The Detached Factories

Located in Bandar Bukit Raja, Klang, Selangor, this industrial development by Sime Darby Property comprises 49 landed detached factory units across a 39.02-acre site. The project is structured around a clear rethinking of industrial architecture, positioning it as an integral component of the township’s urban character rather than a purely functional enclave. Operational efficiency, flexible planning, and logistical performance form the project’s foundation, while architectural clarity and formal discipline shape its identity. By aligning functionality with considered form-making, the development demonstrates how industrial buildings can contribute meaningfully to the spatial quality, visual coherence, and evolving character of a contemporary township.

This project rejects the notion that industrial buildings are purely utilitarian objects. Efficiency is treated not as a constraint, but as a generator of architectural form. Logistics, circulation, and production grids dictate the spatial framework, producing a building that performs with precision and clarity. Passive climatic responses, including pitched roofs, controlled openings, and natural ventilation are embedded to enhance comfort while reducing operational dependency and reinforcing long-term adaptability across evolving industrial operational demands. The formal expression reinterprets industrial typology through asymmetry, recognisable geometry, and reductive discipline. Minimalist principles eliminate excess, allowing proportion, shadow, and material contrast to produce visual depth. The controlled use of metal screens, brick surfaces, and concealed services reinforces both functional clarity and architectural intent. By translating operational necessity into spatial and formal intelligence, the design elevates a familiar factory type into a confident architectural presence, demonstrating that industrial buildings can be simultaneously efficient, rigorous, and expressive.