Research : Movenpick Centre Klia

MOVENPICK CENTRE KLIA THE MODERN HOTEL WITH ELEGANT ISLAMIC DESIGN

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1948 1950 1973 1976 1980 1996 2001 2006 HISTORY Mövenpick’s story is one of inspired thinking, which in the 1940s when the brand was conceived, revolutionized the European restaurant industry and introduced a new style of modern hospitality that was truly ahead of its time. For the company’s late founder Ueli Prager, the secret to running a business was uncomplicated and unpretentious: “We aren’t doing anything extraordinary,” the legendary Swiss hotelier was fond of saying. “We are simply successful because we are doing quite normal things in an extraordinary manner.” This marked the start of an unparalleled success story for Mövenpick, a brand that has been synonymous with culinary and hospitality excellence for more than seven decades. A visionary of his time, Prager created a restaurant concept based on simplicity, innovation, commitment to service, and a passion for culinary and hospitality excellence, and the rest, as they say, is history. Ueli Prager

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New hotel features modern design interpretations, extensive facilities and major new conference and exhibition spaces. the landmark will feature a distinctive architectural style, reflectiong Malaysia's rich cultural hertitage and the hotel status as a Shariah-compliant property. The exterior of the hotel features intricate patterns influenced by Islamic geometric art and Kufic script - the earliest style of Islamic calligraphy that was used to record the Qur'an. These designs also extend to the banquet halls ceilings, creating dramatic three-dimensional effect. The hotel is set in 7.2 hectares of landscaped gardens featuring greenery, reflective, reflective pools and streams. The design scheme carries this bright, tropical ambience inside the hotel, exuding a sense of space and light. This is especially notable in the breathtaking atrium, with its dramatic 9 storey high open space and glass elevators. A series of interior columns reflect some of ancient Islam's greatest architectural wonders, such as the Alhambra in Spain, while the hotel's distinctive\"lancet\" archways pay homage to the style widely used in buildings across the Muslim world, including Turkey and Iran.

BUILDING MHCC was also named the Best New Green Commercial Building by the Malaysia Green Building Council (MGBC) on September 15. The recognition from the MGBC acknowledged the TH-owned building as a pilot building towards 'green buildings' besides embracing sustainability initiative aspects. The design of the hotel is to enhance the use of daylight throughout the building, in addition, the sidewalks and the porch allow natural airflow to reduce the use of air conditioning. SERVICES The architectural design of world renowned architect Hijjas Kasturi, helped MHCC to win the platinum category of the Muslim-Friendly Accommodation Recognition (MFAR) initiative by the Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry through the Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC) on September 3. The MFAR platinum award recognises MHCC as a 'Muslim-friendly' concept hotel with syariah-compliant equipment and facilities. As a Muslim-friendly tourist attraction, it has halal restaurants and recognised chefs, and offers information on mosque locations. The hotel also offers a separate pool for families and another for women, separate gymnasiums and spa facilities, clear and accurate Qibla directions, and provides bidets, prayer rugs and the Al-Quran in each guest room.

Operations overview Mövenpick business and conference hotels in key city and airport locations Mövenpick resorts at preferred holiday destinations Mövenpick residences within city hotels and leisure destinations Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is one of the world’s most reputable upscale hotel management companies. Since it was established in 1973, the hospitality firm has expanded its international presence and today manages 20,000-plus rooms in more than 82 hotels across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. With ambitious plans to further expand its footprint across these continents, the company is on track to meet its target of operating 125 properties by 2020. The company’s global workforce of 16,000 hospitality professionals is trained to ensure Mövenpick’s traditional Swiss values are always upheld, guaranteeing the 7.5 million guests who stay with Movenpick every year are well looked after.

