The Sustainable Environmental Assembly (SUTERA) 2020 was successfully organised by the Society of Landscape Architecture (EARTH) from 13th to 15th January 2020. Coordinated by Dr. Norliza Mohd Isa, this program provided an intellectual seminar and activities dedicated to the staff of Pejabat Harta Bina (PHB) UTM, Kuala Lumpur. With the theme of Landscape, Sustainability, and Work Culture Impact, SUTERA 2020 was designed in line with the policy to ensure Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) acts as a sustainable campus.
The objectives was to provide exposure and encourage the staff to gain extra input regarding the implementation of campus sustainable activities, to realise UTM’s desire to become a model of a sustainable society according to own ability, and to develop a work culture that is integrated, creative and innovative in achieving outstanding performance in the environmental management, especially in the UTM campus.
By choosing Classic as the theme, it represents the preservation of high values by past generations to be maintained by the future generations. This concept also refers to the relationship between Art and Science; and human and nature. Therefore, it will provide a starting point for sustainable and quality environmental development.
There are various activities throughout the program such as a seminar on ‘Campus Sustainability’ presented by Adjunct. Prof. LAr. Zainul Hakim bin Mohd Zain that explained about the early history of UTM construction. Also, a seminar on ‘From Waste to Energy’ presented by LAr. Gs. Dr. Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Hamid explained the residual waste which could be used as a landscape asset from the view of a foreign country like Singapore. Besides that, LAr. Mohd Za’i bin Kandar discussed the professional work culture in the ‘Professional Ethic’ seminar slot.
On the second day, participants had the opportunity to participate in the Ecological Walk slot, in which they were given a briefing on the UTM environment by Prof. LAr. Dr. Ismail bin Said and LAr. Dr. Hamidah bt. Ahmad. In this slot, participants learned about the process of preparing Madu Kelulut by Kolej Tun Hussein Onn (KTHO). While on the last day, participants joined a sharing session by Assoc. Prof. LAr. Dr. Sapura bt. Mohamad on the topic of Trees: The Living Machine and also from Mr. Mohd. Faizal bin Abd Latib on the topic of Campus Safety and Security.
In conclusion, the organisation of the SUTERA 2020 program gave benefits to everyone, not only the participants, staff of the PHB UTM KL in general and all persons involved including those who provided inputs throughout the program. The focus of this seminar was an additional effort to foster teamwork spirit through the sustainable development-based activities in line with the university’s commitment to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Hopefully, the knowledge gained from this program could be applied in their daily lives as well as in the working environment, in line with the UTM desire in making UTM campus a sustainable campus.
Seminar 1: ‘Campus Sustainability’ by Adjunct Prof. LAr. Zainul Hakim bin Mohd Zain
Seminar 2: ‘Professional Ethic’ by LAr. Mohd. Za’I bin Kandar
Seminar 3: ‘From Waste to Energy’ by LAr. Gs. Dr. Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Hamid
Seminar 4: ‘Ecological Walk’ by Prof. LAr. Dr. Ismail Said
Seminar 4: ‘Ecological Walk’ by LAr. Dr. Hamidah binti Ahmad
Seminar 5: ‘Trees: The Living Machine’ by Assoc. Prof. LAr. Dr. Sapura bt Mohamad
Seminar 6: ‘Campus Safety and Security’ by En. Mohd Faizal bin Abd Latib
JOHOR BAHRU, 5 November 2019 – The Asia Young Designer Awards (“AYDA”), organised by the Nippon Paint Malaysia Group in partnership with IJM Land Berhad has successfully announced the winners at the ALoft KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur. AYDA is a platform that exposes students to experience the challenges in the design boundaries and contextual issues in the architecture and interior design fields. The theme for this year’s AYDA is “Forward: A Sustainable Future”, which challenges the next generation of architects and interior designers to break the boundaries of current design concepts by immersing their creations with functional and social sustainability elements in an effort to connect with the community. The Asia regional competition has received 1,230 submissions from 45 universities. The competition is open to IPTA and IPTSs including major architecture schools such as UM, USM, UKM, UCSI, Taylors University, City University of Malaysia and others.
