Wisma yeap chor ee photobook

• 1. MR KID AND AR CALEB GROUPS WISMA YEAP CHOR EE PHOTOBOOK For you to discover our journey and explore the history

2. Wisma Yeap Chor Ee (Photobook) 2014 Malaysia Published in Asia in 2014 by Mr Caleb and Mr Kid Groups Jalan Taylors Subang Jaya Selangor 47500 Tel: [03] 5629 5000 ext 8000 enquiries @ taylors.edu.my www.taylors.edu.my http://measureddrawing.wix.com/wismayeapchoree TAYLORS SABD MEASURED DRAWING 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise,without prior permission from the publisher. For information, contact Taylors SABD Measured Drawing 2014 Photobook Editor : Nur Adila Zaas Photo Editor : Chon Keat Assistant and Website Editor : Goh Yeethong Photographer : Zerrox Tan and Daniel Yap Reports Editor : Wong Ai Ling Information : Eunice Quah Information Assistant : Nur Ain Yazid and Heng Yee Tan CAD Master : Chong Kah Weng , O Gee You , Sylvia Kwan and Tay Ren Siong Model Making Leader : Charlene Chan 3. C O N T E N T S INTO THE STRUCTURE INTRODUCTION THE UNTOLD INTO THE TALE FOCUS ARCHITECTURE DETAILS PANORAMIC VIEWS THE JOURNEY PROGRESS STUDENTS SKETCHES 4. EXPOSED Discover wholly from the Surrounding till the details of the Building 5. INTRODUCTION SITE CONTEXT & USER 6. Wisma Yeap Chor Ee ; the name been given to this historical building. It was commissioned by Yeap Chor Yee himself and designed by Messrs Stark & cneil. TALE OF BUILDING This building spots architecture style of Art Deco and Neo-Classicism. Now, it is categorized as II Listed Heritage Building in the core zone are of Georgetown. ADDRESS Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, Weld Quay 10300, Pulau Pinang, Pulau Pinang 10300, Malaysia 7. IT MAY BE LEFT ABANDON, BUT THE ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL VALUE STAYS THE LAYOUT Each floor is repetitive and follow the same layout. The columns are alligned to the same grid. For security purposes, the doors were laid out in a way that the upper floors can be accessed from and exterior door and some spaces are interconnected. 8. KEY PLAN 1. China Street 2. Beach Street 3. Weld Quay 4. Wisma Kastam 5. Pengkalan Raja Uda Ferry Terminal 6. Clan Jetties Wisma Yeap Chor Ee is situated in Jalan Weld Quay, Penang. The location is strategic as it is near China Steet, Beach Street, Ferry Terminal, Wisma Kastam and Clan jetties. BACKGROUND These are important as it helped in figuring out how and why is the building been constructed with such design, structure,ornamentation and etc. 9. China street was originally linked to the shore; and goods would be unloaded and bought on shore via ghauts. Ghaut is a Hindi and Benghali word, dedicated steps heading down to a body of water. CHINA STREET The street layout was regarded good for Fengshui where the Kuan Yin Temple enjoyed a direct view of the sea. Thus, they named the street as China Street Ghaut 10. Used to be the centre of trade with of- fices, banks and godowns. Ban Hin Lee bank started by Yeap Chor Ee in 1935 is also located there. BEACH STREET Now, this street always packed on Sundays with communal activities via a program called Project Occupy Beach Street 11. This street was named after Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, British Governor. Last time,there were dozens of jetties, wharves and piers landedhere. WELD QUAY The location was quite advantageous as it was closely located to the authorities, banks and Swettenham Pier. 12. Wisma Kastam is located in China Street Ghaut and it is opposite of Wisma Yeap Chor Ee. It was formerly known as the Malayan Railway Building. WISMA KASTAM It blends art deco and classical elements with its ionic columns and pane windows. 13. The ferry terminal was named after Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj bin Raja Muhammad, the first Governor of Penang of the newly independent Malaya. FERRY TERMINAL Pengkalan Raja Tun Uda connects the people of Penang and Butterworth, where Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim is located. 14. This jetty was built by China Immi- grants. As time goes by, clans were formed that lead to fights and disputes. CLAN JETTIES The cluster wooden houses still home to hundreds of people. Their lifestyles changed gradually. Now, it is a famous attraction in Georgetown. 