Bukit Jalil Parcel A, Aurora Place

Bukit Jalil Parcel A, Aurora Place is situated within the centre hub of Bukit Jalil, an affluent suburb situated in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia with a population of over 8 million people ranked 5th largest urban population in South East Asia. The Aurora Place development is strategically situated on the eastern side of Malaysia’s national stadium, Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil Recreational Park, spanning over 80 acres and home to the International Garden which houses the show gardens from 10 different countries, Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort, sprawling over 165 acres, The International Medical University (IMU) a health science university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, established since 1992 with a strong international orientation and Pavilion Bukit Jalil a luxury retail mall. Accessibility into The Aurora Place is seamlessly linked by The Bukit Jalil Highway, which was constructed for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, the highway became a second main route to The National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil which is made up of The Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Axiata Arena and many more, and KESAS Highway, a 57.5km controlled-access highway in Peninsular Malaysia. The Aurora Place is one of the very few developments in Malysia which has an open-air design concept integrated into its central atrium, the central atrium is linked to a rooftop food and beverage garden all of which is done to create an alfresco atmosphere within the development. This mixed development is a hybrid mall concept that has an integration of a mall, 64 units of 3, 4 and 5-storey shop offices, 2 tower blocks of 20-storeys and 1 30-storey Smart Office tower, Versatile Office (SoVo) office suites and 3 levels of basement car park which comprises of more than 2000 carpark bays.

Technical Description

EDP Consulting Group Sdn. Bhd. was involved in providing consulting engineering for Civil Infrastructure, Structural and Geotechnical services for this development. The podium block is founded on an 800mm thick raft foundation, whereas the 3 tower blocks are on bored pile foundation. Bored piles ranging from 600mm to 2000mm in diameter were adopted. Movement joints were introduced at the bored pile foundation and raft interface to cater for differential movements due to the different type of foundation system adopted.

The main structures were predominantly designed using reinforced concrete as for the podium and also for Towers A and C. Tower B is designed using a banded post tensioned slab system. Steel structures were used for the feature roofs and the entrance facade.