ARC PAC (USA) Inc. is an outgrowth and successor to Architects Pacific Ltd, a firm originally established in Hong Kong in 1989. During the succeeding 31 years the firm has changed with the times – starting as a company to provide design services to a Hong Kong resident developer who was developing a 25-story residential condominium project on Broadway in New York city, evolving to include offices in Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore and Jakarta with over 110 personnel working on many different types of projects, then changing again as the currency crisis struck the Asia Pacific region in 1998 to its present form as a small architecture firm focused on using our accumulated experience as architects since 1974. Following are descriptions of some of the work we have done, the list is not exhaustive.
WISMA PONDOK INDAH 3
Project Type: Office (Rental)
Year Completed: 2012
Location: South Jakarta, Indonesia
Client: PT Metropolitan Kentjana
Statistics: 42,000 sq.m. of office space, parking on 3 levels totaling 20,000 sq.m. with 650 parking spaces.
Description: This new 21-story office building is the third and last building in a master-planned development begun in 1993 and designed by Architects Pacific Ltd.. The two shorter predecessor buildings are clothed in green and blue monolithic glass with white spandrels and serve to frame the entrance to the development site. The new building uses green and blue reflective insulated low-e glazing in reference to the existing structures and adds a sheet of reflective gold glazing to each long façade to visually highlight the center of the complex. This is the first expansive use of gold glass in Jakarta and belies the subdued almost monochromatic tones of the main entrance lobby. The building is linked directly to the two existing office buildings at each of the three basement levels and the entire complex will be linked to a new mixed-use development to the south and to the existing Pondok Indah Mall structures.
RATU PRABU IV
Project Type: Office (Rental)
Year Completed: Schematic Design 2008, now on hold
Location: South Jakarta, Indonesia
Client: PT Lekom Maras
Statistics: 32 stories, 60,000 sq.m. of office space, three parking levels with parking for 800 vehicles
Description: This new office building will have floorplates of 2,000 sq.m., ceiling heights of 2.85 meters and an exterior full-height glass wall using insulated reflective low-e glazing with the interior lite comprised of two 6mm sheets of glass laminated together to form an impact-resistant and noise-reducing exterior enclosure. The triple-height entrance lobby uses black, white and gold granite exposed to the exterior by full-height clear tempered structural glazing to create an ambience as rich as the country of Indonesia.
MENARA PRIMA
Project Type: Office (Rental)
Year Completed: 2008
Location: Mega Kuningan, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
Client: PT Wiratara
Statistics: 42,000 sq.m. of gross office space, 30,000 sq.m. of parking space
Description: A 30-story reinforced concrete office structure in the heart of a master-planned “superblock” in central Jakarta, this building utilizes 1,500 sq.m. floorplates with a central core and fan coils in tenant ceilings to minimize floor area consumed by air handling units. The result is a core that overall is less than 16% of the gross floor area. The exterior wall is floor-to-ceiling monolithic reflective glass sourced locally in a 1.2m module aluminum frame. The blue-glazed main element with a sloping front and back and a sloping roof parapet line are visually supported by the rectilinear silver-grey glazed body of the building, adding visual interest to the orthogonal nature of the typical floor. The two-story arcade along the front is a requirement of the local design authorities and, using clear glass, houses a restaurant and a medical clinic, providing a visual connection to the street for tenants, visitors and passers by.
MENARA PRIMA II
Project Type: Office (Rental)
Year Completed: 2012
Location: Mega Kuningan, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
Client: PT Wiratara
Statistics: 46,000 sq.m. of office space, 32,000 sq.m. of parking space
Description: A proposed 32 stories, this second building of a pair on adjacent sites responds to its immediate neighbor by using the same sloping lines of its predecessor but in reverse – the sloping roof parapet line of the first building has been brought down to the main lobby to allow tenants and visitors to experience at an intimate level the dimensions and drama of the neighboring roof line. The typical floorplate is 1,500 sq.m. with a similar core to that of Menara Prima.
SOLAIR* (designed and project-managed by one or more of the principals while at another firm)
Project Type: Mixed Use Retail and Residential Condominium
Year Completed: 2008
Location: Los Angeles, California
Client: KOAR Wilshire Western LLC
Statistics: 732,000 Sq. Ft., 590 parking spaces, 186 residential condominium units, 39,000 sq.ft. of retail space.
Description: A 23-story flat plate concrete structure with shear walls at two linked cores, this project was a first of its kind in the city of Los Angeles, with the structural design allowing the perimeter of each floor to be free of shear walls or beams allowing exterior glass window walls to be truly floor-to-ceiling. The single basement level is dedicated to retail parking while two levels of retail starting at the grade level provide flexible retail space responsive to the location – immediately adjacent to a stop on the Purple line of L.A.’s Metro. Six “live-work” units are located on the Second Level along with an Asian-inspired residential lobby. Above the retail levels are four parking levels containing parking space for the residential units; the roof of the residential parking forms a 13,000 sq.ft. deck, pool and clubhouse amenity level. There are 12 residential units on each floor except for the top two levels where six large penthouse-style units per floor have been located, each with large terraces open to the southern California sky. The Seventh Level houses residential units with large outdoor terraces and the principle tenant amenities – a swimming pool and Jacuzzi, covered cabanas and a clubhouse with a gym and meeting rooms.