15. THE UNTOLD BUILDING FACADE 16. NORTH EAST FACADE NOT TO SCALE NOT TO DEFINITE LINE WEIGHT 17. SOUTH WEST FACADE NOT TO SCALE NOT TO DEFINITE LINE WEIGHT 18. THE FACADES Wisma Yeap Chor Ee has two facades and one corner facade wall. On the facade, you can see the components of arch, windows, doors, roofs and etc. South West facade is facing Wisma Kastam and North East Facade facing Malacca Strait. KEY PLAN TOP PHOTO : South West Facade BOTTOM PHOTO : North East Facade 19. This building also has a corner facade which intersect the south west and north east facade. It is the main entrace and the name of the building been placed. CORNER FACADE 20. COLONIAL DOORS 21. The main material for most of this building is timber door. As for this door, it has a curved glass on top of the door which is called as fan skylight DOUBLE SWING DOOR + HALF CIRCLE TRANSOM 22. This entry been laid out from ground floor. For security purpose, only people who have the key are allowed to access second and third floor. STAIRCASE ENTRY This door can be found on the South West Facade, Ground Floor 23. BI - FOLDED DOOR + TRANSOM 24. COLONIAL WINDOWS 25. This window always come with set of threes to enhance Art Deco elements. ARCH WINDOW + TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW As for arch window, it is always on 2nd and ground floor. It is in contact with the roof and ground. It is responsible to transfer the load down to the earth, 26. These windows also come in a Set of Threes. TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW AND TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW + TRANSOM This might be due to the Egyptian Influence ot it is just a good design. 27. TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW + HALF CIRCLE TRANSOM 28. DOUBLE CASEMENT WINDOWS + TRANSOM 29. TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOWS + TRANSOM 30. OTHERS 31. This is the usual columns you can see on the facade of Wisma Yeap Chor Ee FACADE COLUMN 32. Several types of plaster moulding can be seen in this Art Deco Styles Building. ORNAMENTATIONS Two working techniques which are running mould batten and sunken batten technique to form the plaster work. 33. This arch is usual to be seen in this building to enhance Art Deco Styles. ARCH 34. This balcony is some sort of a hallways on the first and second floor of North East Facade. It is also to covered half of the facade for privacy, weather and sunlight. CLOSED BALCONY 35. This balcony always been attached on triple casement window + Transom. OPEN BALCONY 36. The roof on this building were installed using Dry Fixing Method. This facilitates better overall roof ventilation and thus provides cool comfort and energy saving. ROOF 37. INTO THE TALE INTERIOR BUILDING 38. EXPERIENCE THE SHADOW FROM THE WINDOW CUTOUT 39. When you are inside the building, you can feel the strike of light, shadow and ventilation due to large windows and heavy loading doors. INNER FEELING 40. Those strike of shadow, light and ventilation that calmed us when we were in the building. 41. FLOOR STORIES 42. Each floor is repetitive with same layout but grond floor is quite different. This floor was acted as a warehouse which consist of five rooms. GROUND FLOOR 43. This floor has four rooms and the layout is similar to the second floor. If you want to recognize this floor with the second floor, you can notice the ceiling of this floor is exposed with floor slab. FIRST FLOOR 44. As explained, the layout is similar to the first floor. SECOND FLOOR To differentiate it from first floor, you will notice that the roof trust can be seen on this floor. 45. STAIRCASE 46. There are only one staircase that allow user to access the first and second floor. The room that situated the staircase can only be access with someone who has the key as the space is laid out and interconnected from ground floor. START FROM BOTTOM 47. The side angle view of the staircase. This proved that the staircase is repetitive and alligned on every floor. ALLIGNED CASE 48. What goes up must come down As there is only one staircase in the building, user could just use this to access different floor. FROM BOTTOM TO TOP Eventually, user also could use lift which located right beside the staircase. 