CASE STUDY 3

ISTANA BUDAYA

THE THIRD CASE STUDY IS ISTANA BUDAYA (PALACE OF CULTURE) THAT LOCATED IN KUALA LUMPUR AND NEXT TO THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY. IT IS ALSO CALLED AS MALAYSIAN NATIONAL THEATRE. ISTANA BUDAYA IS HIGHLY AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE DUE TO ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION THAT IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KUALA LUMPUR. AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL COMPLEX, THE DESIGN OF ISTANA BUDAYA FOR SURE ASSIMILATES AND REPRESENTS MANY TRADITIONAL MALAY CULTURAL ELEMENTS WITH THE COMBINATION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE STYLE. IT CAN BE NOTICED BY THE LAYOUT OF THE FLOOR PLAN, ROOF DESIGN AND SPACE ORGANIZATION. THIS BUILDING AIMS TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY THEATRE PERFORMANCE AND RAISE THE STANDARD OF ART PERFORMANCE AND SENSE OF ART APPRECIATION.

ISTANA BUDAYA FLOOR PLAN WAS INSPIRED BY THE SHAPE OF WAU BULAN, ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL MALAY KITES. THE WAU BULAN SHAPE WAS TRANSLATED AND SIMPLIFIED INTO TWO GEOMETRICAL SHAPE (DIAMOND SHAPE).

THE OVERALL SHAPE OF THE BUILDING REPRESENTS THE SHAPE OF SIRIH JUNJUNG. SIRIH JUNJUNG (TRADITIONAL ARRANGEMENT OF BETEL LEAVES) IS ONE OF THE MALAY CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT IS USED DURING PROPOSALS, WEDDINGS AND CEREMONIES.

EMPHASIS ON TRADITIONAL MALAY HOUSE ARCHITECTURE CAN BE SEEN BY SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF ISTANA BUDAYA THAT CONSISTS OF THREE MAIN SPACES WHICH ARE PUBLIC, SEMI PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE. ISTANA BUDAYA LOBBY REPRESENTS THE TRADITIONAL VERANDA, AUDITORIUM AS RUMAH IBU AND REHEARSAL AREA AS RUMAH DAPUR.

LOBBY (PUBLIC) AUDITORIUM (SEMI PUBLIC) REHEARSAL AREA (PRIVATE)

APPLICATION OF REPETITION AND RYTHM DESIGN PRINCIPLES ON THE ROOF DESIGN WITH DIFFERENT SIZES AND ORIENTATIONS. THE COMBINATION BETWEEN TRADITIONAL MALAY PITCH ROOF WITH MODERN ARCHITECTURE STYLE USING FOLDING METHOD CREATE A HARMONIUS FACADE AND ELEVATION FOR THE BUILDING. ION