is easy to see how they have been inspired from several of le corbusier work in the early thirties, bearing this type of design in concrete roofs of his buildings in france.

Point92: craftsmen at work

we loved the teamwork in this project including all the skilled craftsmen and workmen at the site. the contractors were very skilled, and they made it all much more detailed and sophisticated then we had expected, something we couldn't do with contract drawings alone. they found ways to help us fabricate the wood, and made our joinery details almost exactly as we have prepared them and anticipated the complexity of it all, giving the overall work a sense of great craftsmanship especially with the plywood work. the lift lobby and waiting lounge are filled with so much more natural energy than we have imagined over the drawing board. it is also largely due to the extra care taken to ensure daylight penetration is preserved all around the building.

Point92 nearing completion

this is now about two months away - more photographs of the completed building will be posted here. up until now we would bot be too certain if construction dust woukd get in the way of the cincrete casting sequence which is a very delicate business. the forms are travelling in two directions, one set going in the opposite of another so as to create a uniform spread of concrete mixes. the windows are placed. the braille system windows are finally completed and able to go full blast on fabrication.

point92 is nearly ready

Aren't we the happiest bunch now that the facade of point92 has gone up and up and the concrete envelope seem slowly to complete itself around this 160,000 sqft of office space without much hindrance. We note the white lafarge cement panels will be needing a lot of critical protection against all forms of pollution but we specified formcrete 007 knowing very well it will impregnate and seal the cement. Also now that is has been sold to a oil and gas company we are even more delighted than ever.

a late evening view

This instant we are exploring bravely with our good clients to next steps towards making point 92 a white gleaming sculpture, opaline, and glittering with light. Not yet completely resolved is the external lighting: we continue to explore white light, and we investigate internal lighting for the elevated courtyard, the other iconic feature of this humble office building. The approach level, aligned to the arrival point is most brightly illuminated to mark the main entrance.

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point92

point92 has been modelled on fundamental elements, one of which consist of a balcony shared between many floors of office space. The white cladding is finished in great contrast to the more natural and vegetated external space, carved out of this luminous envelope. As many as 6 floors have a view of this vertical space, in which animated lighting can be introduced and much outdoor activities can take place, a grand break out area, protected from the elements by rainscreen and such like cladding designs. To eliminate the need to bend the floors the planting strategy for this area takes the form of a simple potted tree, or a bench, which can be rotated and re-arranged at will; plants are located to face west.

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view from across the highway approaching the town centre
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Point 92's latest edition, white armadillo, or however we wish to name it, has a large interconnecting void that offers lush greenery and landscaped courtyards that slowly climb around the corner of the building. These are break out areas , planted with trees, that are to be used as roof terraces. From here it is possible for engineers to design systmes to bring in fresh air for a naturally ventilated atmospheric condition. The 'hole' is made large enough to be seen from afar, we think at night it can be lit by a number of different ways.

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Point 92 now to be named 'porcupine" or otherwise the armadillo, is lovingly seen from the running tracks and jogging trails surrounding the still green neighbourhood of damansara perdana, one of the last remaining enclave in petaling jaya offering very high quality investments for retail and commercial buildings. The sales target are very high but we can expect good publicity from this eye-popping 'iconic' design. Some have called this the Gucci Handbag....

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image of point92 with
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Whilst we work towards tightening the budget on this project a new direction has evolved: to cut out facade for areas where we don't really need it and enhance the presence of balconies and elevated external terraces on the elevation. This is likely to bring down construction costs, but more importantly it should also reduce heat build up inside these tall atriums given that we do not wish to use any form of mechanical fans or venting systems to provide convective cooling to these areas.

Carving out the atrium into the building block as is now the case brings about better internal lighting, and should furhter reduce glare, and help cut electricity consumption greatly due to the deeper penetration of daylight into the floor plans.

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The simple 11 storey high skin of point92 is shown here made from small panels of three different materials; wood, glass and cement boards are arranged randomly on a metallic frame. The total facade area of 8,000 sqm will be articulated with multi-storey atriums and high ceilinged voids and vast balconies beyond this layer of glass and wood. Estimated cost is around USD 100 per m2.

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Point92 is a new mould, we will develop this project in terms of its iconic functionality as well as its premium as an prestige and custom designed office development. The building is located in a prime area on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The most visible feature is the external wall elements, to be built partly of laminated marine ply, framed laminated glass and painted cement boards sealed within a black steel framed spandrel window structure. The anticipated target gross floor area is around 158, 000 sq.ft.

Point 92 is aptly named after a very tight site, which is just under an acre [0.92 acres]. The client wanted an iconic building to draw potential investments for their real estate. The project is located right across from an elevated road and looks out from a cliff into a residential precinct. Point 92 is about blurring the territory between residence and office environment. The volumetric shapes carved from inside the shape of the building gives variation both in terms of spatial organisation internally as well as aspects of views out from within. Each space has its own compartmentalised unique features, some of the floors have their very own internal bridges, voids and double height ceilings, together they form a complex but integrated whole.

The arrival experience is one of walking through a body of water filled with selected lemon grass species and selected countryside plants, it is then linked from the drop off point to lift lobbies that rise directly into the offices. The underside of the structure is simply a white reflective surface that should be able to show effects of water movements from the landscaped pools below. At night, we contemplate the options to light up this undercroft or soffit to give the building its surreal feeling of a floating box. The facade is composed of 50 % glazing and the rest is of wooden panels or cement boards. The checkered and patterned facade comprising 800mm wide panels allows for deep daylight penetration into the building plan. The block is further supported off a minimum number of columns to express a generous and unobtrusive view of the landscape beyond. The podium structure consists mainly of car parks to be greened on the edges to resolve the connection of the main building to the ground.