49. CORRIDOR 50. The corridor is situated in the first and second floor which gives a continue acces from room to another room. PASS THROUGH 51. ORDER OF COLUMNS 52. Basically, all the columns in the building are well alligned and proportion according to the grid line. It goes the same to the first and second floor too. GROUND FLOOR COLUMNS In the ground floor, it conists of 16 columns. The type of column in this floor is Round Columns. 53. SECOND FLOOR COLUMNS In this floor, there are 13 columns and these columns are Square Columns. 54. THIRD FLOOR COLUMNS This floor has 13 columns and the type of column is Square Columns. 55. OPENINGS 56. This entry can be used on the ground floor. It is an empty opening with an arched shape that divide the building with the courtyard. ARCHED TO COURTYARD 57. This is another entry to courtyard. It is a rectangular opening or holes which allows ventilation also. OPENING TO COURTYARD 58. This door usually leads to the closed balcony North East Facade and usual room and spaces. DOUBLE DOOR with SINGLE -DOOR ON RIGHT 59. The usual door to the room and space DOUBLE SWING DOOR + TRANSOM 60. Another usual opening that lead to the room in the building. OPENING SUNBURST + SUNLIGHT 61. COURTYARD 62. The column that support the second floor deck in the courtyard. STRIPS IN COURTYARD 63. This is the wall of the building that can be seen through the courtyard VIEW FROM THE DECK 64. This is the deck that can be access for people to have a better view of the courtyard SECOND FLOOR DECK 65. FOCUS CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS 66. COLUMNS 67. This is a detailed view of round column that can be seen in the ground floor of the building. ROUND COLUMN 68. This is a clearer view of the square columns that can be seen in the first and second floor of the building. SQUARE COLUMNS 69. This kind of beam laid on top of column across the building. MAIN BEAM The width of main beam is greatest at ground floor and smallest at 2nd. 70. It thickens toward its support so that greater area will be attached to the main beams and the pilasters. SUB BEAM The haunced end also help the load transfer down the earth safely. 71. Arch beam carry more loads than flat beam. It safely transfers the loads applied to it more efficiently. ARCH BEAM 72. FLOOR 73. This flooring can be seen diagonally at the hallways and balconies on the 1st and 2nd floor. NON-PORCELAIN CERAMIC TILES The diamond grid pattern of tiles will a smaller space look larger and a long space seem endless. 74. The strips of timber are connected by tounge and groove joinery. TIMBER FLOORING The advantage of it is it requires minimal amount of nailing and gluing to hold together. 75. The grounf floor are fully covered by using cement rendering with rough surface. CEMENT SCREED FLOORING The cement screed are patterned by diagonal grid lines to add in more aesthatical value and make the space look larger 76. ROOF TRUSS 77. The purlins are laid along the top chord of roof trusses and secured in their position by nailing trough the top chord. PURLINS 78. Battens elevate the the roof tile off the roof deck, and ensures water drains off the drain. COUNTER BATTENS & GALVALUME BATTENS Counter Battens are installed perpendicularly to purlin in a smaller span. Galvalume Battens were installed during previous restoration. It is used for good tiles installation and prevent roof sagging. 79. ROOF 80. The tile that been used for the building is Marseille Double Terracota Roof Tiles. ROOF TILES It is interlocked at head and side for maximum protection against the harshest weather and security. 81. DOOR AND WINDOW 82. This is the usual door handle for all the doors in this building. IRON DOOR ALDROP CASTING 83. The hinge of the door is used to connect the the panel of the door and one end of door jamb HINGE DOOR 84. SUNBURST This is to accomodate the arc shape opening which function to transfer the load of building sideway. 