Mesiniaga: Subang Jaya

Ken Yeang concept of skyscraper called 'Artificial Land in the Sky' is a skyscraper concept (high-rise building) that can be 'alive' and adapt to the environment as living beings. The structure serves as a frame building and the floors can vary different functions, such as a playground, mall, cafe or other. This concept is like defining the ground-floor skyscraper to be like an empty lot that can fill a variety of functions such as housing, parks, and commercial places in general.

"Buildings will need to be designed not as high-energy polluting open systems but as mimetic urban ecosystems that relate their inputs, outputs and operations within the context and carrying capacities of the ecosystems in the biosphere..."

• Ken Yeang highlights on the importance of the adaptations of eco-structures of building to the environment
• The atrium proposed in the design provide natural ventilation.
• The suggestions made by Ken Yeang to this Mesiniaga was that air-conditioner was not needed for the building however as the lots are rented to the outsiders, they requested that air-conditioners to be installed.

Design concept

Roof structure

Why Coconut Coir

My Final Year Project title is The Effectiveness of Coconut Coir in Controlling Slope Failure. The material chosen is the fiber coconut matting. Why? Here it goes..

Why Use Coconut Coir Logs

• Coir has high tensile strength which protects steep surfaces from heavy flows and debris movement.

• Coir Geotextile has three to five years longevity which allows for full plant and soil establishment, natural invasion and land stabilization.

• Being 100% natural and bio-degradable, coir fiber functions as a soil amendment

• Water absorbent coir fiber acts as mulch on the surface and as a wick in the soil mantle.

• The excellent microclimate coir provides for plant establishment, natural invasion and balanced healthy growth.

• Coir meshes provides restoration of terrestrial and aquatic riparian habitat.

• Coir has the characteristic of being environmentally responsible and aesthetically pleasing.

• Capable of being customized to specific requirements/technical specifications according to the topographical conditions.

• Faster binding of soil

• Naturally resistant to mold & rot, hence needs no chemical treatment

• Excellent air and water permeability

• Enough sunlight passes through

• Holds the seeds and saplings in place

• Excellent medium for quick vegetation

• Degrades over a period of time 2 to 5 years

• Allows for deep rooting of plants and provides nutrients

• Easy to install and follows the contour of the soil surface

• Eco-friendly and non-polluting