RUMAH MELAYU
NO. 41 JALAN CHOW KIT

TITWANGSA, KUALA LUMPUR

CONSERVATION

PROJECT INFORMATION

Location

City / State

Address

GPS Coordinate

Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur

Balai Seni Negara,

No. 2, Jalan Temerloh, Titiwangsa

53300 Kuala Lumpur

Latitude

3.173656

Longitude

101.705689

Details

Client

Consultant / Architect

Date & Duration of Project

Jabatan Warisan Negara (JWN) &

Lembaga Pembangunan Seni Visual Negara

ATSA Architects Sdn Bhd

February 2018 – January 2019 (12 Months)

Contractor

Conservator

Project Cost

Seroja Klasik Enterprise

Ts. Dr. Nurul Hamiruddin bin Salleh (IIUM)

401,153.24 MYR

PROJECT SYNOPSIS

The Conservation of Malay House
No. 41 Jalan Chow Kit

Rumah Melayu No. 41 was originally located at No. 41, Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. The house was the last remaining Malay house in Chow Kit area. The house was constructed in 1926 by Haji Jaafar Sutan Sinombar or Sutan Mengatas. Sutan Mengatas was a nephew of Sutan Puasa, the founder of Kuala Lumpur.

The architectural style is a Malay traditional house of the Perak style roof, with influences of colonial and Chinese eclectic. The main house measuring approximately 104.5 square metres was built using timber for most of its structural components. Due to the development pressures, the land parcel of Rumah Melayu No 41 was sold to a developer in 2015. In order to rescue the house, it was dismantled and kept in storage by KC Tan Architect and Persatuan Rumah Chow Kit.

In February 2018, the Department of National Heritage (JWN) of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia purchased the remnants of the house to be reconstructed in the compound area of National Art Gallery at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. The conservation work also was supported by Yayasan Hasanah, Persatuan Rumah Chow Kit and ATSA Architects Sdn. Bhd. The twelve-month reconstruction works are completed in January 2019 by Seroja Klasik Enterprise under the supervision of registered conservator, Ts. Dr. Nurul Hamiruddin b. Salleh.