Building Investment (January-February 2021)

(Source: David Yeow via archdaily.com)
YTL HEADQUARTERS
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
YTL Corporation Berhad, a large Malaysian
infrastructure conglomerate founded in 1955,
grew from a small construction firm into a global
infrastructure company spanning oil & gas,
cement, construction, property development and
hotels.
Previously occupying various offices in different
locations, this YTL Headquarters located along Jalan Bukit Bintang
at the heart of Kuala Lumpur brings together for the first time, the
entire suite of YTL departments (numbering more than a dozen,
comprising 1000 staff members), each of which have developed
their own culture and operations.
The Ministry of Design (MOD) was commissioned to design the
public areas shared by these departments and to present a unified
brand identity under one roof. Therefore, MOD sought to create
a series of choreographed spatial experiences with the aim to
balance YTL’s legacy of corporate professionalism with a futureforward
attitude that embraces change.
There are two main public area zones – Ground Floor lobby
and Levels 8-10 – featuring a host of collective meeting zones and
a café.
At the Ground Floor, visitors are greeted by a vertically
cavernous lobby spanning more than 25 m in height (seven
(Source: David Yeow via archdaily.com)
floors). The soaring space has been designed to capture the rays
of light in the daytime and glow like a lantern in the evening.
Further, the marble-clad columns are designed as such that its
rhythm is denser and more grounded at the bottom yet getting
lighter towards the top, giving of ascending lightness. Horizontal
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