Work from Home

The Quality of Life Survey 1998 measured the satisfaction level of Kuala Lumpur’s residents with respect to a number of specific facilities and services. More than 40 percent of Kuala Lumpur residents faced difficulty in getting to their work place on time owing to traffic congestion.


A more recent perception survey carried out by the Economic Planning Unit confirmed the above findings. It further revealed a high level of dissatisfaction in respect of accessibility to cultural and recreational facility.

(Source: DBKL)

 Figure 1: Visualization of workplace connecting to garden room

(Source: Author)

Based on the finding above, we proposed the idea of ''working from home'' to save fuel consumption on private transportation and time in urban lifestyle. For example, the number of day spent in the employer office would be reduced and replaced by ''working from home''. This idea is further strengthened by current trend in Malaysia. Few years before, private sectors reduced 6 working days (Monday - Saturday) to 5 days (Monday - Friday). We believe, in the future, the working days at office would be lesser than current working days.

Besides that, we also propose the workplace in Zone.Zone House to be connected to recreational facility, we call it the ''garden room''. 

The workplace is located in the Core as adults would be spending their time in this place to do their work. While, ''garden room'' functions as Buffer zone with planting box (heat barrier) to provide heat protection to the work place. Natural daylighting is important to a working environment, thus, fenestration is introduced on north-facing facade of the workplace. 

In addition, the greenery in garden room provides pleasant visual in the workplace, creating good working environment. The family can conduct their recreational activity in garden room.