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a Y 1 9 ARCHITECTURE JINHOLD HOTEL & , The latest addition to the client’s chain of hotels and residences in , SERVICED APARTMENT SML ARCHITECTS , and Miri, the final design of the new Jinhold Hotel & Serviced Aparments is a departure from the architectural style that had defined their earlier buildings.

Contemporary Oasis

36 ARCHITECTURE _ 6/31 ARCHITECTURE _ JINHOLD HOTEL & SERVICED APARTMENT 37 The Jinhold Hotel & Serviced Apartments in Miri, carpark. The front tower houses the hotel focal point while an opening in the slab above allows Sarawak comprises 70 hotel rooms, 66 serviced rooms while the rear tower houses the serviced natural light to stream in, providing glimpses of the apartment units and various business and apartments with the mainly open facilities floor with facilities floor above. Serving as a vertical element recreational facilities on a site located across its protruding infinity pool, pergolas and greenery that completes the visual composition is a thinly- the road from the Miri Airport. The completed serving as a break between the podium and the veiled and sculptural concrete staircase. eight-storey building rises above the four-storey towers above. The sides of the building face north The main reception lobby and restaurant have commercial development on one side, a green and south generally while the front and rear of the a huge expanse of glazing that sets the external piece of undeveloped land on the other and building are east- and west-facing respectively. bamboo trees as a soothing backdrop and brings landed housing development at its rear. Since Aluminium fins screen off the front drop-off area the outdoors in visually. Its central courtyard its completion, the facilities have managed to and part of the hotel tower to act as a backdrop teeming with ficus trees and bird’s nest ferns acts attract a steady stream of guests consisting for signage. Balconies interspersed with vertical as the centrepiece of the main reception lobby. of business travellers, holiday makers, transit aluminium screens provide shade and shape to the The first floor consists of business and passengers and airline staff. Its close proximity side facades. recreational facilities with seminar rooms that are to the airport and neighbouring country, One of the main design ideas was the creation surrounded by swimming pools, water features, is certainly an overriding advantage. of a sub-urban oasis that would exude a sense of terraces and lush gardens. Hammocks, swings, a The design took into consideration the tranquillity through the introduction of greenery, play area and a mini golf course interspersed with client’s desire to introduce a more tropical and water and the blurring of the boundary between the ramps and steps are woven into the open plan. The contemporary image to their product to signify inside and outside. This is evident on the ground floor result is a whimsical, `dreamy’ and romantic setting the coming-of-age of their hospitality business where there is a large expanse of semi-enclosed for guests to unwind. The front terrace, which is venture. The design process encompassed a fine terraces flanked by planters. The al-fresco dining partially shaded by a forest of aluminium fins and balancing act between innovation and the need for area of the restaurant and an outdoor lounge cum Play area on the facilities floor trees in planters is used as a spill over area for the practicality, cost effectiveness, lean management library inhabit this long `verandah’ of varying heights. seminar rooms. It provides a venue for outdoor and ease of maintenance. The Central Court takes centre stage with weddings and parties in the evenings. Its completed building consists of two towers its voluminous space and high feature walls. A The brief also called for a resource-efficient above a two-storey podium and a sub-basement reflective pool with a planted tree within acts as a design approach that would minimise energy

BELOW The Central Court with its raw and utilitarian aesthetic BOTTOM RIGHT Restaurant with bamboo trees as the backdrop

