Putrajaya Convention Centre

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Putrajaya Convention Centre or PCC is the main convention centre in Putrajaya, Malaysia. This building is located on the top of Taman Puncak Selatan in Precinct 5.

1 History
2 Architecture
3 Interior
4 Major events in PCC
5 External links
6 See also

[edit] History

It was constructed on 2000 and completed on 2003. In October 2004, Putrajaya convention centre officially known as Putrajaya International Convention Centre or PICC to reflect the state of the art conference facilities at par with other international conference centre such as in London, Tokyo and Paris. The name changes was perceived necessary as a marketing strategy and to internationalize Putrajaya was first mooted by Dato Shafiq Abdullah, Deputy Under Secretary , Prime Minister's Department and endorsed by The Rt. Honourable Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , Prime Minister of Malaysia. Beside hosting the 10th Conference of Organization of Islamic Countries, PICC also become as one of the most favoured conference venue for high security risk events both hosted by the government and private sectors. PICC had many important guest including foreign head of states and head of governments , the mover and the shakers of world corporate world including the world richest man Bill Gates. Due to its strategic location on the top of the hill in Putrajaya and facing beautiful lakes, it's also become one of most popular place and " hot " site for film shootings especially for commercial advertisements.

[edit] Architecture

The design idea of this unique and impressive building is based on the shape of the eye of 'pending perak' (a silver Malay royal belt buckle). However, the structure of the roof was designed similar to a folded origami to alleviate the plain roundness of the structure. From the frontview, the building's eaves or wings are lifted at the sides, creating broad overhangings over the raking wall. Most of the walls are made of glass, so that the natural sunlight can easily illuminate the auditorium through the raked and shaded windows.