Point 92 will be built for under USD10 million, delivering up to six tenancy possibilities, each designed to be very different from the other.

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willard wigan

"Though my sculptures are quite small, it's important for people to realize that I am life-size. Of course, at times, when I'm working on a piece, I might come to believe that I myself am microscopic. That's how involved in my work I become. My tiny world becomes everything to me.

Let me tell you, it's very difficult. Every movement I make is so small. I have to control my breathing and heartbeat - it's not easy! I usually work at night and have to make sure the dog isn't around.

Be original! Be creative! Be individual and make your mark"

helen keller

In February 1882, when Helen was nineteen months old, she fell ill. To this day the nature of her ailment remains a mystery. It thus became apparent that Helen’s illness had left her both blind and deaf.

Helen’s progress from then on was astonishing. Her ability to learn was far in advance of anything that anybody had seen before in someone without sight or hearing.

When Helen graduated from Radcliffe College in June 1904, she became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

In 1913 a series of Helen's political views and writings on socialism called “Out of the Dark” was published, this was to change her public image most immensely.

Anne Sullivan taught Helen the meanings of words and helped her discover the world around her. They may not have been directly responsible for the development of our modern day internet technologies and teaching methods for the blind and deaf and mute but we know however that it was Helen and Anne that have shown us that these disabilities need not be the end of the world, less if we have modern day technologies to overcome them.

martin luther king

"I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

In 1964 Martin Luther King Jr became the youngest person to receive the Nobel peace prize. His speech, "I have a dream" made him one of the greatest orators in American history. His philosophy of non violent actions to fight racism and discrimination of civil rights did nothing to prevent his assassination on 4th April 1968, he was shot in the cheek in his motel room after he delivered his last known speech, "I've been to the Mountaintop." A crowd of 300,000 attended King's funeral. He was only 39.

winston churchill

Churchill was born with a speech impediment which he consistently worked to overcome, depressive periods he called black dog days. After many years, he finally overcame this hindrance, a remarkable personal achievement. Trainee speech therapists are often shown videotapes of Churchill's mannerisms at the time of his struggles. This diagnosis is confirmed by many authors writing in the 1930s and 1940s, there is even a story about how he was refused a job, the prospective employer suggested he gave up work of any kind. Churchill's impediment may have been cluttering which would fit more with his lack of attention to unimportant details and his very secure ego. Weiss suggests that he may have "excelled because of, rather than in spite of, his cluttering."

barnum brown

Barnum Brown started out his illustrious career as a young man collecting bones almost to his first day at the museum where he met the Director of Paleantology. He inspired researchers and collectors to this day of his tireless field work and methodology. His perseverance saw him on long days of up to a year in the field, eventually leading him to discover the bones of the most feared of dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, this was as early as 1910. Brown was quite a colorful character. During World War I and II, he picked up odd jobs acting as a corporate spy for oil companies, during his many trips abroad. During his time in Canada, Brown was frequently photographed wearing a large fur coat at dig sites, and a hat.

frida kahlo

Kahlo produced only about 200 paintings—primarily still lifes and portraits of herself, family and friends. Haunting, sensual and stunningly original, these uncompromisingly figurative works fused elements of surrealism, fantasy and folklore into powerful narratives. As Janet Landay, curator of exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and one of the organizers of a 1993 exhibition of Kahlo's work, points out, "Kahlo made personal women's experiences serious subjects for art, but because of their intense emotional content, her paintings transcend gender boundaries. Intimate and powerful, they demand that viewers—men and women—be moved by them."

jackson pollock

No living artist, painter, or painting or form of art has inspired so many generations of expressionist artists, automatic painters and designers as Pollock's 1949 No.8. Jackson invented the Drip Painting technique, now widely copied and imitated but never to evoke the same quality of experience and awe as the original. Pollock's own incredible energy and passion, and his uncontrollable action painting has been one of the modern of many admired styles. Its extraordinary historical impact on the world art market from the 60's to today has brought about aesthetic awareness to very ordinary people and their appreciation of modern art. It is this extraordinary, yet totally accessible form that has continued to inspire me, and I find it not so surprising how Pollock's work has remained utterly modern and relevant to people of all walk of life, to this day

hemingway

At the age of 17 Hemingway published his first literary work. He died aged 61, of self inflicted gun shot wounds. He was the greatest of writers. His book The Old Man and the Sea, written in 1952, sold 5 million copies in a flash, later o win him the Pulitzer Prize the following year. It was after this point that Hemingway found himself spending most of his life in Europe and Africa, wherein some of his best novels were written. it is thought his best book was written at the time he was leaving Cuba, A Moveable Feast, considered to be his most beautifully written prose.

camille claudel

Sculptor, born in La Fère-en-Tardenois, N France, the sister of the poet Paul Claudel. She became the student, model, and mistress of August Rodin, producing works which, while close to his, nonetheless show great individuality. After a fiery relationship, Claudel and Rodin parted company in 1898, but she continued to sculpt and achieved great renown around the beginning of the 20th-c. However, the break with Rodin affected her mental stability, and from 1913 until her death she was confined to various institutions.

charles baudelaire

In December 1868 the third edition of Les Fleurs du mal — volume 1 of the poet's complete works — went on sale in Paris. Along with an introduction by the poet Théophile Gautier, this new edition contained all the poems of the 1861 edition, eleven poems from Les Épaves, plus a few others. (It lacked, however, the six poems censored from the first edition, since these were still illegal to print in France.) This 1868 edition was the only one authorized by Baudelaire's estate until his work fell into the public domain in 1917. However, though Banville and Asselineau certainly meant well in assembling and editing the work, scholars today generally disagree with some of the choices made by the two friends, in particular with several of the poems they chose to include and with the way in which these poems altered the "secret architecture" of the 1861 edition.