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KLANG VALLEY
KL Monorail New Maintenance Depot.
Brickfields Kuala Lumpur (2011)
2011-2014
The new KL Monorail Depot building is built to accommodate the increasing maintenance capacity of its expanded fleet. The site is located along the river bank, tight and narrow. A typical train maintenance operation adopts horizontal movement of the bogie changing procedure. Bogie repair areas are usually placed side by side with the bogie drop pit servicing lines.
With the limited area the site could offer, the service operation requires re-engineering input of its standard procedure. The new design concept is developed where the service area is brought to the upper level. Bogies are lifted to the upper floor with an overhead crane through an opening on the upper-level floor. This resulted in the separation of heavy and light maintenance in vertical order creating a well-organized maintenance discipline and effective space utilization.
The building facade is given an articulate fenestration treatment to facilitate natural ventilation and lighting to flow into the maintenance space.