85. This type of connection give an seamless effect without compromise the aesthetical value of colonial windows. CONNECTION OF MURTINS 86. The stile and rail of windows are held together by using mortise and tenon joint with mitered sticking CONNECTION OF RAIL AND STILE 87. The usual window handle for user to open and closed the window easily. WINDOW HANDLE 88. The usual window lock to be seen on the windows in the building. It is to shut the windows tightly. WINDOW LOCK 89. ARCHITECTURE DETAILS COLLONIALISM ART DECO AND NEO - CLASSICISM 90. COLONIAL (17th Century - mid 20th Century) COLONIALISM Wisma Yeap Chor Ee was constructed in the time of British Rule; the Era of Colonialism. From all the observations, it is determined that the building posseses elements of both the ART DECO & NEO-CLASSICAL styles. 91. The photo shows on the colonial windows and doors in the building. 92. ART DECO 93. Art Deco elements normally come in a Set of Threes SET OF THREES 94. Inspired by the design of an airplanes and autmobiles. Buildings appear to be modern and sleek. ROUNDED CORNERS 95. Art Deco motifs include simple geometrical shapes, as seen in the balcony. SYMMETRY AND GEOMETRY There is also symmetrical line can be seen in one whole set of the picture 96. They look like a shelf and shade direct sunlight. EYEBROWS 97. Stucco can be sculpted into art deco motifs.The finish was usually left in biege but was sometimes painted in pastel colour of the era. PLASTER MOULDING 98. NEO-CLASSICISM 99. Floral ornaments depicted in a form of of a leaves in the picture. FLORAL MOTIFS 100. Wedge-shaped stone at the apex of an arch.It is the last piece to be placed during construction and locks all the other stones in the position. KEYSTONE 101. Semi circulate window. It is usually placed over a door. There are three elements of a frieze which are triglyph, metope and gultae. FANLIGHT 102. PANORAMIC PHOTOS FULL VIEW 103. NORTH EAST VIEW 104. BACKYARD VIEW 105. SOUTH WEST VIEW 106. THE JOURNEY All For One and One For All, Its a Cliche but Its the Reality 107. LECTURERS GROUP LEADER Cheah Kai Kid Ar. Caleb Eunice Quah REPORTS Eunice Quah ( L ) Wong Ai Ling NurAin Yazid Tan Heng Yee ELEVATION Chong Kah Weng ( L ) Mohammad Harris Sarah Elise Goh Yeethong Nur Adila Zaas SECTION Tay Ren Siong ( L ) Munirah Zazarin Lim Chon Keat Arif Zakwan Charlene Chan Tan Heng Yee FLOOR PLAN Sylvia Kwan ( L ) Arif Haiqal Kristopher Teoh Kong Chee Seng Liew Hui En DETAILS Ling Gee You ( L ) Kiew Wee Kee Sue Jing Daniel Yap Wong Kai Tze PHOTO & VIDEO Zerrox Tan ( L ) Daniel Yap Nur Adila Zaas CAD MASTER Chong Kah Weng Tay Ren Siong Sylvia Kwan Ling Gee You MODEL MAKING Charlene Chan ( L ) Wong Kai Tze Munirah Zazarin Mohammad Harris Arif Haiqal Arif Zakwan Sue Jing Goh Yeethong Kristophen Teoh Kong Chee Seng Kiew Wee Kee Daniel Yap Chon Keat Liew Hui En PHOTOBOOK Nur Adila Zaas ( Editor ) Lim Chon Keat ( Photo Editor ) WEBSITE Goh Yeethong 108. Tutor : CHEAH KAI KID EUNICE QUAH XUET - WYNE 0302968 WONG AI LING 0303742 NURAIN BT MOHD YAZID 1004E78741 SYLVIA KWAN 0311790 ARIF HAIQAL 0300923 KONG CHEE SENG 0308360 TAY REN SIONG 0303286 LIM CHON KEAT 0312439 SITI MUNIRAH ZAZARIN 0312710 ARIF ZAKWAN 0303736 CHARLENE CHAN HUISHAN 0308518 KONG CHEE SENG 0308360 109. Tutor : Ar. CALEB CHAN CHOW LIEW HUI EN 0314920 CHONG KAH WENG 0312617 HARRIS ANNUAR 0303768 SARAH ELISE GOH YEETHONG 0310044 NUR ADILA ZAAS 0310417 LING GEE YOU 0311338 KIEW WEE KEE 0310202 GAN SUE JING 0307957 ALEX WONG KAI TZE 0303228 DANIEL YAP 0309100 ZERROX TAN 0303128 110. UNFOLDING TO INFINITY AND BEYOND 111. THE PROGRESS 112. ON SITE Research the building by measuring, analysing and discussion. 113. CAD - ING Despite for presentation, technical drawing is to analyse and get better understanding about the building. 114. MODEL Building a model of the building also is a one way for better understanding to all of the components from external view into the details. 115. SKETCHES 116. It may be the last page of our journey; but we had learnt and gained a lot of architectural knowledge. SAY CHEESE As we tied the bond and lend each oth- er hand, somehow it enhance our teamwork skill.