DESIGNING AND BUILDING OUR FORTE

Projects, planning, buildings are part of our soul. We have been at this venture for the past fifteen years as a consultative entity, securing works especially from the federal ministries and state governments. Depending on the size and allocation of the fund, a project may spread over a period of months to several years for completion.

Just to digress from the normal write-ups in this blog I thought maybe it is a change to move to a new scenery commensurate with the changing political scenario in the country. There is a breathe of cooling air suddenly pervading the country after 9th October, even managing to cast aside the catastrophic downfall of indexes throughout the world as much as daring to define action against anybody harboring ills against the country.We love our country and fervently look forward to the 2020 developed status, as structured.

We are a part of that entity that play a minuscule role in its development and we wish to continue just like many others towards its enhancement and growth. Nonetheless it is fair to say that our enthusiasm is dampen by the world's economic standing for the moment. Yet there are sun shines and continuing obsessions as we go about our projects. A small domestic renovation job at Bungsar recently saw the completion of a double storey terraced house taking a totally new face. An early 1960's single storey terraced house near the often familiar Jalan Maaroff enclave turned out to be a new home for the owner. Currently up in the north, in Perlis inside the verdant teak forest reserve of FRIM close to the Thailand border, we are working at building a camping site with all its fringes including a treetop walkway. This touristic enclave would be an added attraction to that part of Perlis with its lake and lime stones outcrops dotting the countryside.

There are many other on-going projects throughout the country all enduring for a more beautiful Malaysia and promoting the cliche " Malaysia truly Asia". One dearest to us is hopefully to see an old house taking shape again soon at a new site. We have acquired the abandoned house as you see in the picture, dismantled it piece by piece and ready to set it up again. This will be our personal exercise and hopefully it may encourage us to venture into a new restoration exercise - discovering old home and saving for posterity. At Anak Arshad Architect we enjoy contributing towards a more sustaining community.

At FRIM (Forest Research Institute Malaysia) Mata Ayer Perlis, a small clearing amongst the teak forest reserve will house a campsite with all its facilities including a canopy walkway above the treetops.

A single- storey terraced house of the early 1960's was replaced with a double- storey terraced house with landscaping and interior deco resplendant to the owners's choice.

We bought this old house with its woodworks in good condition, got it dismantled piece by piece and transported to a new site. Soon it will stand again. Check soon to see its new appearance.