Bandar Malaysia

Bandar Malaysia is proposed mixed use development that aims to create an integrated new community that will propel future development and growth in Kuala Lumpur while setting a new benchmark for sustainable design and planning in the region. The 196 ha development site, which sits on the former Sungai Besi Airforce Base and is located 5km to the south of the heart of Kuala Lumpur, is the largest of its kind in Malaysia, providing a unique opportunity to create a compact, complete and connected neighbourhood that is people-centric, liveable and sustainable. As well as creating an exemplar new district for the city, Bandar Malaysia will also provide an exciting new gateway to the city through its hyperconnectivity to its regional neighbours and the wider world with two planned high speed rail links to Bangkok, Singapore and the international airport, easy access to a range of city highways and MRT lines connecting the district with the rest of the city. Bandar Malaysia will be a place of many characters with seven distinct character districts being proposed, each a response to the physical and heritage characteristics of the existing site as well as the socio-economic aspirations of the development. One of its central aims is to become an international destination for culture and the arts, showcasing Malaysia’s rich and diverse cultural offering and enabling it to reap the potential economic benefits of investment on the arts as seen in countries like Hong Kong where its investment in the arts contributes almost 4% to its overall GDP. Bandar Malaysia will also a mixed use working community creating opportunities in emerging and creative industries, supporting entrepreneurs and SME enterprises and creating world-class opportunities for education with direct links to industry. This working community will be supported by more than 27,000 new homes with at least 10,000 of these affordable as part of a wider vision to ensure a diverse mix of residents within the development site and a vision to create high quality and affordable housing for all across the wider city. The heights and density of the buildings across the development site have been carefully planned to create a legible city and aid navigation through the community while maximising the benefits of the changing topography across the site. Bandar Malaysia will also play a key role in driving Kuala Lumpur towards is zero carbon city aspirations with a wide range of sustainable strategies underpinned by a commitment to providing 20% of the development area as green space, including the creation of a new Central Park. Other strategies will include the introduction of multi-model streets across the district that will minimise the need for car use, extensive solar energy to provide 20% of the district’s energy needs and a sewage processing facility to reduce water demand by up to 50%, a process supported by the introduction of sponge city principles across the district aimed at capturing as much water as possible for reuse.