38 ARCHITECTURE MALAYSIA _ 6/31 ARCHITECTURE _ JINHOLD HOTEL & SERVICED APARTMENT 39 consumption. 80% of the rooms and apartment celebrated. Walls are generally expressed in a units are north- and south-facing. Openings on the similar manner in lieu of decorative wall-panelling. north-eastern or front side of the building are kept Pre-cast concrete ventilation blocks act as screens LOCATION to a minimum and shaded by vertical aluminium on the facilities floor and left-over reinforcing bars MIRI, SARAWAK 18 17 16 14 14 blades. Apartments that are south-west facing from the construction site were assembled to 1 Driveway CLIENT 15 14 14 2 Lounge JINHOLD HOTEL are protected by two-metre deep balconies. All become railings for the balconies of hotel rooms 3 Courtyard 14 & SERVICED 15 14 4 Outdoor Cafe enclosed rooms on the facilities floor are also and apartments. Juxtaposed against this somewhat APARTMENT SDN 5 Office set within the skeletal structural framework for utilitarian and raw aesthetic are natural stone 15 14 14 BHD 6 Balancing Tank 15 14 14 protection against heat and rain. cladding, warm timber surfaces and soft interior 7 Pump Room PRINCIPAL USE In line with the above, all lift lobbies and furnishings. 15 14 14 8 Utility 9 Meeting Room COMMERCIAL 14 corridors leading to guest rooms are naturally 15 14 10 WC TEXT BY THE ARCHITECT 11 Outdoor Shower ARCHITECT FIRM ventilated. Adjustable louvre windows are 13 12 11 10 9 12 Changing Room-M SML ARCHITECTS 2 5 introduced where necessary to keep the rain out 8 7 6 13 Sauna

3 2 14 Bedroom PROJECT PRINCIPAL but allow for air movement. Air-wells are introduced 4 1 15 Balcony AR LEONG GIAN WEN to further induce air movement and to introduce 1 1 16 Wardrobe natural light along corridors and within selected The lounge cum library along the naturally ventilated ‘Verandah’ 17 Study PROJECT TEAM 18 Bathroom AR WEE HII MIN, apartment units. They also provide visual links AR ARLENE CHEW, N between floors. Hotel rooms and apartment units Section BRYAN THIAN are based on the open-layout concept. Every room 0m 10m 20m DESIGN PERIOD and apartment either opens out to a balcony that 18 MONTHS commands views of the airport runway or feature a Apartment Block Juliet balcony that allows its full-height doors to be CONSTRUCTION 1 Lift Lobby PERIOD 5 5 5 3 3 2 Void fully opened for maximum ventilation. 3 DEC 2015-JUN 2017 4 3 3 3 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 Living, The same line of thinking extended to the Dining,Kitchen 4 4 4 DATE OF 3 5 4 Bedroom selection of wall and ceiling finishes. Suspended 4 5 Balcony COMPLETION 2 false ceilings are dispensed with wherever possible. 3 JUNE 2017 1 2 Hotel Block The soffit of concrete slabs, beams as well as 1 4 2 1 Lift Lobby SITE AREA the labyrinth of M&E services are exposed and 4 2 Hotel Room 5,335SQM 3 4 4 4 3 Balcony 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 Planter FLOOR AREA 4 3 3 4 5 House Keeping 19,900SQM 5 5 5

Apartment Block Hotel Block PROJECT COST UNDISCLOSED Second Floor CONSTRUCTION The south-side entrance with the Central Court as the backdrop 1 Terrance 2 Meeting Room COMPANY 3 Pre-Function Room JINHOLD 4 Void CONSTRUCTION 9 5 Play Area 10 SDN BHD 1 5 1 6 Kid’s Pool 11 2 1 7 Pool Desk CIVIL ENGINEER 12 8 Swimming Pool PCS KONSULTANT 13 3 9 Laundry SDN BHD 6 10 Steam Bath 14 4 11 Sauna M&E ENGINEER 10 7 12 Female Changing OMEGA PMC 13 GYM 11 2 SDN BHD 14 Male Changing 1 15 15 Outdoor Shower INTERIOR DESIGNER TOTEM SDN BHD First Floor

12 13 1 Lobby 11 14 1 2 Central Command Centre

10 3 Utility 2 4 Library 9 5 Lounge 3 6 Business Centre 6 8 4 7 Outdoor Cafe 7 8 Shop 5 9 VIP Dining 10 Restaurant 11 Kitchen 12 Bin Chamber 13 Loading/ Unloading Bay 14 Office

Ground Floor N 0m 10m 20m

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