by webmaster FAB | Sep 7, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
Department of Landscape Architecture has won a Gold Award (University Competition) in landscape design competition Floria-Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival 2007 held at Putrajaya between 25th of August and 2nd of September 2007.
Organised by Perbadanan Putrajaya, five universities i.e. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA, International Islamic University and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia have participated in this year’s competition.
Winner received a plaque and RM 3000 cash presented by YB Dato’ Seri Zulhasnan Rafique, Minister of Federal Territory at Majlis Penghargaan Putrajaya 2007 on the 1st of September 2007.
by webmaster FAB | Sep 2, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
Department of Architecture (UTM) is blessed to have two of her best students to have won this year PAM-Johnson Suisse Scholarship. Architecture students from any accredited architecture educational institutes in Malaysia were invited to apply for the award. They have to prove that they are excellent in academic as well as in non-academic endeavors. Only two awards are given out each year.
Each recipient will receive a study grant amounts to RM7,000.00 per academic year, for a period of two consecutive years. Ratnala Sithravel and Ng Kheng Khoon, both are now in their 5th year, are most consistent in their studies and can be seen in their achievements in winning the Dean’s List for every semester since 1st year.
by webmaster FAB | Aug 24, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
On 17th August 2007, landscape architecture students from Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment lead by Dr. Ismail Said went to Surakarta and Yogyakarta for a five days joint workshop with the students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta on urban landscape design. This joint-workshop was a collaborative effort by the Department of Achitecture, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta (UMS) and Department of Landscape Architecture, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
The purposes of the visit were:
- To experience and understand the spatial pattern and building typology of Javanese city.
- To conduct a one day urban design workshop during the visit with the architecture students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
- To know the social attributes of people in Surakarta and Yogyakarta in relation to the urban landscape features.
- To create generic skills including communication, critical thinking, and adaptability of landscape planning skills and ethic of professionalism.
There 30 students are from (UTM) and 20 students from (UMS) participated in design workshop. The workshop was guided by five lecturers from (UMS) and one from (UTM).
On 17th August, the students of (UTM) were welcome by a group of (UMS) students. We arrived at Adi Sumarmo, Surakarta Airport at 10.00 a.m. Then the participants were taken by UMS buses with 20 students and one lecturer (UMS). The first trip was at Prambanan Temple Yogyakarta. It took two hours to reach the destination. This was where we learn about the cultural landscape. The students were given a brief before they took off to the temple. A band of Gamelan veteran artist performed their beautiful music as to welcome the students before they started visit the temple. The temple is the temple for the Hindus. It was a marvelous architecture that shows the glory of the past Hinduism country. All the students were amazed by the great architecture, they all wondering how the gigantic structures were done. After the temple visit, we proceed to Yogyakarta then checked into a hotel. We arrived at hotel in the evening. The groups get chance to rest before reach night.
At night after dinner at Bamboo Restaurant, the UMS students took us to the Malioboro Street in Yogyakarta. The Malioboro Street was a vibrant linear street that showing the lively city of Yogyakarta and it was the main commercial spine of downtown Yogyakarta. It formed a street approaching the Palace as the ceremonial street. The goods and souvenirs like unique keychain, bracelets, ‘baju batik’, and sandals and so on were cheap. The UMS students were hearty kind to help us to bargain the goods. The process of bargaining was very fun because the price can be reduce to more than half. The cultures of the street made the place lively and vibrant with the activities which create a ‘sense of place’ where the other place did not.
On 18th August, the academic trip continued the journey to Tamansari (Royal Garden) or the waterkasteelor by the Dutch. The site is built as the pleasure garden for the Sultan Hamengkubuwono in 1758. There were 3 bathing pool for himself, children and his putri. The Sultan watched them bath and summon one of them accompany him. All the students were allowed here to walking around the garden passageway and observed the remaining architecture of the garden. The remain wreckage of the place still make the students feel amazed. This TamanSari was protected by No.5 1992 Republic Indonesia Law as preservation of historical value of Indonesia.