Our global sustainability programme, SHINE, aims to positively impact the environment, our people and the local communities where we operate our hotels and resorts. It is one of our core corporate values and we divide our sustainability practices into three key pillars – Environment, Employer and Social sustainability, with education the common thread. ENVIRONMENTAL Focus is SUSTAINABILITY Introducing supplier sustainability partnerships where possible Reducing water consumption Optimising energy consumption Reducing CO2 emissions Introducing renewable energy Managing waste Sourcing bio-degradable alternatives to chemical products Prioritising sustainable construction solutions EMPLOYER Goal is to SUSTAINABILITY Contribute to local economies by hiring and developing local people Enable people with physical challenges and other special needs to become part of our workforce Provide equal opportunities to all team members Provide sustainability training and education to all team members Become a preferred and values-driven employer Promote fairness and transparency in compensation ad benefits

Daylighting Strategy in the Atrium Ground Floor Plan of Tabung Haji Hotel (Courtesy- Hijjas Kasturi Associates) Third Floor Plan of Tabung Haji Hotel (Courtesy- Hijjas Kasturi Associates) Roof Plan and Skylights location at Every Hotel Blocks (Courtesy- Hijjas Kasturi Associates) As showing in figures above, daylight conditions found in these complexes were harnessed from through the integrations of skylight, yet such skylights sizes must optimise with regards to heat gain. The width of the skylight and the type of glazing used were optimised through a series of simulation studies of these spaces.

Daylighting with Skylights Daylight conditions found in these complexes were harnessed from through the integrations of skylight, yet such skylights sizes must optimise with regards to heat gain. The width of the skylight and the type of glazing used were optimised through a series of simulation studies of these spaces. The daylight control system (sensors) at this stage has been proposed reflectively comply with the daylight performance incurred during the commissioning stage. Below are the potential areas proposed which suits the best for these devices to be located for energy efficiency at Tabung Haji Hotel Block Thermal stratification and cooling strategies Thermal Stratification in the Atrium Atrium cooling strategies (Courtesy: ARUP Associates, Malaysia) (Courtesy: ARUP Associates, Malaysia)

Throughout the design process, simulation is METSYS ROIRETNI used along with wind tunnel testing to test the comfort conditions within the long promenade of ‘anjung tinjau’. Results were used to adjust the height and width of the public concourse and to adjust the width and glazing specifications of the skylight and window systems. Extensive landscape was also used in order to cool down the surroundings for natural ventilation of these public spaces. These key strategies coupled with mechanical and electrical specifications such as efficient lighting, sensors and energy management system (EMS) including water saving strategies such as rainwater harvesting, and monitoring added on to site management strategies During the appeal process, the extension simulation input and process was presented to the GBI auditors and the resultant savings in hotel atrium and walkways was taken into account in the eventual energy indices . The hotel eventually earned a silver level in Green building Index rating system of Malaysia – as opposed to its original target of basic certification. This process indicates the rewards given by GBI to both the process and product involved in passive design in the tropics. The large landscape and soft scope area of 9,869sqm and additional herbs garden of 119 sqm and waste management such as composting machine use to process organic waste such as food waste, meat, fish, fruits, vegetables (waste from kitchen and landscape waste) towards natural/organic fertiliser or soil conditioner; which constituted the overall green strategy, were also rewarded.









