Central Market Kuala Lumpur began life as a wet market in 1888, while the current Art Deco style building was completed in 1937. Throughout the years, Central Market has been a prominent landmark to promoting Malaysian culture through the sales of local foods as well as arts and craft products to both the foreign tourists as well as local visitors.
The client approached us with the intent of upgrading Central Market by bringing back a market, albeit a contemporary one, into the building. The mall layout is reconfigured to house arts & crafts products along the East side of the mall whereas the ‘pasar’ (market) and the associated foodhall will be along the West side.
