The POD, seeing this design for the first time, I quickly imagined a cop board with some slices of onions.The POD is a series of sectional ribbons of varying heights and shapes giving some dynamism to the whole. The structure is made of tubular steel covered with spectral aluminium panels, which gives a different hue based on the suns reflection.
© Mr. H Lin Ho Courtesy of PJCC
With its serene green background one can easily picture a pebble in nature further reinforced by the larger part towards the main entrance sitting in a pool of water.
© Mr. H Lin Ho Courtesy of PJCC
The sectional POD is divided into two main parts with the larger section serving as the main showroom and sales gallery. The other section serves as the on-site sales office. From the render boards one can easily infer that the architects took inspiration from nature itself to create this artificial piece of “nature”.Their inspiration is water droplets on a leaf. That explains somehow the seeming “transparency” of the “variable form building”(water droplet) on a green uniform landscape (leaf).
Project info:
Architects: Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn with Studio Nicoletti Associati
Country: Malaysia
Year: 2011
Photographs: Mr. H Lin Ho Courtesy of PJCC
Hassan Yakubu is an editor at Arch2O with a deep academic and professional background in architecture, planning, and urban infrastructure. Currently pursuing his Ph.D. at Cornell University, his editorial focus spans climate urbanism, sustainability transitions, and the intersection of infrastructure and STS. Hassan brings a sharp critical lens shaped by fieldwork in Accra and policy research across Africa. With prior experience leading pedagogical initiatives and contributing to architectural practices in Rabat and Accra, his writing brings clarity, academic depth, and a global perspective to contemporary urban issues and design thinking.