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Queens building at De Montfort University Background and Context Year Built: 1993 YDUTS ESAC LANOITANRETNI The Queens Building was designed for the GIA (sqm): 10,038.96 Occupants: Estates & Facilities School of Engineering and Manufacture on Directorate, Faculty of Computing, the City Campus at De Montfort University in Engineering & Media, Information Technology and Media Services. Leicester, England. De Montfort University Key Design Strategies set out to design Europe’s largest naturally ventilated building in 1989; it was Daylighting. completed 4 years later in August 1993, The central concourse has large roof lights which allow for deep sun penetration. costing roughly £9.3 million. After Offices, studios, auditoria, computer labs, and classrooms are delighted by small construction on 13 August 1993, the Queen windows with deep reveals on the east and west to control the amount of thermal gain, herself christened it as The Queen’s Building. but still, let in the fresh air and daylight. Narrow floor plans, with an external The building was designed to hold 1,000– courtyard and white, painted walls were designed to bounce light into the interior 1,500 full-time students, faculty members, spaces. Light shelves are used in the electrical labs. Top lighting is used in the and staff. The building would need to deal mechanical and general labs. Glass brick ramps in the main circulation space allow with the heat that would be produced by light to pass through to light the space under. The electrical lab floor plans increase the people occupying the building as well as in width as the floors go up which blocks the direct sunlight and reduces the thermal the electrical equipment within the space. gains. According to Bill Bordass, “The architect’s Thermal Mass. concept for the Queen’s Building was for a The building was built of brick creating a large amount of thermal mass which helps highly insulated, thermally-massive to stabilize the temperature fluxes. envelope with both a shallow plan and generous ceiling heights to facilitate natural ventilation and daylighting.” “The intention was to tackle and face this environmental morale problem of the campus and the neighborhood and to make a building that was as naturally conditioned as possible.” Alan Short Dimensions of Sustainability 37. Natural Ventilation. Chimneys were constructed to create a stack effect which would allow the building to ventilate the hot, stale air and bring in fresh, cool air. Cross-ventilation was used whenever the floor plans allowed for it.





Discussion The issue of green design and ratings must reward its climatically and geographically relevant passive design efforts, and hence evaluation of green awards must evaluate how such methods were followed from idea to construction by the design teams. Natural ventilation and daylight control must be considered during the design process, rather than being used to optimise; rather, they must be utilised to post-rationalise design, which should be viewed as a phase-by-phase process leading to its final form and climatic-regional expression. The prioritisation of bioclimatic principles, and passive design strategies must be fitted not only for different regions, but differences between urban and non-urban conditions. A conceptual change (as in Figure 14) to the urbanised framework (as in Figure 15) is proposed to emphasise a significantly different emphasis in a localised “environmental” design approach; as these have different prioritisation in different climatic conditions is presented.

The Challenges of Passive Design Under moderate conditions, the dynamic of radioactive heat transfer in combination with ventilation measures might reduce heating energy usage during the colder months. Under these conditions, the best method is to allow cold night air into a building to remove daytime heat that has accumulated in exposed thermal mass. In the tropics, however, such efforts might attract unwanted insects and, at times, wind-driven monsoonal rains. Tropical weather patterns are frequently associated with linear and shallow designs. These ideas, which have developed in medium-sized structures such as schools and public buildings in semi-urban or rural areas, are especially important for natural ventilation methods. In the tropics, climatic \"conduits\" or moderators include the usage of atria, air wells, and light wells - and can be optimised to admit more daylight while also facilitating airflow through a combination of stack and wind pressures. However in temperate locations, the issue is different and involved seasonal performance and not the optimised performance between ‘air-conditioning’ and natural ventilated spaces. An example in the Queens building at De Montfort University and the New Parliament House buildings which evolved a language of air wells and chimney-like protrusions to characterize green design. The articulation of the perimeter stacks in the massing of a large complex building such as the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (Figure 17), bears striking resemblances to the features of the Queens building at De Montfort University. Lomas (2007) usefully highlights the central “climatic principle” which has formed the visual language of the architecture under such temperate conditions (Figure 16).

Figure 18 attempts to visualise urbanisation, especially how building distances might enhance the resulting urban heat island, which threatens to overwhelm any passive design in the tropics. Putrajaya is currently recognized for its rising effects of urban heat island as a result of city development that drew inspiration from temperate places like Canberra and Paris, France. The urban design involved increasing distances between buildings and public areas, resulting in a stratum of persistent suffocating heat as it history and experience across cooler parts of the day and at night. Public buildings, such as mosques and halls, have expressed dissatisfaction with the level of comfort in their public areas – not by design, but as a result of the increase of urbanisation in such tropical towns, which causes changes in the types of ground cover.