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The 1950s PJ House
The 1950s PJ House
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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The 1950s PJ House
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
1950s House Refurbishment in Petaling Jaya
This project involves the careful refurbishment of a 1970s residence in Petaling Jaya, completed with submission approval under MBPJ and subsequently issued CCC. Rather than reinterpreting the house through a contemporary architectural language, the intervention takes a quieter position, working through preservation, continuity, and precise insertion.
The design strategy began with identifying elements that defined the original spatial identity of the house. Existing steel-framed windows were retained and refurbished using installation methods consistent with the original construction, allowing the tactile logic of the building to remain legible. A curved wall, one of the defining spatial moments of the house, was preserved and reinforced through the introduction of a new reinforced concrete flat roof that aligns seamlessly with the existing roof plane. This move reduces the visual presence of the extension, allowing the new structure to read as part of the house’s architectural evolution rather than as an addition.
At the roof level, the original clay tiles were replaced with BMI Monier Marseille roof tiles, maintaining the visual familiarity of the house’s pitched roof silhouette while improving durability and performance. The replacement was approached as a continuation rather than a stylistic update, ensuring that the renewed roof remained consistent with the architectural language of the original dwelling.
Internally, the intervention remains deliberately restrained. The original in-situ terrazzo flooring was replaced with white terrazzo tiles following the homeowner’s feng shui considerations, maintaining continuity with the material character of the house while adapting its chromatic presence to contemporary inhabitation. The choice reflects a negotiation between cultural practice and architectural preservation.
Bathrooms were treated with similar restraint. Wall tiles are installed up to approximately four feet in height across most areas, preserving a domestic scale typical of the original house, while shower zones are fully tiled for durability and moisture performance.
Custom cabinetry throughout the house was fabricated using Semangkok timber, selected for its naturally rich reddish tone. The material introduces warmth into the interior while maintaining a direct relationship with the tactile language of mid-century domestic construction in Malaysia.
Rather than positioning itself as a transformation, the project operates as a continuation, allowing the house to retain its temporal identity while quietly accommodating contemporary living. The refurbishment demonstrates how small architectural decisions, when carefully aligned with the logic of an existing structure, can extend the life of a house without erasing its memory
This project involves the careful refurbishment of a 1970s residence in Petaling Jaya, completed with submission approval under MBPJ and subsequently issued CCC. Rather than reinterpreting the house through a contemporary architectural language, the intervention takes a quieter position, working through preservation, continuity, and precise insertion.
The design strategy began with identifying elements that defined the original spatial identity of the house. Existing steel-framed windows were retained and refurbished using installation methods consistent with the original construction, allowing the tactile logic of the building to remain legible. A curved wall, one of the defining spatial moments of the house, was preserved and reinforced through the introduction of a new reinforced concrete flat roof that aligns seamlessly with the existing roof plane. This move reduces the visual presence of the extension, allowing the new structure to read as part of the house’s architectural evolution rather than as an addition.
At the roof level, the original clay tiles were replaced with BMI Monier Marseille roof tiles, maintaining the visual familiarity of the house’s pitched roof silhouette while improving durability and performance. The replacement was approached as a continuation rather than a stylistic update, ensuring that the renewed roof remained consistent with the architectural language of the original dwelling.
Internally, the intervention remains deliberately restrained. The original in-situ terrazzo flooring was replaced with white terrazzo tiles following the homeowner’s feng shui considerations, maintaining continuity with the material character of the house while adapting its chromatic presence to contemporary inhabitation. The choice reflects a negotiation between cultural practice and architectural preservation.
Bathrooms were treated with similar restraint. Wall tiles are installed up to approximately four feet in height across most areas, preserving a domestic scale typical of the original house, while shower zones are fully tiled for durability and moisture performance.
Custom cabinetry throughout the house was fabricated using Semangkok timber, selected for its naturally rich reddish tone. The material introduces warmth into the interior while maintaining a direct relationship with the tactile language of mid-century domestic construction in Malaysia.
Rather than positioning itself as a transformation, the project operates as a continuation, allowing the house to retain its temporal identity while quietly accommodating contemporary living. The refurbishment demonstrates how small architectural decisions, when carefully aligned with the logic of an existing structure, can extend the life of a house without erasing its memory
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