by webmaster FAB | Aug 24, 2010 | event, News, Uncategorized
Venue: Teluk Gorek, Penyabong, Johor Darul Takzim
Date: 29-31 July 2010
Theme: Indigenous
On 29-31 July 2010, the Department of Landscape Architecture from Faculty of Built Environment UTM with the cooperation of EARTH society hosted the 5th ESCAPE 2010 at Teluk Gorek, Endau, Johor Darul Takzim. All first year students and the seniors from second until final year participated in the 3 days 2 nights event.
The Head of Landscape Department, Associate Professor Dr. Ismail Said, launched the opening ceremony with a brief and interesting introduction especially for the first year students. The activities held on the first day were “Ice Breaking” whereby the first year students were required to introduce themselves and they were given a warm welcome by the whole department. On the second day, “Aerobic” as well as ‘pocho-pocho’ dances invigorated the morning session and the other activities held there after were “Heartscape” and “Naturescape” whereby all the participating teams working spirit and creativities were put to test. Fun and laughter filled the air when the students were required to present their artworks in a showcase. After the delightful lunch (white rice + salted fish + variety of ulams) the heart stomping event of ” Explorescape” was launched. Lecturers and students had to race against time in completing one task performing station upon another meaning exploring the whole bay. The events ended when team number nine declared their victory. “Sportscape” was cancelled due to the utter exhaustion but was replaced by a more awaited and refreshing activity, that was, swimming in the sea.
The night event was interesting when two senior students who did their industrial training in Shanghai happily shared their overseas experience with the rest of the department. The highlight of the night was “ Culturescape” when again every group was tested on their ability to work creatively in coming out with a performance within a short time given. The lecturers did not disappoint the students when their representative, Associate Professor Dr. Mohd Sarofil Abu Bakar performed a singing duet that night with an international student, Pan Mae Bao. Later, the lecturers staged a short entertaining drama portraying “Kasim Selamat”. The activities continued through the night even after midnight. The barbeque session was late and the lecturers were worn out with the day’s events. The students were left to enjoy the rest of the night.
No “Aerobics” was performed the final morning because all students were worn out from staying up late for the barbeque. The final day ended with the students’ questions and answers session, prize giving and closing ceremony. Quick clean-up chores were done around the site before a photo session took place by the beach. Due to a technical error the students and lecturers departed almost two hours late from the event venue and reached UTM at 6.00pm. In all, ESCAPE 2010 was successful and very memorable as the students had fun while gaining knowledge in this event.
by webmaster FAB | Jul 27, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
On 20th May 2010, a group of students and staff from Fakultas Teknik, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, Universitas Diponegoro has visited the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The group which consists of 61 students and 2 lecturers met with students and lecturers from the department for cultural exchanges and academic presentations. Universitas Dipenegoro presented on their studio project which relates to revitalisation of a residential area while students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia presented on their studio project which encompasses on Iskandar Malaysia Development Plan Review. The presentations were followed by discussions on both side on the differences in approaches and planning perspectives in their respective countries. The students from Universitas Diponegoro also performed cultural performances after the presentations. Earlier, they had visited the campus including the Sultanah Zanariah Library, the Sultan Ibrahim Chancellery Building, Student Union Building, Tropical Garden and other places along with UTM students. The program closed with a luncheon before they departed to Putrajaya to continue their academic visit in Malaysia.
by webmaster FAB | Jun 28, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
The Bachelor of Quantity Surveying (Hons) and Bachelor of Science in Construction (Hons) run by the Department of Quantity Surveying were re-accredited for the term 2009 – 2013. Associate Prof. Sr. Dr. Fadhlin Abdullah on behalf of the Dean received the Certificate of Accreditation from Mr. Max Crofts, the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in the ceremony held at the Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur on June 17th, 2010. Also present during the ceremony were RICS Malaysia Vice Chairman, Sr. Kwan Hock Chai, Associate Prof. Sr. Dr. Hjh Wan Maimun Wan Abdullah (ISM President) and UTM representative, Associate Prof. Sr. Dr. Maizon Hashim, Dr. Kherun Nita Ali and Mr. Zuhaili Mohamad Ramly.
During the ceremony, two of the second year students from the department, Miss Nur Farah Farhana Rasid and Mr. Chong Choon Kiat, received the Book Price Award while Miss Tan Fang Fang received the Best Paper Award for the 2nd International Surveying Conference for Undergraduates 2010 held at UTM on March 12th, 2010. Both recognition by the international organization such as RICS would contribute to the process of the internationalization of UTM as a ‘Research University’ and hopefully further enhance the perception of the public towards the programs offered by the department.
by webmaster FAB | May 20, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Teo Mei Yee is granted with a Korean Government Scholarship which is managed by National Institute for International Education (NIIED), Government of South Korea. A total of 185 scholarships were awarded by NIIED for developing countries throughout the world and only 5 for Malaysian. Mei Yee will be studying at a premier university in South Korea, the Seoul National University to pursue Master of Landscape Architecture. Mei Yee is the best student for Semester 2 Session 2010/2011 completing her undergraduate study last semester at Dept of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM. Let us together harness another student to attain this award.
by webmaster FAB | May 10, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
1. Dr Kei Saito has submitted a research proposal to The Toyota Foundation Research Grant. The topic of his research is “Fundamental Study on Housing Area Design Method for Low Environment Load in Tropic: Development of Spatial Database and Urban Greenery Impact”. The result of the grant will be known in September 2010.
2. Dr Sirima NaSongkla is appointed as a guest crit in the international professional workshop in urban planning and design competition in Vietnam during June 9-12. The workshop is organized by the French Association of Urbanism (Cergy-Pontoise Les Ateliers).
3. Dr Mohd Hisyam Rasidi and Dr Ismail Said will be going to Hiroshima University from 16th May to 18th June 2010 to attend the Exchange Program for East Asian Young Researchers organized by Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation of Hiroshima University. During their stay at the university, they will conducting a research with Dr Muhammad Tetsu Kubota and delivering four lectures to graduate students at the school.
4. Three undergraduates (Baohan, Muhammad Arif bin Wahab Udin and Teo Kien Hee) from Bachelor of Landscape Architecture programme are currently doing their intership at LandArt Shanghai in Shanghai. The two months intership begins from 2nd May to 30th June 2010. Last Sunday, they had the opportunity to attend the Expo 2010 Shanghai China.
5. Dr. Hamidah Ahmad will be attending the 1st Conference on Islamic Urban Heritage in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 22nd to 28th May 2010. The title of her paper is ” Taiping : Heritage Town Landscape Masterplan”.
by webmaster FAB | May 2, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
On 29th April, Dr. Ismail Said brought two members of Green Innovation Research Laboratory (GIRL) to visit Prof. Johannes Widodo at the Department of Landscape Architecture, National University of Singapore. The members were Dr Kei Saito and Dr Hisyam Rasidi. In addition, he also brought a doctoral candidate, Widya Fransiska, and a master candidate, Nursuraini. The purpose of the visit were two folds: (1) to discuss on Widya’s topic of research on urban morphology of river settlement at Musi river in Palembang, and (2) to introduce young academics to Prof Widodo for research networking in aspects of urban morphology and landscape and micro-climate. Prof Widodo was generous to share his collection of historical maps and manuscripts on Palembang to Widya. Many of his collected materials were rare and thus not available in UTM’s library. Herewith, a photo illustrating Widya explaining her research inquiry to Prof Widodo.
