Felda Tower

The Felda Tower 1 day after people

Menara Felda is 50 storey Grade-A corporate office tower located in the central business district in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. The number of storeys was to symbolize Felda's 50 years of achievements and its inspiration to become a key player in the era of globalization. An abstract "oil palm fruit seed" oval shape forms the typical floor plan of Menara Felda. The building has been awarded the MSC Cybercentre status and the Green Building Index (GBI) certification. But in a life after people with no more people left in the world, will this building be able to fight back against Mother Nature for its survival, or will it succumb like the other buildings in the city?

1 day after people: The Felda Tower now stands in a deserted Kuala Lumpur, which is odd because this part of the city usually is the most congested with road and pedestrian traffic. It no longer hears the sounds of nearby construction or phones ringing in the office, instead it is so quiet that the tower hears the sounds of the nearby birds chirping, unaware that humans have vanished for good. Night falls and the tower experiences the city full of colorful lights for the very last time, as the power grid stops working and abruptly cuts off all power in the Klang Valley permanently. The Felda Tower now has to endure without any power, but that will be the least of the tower's concerns as time progresses.

1 month after people: Bird migrations from Thailand now pass over Kuala Lumpur, and the Felda Tower is now responsible for the resettlement for hundreds of birds that now choose the building as their new home. Meanwhile at the bottom of the base, rodents and insects infiltrate the restaurants of the tower, devouring any food scraps they come across. As for the structure itself, it still stands perfectly fine, for now.

5 months after people: A massive storm surge incoming from Sri Lanka causes widespread havoc in Kuala Lumpur. The nearby Klang River overflows and creates a massive river surge heading towards the Felda Tower. Any cars in the parking lot are swept away and are never seen from again as they are engulfed by the raging currents. The lobby and bottom floors of the building are partially submerged, as water seeps its way into the elevator shafts. At the same time, heavy winds batter the gently-swaying tower, causing some glass panels to shatter, allowing water to infiltrate parts of the building's interior.

5 years after people: Windows on the tower's exterior are beginning to look filthy, as dust and bird poop gathers overtime. Meanwhile in the inside of the building, birds wander about, building nests in areas they deem suitable, especially the staircases. Seeds brought in by birds begin to grow, but very slowly, for now. Down in the car park, the submerged cars start to rust and deteriorate as water enhances corrosion, while amphibians like frogs move in due to favorable conditions.

10 years after people: The hinges holding up the Felda Tower's windows are beginning to fail and break apart, sending glass panels down into the abandoned streets to shatter into thousands of pieces. The exterior metal support columns are starting to show rust from constant rain and humidity. Although not deadly yet, they are slowly taking its toll on the structural integrity of the building. Down on the streets, the trees that grow along the perimeter of the building have grown well beyond their boundaries, and have started to rip the adjacent pavements and roads with their ginormous roots. The interiors of the building are also becoming more and more exposed, as occasional heavy winds blow away loose items like stationaries, chairs, and paper cups out of the Felda Tower.

20 years after people: More windows are falling out of the Felda Tower, as the tower slowly starts to resemble a vertical ghost town. Despite looking like it, it is still home to hundreds of birds, hiding among the many plants now growing in the interiors of the building. The roof of the tower also starts to slowly become more and more heavier for the deteriorating support columns to carry. Inside the building, plantlife and constant interferences from Mother Nature has led to 50% of the tower's interiors to be destroyed, as plant life causes an enormous strain for the interior pillars. Another source of structural failure is coming from the pond that was once home to the tower's car park, as water continues to penetrate the car park's support columns.

75 years after people: On the upper floors of the plant-covered Felda Tower, some of the corroded support columns carrying the enormous weight of the roof start to give way and break apart. Every car left in the car park has been reduced to heaps of rusted metal, as water enhances the corrosion process of the cars. Meanwhile, floors with heavy loads of trees and rubble are starting to buckle as the support columns struggle to keep them up. They soon start to fail and break, creating a few floor collapses, but not severe enough to bring the entire structure down. Despite being a suitable location for animals, the Felda Tower is surprisingly only popular amongst birds, as nearby structures like the Ilham Baru Tower and the Integra Tower provide more comfortable accommodations for animals. The Felda Tower will just have to survive longer in order to become popular among the animal population, if Mother Nature allows it.

90 years after people: The Vista Tower's collapse into the neighbouring Integra Tower results in a stream of new animals that now call the Felda Tower home. Being a plant covered structure by now, animals flock here and settle on almost every floor in the building. The Felda Tower, despite it being weakened by plant growth and corrosion, now is flourishing with life. However, it is abruptly halted when a unlucky lightning bolt strikes the middle floors of the building during an intense thunderstorm, setting some trees ablaze. It doesn't take long before a massive wildfire spreads throughout the middle floors of the Felda Tower, causing panicked animals to evacuate. However, some staircases are blocked or have collapsed, leaving no escape for the animals as they burn alive. Flames also somehow make their way into the elevator shafts, increasing humidity levels and proving to be a final blow for some elevator cables. They snap and send lifts more than 100 meters into their watery deaths. When the flames are extinguished, the middle floors have been reduced to charcoal, but the structural integrity still keeps the structure standing.

150 years after people: The collapse of the nearby Citibank Tower results in a new wave of birds scattering across Central Kuala Lumpur in search of a new home. The Felda Tower is proving to be more popular amongst birds. Despite the migration, this proves to be deadly as bird poop gathers among the metal exterior, corroding it and therefore weakening it further. But the strong structural integrity is still enough to keep it on for at least another 2 centuries. Meanwhile, more heavy floors cave in onto other floors, but they still hold up, even with the additional weight that a floor above used to carry.

275 years after people: The Felda Tower now overlooks with a few other standing over the jungle that once the mighty city of Kuala Lumpur. But now, Mother Nature has decided that the Felda Tower has had enough. Another thunderstorm now passes over and causes torrential rain, but another unlucky strike at the charcoaled middle floors of the tower proves to be the final blow. As another wildfire spreads through the middle floors again, the burnt supports have reached their limit, and they fail. The supports give way, and the upper half of the tower comes crashing down in a massive cascading collapse. A structure that was meant to celebrate 50 years of Felda's achievements now has achieved its last and final achievement, which is permanent death.