by webmaster FAB | May 11, 2017 | Award, News, UTM News
UTM Architecture lecturers and students won 2nd and 3rd places for Autodesk Malaysia Design Competition (AMDC) 2016. The prize-giving ceremony, which took place on 8th May 2017, was officiated by YB Datuk Dr Mary Yap Kain Ching at Dewan Za’ba, Ministry of Higher Education, Putrajaya.
Overall over 500 entries from all IPTA and IPTS all over the country were received by the organiser, Prestariang Sdn Bhd in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education. There were three main categories that were contested, which were Architecture, Industrial Design and Creative Media Design under the theme of 3D for Society – DREAM, DESIGN & DELIVER. Under the Architecture category, five UTM entries were shortlisted and two went through to the final, the 2nd and 3rd places. The 2nd place with RM 2000.00 winning cash was awarded to Phuah Lin, who is in her 3rd year Bachelor programme, under the supervision of AP Ar Ramli Jamaluddin, who also received RM 750.00 for his winning. The 3rd place with RM 1000.00 cash prize, was won by Mohd Izzuddin Awang Junit, who is now in his final year of Master of Architecture. Mohd Izzuddin was mentored by his supervisor, Dr Sharifah Salwa Syed Mahdzar, who also received RM500.00 for the win.
Source: UTM FAB Architecture wins 2nd & 3rd in Autodesk Malaysia Design Competition 2016
by webmaster FAB | Apr 18, 2017 | Award, News
The collaboration of UTM students from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment and the Faculty of Civil Engineering win Top 2 prizes at the prestigious Malaysian Structural Steel Assoc. Open Ideas Competition 2017 Open to all Public Malaysian Schools of Architecture and Engineering the First prize earned the srudents RM10000 and the 2nd prize RM7000. The winners announcement and prize giving ceremony was held on Thursday, April 13, 2017 during the International Construction Week 2017 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
The team that won the first prize consisted of 4 Architecture students and 2 Civil Engineering Students under the supervision of Dr Abdul Halim Hussein from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, and Assoc. Prof Dr Arizu Sulaiman from the Faculty of Civil Engineering. The students in the team are Lee Tsun Xian, Team Leader, David Nee Zhi Kang, Lo Wei Meng and Ng Kar King from 3rd yr B Sc Architecture Programme, and Liew Zheng Jia and Yap Zhen Shyong from the 3rd Year Bachelor of Civil Engineering Programme.
The second place winners, also supervised by Dr Abdul Halim consisted of 5 architecture and one civil engineering students, were Khasrul Hanif Hazirin bin Mohd Yusof (team leader), Ain Nadhirah bt Ismail, Kamarul Zaman Bin Zulkifli, Lim Jia Sing, (3rd year B Sc Arch), Ooi Soon Theng (M Arch) and Siti Nur Sakinah Sulaiman (3rd Yr Bachelor of Civil Engineering)
The competition was for the design of a youth oriented Centre utilising structural steel domes. The jury, which included an International Juror Mr Michael Holloway from Grimshaw’s Southern Asia Business, a prestigious international Architectural practice, were especially impressed with the First Place entry that was deemed to be very thoughtful and creative and yet was innovatively and approprately functional for the youth centre and structurally plausible as well.
by webmaster FAB | Apr 11, 2017 | Award, News, photo
UTM QS students continue their winning streaks at the annual RICS-RISM International Surveying Conference for undergraduates. They bagged the best overall paper award, 2 special mention paper awards and 3 best presenters awards at this year’s conference which was held on the 7-8 April 2017 hosted by UIAM. There were 60 papers submitted and presented. Participants were from surveying programmes in both public and private universities from all over Malaysia and abroad. Among the universities that participated included UM, USM, UiTM, UTM, UIAM, UTAR, UTHM, Taylor’s, INTI, Segi, HarriotWatt, Reading and universities from Thailand, Hong Kong and China. The UTM team won almost 80% of the awards that were up for grabs.
