This document provides information about Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, a historical building in Penang, Malaysia. It was commissioned by Yeap Chor Yee and designed in the Art Deco and Neo-Classical styles. The document includes details about the building's facades, interior layout, architectural elements, and construction. It also provides background context on the site and surrounding area. Photos and diagrams help illustrate the building's features and help document the project to explore and record its history.

1. MR KID AND AR CALEB GROUPS
WISMA YEAP CHOR EE PHOTOBOOK
For you to discover our journey and explore the history

2. Wisma Yeap Chor Ee (Photobook) 2014 Malaysia
Published in Asia in 2014 by
Mr Caleb and Mr Kid Groups
Jalan Taylors
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Reports Editor : Wong Ai Ling
Information : Eunice Quah
Information Assistant : Nur Ain Yazid and Heng Yee Tan
CAD Master : Chong Kah Weng , O Gee You , Sylvia Kwan and Tay Ren Siong
Model Making Leader : Charlene Chan

3. C O N T E N T S
INTO THE STRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION
THE UNTOLD
INTO THE TALE
FOCUS
ARCHITECTURE DETAILS
PANORAMIC VIEWS
THE JOURNEY
PROGRESS
STUDENTS’ SKETCHES

4. EXPOSED
Discover wholly from the Surrounding till the details of the Building

7. INTRODUCTION
SITE CONTEXT & USER

8. Wisma Yeap Chor Ee ; the name been
given to this historical building. It was
commissioned by Yeap Chor Yee
himself and designed by
Messrs Stark & cneil.
TALE OF BUILDING
This building spots architecture style
of Art Deco and Neo-Classicism.
Now, it is categorized as
II Listed Heritage Building in the core
zone are of Georgetown.
ADDRESS
Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, Weld Quay 10300, Pulau Pinang,
Pulau Pinang 10300, Malaysia

9. “IT MAY BE LEFT ABANDON, BUT THE
ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL VALUE STAYS “
THE LAYOUT
Each floor is repetitive and follow the
same layout. The columns are alligned
to the same grid. For security
purposes, the doors were laid out in
a way that the upper floors can be
accessed from and exterior door and
some spaces are interconnected.

10. KEY PLAN
1. China Street 2. Beach Street 3. Weld Quay 4. Wisma Kastam
5. Pengkalan Raja Uda Ferry Terminal 6. Clan Jetties
Wisma Yeap Chor Ee is situated in
Jalan Weld Quay, Penang. The location
is strategic as it is near China Steet,
Beach Street, Ferry Terminal,
Wisma Kastam and Clan jetties.
BACKGROUND
These are important as it helped in
figuring out how and why is the building
been constructed with such design,
structure,ornamentation and etc.

12. China street was originally linked to the
shore; and goods would be unloaded
and bought on shore via ghauts.
Ghaut is a Hindi and Benghali word,
dedicated steps heading down to a
body of water.
CHINA STREET
The street layout was regarded good
for Fengshui where the Kuan Yin
Temple enjoyed a direct view of the sea.
Thus, they named the street as
China Street Ghaut

13. Used to be the centre of trade with of-
fices, banks and godowns. Ban Hin Lee
bank started by Yeap Chor Ee in 1935
is also located there.
BEACH STREET
Now, this street always packed on
Sundays with communal activities via a
program called
‘Project Occupy Beach Street’

14. This street was named after Sir
Frederick Aloysius Weld, British
Governor. Last time,there were dozens
of jetties, wharves and
piers landedhere.
WELD QUAY
The location was quite advantageous
as it was closely located to the
authorities, banks and
Swettenham Pier.

15. Wisma Kastam is located in China
Street Ghaut and it is opposite of
Wisma Yeap Chor Ee. It was formerly
known as the Malayan Railway Building.
WISMA KASTAM
It blends art deco and classical
elements with its ionic columns and
pane windows.

16. The ferry terminal was named after
Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj bin Raja
Muhammad, the first Governor of
Penang of the newly
independent Malaya.
FERRY TERMINAL
Pengkalan Raja Tun Uda connects the
people of Penang and Butterworth,
where Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim
is located.

17. This jetty was built by China Immi-
grants. As time goes by, clans were
formed that lead to fights and disputes.
CLAN JETTIES
The cluster wooden houses still home
to hundreds of people. Their lifestyles
changed gradually. Now, it is a famous
attraction in Georgetown.

