Realising an architecturally elegant structure within a rich green landscape
This eye-catching lakeside headquarters of the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) in Shah Alam comprises four office blocks of various heights interconnected by ‘floating’ meeting rooms and link bridges.
Arup is the proud multidisciplinary engineer for this GBI-Platinum rated building, providing geotechnics, civil, structures and MEP.
The structure is a combination of reinforced concrete and steel. Steel structures were used for the ‘floating’ meeting rooms and link bridges between the office blocks. Twenty-four metre span steel transfer trusses supported a multi-purpose hall above a column-free auditorium.
Chic meeting rooms
To create a visual sense of floating meeting rooms, roof down-hang columns were adopted thus avoiding columns below. Building aesthetics were accentuated by a 21m long steel cantilever roof at the highest block.
Green environs
The PKNS office blocks are sheltered by an ascending green roof. The upper roof is equipped with solar panels whilst the lower roof is a green roof. The extensive roof profile boasts a 2,853m2 rooftop garden at the top of the last block. It ramps up from the lakeside then doubles back up towards the lake pedestrian walkway, thus creating a seamless experience for people strolling from the lake garden on the ground floor to the ascending green roof. Elevated viewing decks enhance the already panoramic view of Shah Alam Lake Garden and its surrounding areas.
Realising an architecturally elegant structure within a rich green landscape
This eye-catching lakeside headquarters of the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) in Shah Alam comprises four office blocks of various heights interconnected by ‘floating’ meeting rooms and link bridges.
Arup is the proud multidisciplinary engineer for this GBI-Platinum rated building, providing geotechnics, civil, structures and MEP.
The structure is a combination of reinforced concrete and steel. Steel structures were used for the ‘floating’ meeting rooms and link bridges between the office blocks. Twenty-four metre span steel transfer trusses supported a multi-purpose hall above a column-free auditorium.
Chic meeting rooms
To create a visual sense of floating meeting rooms, roof down-hang columns were adopted thus avoiding columns below. Building aesthetics were accentuated by a 21m long steel cantilever roof at the highest block.
Green environs
The PKNS office blocks are sheltered by an ascending green roof. The upper roof is equipped with solar panels whilst the lower roof is a green roof. The extensive roof profile boasts a 2,853m2 rooftop garden at the top of the last block. It ramps up from the lakeside then doubles back up towards the lake pedestrian walkway, thus creating a seamless experience for people strolling from the lake garden on the ground floor to the ascending green roof. Elevated viewing decks enhance the already panoramic view of Shah Alam Lake Garden and its surrounding areas.
Realising an architecturally elegant structure within a rich green landscape
This eye-catching lakeside headquarters of the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) in Shah Alam comprises four office blocks of various heights interconnected by ‘floating’ meeting rooms and link bridges.
Arup is the proud multidisciplinary engineer for this GBI-Platinum rated building, providing geotechnics, civil, structures and MEP.
The structure is a combination of reinforced concrete and steel. Steel structures were used for the ‘floating’ meeting rooms and link bridges between the office blocks. Twenty-four metre span steel transfer trusses supported a multi-purpose hall above a column-free auditorium.
Chic meeting rooms
To create a visual sense of floating meeting rooms, roof down-hang columns were adopted thus avoiding columns below. Building aesthetics were accentuated by a 21m long steel cantilever roof at the highest block.
Green environs
The PKNS office blocks are sheltered by an ascending green roof. The upper roof is equipped with solar panels whilst the lower roof is a green roof. The extensive roof profile boasts a 2,853m2 rooftop garden at the top of the last block. It ramps up from the lakeside then doubles back up towards the lake pedestrian walkway, thus creating a seamless experience for people strolling from the lake garden on the ground floor to the ascending green roof. Elevated viewing decks enhance the already panoramic view of Shah Alam Lake Garden and its surrounding areas.