LET’S TALK | Concerto: The orchestra of perfection
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CONCERTO: THE ORCHESTRA OF PERFECTION
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BCB Berhad had laid its eyes on the northern side of Mont’ Kiara here on Jalan Dutamas Raya, raising five towers comprising 440 units over five acres of freehold land. Set to be completed by December 2015, BCB calls the Concerto North Kiara its greatest masterpiece. With a gross development value of RM550 million, the architecture of Concerto was designed by one of the top architects in Malaysia, Dato’ Chan Chee Yoong. Sean Tan, Executive Director and General Manager of BCB Berhad (BCB) sat with iProperty.com and talked extensively on the Concerto North Kiara development and his market outlook for 2016. What’s the meaning behind the name Concerto? The idea behind the name Concerto was about a piano orchestral musical piece. You have to play the keys right and match them to your liking before presenting it to the world. For us, the masterplan of this development is very important. You have to fine tune every layer of the floorplan, landscape and elevation just like one does in a musical play.
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It took us approximately a year in planning alone just to get all the keys right, to get what we wanted and to give the best to our customers. We positioned the façade with a north-south orientation. We carefully designed each floor with 11 ft high ceilings. We intricately created a condominium apartment with a sensation that one is in a landed residence. Concerto is also the first in Malaysia to sound proof its units via double ceiling slabs. It is an amazing design whereby each condominium unit not only has protection from noise pollution, it has its own drainage and piping systems. Via this design, neighbours from the bottom floors and upper floors will not