Before heading to Kota Gede, we were brought at South Alun-alun which was on open space. It also called a ‘medan’ for Indonesian people. There was a myth that whoever walks between two ficus trees by folding the eyes, the person will have good luck. Only a student succeeded the task who was Siti Aminah. Kota Gede is the site of the remains of a palace Kraton in the late 1500s and early 1600s for the rulers of Mataram. Legend and myth surround much of the information available for the time the palace was intact, and only the Royal Graveyard (precursor to Imogiri) and a few small sections of wall of the palace remain. Here the students went at town trail through the city. After we trailed through the city, they stopped at a Javanese traditional house. Although that day was very hot, but the dedicated and courage of participant to finish their trail and went back to the hotel.
On 19th August, the participant visited Karangkulon village, in Imogiri. A talk on rehabilitation after the earthquake was presented by Ahmad Hanifa Irawan. The village was damage by earthquake in 27 May 2006. NGO and volunteers take cares of the villagers since the governments are lack of attention intention to this place. The participants were divided in 7 groups architecture of UMS and UTM students. The aim of this assignment was to create a conceptual idea of 7 sites. The last task was to present the work to Pak Irawan. After the presentation, all students were invited to join doing a mural painting for the school as memory from UMS and UTM students there.
On 20 August, the landscape urban design programs begun by site observation and analysis on seven sites in Laweyan Village. This is the second design workshop for UMS and UTM students with the objective, students can create their combination creative ideas how to improve the condition of site for public use. Hence the seven groups each comprised of 4 UTM and 3 UMS students, too the task to plan and design the public spaces. The design exercise was held at a verandah of a traditional house located next to Pak Alpha residence. All groups were working diligently from 10.00 am to 5.15 pm to produce their design scheme. The condition at the workshop’s verandah was hot and humid. All groups participated with dedication to complete their tasks which were presented at Faculty of Technique UMS on the following day.
And in the afternoon, we visited Kraton, a place. This Kraton of Surakarta was built in 1670s. It is better known as Kasunanan Palace. Now it was turned into a museum that collects the treasure Javanese Royal Culture Museum. All the exhibits were very old and some of them even are worship. Here the participants have the chance to see the Javanese royal secret dance. Some of students said, they recognized the dance as they ever seen in ‘Puteri Gunung Ledang’ movie. The mystical atmosphere of the Kraton makes the students wondering and want to know more about the Kraton. In the last night of the academic trip, Pak Alpha’s house held a informal dinner for all of the participant. The dinner was accompanied by the music of gamelan. Dr. Ismail Said and the head of Architecture Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, (UMS) Wisnu Setiawan gave their last speech for the academic trip. After the dinner, the students were lead by the students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, (UMS) to the nearby angkringan (stalls) that was authentic to Indonesia for the last gathering.
On the 22 August, the UTM groups take off by 8.55 am and reach Malaysia in 12.35 pm. The trip was very good because it gave the students exposure to Javanese culture that we should sensitive to. The aim of the trip was greatly achieve by the hardwork of two sides. We hope that the two universities will do the academic manually.
One of the students, Tengku Nor Asiah Binti Tengku Abdul Rahim said that she was very excited and happy with the trip. She learned a lot of things especially the unique culture of the Javanese and she missed the delicious food such as Aram-Aram. She also said that she was very lucky to have new friends from the trip. Siti Aminah binti Umar said that the trip gave her a new kind of experience and made her to be a better person and appreciate everything that she had. She felt that she was very blessed to join the trip.
Last but not least, the 5 days trip of landscape architecture students from Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment lead by Dr. Ismail Said went to Surakarta and Yogyakarta gives a lots of advantage and benefit for each two universities in creating a strong relationships after the visit besides gained many information such as life style experiences , a different social-culture understanding, improving the generic skills through the design workshop is the most valuable experience for all students.