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The UTM winners group photo was taken after the AYDA Award Ceremony (from left to right: Muhammad Ade Rezky, Muhammad Arib Affan Bin Mohd Hamzan, Dr. Sharifah Salwa Syed Mahdzar (representative of Architecture Department FABU UTM), Ngew Kah Seng and Lo Wei Meng)
Out of twelve (12) shortlisted finalists for the architecture category, four (4) finalists were from UTM. Three entries were received from UTM MSc Architecture students and one entry was received from a student taking the BSc Architecture course. Ngew Kah Seng, our M.Arch student mentored by Ar. Chan Wai Lai, has won Silver Award and Best Colour Choice while Muhammad Ade Rezky and Muhammad Arib Affan Bin Mohd Hamzan who were mentored by Dr. Leng Pau Chung and Assoc. Prof Dr Raja Nafida binti Raja Shaminan respectively have won an Honorary Mention. On top of that, Lo Wei Meng who was mentored by Dr. Sharifah Salwa Syed Mahdzar won the 5th place for the AYDA 2019 finalist.
The group photo of all the winners, finalists as well as panel members for AYDA 2019
With the title named “Theatre of Play”, Ngew Kah Seng has won a RM3,000 cash prize for Silver Award and RM1,000 for the Best Colour Choice award. The submission entry by Ngew is based on his M.Arch Pre-Thesis 2 (Urbanism) studio work located at the Georgetown buffer zone. Muhammad Ade Rezky’s work is based on his M.Arch Final Thesis work entitled “The Fin Seafood Centre as a Third Place” located at Georgetown, Penang while Muhammad Arib Affan Bin Mohd Hamzan has submitted his work named “Torus Growth Centre”. Both Honorary Mention winners have won the RM1,500 cash prize each. Our finalist, Lo Wei Meng who also won a RM200 Cash Prize has submitted his M.Arch Pre-Thesis 2 (Urbanism) studio work named “Pontian Community Transit Hub”.
Winners from UTM Team with their trophy and certificates (from left to right: Muhammad Ade Rezky, Muhammad Arib Affan Bin Mohd Hamzan, and Ngew Kah Seng)
The group photo of AYDA2019 winners and the panelist of AYDA competition
AYDA 2019, now in its 12th year has grown to be a prestigious platform supported by the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE), Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM), Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Youth Malaysia (REHDA Youth), Malaysia Green Building Confederation (MGBC), Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) and the Malaysian Institute of Interior Designers (MIID).
Throughout the years, UTM never fails to participate and support the AYDA programme that acts as a platform for UTM students to showcase their talents and notable efforts that translates into making positive contributions and ideas to the society and development of country in architecture perspective.
Since 2015 Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying has organised interview session for Real Estate students’ and the number of companies interested to join this yearly event has steadily increased. A total of 12 property companies participated in students’ interview programme organised by the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, UTM. This programme was aimed to give prospect for UTM Real Estate students to get hired by real estate companies as well as to increase the employment rate. The session was held on 12th December 2019 under the supervision of Undergraduate Coordinator for Property Course, Dr. Shazmin Shareena Ab. Azis. Forty students from Bachelor of Science (Property Management) and Bachelor of Science (Land Administration and Development) participated in the interview session. The companies were from the various fields in real estate namely property management, valuation, building management and estate agency. This included major players in the industry such as CBRE|WTW, Knight Frank Property Consultant, Kensington Strata Management, HSR Property Consultant, Guardian FM, PPC International, Dualtap Building Management, Hartasama Property, Shapadu Property, Straqta Property Managament and Glancemy Property Management. A software company that provides property management solution, Condo Master by Comet Catcher was also interested to hire UTM real estate students. This programme was not only able to give an opportunity for students to be hired before graduation day but also to strengthen the relationship between UTM and property industry.
Pada 17-21 November 2019 yang lalu, seramai 56 mahasiswa dan mahasiswi Universitas Bung Hatta, Indonesia (UBH) telah menyertai program Delegasi Universitas Bung Hatta-Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UBH-UTM) anjuran Persatuan Ukur Bahan dan Pembinaan (QS-Bina) UTM dan Jurusan Ukur Bahan UBH.
Penganjuran program ini telah diketuai oleh Saudara Tan Chi Khiong dan dibimbing oleh PM Sr. Dr. Mohd Saidin bin Misnan.
Program ini secara umumnya telah memberi pendedahan kepada mahasiswa tentang hubungan antarabangsa dan memberi pengalaman belajar di Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor kepada mahasiswa dari negara luar. Mahasiswa UBH juga berkesempatan untuk menjalankan lawatan industri dan lawatan ke tapak pembinaan tempatan, demi meningkatkan kefahaman terhadap industri pembinaan di Malaysia.