19. THE UNTOLD
BUILDING FACADE

20. NORTH EAST FACADE
NOT TO SCALE
NOT TO DEFINITE LINE WEIGHT

21. SOUTH WEST FACADE
NOT TO SCALE
NOT TO DEFINITE LINE WEIGHT

22. THE FACADES
Wisma Yeap Chor Ee has two facades
and one corner facade wall.
On the facade, you can see the
components of arch, windows, doors,
roofs and etc.
South West facade is facing
Wisma Kastam and North East Facade
facing Malacca Strait.
KEY PLAN
TOP PHOTO : South West Facade
BOTTOM PHOTO : North East Facade

23. This building also has a corner facade
which intersect the south west and
north east facade. It is the main
entrace and the name of the
building been placed.
CORNER FACADE

24. COLONIAL DOORS

25. The main material for most of this
building is timber door. As for this door, it
has a curved glass on top of the door
which is called as ‘fan skylight’
DOUBLE SWING DOOR
+
HALF CIRCLE TRANSOM

26. This entry been laid out from ground
floor. For security purpose, only
people who have the key are allowed to
access second and third floor.
STAIRCASE ENTRY
This door can be found on the
South West Facade, Ground Floor

27. BI - FOLDED DOOR + TRANSOM

28. COLONIAL WINDOWS

29. This window always come with ‘set of
threes’ to enhance Art Deco elements.
ARCH WINDOW
+
TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW
As for arch window, it is always on 2nd
and ground floor. It is in contact with
the roof and ground. It is responsible to
transfer the load down to the earth,

30. These windows also come in a
‘Set of Threes’.
TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW
AND
TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW
+
TRANSOM
This might be due to the Egyptian
Influence ot it is just a good design.

31. TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOW
+
HALF CIRCLE TRANSOM

32. DOUBLE CASEMENT WINDOWS
+
TRANSOM

33. TRIPLE CASEMENT WINDOWS
+
TRANSOM

34. OTHERS

35. This is the usual columns you can see on
the facade of Wisma Yeap Chor Ee
FACADE COLUMN

36. Several types of plaster moulding can
be seen in this Art Deco
Style’s Building.
ORNAMENTATIONS
Two working techniques which are
running mould batten and sunken
batten technique to form the plaster
work.

37. This arch is usual to be seen in this
building to enhance Art Deco Styles’.
ARCH

38. This balcony is some sort of a hallways
on the first and second floor of North
East Facade. It is also to covered half of
the facade for privacy,
weather and sunlight.
CLOSED BALCONY

39. This balcony always been attached on
triple casement window + Transom.
OPEN BALCONY

41. The roof on this building were installed using
Dry Fixing Method. This facilitates better overall
roof ventilation and thus provides cool comfort
and energy saving.
ROOF

43. INTO THE TALE
INTERIOR BUILDING

45. EXPERIENCE THE SHADOW FROM THE WINDOW CUTOUT

46. When you are inside the building,
you can feel the strike of light, shadow and
ventilation due to large windows and
heavy loading doors.
INNER FEELING

47. “ Those strike of shadow, light and
ventilation that calmed us when we
were in the building. ”

48. FLOOR STORIES

49. Each floor is repetitive with same layout but
grond floor is quite different. This floor was
acted as a warehouse which consist of five
rooms.
GROUND FLOOR

50. This floor has four rooms and the
layout is similar to the second floor. If
you want to recognize this floor with the
second floor, you can notice the ceiling
of this floor is exposed with floor slab.
FIRST FLOOR

51. As explained, the layout is similar to
the first floor.
SECOND FLOOR
To differentiate it from first floor, you will
notice that the roof trust can be seen
on this floor.

52. STAIRCASE

53. There are only one staircase that allow
user to access the first and second
floor. The room that situated the
staircase can only be access with
someone who has the key as the space
is laid out and interconnected from
ground floor.
START FROM BOTTOM

54. The side angle view of the staircase.
This proved that the staircase is
repetitive and alligned on every floor.
ALLIGNED CASE

55. “ What goes up must come down “
As there is only one staircase in the
building, user could just use this to
access different floor.
FROM BOTTOM TO TOP
Eventually, user also could use lift which
located right beside the staircase.

56. CORRIDOR

57. The corridor is situated in the first and
second floor which gives a continue
acces from room to another room.
PASS THROUGH

58. ORDER OF COLUMNS

59. Basically, all the columns in the building
are well alligned and proportion
according to the grid line. It goes the
same to the first and second floor too.
GROUND FLOOR COLUMNS
In the ground floor, it conists of
16 columns. The type of column in this
floor is Round Columns.

