This document provides details on the doors, windows, stairs, and roofs of Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall in Malaysia. It describes 12 doors, 3 windows, 6 staircases, and the 3 main types of roofs in the building - dome, pyramid, and flat. For each element, specifications like materials, dimensions, and location are given, along with recommendations for potential improvements. The conclusion reflects on learning about the different building components and their practical applications in a real shopping mall.

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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE BUILDING AND DESIGN
BACHELOR OF QUANTITY SURVEYING (HONS)
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY 1
BLD 60104
ASSIGNMENT 1
Lecturer:
Ms Azrina bt Mohd Yaakob
Disediakan Oleh:
No. Name Student ID Signature
1 Hor Weng Lim 0319441
2 Mok Po Yi 0318207
3 Ng Seng He 0323037
4 Pang Khai Shuen 0318423
5 Sherlyn Ang Tse Yun 0317977

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Index:
Contents Page
Introduction 3 – 4
Doors 5 – 18
Windows 19 – 22
Stairs 23 – 33
Roof 34 – 36
Conclusion 37

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Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall is located in Subang Jaya, Selangor. Launched in the year
1997, it features a prominent lion statue that gives away its identity from afar. After
undergoing major renovations, the building’s gross floor area totals 4 276 945 square feet
(equivalent to 396 000 m2
) as of 2014.
This building has a unique shape and also boasts 3 different types of roofs – dome, pyramid
and flat. It has 4 atriums and each of them have a different roofing system except for Blue
Atrium and Orange Atrium.
This gigantic shopping sports a huge variety of retail shops. It is rather obvious when the
names appear on Google Maps:

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From the top, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall is mostly covered by flat roof. However, some
areas of the roof are formed into the shape of a dome. The main entrance of the shopping
mall has a pyramid-shaped roof.

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DOORS

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DOOR 1
Material: Wood
Configuration: Flush
Mode of Operation: Swinging Double Door
Dimensions: 2300mm x 2100mm
Location: Entrance to Lift
Fire Rated: Yes
Recommendation:
This door can be replaced with Swinging Glass Doors to improve its aesthetic
appearance. The fire-rated properties is not as effective as the door leading to fire
escapes. Sliding glass doors is not applicable in this situation as there is no extra
room for sliding clearance.

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DOOR 2:
Material: Wood
Configuration: Glass
Mode of Operation: Swinging Double Door
Dimensions: 2300mm x 2100mm Glass: 140mm x 290mm each
Location: Entrance to Fire Escape
Fire Rated: Yes
Recommendation:
This door cannot be replaced due to its importance as a fire-rated door leading to the
fire escape.

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DOOR 3:
Material: Glass
Mode of Operation: Surface Sliding Double Doors
Dimensions: 2300 x 2100mm
- 1200mm for each glass panel
Location: Entrance to Lift
Recommendation:
This door is very suitable as it can accommodate the high human flow. This is
because this door is the main door between the car park and the lift lobby. However,
an alternative to this door is swinging glass door. Transparency is important in this
location as the wall is made of glass (aesthetic suitability) and the lift lobby has to be
visible for convenience and safety purposes.

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DOOR 4:
Material: Glass
Mode of Operation: Pocket Sliding Double Doors
Size: 5580 x 3000mm
Location: Entrance to Mall
Recommendation:
This is the main entrance to the shopping mall. This door is entirely suitable because
the sliding doors can be hidden at the sides. The sliding doors are also needed to
accommodate the high human flow. Visibility is important for aesthetic purposes. We
think there is no other doors that can replace this particular door.

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DOOR 5:
Material: Wood/Metal
Configuration: Flush
Mode of Operation: Swinging Double Door
Size: 1800 x 2000mm
Location: Entrance to Fire Escape
Fire Rated: Yes
Recommendation:
This door can be replaced with wooden door with wooden door with glass
configuration to provide visibility. This metal finish does not quit the aesthetic
purpose of the door as it is located at the main alley of the shopping mall.

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DOOR 6:
Material: Wood
Configuration: Flush
Mode of Operation: Swinging Single Door
Size: 1200 x 2000mm
Location: Entrance to Fire Escape
Fire Rated: Yes
Recommendation:
This door cannot be replaced as it is fire-rated and the size is suitable for the location.

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DOOR 7:
Material: Solid Wood
Configuration: Flush
Mode of Operation: Swinging Single Door
Size: 900 x 2000mm
Location: Building Services
Fire Rated: No
Recommendation:
This door cannot be replaced as it is important to protect building services
appropriately. Glass and plastic doors are too fragile and easily broken.

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DOOR 8:
Material: Wood
Configuration: Flush
Mode of Operation: Swinging Single Door
Size: 800 x 2000mm
Location: Storage Area
Fire Rated: No
Recommendation:
This door can be replaced with Single Swinging or Folded Plastic Door. As this door
leads to a storage area, a plastic door is more aesthetically pleasing compared to a
plain wooden door. It is also lighter and cheaper to install.

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DOOR 9:
Material: Wood
Configuration: Flush
Mode of Operation: Swinging single Door
Size: 700 x 2000mm
Location: Building Services
Fire Rated: No
Recommendation:
These doors can be replace with single swinging plastic doors. It does not need a
high level of protection and a plastic door can also deliver a similar aesthetic effect
with a lighter weight.

