Inbound Academic Visit from Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Solo, Central Java 2nd to 8th March 2011
A group of four docents and 34 undergraduates from Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS) made an inbound visit to Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment from 5th to 6th March 2011. This is the second visit from the Javanese, the first was in 2009. Likewise, UTM’s landscape architectural undergraduates had performed two outbound academic visits to UMS in 2008 and 2009.
Before arriving in UTM, the UMS group had spent three days in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Melaka. In Kuala Lumpur they visited Hijjas Kasturi Architectural Office (Figure 1) and Offices of Securities Commission, in Putrajaya they toured Putrajaya Convention Center, and in Melaka they visited several places in city. Three postgraduate students, Farhana Abdullah, Juliana Johari and Siti Aminah, whom were from Green Innovation Research Group accompanied the group to guide them to visit the places in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Melaka.
The inbound visit generated at least three outcomes: (1) exposing UMS students in architectural and urban development in cities of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Melaka, Nusajaya and Singapore, (2) attending a short design presentation on designing urban spaces, and (3) exchanging design ideas between UMSM students. In Nusajaya, UMS and UTM visited housing development of UEM, the Ledang Heights, and Johor New Administrative Center at Kota Iskandar (Figure 2). At UTM campus, three UMS students presented their urban design projects followed by two UTM students presenting their urban design project of Segamat town (Figure 3).
UTM students were presented by EARTH members whom arranged accommodation and food supplies for the Javanese guests. On the 6th March, EARTH arranged a dinner for the guests at Dr Ismail Said’s house. Several alumni were invited to the dinner and to share their working experiences in consulting or contracting offices in Singapore or Johor Bahru. UMS students and docents were much amazed by the program qualities, punctuality and orderly manner. They said that they learnt a lot on architectural language and project planning, and they were much pleased by UTM’s hospitality.
On the last day, 7th March, Farhana Abdullah, Juliana Johari and Siti Aminah accompanied the UMS students and docents to Singapore for a one-day tour. The Indonesian group stayed one night in Singapore and departed back to Solo on the following day, 8th March and reached Solo at 2:30pm local time.
Talk by Visiting Professor, Y. Bhg. Dato’ Prof. Mohd Fadzil Bin Hj Mohd Khir
Welcomes, New Staff Members
The Faculty of Built Environment welcomes new staff members who recently joined the faculty community.
Welcome to:
Kamsaini bin Kamaruddin
Deputy Registrar
Date Joined : 24.1.2011
Pn. Syerafina bt. Sarapol
Assistant Registrar (Human Resource Management)
Date Joined : 26.7.2010
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bagoes Wiryomartono
Department of Architecture
Date Joined : 30/09/2010
Dr. Tareef Hayat Khan
Department of Architecture
Date Joined : 19/10/2010
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eka Sediadi
Department of Architecture
Date Joined : 29/12/2010
Siti Aishah bt. Hj. Yaakub
Administrative Assistant (Clerical/Operation)
Date Joined : 27.12.2010
Nurhayati bt. Mahmud
Administrative Assistant (Clerical/Operation)
Date Joined : 27.12.2010
Nurhafizah bt. Samsuri
Administrative Assistant (Clerical/Operation)
Date Joined : 17.1.2011
Iqmal Nor bin Mohd. Noh
Techinician (IT Deparment)
Date Joined : 4.1.2011
Mohd. Safarizam bin Md. Yunus
Office Assistant
Date Joined : 3.1.2011
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Asian Graduate Student Fellowship 2011 from National University Singapore
Two students from Master of Architecture stationed at Green Innovation Research Group, Faculty of Built Environment, were awarded with Asian Graduate Student Fellowship 2011 from National University Singapore (NUS). The students are Farhana Abdullah and Juliana Johari. The former is currently supervised by Dr Kei Saito and Dr Ismail Said, and the latter is supervised by Dr Hisyam Rasidi and Dr Ismail Said. Farhana is doing research on green plot ratio in central business district in tropical cities whereas Juliana is investigating on planting technology of vertical greenery for tropical buildings. They will attend the fellowship starting 16 May to 31 July 2011 i.e. for 2.5 months. They are among 38 recipients from Asian universities receiving the fellowships. The fellowship benefits are as follows:
1) A monthly allowance of SGD1,000.
2) A monthly housing allowance of SGD250.
3) A settling-in allowance of SGD150.
4) A sum of $100 on a reimbursement basis for miscellaneous expenses
5) A one-time round trip travel subsidy by the most economical and
direct route on a reimbursement basis upon being accepted for the
fellowship.
6) Access to library and computer resources on campus.