The support of many of great stylish, creativity, generosity and enthusiasm must be mentioned up front too, Dr.Ismail Said and Pak Wisnu, Mr. Ahmad Hanifa Irawan , Pak Alpha , Pak Agong and also others who get involved in this collaboration who helped polish our skills and enriched our information with wisdom words and gorgeous creativity, besides very generous in the sharing of their knowledge, languages , experiences, jokes and body languages have been incredibly inspired us. We can never thank them enough.
by webmaster FAB | Aug 14, 2007 | event, News, Uncategorized
The Centre for Innovative Planning and Development (CIPD), Faculty of Built Environment will be organising a half-day seminar on Korean Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) on Wednesday, 22 August 2007 at 9:00 am. The seminar will be held at the Seminar Room, Faculty of Built Environment.
The seminar will be given by Mr. Park Wan-Yong, Vice President of Kunhwa Co. Ltd., Korea. This is a free seminar opened to all students, academicians and practioners whom would like to learn the Korean experience in performing a Traffic Impact Assessment.
Introduction
New land use/infrastructure development may adversely affect existing transportation system and network. A detailed Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) is, therefore, crucial to identify these potentially negative effects so proper mitigation actions can be proposed and carried out. Thus, the main objective of the Seminar is to provide the participants with greater understanding on the role and importance of traffic impact assessment, with case study in Korea.
Seminar Program
- 9.00 am – 9.30 am – Registration
- 9.30 am – 10.00 am – Opening Remarks Prof. Kwang Sik Kim, Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaDirector, CIPD
- 10.00 am – 12.00 noon – Paper Presentation : Korea Traffic Impact AssessmentMr. Park Wan-Yong Vice President Kunhwa Co. Ltd.702-22 Yuksam-Dong gangnam-GuSeoul, Korea
- 12.00 noon – 12.30 pm – Question and Answer Session
- 12.30 pm – 1.00 pm – Lunch
by webmaster FAB | Aug 2, 2007 | Award, News, Promotion/Appointment
CONGRATULATIONS to all faculty members who were awarded with Excellence Service Award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang) at the Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan dan Penghargaan UTM 2006 held on the 31st of July 2007 for their achievements in 2006.
The dean, Prof. Dr. Supian Ahmad, as one of the recipients together with ten other faculty members was called upon to receive their awards at the ceremony. Among others were Prof Dr Ahris Yaakup, Assoc. Prof. Dr Roslan Amirudin, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aminatuzuhariah Megat Abdullah, Dr Rafee Majid, Puan Hamidah Ahmad, En Mofti Marzuki, Puan Siti Rukiah Sahari, En Hassan Sahat, Puan Zaharah Ismail and En Abu Bakar Zainal.
The faculty is also proud with two of its members’ achievements being recognized at the ceremony. They were Assoc. Prof. Dr Ismail Said and Dr Hairul Nizam Ismail for their excellent performance in completing their PhD studies within three years. The former graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Dr Hairul Nizam from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.
Prof. Dr. Amran Hamzah who was appointed as Professor early this year was awarded with the Consultancy Award (Anugerah Perundingan) for Individual Category. His high achievements in tourism research and consultancy projects and also his involvements in national and international tourism committees have caught the attention of Khazanah Nasional and Petronas to appoint him as one of the advisors for Southern and Eastern Region Development Plan.
Dr Muhammad Zaly Shah Muhammad Hussein has had his hard work in monitoring his students’ performance paid when he was awarded with the Best Teaching Award (Anugerah Pengajaran Terbaik). Always known as a very hardworking and committed staff among his colleagues, Dr Zaly introduced Students Performance Record, a system which enables him to monitor his students’ performance and to help them to plan for improvement.
The ceremony also witnessed the university’s staff that have served the university for thirty and twenty years, where they were given the Jasa Setia and Jasa Bakti Awards. Prof. Dr. Ahris Yaakup lead the Jasa Setia recipients i.e. En Rosly Saad, En Yusof Akmar Mohd Said and En Jasmani Harun while Jasa Bakti Award recipients were Assoc Prof. Dr. Roslan Amirudin, Assoc. Prof. Abdul Wahid Kamarulzaman, En Abdul Halim Hussein, En Mohammad Amzah and En Abu Bakar Zainal.
