Ole Scheeren designed a skyscraper Angkasa Raya for Kuala Lumpur. The
special feature: A four-story high tropical garden in the middle of the
tower.
The Dutch Architect Ole Scheeren, formerly
a partner at OMA, designed as a 268 m high skyscraper called Angkasa
Raya for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that will be situated next to the
Petronas Twin Towers – the tallest buildings in the world between 1998
and 2004.
The Angkasa Raya is made up of three cubic volumes that are meant to
appear floating above open, horizontal layers. The office of Ole
Scheeren planned the ground levels to form an “interconnected spiral of
both pedestrian and vehicular circulation and draw the diversity of the
streetscape into the building.”
The program of the tower includes shops, cafes, car parks and prayer
rooms all to be placed in the lower levels of the building will house. A
restaurant, bar and an infinity swimming pool will be located amongst
the garden floors. 280 apartments will occupied the stories above the
garden floors, while a luxury hotel will be located inside a smaller
adjoining block.
As the Buro Ole Scheeren explains, the quality of the Angkasa Raya
lies in the garden floors and the environmentally responsible design:
“Lush green gardens and terraces offer intimacies within the extreme
urban density of the surrounding metropolis, while carefully shaded
facades and a naturally ventilated atrium underline the environmental
responsibility of the design.”
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