TROPICAL PALM

WOODEN WORKSHOP WITH LONG SPAN STRUCTURE

Best Studio Award | CUHK

Place: Johor Barhu, Malaysia

This studio is to explore how to design a buildng concerning climate and structure. The requirement of the project is to build a timber workshop, including an archive library in sub-urban destrict in Malaysia, a tropical region with green area covered with palm trees. My project uses palm tree as inspiration for long span structure design, together designed with lighting quality. It aims to create a comfortable working environment by focusing on air movement across indoor and outdoor boundary. The process starts with massing dealing with climate and program with further development on structure and details.