escalator as visual anchor

One of the major decisions we’ve had to make was to retain the escalator that went from ground level up to what is now called the mezzanine floor. The 40 ft long escalator became iconic in its own right, presenting itself immediately as a visual element that held the atrium on one end, and also acted as a sculptural anchor for incoming visitor traffic. The escalator is one of three elements that compose the atrium, the other two being the wall, and the third, which pulls the eye up to the upper levels is the balcony, visible in this image.

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atrium wall

Balcony view of the atrium, with the Putra LRT Station entrance showing up at the bottom of the atrium wall. At this time the atrium wall has already been revised to allow visual porosity into the stores beyond it. The fial is yet to be built, with two layers of polycarbonate panels in front and backlighting system in between.

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reception on ground level

What you see on the floor is white terrazzo, a deliciously delicate creamy colour we thought would give a floor the luminosity it required, given that we wanted a very soft light in the atrium..and it reminds me of someone who used to work with us.

Notice also the demarcation of the black granite floor at the bottom of the escalators to denote and signal the entrance facing Jalan Ampang.

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view down the atrium

The boutique stores on the ground levels boasts 5m high shopfronts inside of the atrium, with strategic vantage points of view from escalators and balconies within the mall.

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atrium views

Two key ideas around the podium concepts are expressly seen here: the white floor and the white upstand walls surrounding the escalator voids, and the ‘yet to be completed’ atrium wall facing the edge of the individual floors above the ground. The white floor and the upcoming white atrium wall will give ambient reflected light to the interior, the source coming from the shop fronts and also from the overhead soffit lights in the black ceiling.

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atrium photos

atrium