The winner were:
1. 3 Best Presenters: Nor Mahfuzah, Rawiah & Azleen Syamimi
2. 2 Special Mention Papers: Nor Mahfuzah & Afiqah
3. Best Paper – LimZijin
by webmaster FAB | Apr 10, 2017 | Award, News, photo
A group of Urban and Regional Planning students, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia won Champion in the Young Mayor Competition: Planning a Clean and Green Township 2017 under Category Senior B organized by Activistar Private Limited, Singapore. The competition was held at the National Design Centre, Singapore on 1 – 2nd April 2017 with the theme “Phnom Penh Rising”.
Activistar’s first Assembly Series of 5 cities (2011-2016) features Hanoi, Iskandar Malaysia, Yangon, Manila and Jakarta. The second Assembly Series of the next 5 cities began with Phnom Penh (2017), and offered all participants a fresh look of South East Asia. Teams from the whole of Southeast Asia were invited to participate, especially students from the case-study country. This was in line with the vision to reach out to as many youths as possible because the sustainability message is universal and is beyond borders. This was to encourage cross border exchanges among youths to increase knowledge and cultural exchange. The competition involved four stages: 1) Workshop, 2) Written Proposal, 3) Multi Media Presentation, and 4) Model Building.
The annual event saw participation in three categories, Junior, Senior A and Senior B. Two (2) groups from UTM, Malaysia were selected to compete in the final round together with eight (8) other groups from Singapore under the senior category – college, polytechnic and university. The judges comprised of members of the architectural/planning professionals, universities, embassies, multi-national corporations and consultants from Indochina.
The team from UTM1 comprising Mr. Wan Muhd. Aqib Wan Mohd. Ashaary, Ms. Josephine Lee Siaw Ling, Ms. Nagananteni Subramanian, Ms. Nurul Ainaa Anuar, Ms. Nurul Amirah Zulkipli , Ms. Nur Husna Mahizan and their group advisor Dr. Siti Hajar Misnan won the first prize. They received SGD1000 and a trophy. Singapore’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic won the 1st Runner Up and the 2nd Runner Up respectively. Winners of the competition received their prizes from the judges and the Organisers.
Although the UTM2 team comprising Mr. Raja Ahmad Syakirfikri Raja Samion, Ms. Azreen Nadzirah Azmi, Ms. Umiera Yasmin Ibrahim, Siti Noor Syuhadah Abd. Mulok, Ms. Nakhwa Sa’don, Ms. Siti Amirah Mokhtar and their group advisor Dr. Gobi Krishna Sinniah did not win, they were delighted to make the final round.
by webmaster FAB | Apr 4, 2017 | Award, News, photo
A Gold Medal to Quantity Surveyor and Architecture students in the International UTMBridge Competition 2017! Two group of QS and Architecture students won 2nd Prize for Presentation and Multimedia category and 9th Place on Overall Champion out of 80 participants in the competition. The International UTMBridge Competition was organised by the Faculty of Civil Engineering held on 27-29 March 2017 in UTM.
They received a total of RM1,150 and a trophy. Congratulations to Syamsul Hendra Mahmud, Nurshikin Mohamad Shukery and Dr. Nafisah Abdul Rahiman, the group advisor from Department of Quantity Surveying and the students.
by webmaster FAB | Apr 2, 2017 | Award, News, photo
The paper titled “An Integrated Green Research Centre for Built Environment” authored by Sayang Asniessa Bt. Mohd Azman, Malsiah Bt. Hamid & Dodo Yakubu Aminu.
Won 3rd Place Best Poster in the just concluded 2nd International Built Environment Undergraduate Research Competition (BEURC) 2017 which was held on 30th March 2017 at the Mercu Alam Bina, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The paper was a product of Sayang Asniessa Bt Mohd Azman 2nd year 2nd Semester Design Studio Work 2015/2016 Session supervised by Dr. Malsiah Bt. Hamid. The outcome was an iconic green design for the built environment researchers. Ulrich (1983), Psycho-Evolutionary Theory (PET) for stress recovery was used to underpin the research.
