Allworth House; Tengkera, Melaka, Malaysia

Jalan Tengkera, Malacca, Malaysia

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Allworth House; Tengkera, Melaka, Malaysia

Jalan Tengkera, Malacca, Malaysia

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YEAR

2012

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

Datuk
Seri Ar Lim Chong Keat, a prominent architect in Malaysia and former Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia Gold Medalist once said during the Baba
Nyonya Convention in 1989; ‘It is to me
like a spiral that is ever expanding. If you are expanding the spiral it
becomes hollow in the middle. If you have another kind of spiral that is inward
going, it is chasing its own navel literally. It’s forgetting about expanding.
So what you need is both. You need two simultaneous spirals, one moving into
the future and another consolidating the past’. The Straits Eclectic architecture, also known as the
‘Baba Nyonya’ or ‘Peranakan Cina’ architecture is one of quaint elegance. It is typified among others
by its linear spatial arrangement resulting in a narrow but longish form, emphasis
on heavy ornamentation and spaces that reflects the tradition and beliefs such
as the courtyard or ‘chim
chae’. The
Allworth House is an attempt at interpreting the Straits Eclectic architecture
within a contemporary context. Hence it is much like two simultaneous spirals,
one moving into the future and another consolidating the past.The Allworth House is located at the fringes of the Melaka Heritage Zone and was formerly occupied by three dilapidated shop houses. The shop houses were combined into one office, refurbished and given a new facelift.

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Allworth House; Tengkera, Melaka, Malaysia

Jalan Tengkera, Malacca, Malaysia

Allworth House; Tengkera, Melaka, Malaysia

Jalan Tengkera, Malacca, Malaysia

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