60. SECOND FLOOR COLUMNS
In this floor, there are 13 columns and
these columns are Square Columns.

61. THIRD FLOOR COLUMNS
This floor has 13 columns and the type
of column is Square Columns.

62. OPENINGS

63. This entry can be used on the ground
floor. It is an empty opening with an
arched shape that divide the building
with the courtyard.
ARCHED TO COURTYARD

64. This is another entry to courtyard. It is a
rectangular opening or holes which
allows ventilation also.
OPENING TO COURTYARD

65. This door usually leads to the closed
balcony North East Facade
and usual room and spaces.
DOUBLE DOOR with
SINGLE -DOOR ON RIGHT

66. The usual door to the room and space
DOUBLE SWING DOOR
+
TRANSOM

67. Another usual opening that lead to
the room in the building.
OPENING
SUNBURST + SUNLIGHT

68. COURTYARD

69. The column that support the second
floor deck in the courtyard.
STRIPS IN COURTYARD

70. This is the wall of the building that can be
seen through the courtyard
VIEW FROM THE DECK

71. This is the deck that can be access for people to
have a better view of the courtyard
SECOND FLOOR DECK

73. FOCUS
CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS

74. COLUMNS

75. This is a detailed view of round column
that can be seen in the
ground floor of the building.
ROUND COLUMN

76. This is a clearer view of the square
columns that can be seen in the first and
second floor of the building.
SQUARE COLUMNS

77. This kind of beam laid on top of column
across the building.
MAIN BEAM
The width of main beam is greatest at
ground floor and smallest at 2nd.

78. It thickens toward its support so that
greater area will be attached to the
main beams and the pilasters.
SUB BEAM
The haunced end also help the load
transfer down the earth safely.

79. Arch beam carry more loads than flat
beam. It safely transfers the loads
applied to it more efficiently.
ARCH BEAM

80. FLOOR

81. This flooring can be seen diagonally at
the hallways and balconies on the
1st and 2nd floor.
NON-PORCELAIN
CERAMIC TILES
The diamond grid pattern of tiles will a
smaller space look larger and a long
space seem endless.

82. The strips of timber are connected by
tounge and groove joinery.
TIMBER FLOORING
The advantage of it is it requires
minimal amount of nailing and gluing
to hold together.

83. The grounf floor are fully covered by
using cement rendering with
rough surface.
CEMENT SCREED FLOORING
The cement screed are patterned by
diagonal grid lines to add in more
aesthatical value and make the
space look larger

84. ROOF TRUSS

85. The purlins are laid along the top chord
of roof trusses and secured in their
position by nailing trough the top chord.
PURLINS

86. Battens elevate the the roof tile off
the roof deck, and ensures water
drains off the drain.
COUNTER BATTENS
&
GALVALUME BATTENS
Counter Battens are installed
perpendicularly to purlin in
a smaller span.
Galvalume Battens were installed
during previous restoration. It is used
for good tiles installation and
prevent roof sagging.

88. ROOF

89. The tile that been used for the building
is Marseille Double Terracota Roof Tiles.
ROOF TILES
It is interlocked at head and side for
maximum protection against the
harshest weather and security.

90. DOOR AND WINDOW

91. This is the usual door handle for all the
doors in this building.
IRON DOOR
ALDROP CASTING

92. The hinge of the door is used to
connect the the panel of the door and
one end of door jamb
HINGE DOOR

93. SUNBURST
This is to accomodate the arc shape
opening which function to transfer the
load of building sideway.

94. This type of connection give an
seamless effect without compromise
the aesthetical value
of colonial windows.
CONNECTION OF MURTINS

95. The stile and rail of windows are held
together by using mortise and tenon
joint with mitered sticking
CONNECTION OF
RAIL AND STILE

96. The usual window handle for user to
open and closed the window easily.
WINDOW HANDLE

97. The usual window lock to be seen on
the windows in the building. It is to
shut the windows tightly.
WINDOW LOCK

99. ARCHITECTURE DETAILS
COLLONIALISM
ART DECO AND NEO - CLASSICISM

100. COLONIAL (17th Century - mid 20th Century)
COLONIALISM
Wisma Yeap Chor Ee was constructed
in the time of British Rule; the
Era of Colonialism.
From all the observations, it is
determined that the building posseses
elements of both the
ART DECO & NEO-CLASSICAL styles.

