The Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying (FABU), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), conducted an International Webinar on Culture, Society and Identity between Universitas Tanjung Pura, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia, SASI Creative School of Architecture, Coimbatore, India and the UTM Architecture Program on the 15^{th of} November 2021 using the online platform. This event was attended by 246 participants from 3 countries and five architecture schools from Indonesia, India and Malaysia, and was moderated by Dr Iziq Eafifi Ismail from UTM.  Three speakers presented a wide range of topics under the indicated theme, discussing the built environment’s future in each country and lessons learnt from past culture to be adopted in the contemporary context.  The first speaker, Assistant Professor Nivedhita, K.R from SASI Creative School of Architecture, India, provides an insight into the traditional cultural expression in Tamil Naidu’s context and its adaptation in modern buildings. Associate Professor Dr Alice Sabrina Ismail from UTM deliberate on the influence of political authority in determining the formation of national identity in the Malaysian context, whilst Assistant Professor Affrilyno ST, Msc highlighted the design approaches of public urban space in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, for collaborative development. In paralel with the UTM Online Global Classroom program, this international webinar provides an intellectual discourse and conversation to understand the built environment from diverse cultures better. This will help support the sustained improvement of online course design and facilitation while benefitting students and their learning. Understanding how culture manifests itself from a different built environment can indirectly help shape a positive educational experience for students and academicians. This event that lasted for four hours also allowed the UTM architecture program to reach out to a more extensive network of students and academicians from India and Indonesia Architecture school instead of being restricted by geographical boundaries within Malaysia. The UTM Architecture program hoped that broader discourse on the built environment considers areas such as an interdisciplinary field that addresses the design, construction, and management can be conducted in the future for the benefit of all involved institutions.

Oleh: Dr. Zakri Tarmidi, Jabatan Geoinformasi, Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Pensyarah FABU berkongsi Penilaian Kemampanan Kawasan Perumahan bersama Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Global Engagement (ITS Global Engagement) telah menganjurkan webinar antarabangsa yang dikenali sebagai Siri Syarahan Jemputan (Guest Lecture Series, GLS) berkaitan “Sustainable Development Goals, SDG”.

Program ini telah dilaksanakan pada 2 November 2021, dengan menjemput dua pensyarah jemputan, iaitu  Prof. Madya Dr. Bram Entrop daripada Saxion University of Applied Sciences, dan juga Dr. Zakri Tarmidi daripada Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur (FABU), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Moderator bagi program kali ini ialah Dr. Sarah Cahyadini, pensyarah Jabatan Arkitek, ITS.

Dr. Zakri Tarmidi telah dijemput bagi menyampaikan syarahan berkaitan tajuk “Social Sustainability Based on Location Based Indicators for Residential Area: Affordable Housing”. Dr. Zakri telah mengupas berkenaan kajiannya yang bertajuk kaedah bagi menilai tahap kemampanan dari aspek sosial bagi kawasan perumahan Malaysia, khususnya bagi Perumahan Mampu Milik. Manakala Prof. Madya Dr. Bram Entrop telah menyampaikan syarahan bertajuk “The Adoption of Energy Techniques and Measures in Residential Buildings: a Multidisciplinary Perspective”.

Siri Syarahan Jemputan ini berlangsung sekitar 2 jam, dan dihadiri lebih daripada 150 peserta antarabangsa, terutama pelajar dan pensyarah daripada ITS Surabaya. Selain itu terdapat juga penyertaan dari Malaysia, dan lain-lain negara.

Ini bukanlah kali pertama pihak ITS bekerjasama dengan UTM dalam siri syarahan jemputan ini. Diharapkan kerjasama antara pihak ITS dan UTM dapat dikembangkan lagi pada masa akan datang.

Sesi perkongsian bersama pihak ITS

Moderator daripada ITS, Dr Sarah Cahyadini

Latar belakang speaker pertama, Prof Madya Dr Bram Entrop

Latar belakang speaker kedua

Tajuk yang dikongsikan oleh Prof Madya Dr Bram Entrop

Sesi bergambar bersama peserta dan speaker di akhir sesi