Analysis of vegetation and water elements on a building is very important to avoid serious damage in buildings. Therefore this paper will discuss about the types and effects of vegetation and the water elements might cause on the building. The Royal Selangor Club of Kuala Lumpur has been chosen as our case study. From the site observation, a lot of defects related to the vegetations and water elements occurred on the building. It reflects the level of maintenance or awareness of the owner towards the buildings. Effects of vegetation and water elements on the building have been recognized and several methods to rectify the problems have been suggested .

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3.  Royal Selangor Club was established on 1884
which originated was wooden building with
attach of attap and was upgraded into 2-
storey building that was designed by AC
Norman.
 It was rebuild back again in 1980 by local
architect Fong LingYong, preserving Mock-
Tudor architecture.

4.  It was located in middle of Kuala Lumpur
which located in Dataran Merdeka.
 Climate of Kuala Lumpur isTropical climate
which is hot and humid along the year
 The maximum of temperature in Kuala
Lumpur is 35o C while the minimum
temperature is about 25o C

5. We are here

7. YES!!! THERE IS A PROBLEM!
• LESSVEGETATION AND PLANTS
-Not enough vegetation to shade the building
-Get too hot during day time.
• CLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS
-The role of vegetation, water bodies, radiative heat gain and air
movement have been seen at the overall site level.
- thus, plant elements can help in heating, cooling and even
ventilation

8. Vegetation problem
-Plant grow in the
between the
cracks and small
gaps of the wall.

9. CRACKS ON
CONCRETE
- The cracks
happen when
the concrete
couldn’t stand
anymore on the
soil weight and
growing of the
root of the plant
, so cracks was
created.

10. Vegetation problem
on the timber
- Happen when the
presence of water
and the enough of
nutrients , enable
plants grew by itself.

11. Condensation
of water
-Stagnant
water forming
corrosive
moisture
to concrete

12. Condensation of
water
-When the water from
the rain could not
channel to downstairs
which creates
stagnant and when it
couldn’t fully dried it
damped and creates
mouldy effect.

13. STAINING
-Water from the air-
conditioner created
the effect of staining
to the wall and the
wall becomes moldy
look

14. WOOD ROT
- The water affect the
wood, it creates too
much moisture. So the
root structure became
weak and rot through
the time
STAINING
- Water from the rain not
dried well, and the building
are keep exposing to
rainfall and sun so create
a stain

15. MOLD DEVELOPMENT
•Water vapour condenses on the
surface allowing mold to grow.
•Furthermore, it causes
dampness on the inner side of
the building.
•This will encourage more
unwanted plants to grow.
• The dampness will cause
decay or ‘wet rot’ to
the concrete structure

16. TERMITE
ATTACKS
-When high
moisture in a roof,
it attract the
termites and other
pest attack the root.

17. • there is no specific preventive solution can be applied on
this problem because it happened by the natural surrounding
and the climate itself
•Somehow precaution can be taken by :
-Selection of the tiles and material such as paint,
coating material, type of wood,
-A maintain care by the takers to avoid the growth of
the plants/fungi.

18. -A drainage should be maintained monthly so that the
building would not having excessive moisture and stagnant
water.
-the staining problem can be resolved by careful
sealing the ends of conduit in the crawl space by
using urethane foam which prevent the air from entering
the conduits and create moist situation
-Put the water system at the lower level in
foundation so that it can increase the drainage and sump