Melaka Hotel
This proposal aims to set a new standard for sustainable development, in its design for a new high-rise mixed use project in Melaka, Malaysia. It introduces ‘New Melaka Living’ as a unique hospitality experience.
Front conceptual perspective
Early conceptual collage
Unique, Natural, Local
We aim to capture the essence of place. We seek a balance between the natural and the man-made. We believe in a regional, typological identity that distills local characteristics.
Contextual perspective
Representing Melaka
The proposal aims to connect with Melaka’s regional identity; the traditional living typology, the proximity to water, and the story of the ‘sheltering tree’.
Embedded within Melaka’s identity
Front approach collage
Early concept sketch
Capturing Nature
Our main concept is to create a building that also ‘provides shelter’; a place that holds a lively heart, a world of nature that inspires and empowers.
Entrance perspective collage
‘New Melaka Living’; a hospitality experience that re-imagines the tower typology.
‘New Melaka Living’
‘New Melaka Living’ defines a hospitality experience that breaks from the generic ‘box and tower’ set-up that typical hotels have come to be.
Early concept sketch
Views out from the balcony across Melaka
Programmatic stacking
Naturally shaped form finding
From Story to Building
Form evolves from the conditions of the place, both physically and conceptually; responding to views, prevailing wind conditions, neighboring buildings and local building typologies.
Evolving the typical ‘block and tower’ model
Climate & Sustainability
We take benefit from the prevailing winds, the rainfall, natural ventilation, and sun angle to create a building that integrates passive strategies.
Climatic context
Sustainable systems diagram
Team: Martijn de Geus, Guang Ruey Tan, Han Wang, Wei Lin, Xiaogang Lian
Project Year: 2011
Location: Melaka, Malaysia