101. The photo shows on the colonial
windows and doors in the building.

102. ART DECO

103. Art Deco elements normally come in a
Set of Threes’
SET OF THREES’

104. Inspired by the design of an airplanes
and autmobiles. Buildings appear to
be modern and sleek.
ROUNDED CORNERS

105. Art Deco motifs include simple
geometrical shapes, as seen in
the balcony.
SYMMETRY AND GEOMETRY
There is also symmetrical line can be
seen in one whole set of the picture

106. They look like a shelf and shade
direct sunlight.
EYEBROWS

107. Stucco can be sculpted into art deco
motifs.The finish was usually left in
biege but was sometimes painted in
pastel colour of the era.
PLASTER MOULDING

108. NEO-CLASSICISM

109. Floral ornaments depicted in a form of
of a leaves in the picture.
FLORAL MOTIFS

110. Wedge-shaped stone at the apex of
an arch.It is the last piece to be placed
during construction and locks all the
other stones in the position.
KEYSTONE

111. Semi circulate window. It is usually
placed over a door. There are three
elements of a frieze which are
triglyph, metope and gultae.
FANLIGHT

113. PANORAMIC PHOTOS
FULL VIEW

114. NORTH EAST VIEW

116. BACKYARD VIEW

117. SOUTH WEST VIEW

134. THE JOURNEY
All For One and One For All, It’s a Cliche but It’s the Reality

135. LECTURERS
GROUP LEADER
Cheah Kai Kid
Ar. Caleb
Eunice Quah
REPORTS
Eunice Quah ( L )
Wong Ai Ling
NurAin Yazid
Tan Heng Yee
ELEVATION
Chong Kah Weng ( L )
Mohammad Harris
Sarah Elise
Goh Yeethong
Nur Adila Zaas
SECTION
Tay Ren Siong ( L )
Munirah Zazarin
Lim Chon Keat
Arif Zakwan
Charlene Chan
Tan Heng Yee
FLOOR PLAN
Sylvia Kwan ( L )
Arif Haiqal
Kristopher Teoh
Kong Chee Seng
Liew Hui En
DETAILS
Ling Gee You ( L )
Kiew Wee Kee
Sue Jing
Daniel Yap
Wong Kai Tze
PHOTO & VIDEO
Zerrox Tan ( L )
Daniel Yap
Nur Adila Zaas
CAD MASTER
Chong Kah Weng
Tay Ren Siong
Sylvia Kwan
Ling Gee You
MODEL MAKING
Charlene Chan ( L )
Wong Kai Tze
Munirah Zazarin
Mohammad Harris
Arif Haiqal
Arif Zakwan
Sue Jing
Goh Yeethong
Kristophen Teoh
Kong Chee Seng
Kiew Wee Kee
Daniel Yap
Chon Keat
Liew Hui En
PHOTOBOOK
Nur Adila Zaas
( Editor )
Lim Chon Keat
( Photo Editor )
WEBSITE
Goh Yeethong

136. Tutor : CHEAH KAI KID
EUNICE QUAH XUET - WYNE
0302968
WONG AI LING
0303742
NURAIN BT MOHD YAZID
1004E78741
SYLVIA KWAN
0311790
ARIF HAIQAL
0300923
KONG CHEE SENG
0308360
TAY REN SIONG
0303286
LIM CHON KEAT
0312439
SITI MUNIRAH ZAZARIN
0312710
ARIF ZAKWAN
0303736
CHARLENE CHAN HUISHAN
0308518
KONG CHEE SENG
0308360

137. Tutor : Ar. CALEB CHAN CHOW
LIEW HUI EN
0314920
CHONG KAH WENG
0312617
HARRIS ANNUAR
0303768
SARAH ELISE GOH YEETHONG
0310044
NUR ADILA ZAAS
0310417
LING GEE YOU
0311338
KIEW WEE KEE
0310202
GAN SUE JING
0307957
ALEX WONG KAI TZE
0303228
DANIEL YAP
0309100
ZERROX TAN
0303128

139. UNFOLDING
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

140. THE PROGRESS

141. ON SITE
Research the building by measuring,
analysing and discussion.

142. CAD - ING
Despite for presentation, technical
drawing is to analyse and get better
understanding about the building.

143. MODEL
Building a model of the building also is
a one way for better understanding
to all of the components from
external view into the details.

144. SKETCHES

166. It may be the last page of our journey;
but we had learnt and gained a lot
of architectural knowledge.
SAY ‘CHEESE’
As we tied the bond and lend each oth-
er hand, somehow it enhance our
teamwork skill.