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Building: Encore Melaka Theatre
Location: Melaka, Malaysia
Address: Impression City, No. 3, Jalan KSB – Impression 8, Kota Syahbandar, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia
Completion: 2018
Area: 28,300 m² (305,000 ft²)
Architect: ASIMA Architects, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD)
Structural Engineer: TDC Engineering Consultants
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: EC Engineering Consultancy
Landscape Architects: HODA Design
AE Interests: The facade is composed of scale-like aluminum panels, which cantilever three meters out and ultimately create a protective skin against heavy rain and strong wind from the straits. The theatre also includes a complex hydraulics system to rise and lower platforms built into the stage. The contractor that built the theatre needed to waterproof a large part of the internal areas of the structure (flat surfaces, lift shafts, bearing walls, pump room, storage tanks, balconies, corridors, bathrooms, and kitchens). Waterproofing of the bearing walls and lift shafts was carried out with a two-component cementitious mortar specifically developed for concrete retaining walls applied in two coats with a roller to form a layer at least 2 mm thick.

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