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DOOR 10:
Material: Wood
Configuration: Glass
Mode of Operation: Swinging Double Door
Size: 2000 x 3000 (each)
Location: Entrance to Mall from Sunway Lagoon
Fire Rated: No
Recommendation:
These doors can be replace with glass doors to improve visibility.

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DOOR 11:
Material: Solid Wood
Configuration: Flush
Mode of Operation: Swinging Single Door
Size: 700 x 2000mm
Location: Telephone Riser
Fire Rated: No
Recommendation:
This door cannot be replace with other materials as building services has to be
protected using solid wood doors.

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DOOR 12:
Material: Wood
Configuration: Glass
Mode of Operation: Swinging Double Door
Size: 900 x 2000mm Glass: 170 x 1300mm each
- 450mm wide for each door.
Location: Fire Extinguisher
Fire Rated: No
Recommendation:
This door can be replaced with hollow wood flush door, but it has to maintain a
swinging double door to save space. Plastic door is also applicable but the presence
of a glass configuration.

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Fire Rated Sign:

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WINDOWS

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WINDOW 1:
Type: Fixed Window
Location: Asian Avenue
Feature: Connected with aluminum casing, this window provides a view of Sunway Lagoon.

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WINDOW 2:
Type: Fixed Window
Location: Asian Avenue
Feature: This window is significantly smaller than the first one, but the materials used and
type is identical.

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WINDOW 3:
Type: Fixed Window
Location: Blue Atrium
Feature: These windows surround the wall of the Blue Atrium. It showcases the use of
ironmongery painted with the same colour as the wall.

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STAIRS

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STAIRS 1: Quarter-turn curving concrete stairs.
Tread: 300 – 440mm
Riser: 160mm
Baluster: 950mm
Handrail: 70mm
Flights: 2 x 18 Sides & 12 Centre
Materials:
-In-situ concrete
-Marble tread and rise
-Metal Baluster
-Metal Handrail
Recommendation:
Replace handrail with wood.

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Baluster – Gold painted simple ironmongery. Rise – Rectangular-cut marble tiles.
Tread – Radial-cut marble tiles. Balusters are supported by C-shaped bars.

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STAIRS 2: Half-turn fire escape stairs.
Tread: 290mm
Riser: 170mm
Baluster: 940mm
Handrail: 50mm
Flights: 14
Materials: Recommendation:
-In-situ concrete Concrete and ceramic tiles is suitable as
-Ceramic tread and rise non-combustible material is needed for fire
-Painted Metal Baluster escape stairs.
-Painted Metal Handrail

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Handrail – Single cylindrical bar attached to wall
Steps – Cast in-situ concrete.
Handrail – Attached to baluster.
Steps – Red and green ceramic.

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STAIRS 3: Self-supporting quarter-turn steel stairs.
Tread: 300mm
Riser: 170mm
Baluster: 1040mm
Handrail: 80mm
Flights: 16
Materials: Recommendation:
-Steel Plates This stairs is suitable as it is located
-Wood & Glass Baluster outdoors. The handrail can be replace
-Wood Support with metal to be longer lasting if
-Wood Handrail exposed to moderate weathering.

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Baluster – Made of tempered glass and metal.
Handrail – Wood joined to glass ad metal Handrail – Single cylindrical bar attached to wall
The end of the wood support attached to concrete

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STAIRS 5:
Tread: 300mm
Riser: 170mm
Baluster: 940mm
Handrail: 80mm
Flights: 13
Materials: Recommendation:
-Cast in-situ concrete. This stairs is suitable for the location.
-Brown ceramic tread and rise. There is no better recommendations.
-Metal baluster.
-Wood handrail.

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Cast in-situ concrete.Tread – Layered with ceramic of different colour.
Handrail – One continuous piece of polished woodBaluster – Made of metal with ironmongery.

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STAIRS 6:
Tread: 290mm
Riser: 160mm
Baluster: 900mm
Handrail: 70mm
Flights: 11
Materials:
-Cast in-situ concrete.
-Brown ceramic tread and rise.
-Metal baluster.
-Metal handrail.

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Ceramic tiles layered not only on tread
and rise, but also on the sides of the
staircase.
The baluster and handrail are made of
metal and welded together.

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ROOFS

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The Roof:
In Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, there are generally 3 types of roofs. The first one is the
dome shaped roof as shown here. There are 2 dome shaped roofs. One at the Blue Atrium
(shown) and another identical one at the Orange Atrium.
The second one, which is the pyramid roof, is the main spotlight of the whole shopping mall.
It is attached with the statue that symbolizes the shopping mall itself. This is roof is located
at the Pyramid Atrium positioned at the top right corner of the mall.

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Lastly, the majority of the roof in this shopping mall is actually flat roof. This roof is commonly
overlooked even though it forms a major part of the roofing system. This picture shows the
flat roof of the shopping mall through the view on a helicopter.
Position of Roofs:
PYRAMID ROOF
FLAT ROOF
DOME ROOF

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Conclusion:
In a nutshell, throughout accomplishing this assignment, we have not just gained a
substantial knowledge about the different types of doors, windows, stairs, and roofs, but also
their practical applications in real buildings like in Sunway Pyramid shopping mall. It was
fascinating to find out the logic behind the selection of particular doors, windows, and stairs.
We are also now more sensitive towards these elements while exploring other buildings.
We would like to extend our gratitude towards all group members who worked together in
producing this assignment. Also we would like to thank Ms Azrina for her guidance during
the process.