Faculty Of Built Environment Planning Students Made A Clean Sweep Of All Prizes In The “Habitat Scenario Analysis Competition” Held In Conjunction With “World Habitat Day 2013”

by | Oct 11, 2013 | Featured Slider, News

UTM struck it big again when three groups of students from the Faculty of Built Environment’s  Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning Programme won all the 1st, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up prizes in the “Habitat Scenario Analysis Competition” that was held in conjuction with the World Habitat Day 2013. The competition was organized by the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government on 6-7 October at KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur.

The competition which started end of July 2013 was categorised into three levels of entries, i.e  lower secondary school, upper secondary school and institutions of higher learning. UTM proved its prowess yet again in the field of urban and regional planning and emerged to be the top planning school among participating institutions of higher learning.

The three UTM teams, comprising 12 students, were all qualified to the final round with their innovative and creative ideas in the planning of Malaysian future cities. All three teams wowed the judges with their imaginative integration of vital environmental, economic and social aspects into three distinct future city concepts of “Compact Transit City”, “Eco-Realm City” and “Elysium City”. An obviously impressed Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Y.B. Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan presented certificates  and a cash prize totalling RM10,000 to the three winning UTM teams.

 

Open Lecture by Dr Lai Chee Kien

by | Sep 25, 2013 | event, Featured Slider

Dr Lai Chee Kien will be delivering a talk on Researching Southeast Asia. It is on Friday 27th September, 9am to 10:30am, at convention hall, B12. He is an assistant professor from Department of Architecture, NUS.
The synopsis of the talk is as follows:
Southeast Asia, as an academic category, is a rather late one amongst various disciplines including space, landscape and architectural studies. Because of its relatively young and undeveloped circumstances since the post-war and Cold War era, its researchers and students tend to borrow or adapt methods and models from more established academic disciplines, and chiefly from Western models. In recent years, however, there is growing scholarship of the region not only by local but worldwide scholars who have advanced forthright, progressive and new strategies to structure or guide research work. In this talk, I try to trace and share some of these trajectories that we may consider in our own paths to research the region.
Lai Chee Kien Talks

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