Firma-firma seperti Kas Juruukur Bahan Sdn Bhd, Total QS Services, ARH Juruukur Bahan Sdn Bhd, JB Bergabung Sdn Bhd dan Kelisa Murni Sdn Bhd telah memberi bantuan dan kerjasama dengan pemberian maklumat terkini dan penerangan tentang latihan dan teknik-teknik yang lazim digunakan oleh firma ukru bahan di Malaysia. Mahasiswa juga dapat mempelajari produk-produk konkrit yang digunakaan dalam pembinaan daripada pihak pentadbir Industrial Concrete Product Sdn Bhd.
Selain itu, mahasiswa juga berpeluang untuk melawat projek-projek pembinaan yang sedang berjalan, iaitu pembinaan Arena Emas yang seluas 18.31 ekar di Taman Impian Emas dan Stadium Olahraga@Sportcity di Mount Austin yang dibangunkan oleh Kumpulan Prasarana Rakyat Johor Sdn Bhd (KPRJ). Projek Arena Emas dalam proses penyediaan kemudahan sukan serta gelanggang bagi sukan memanah, pentanque, lawn boling dan skuasy.
Projek stadium olahraga pula direkabentuk mengikut sistem modular yang boleh menampung kapasiti sebanyak 5000 penonton, dilengkapi dengan “full colour LED video mobile scoreboard” untuk digunakan semasa temasya SUKMA XX akan datang.
TPr. Chau Loon Wei dari UTM Low Carbon Research Centre juga berkongsi kepakaran beliau mengenai konsep pembangunan rendah karbon, terutamanya inisiatif dan aplikasinya dalam bidang pembinaan. Menurut beliau, pendekatan rendah karbon adalah penting dalam pembangunan bandar yang mampan, memandangkan perubahan iklim sebagai ancaman paling besar terhadap alam sekitar dan manusia pada abad ke-21 ini.
Pameran adademik dan sesi pengalaman penyelidikan turut diadakan. Poster-poster karya penyelidikan mahasiswa Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur yang dipamerkan merangkumi topik-topik seperti analisis bangunan pencakar langit dunia, bahan pembinaan yang inovatif serta teknik-teknik terkini yang diterapkan dalam projek pembinaan. Selain itu, maklumat terperinci Program Bangsa Johor Bahagia yang telah dijalankan pada September – Oktober 2018 dan Mac- April 2019 turut dipamerkan.
Bukan itu sahaja, mahasiswa UBH juga dibawa untuk melawat tempat-tempat menarik di sekitar Johor Bahru seperti Forest City, Legoland, Yayasan Warisan Johor, Masjid Sultan Abu Bakar dan Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum. Malam Kebudayaan bersama UBH juga mencorakkan pengalaman mahasiswa Indonesia dengan pelbagai persembahan dan pertunjukkan seni tradisional dari Malaysia dan Indonesia.
Sambutan meriah yang diterima menyakinkan ahli jawatankuasa Program Delegasi UBH-UTM 2019 untuk menjadikan program ini sebagai program tahunan dan diharapkan ia dapat menarik lebih ramai mahasiswa-mahasiswi antarabangsa demi menjalinkan silaturahim yang lebih kukuh pada masa akan datang.
Satu majlis menandatangani dokumen perjanjian persefahaman (MoU) antara Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) dan Damansara Assets Sdn Bhd (DASB) telah diadakan di Bilik Mesyuarat 1, B12 Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur, UTM Johor Bahru untuk menjalankan aktiviti-aktiviti pembangunan akademik, latihan, penyelidikan & penerbitan dan lain-lain yang melibatkan pengurusan harta tanah.
Majlis tersebut telah disempurnakan oleh Timbalan Naib Canselor (Akademik & Antarabangsa) UTM, Y. Bhg. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr Zainuddin bin Abd Manan bersama Pengarah Eksekutif Damansara Assets Sdn Bhd, Y.Bhg Tn Hj Yusaini bin Hj Sidek dan telah dihadiri oleh Yang Berbahagia Sr Dr. Mohd Nadzri bin Jaafar, Pengarah (Harta Tanah) Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur, barisan pengurusan kanan Damansara Assets Sdn Bhd serta pegawai-pegawai kanan UTM dan Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur.
