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Bird Island, Kuala Lumpur, Building, Malaysia, Architecture, Images, Architects
Bird Island Project : Information + Images
Contemporary Malaysian development by GRAFT
Bird Island Project, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2009-
GRAFT
Program: 0 Energy hOUSE
Size: 16,000 sq ft

Bird Island - Concept
We have applied an integrated strategy of developing a zero-energy
house that seamlessly dovetails the economic and environmental advantages
of environmentally friendly living with the needs of a demanding and
cosmopolitan clientele. The environmental and economic features of
this way of living do not conflict with our clients lifestyle;
rather it furthers their ability to comfortably enjoy their time at
home.
While providing an expansive outdoor living deck that spans the whole
of the site, the primary living space is concentrated inside cooled
zones. A maximum amount of economical and energy efficient floor area
is created and sheltered from the elements by a dynamic tensile structure.
The traditional relationship between indoor and outdoor has been shifted,
allowing for comfort while free of the bonds of traditional walls.
Extended living spaces are arranged separately from each other and
bisected by landscaped areas with local vegetation. The surrounding
tensile fabric flows through the interior, shaping and imbuing the
spaces with sublime shading and view patterns. Heavy sliding curtains
enclose living spaces and create privacy.

Bird Island Skin
The skin is a tensile, environmentally friendly fabric through which
the outside world is seen. The skin turns and twists along the façade
changing its transparency and guiding the view of the residents out
to the landscape and views of the area. Viewed together, the individual
strands of fabric create patterns which flow naturally over the skin.
Bird Island Materials
The construction materials have been chosen when appropriate from
renewable or recycled materials. Special attention has been paid to
select materials either for their low embodied energy, and / or for
their superior durability and performance.
Bird Island Project KL images / information from GRAFT 280109
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Singapore Tower by OMA

Bird Island Zero-Energy Home
by Zoka Zola Architecture + Urban Design

The Troika Kuala Lumpur by Foster
+ Partners
Kuala Lumpur development : Putrajaya
Waterfront
Malaysian University of Technology
by Foster + Partners
Malaysian Skyscraper : Penang
Global City Center
Singapore Buildings
Bird Island Project designers
: GRAFT

World Architecture : e-architect
- key buildings across the globe
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Bird Island Kuala Lumpur Building : page -
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