The Capers
RT+Q Architects
The Capers is a mixed residential
development comprising two 36-storey
towers and two 5-storey blocks of
residential apartments, rising from the
piano nobile of a landscaped carparking
podium. It is located amidst the suburban
sprawl of Sentul, 5 km north of the Kuala
Lumpur city-centre. It occupies 4.3 acres
amongst various other land-parcels
within the larger Sentul Masterplan. It
is developed by YTL LAND under the
leadership of Dato Yeoh Seok Kian -mastermind, risk-taker and visionary.
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THE AESTHETIC IDEA
The search for architectural form began
from an interpretation of the site: its flat
terrain and geography, and its rugged
landscape of greenery and parks.
The organic form of the towers drew
inspiration from the soft billowing 'lalang
grass' and weeds that grow wild in the
area.
The meandering and free form of The
Capers complement, in a counterintuitive manner, the shapes and rigorous
geometry of the other tower blocks of
Sentul, developed previously by YTL. While
The Capers is a 'relative' amongst other YTL
residential developments in Sentul (like
The Tamarind, The Saffron etc), its playful
semantics and naughty aesthetics can also
be enjoyed literally as a caper -- a prank
-- amidst the austere urban conditions of