Congratulations to all!
by webmaster FAB | Apr 10, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
The Faculty of Built Environment will receive a visit by seven Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) students who will take part in UTM-SKKU Graduate Students Exchange Program beginning from 2nd April until 7th April 2007. Their arrival at the Faculty of Built Environment was welcomed by the Dean, Prof. Dr.Supian Ahmad, Deputy Deans, Heads of Department and participants of the exchange program. The main aim of the program is to provide greater understanding on sustainable planning and development issues both in developed and developing economies.
According to Prof. Supian, SKKU graduate students will be able to gain insights and understanding of Malaysia’s socio-economic development and culture via research and educational activities, cultural experiences and social interaction. UTM graduate students will gain knowledge on development issues in Korea through the conference and the interaction with the other participants. A total of 30 students will be directly involved in various activities during the five day period.
He added that all students involved in the exchange program will participate in a number of research visits and an international conference jointly organised by the Faculty and Graduate School of Governance, SKKU.
The exchange programme will commence on Tuesday 3rd of March with a visit to the several housing development projects in Johor Bahru including the Setia Tropika, one of the largest housing project in the city, the Danga Bay and Johor Bahru City Centre.
On Wednesday 4th April they will visit the Tanjung Piai National Park located at the southern most tip of Asia in Pontian District, Johor. During the whole day visit there, they will be able to discover the National Park rich flora and fauna such as the jungle plant species and various kinds of mangroves. They will be briefed by the Park officials on efforts to conserve the mangrove areas.
On Thursday the 5th the group will participate in the International Conference on Sustainable Planning and Development Issues in Developing Countries. 17 working papers will be presented in the Conference, 7 from SKKU and 10 from UTM with participations of graduate students from Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Algeria and Libya. The panel discussions will be attended by Professor Ho Chin Siong of UTM, Professor Kwang Sik Kim, Korea and Professor Emeritus John Dickey, Virginia Tech University, USA who is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty.
The group will also have a research visit on Thursday 6th April to selected development projects in the eastern part of Johor particularly in the Kejora Regional Development Region. During the day long visit, they will be briefed by Kejora officials and visit to several agriculture as well as tourism projects in the region. Saturday 7th will be the last day for the group when they will be taken to several places in Johor Bahru City including the Urban Forest, Art Gallery and the Tebrau City.
According to Professor Supian, the opportunity to be in Johor will be very meaningful to them since some of the Korean students do not know much about Malaysia and this program will provide them greater understanding about Malaysia socio-economic.
The dean, Prof. Dr. Supian Ahmad, as one of the recipients together with ten other faculty members was called upon to receive their awards at the ceremony. Among others were Prof Dr Ahris Yaakup, Assoc. Prof. Dr Roslan Amirudin, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aminatuzuhariah Megat Abdullah, Dr Rafee Majid, Puan Hamidah Ahmad, En Mofti Marzuki, Puan Siti Rukiah Sahari, En Hassan Sahat, Puan Zaharah Ismail and En Abu Bakar Zainal.
The faculty is also proud with two of its members’ achievements being recognized at the ceremony. They were Assoc. Prof. Dr Ismail Said and Dr Hairul Nizam Ismail for their excellent performance in completing their PhD studies within three years. The former graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Dr Hairul Nizam from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.
Prof. Dr. Amran Hamzah who was appointed as Professor early this year was awarded with the Consultancy Award (Anugerah Perundingan) for Individual Category. His high achievements in tourism research and consultancy projects and also his involvements in national and international tourism committees have caught the attention of Khazanah Nasional and Petronas to appoint him as one of the advisors for Southern and Eastern Region Development Plan.
Dr Muhammad Zaly Shah Muhammad Hussein has had his hard work in monitoring his students’ performance paid when he was awarded with the Best Teaching Award (Anugerah Pengajaran Terbaik). Always known as a very hardworking and committed staff among his colleagues, Dr Zaly introduced Students Performance Record, a system which enables him to monitor his students’ performance and to help them to plan for improvement.