WILSHIRE TOWER THE VIEW* (designed and project-managed by one or more of the principals while at another firm)
Project Type: Mixed Use Retail and Residential Condominium
Year Completed: 2010
Location: Los Angeles, California
Client: Federal Street LA LLC
Statistics: Existing 200,000 Sq. Ft., 213 parking spaces, 168 residential condominium units, 8,000 sq.ft. of retail space.
Description: An existing 13-story reinforced concrete apartment building originally constructed in 1965, this project has been renovated and converted from rental units to condominiums. New aluminum-framed, insulated low-e windows, new balcony railings, a new entrance canopy and new aluminum-and-glass storefronts have brought the classic exposed frame design to a modern state, while the interior of the building has been completely updated. Each residential unit has a washer and dryer newly installed with Italian-inspired kitchens, hardwood floors and European plumbing fixtures completing the renovation.
3670 WILSHIRE* (designed and managed by one or more of the principals while at another firm)
Project Type: Mixed Use Residential and Retail
Year Completed: N/A, project on hold (2005-6 concept design)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Client: Legacy Partners
Statistics: 600,000 sq.ft. of residential space with 378 condominium units; 400,000 sq.ft. of parking space with stalls for 800-plus vehicles; 8,000 sq.ft. of retail space.
Description: This proposed 40-story condominium development was intended to be constructed in one phase and would have occupied half of a large block in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles. The podium, used for tenant entrance, vehicle circulation, retail and parking uses, would have risen to a level that responded appropriately to the golf driving range located immediately to the west of the site. The concrete structure, using a dual frame moment beam and shear wall system, is designed as a long slab but with semi-private elevators providing access to the residential levels; the corridor that results is used only for servicing the residential units and for emergency egress.
THE MONTECITO* (designed and managed by one or more of the principals while at another firm)
Project Type: Residential Condominium
Year Completed: 2006
Location: Warner Center, Los Angeles, California
Client: Chandler Partners LLC
Statistics: 85 residential condominium units on 5 floors totaling approximately 140,000 sq.ft. and 190 parking spaces in two levels of parking garage.
Description: This residential condominium building is comprised of six floors with five wood-framed floors over a concrete deck. Two levels of parking – one on grade, one basement level – provide secure and easily accessible parking. The design is executed in a “Santa Barbara” style with white stucco walls, iron railings and the red Spanish roof tile prevalent throughout the southwest. The residential units are large, typically 1,600 sq.ft. with 2 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths arranged as “dual master” bedrooms for flexibility of use by families or couples with parents. An intimate landscaped garden and pool is located within the surrounding walls and serves the residents with seating, a play area and a barbeque grill.
ANCOL MIXED USE
Project Type: Mixed Use Hotel, Retail and Residential Condominium
Year Completed: Concept Design 2008
Location: Ancol, North Jakarta, Indonesia
Client: PT Lekom Maras
Statistics: A site area of 30,000 sq.m. allows for a total development of over 195,000 sq.m. including 59,000 sq.m. of parking for over 2,000 vehicles; a five-star 30-story hotel of almost 55,000 sq.m. and 387 rooms; a 38-story residential tower of some 70,212 sq.m. and 218 units; retail space of 1,920 sq.m. and a spa and ballroom complex of over 9,400 sq.m..
Description: The challenge met on this waterfront site involves the increasing frequency of high water and the need to ensure that no flooding will occur anywhere in the complex once it has been constructed. The solution was to use two basement levels and one on grade level for parking, mechanical equipment and back of house areas with access to those levels only from the raised “Ground Floor” level, effectively creating a bathtub-type of construction. The raised Ground level is used for vehicular and pedestrian circulation and each major use – hotel, ballroom, residential – is provided with its own entry and exit ramps with special attention paid to the need for large numbers of visitors to quickly enter and depart the premises during events such as weddings while not disturbing the hotel and residential tenants and visitors. The hotel rooms are large at an average of over 65 sq.m. each and each room has views of either the sea or the mountains and central Jakarta to the south. The residential tower incorporates the concept of a ‘house in the sky’ with access via a private elevator, large outdoor terraces and a double-slab floor that allows the owner to locate toilet and kitchen spaces almost anywhere in the unit. All residential units have light and air access to two sides for flow-through ventilation. The ballroom will be one of the largest in Jakarta at 4,000 sq.m. net floor area with a prefunction space on two levels of over 1,500 sq.m. and meeting room space of over 550 sq.m.. The spa and a high-end medical clinic, both located on the roof of the ballroom, provide 6 private treatment villas in Balinese style and a clinic of some 390 sq.m..
BIXEL* (designed and managed by one or more of the principals while at another firm)
Project Type: Mixed Use Retail and Residential Condominium
Year Completed: N/A, project on hold, Design Development complete 2008
Location: Los Angeles, California
Client: Shin Young USA
Statistics: 330 residential units on a site of some 60,000 sq.ft.. Parking for 450 vehicles.
Description: A 17-story reinforced concrete structure with slab edges expressed and folded to create continuous solid planes, the building folds itself toward the corner of Bixel and Ingraham Streets in a gesture to the pedestrian visitor.