by webmaster FAB | Oct 20, 2014 | Featured Slider, News
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment had its first public lecture entitled “Scenario Planning for Iskandar Malaysia” by Ajunct Prof., Y.Bhg. Datuk Prof. Ismail bin Ibrahim, Chief Executive, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) on 9 October 2014. The lecture was held at Convention Hall, B12, Faculty of Built Environment and was attended by students and academic staff of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and other faculties in the University. The lecture was essentially an introduction to Scenario Planning and specifically, the “Oxford Approach” to Scenario Planning. During the lecture it was emphasized that scenario planning sets out what may or could happen in the future based on today’s observation. It is an alternative “future context” based on current realities and that scenarios are used for intervention. It was further emphasized that understanding the client and client’s needs are crucial for a purposeful intervention – “best fit to the client’s need”. This was Datuk Prof. Ismail’s first lecture for academic session 2014/2015 and his third for 2014.
by webmaster FAB | Oct 20, 2014 | event, Featured Slider
International Green Environment and Building Workshop is one of the activities organized by KALAM. This workshop will be held on 27th October until 30th October 2014. The highlight of this workshop is towards sustainable environment and green building design. The main purpose is to increase the public awareness about the importance of green building design in tropical climate region (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and etc). KALAM will facilitate some experts (Architect, Environmentalist,Engineers, etc) to be the speakers at this workshop, giving important input lectures on sustainable environment, green building design concept and implementation.
More info http://tanggam.com/kalamutm/internationalgreen2014/
by webmaster FAB | Oct 2, 2014 | event, Featured Slider, News
Assalamualaikum wbt and Good day,
Y.Bhg Prof./Prof. Madya/Dr./En./Pn.
You are cordially invited to the JPBW Seminar by Prof. Datuk Ismail Ibrahim, Chief Executive of IRDA also our visiting professor. The details of the Seminar are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 9 Oct 2014
Time: 11.00 – 13.00
Venue: Convention Hall, Block B12, FAB
Title: Scenario Planning for Iskandar Malaysia
by webmaster FAB | Sep 28, 2014 | Featured Slider, News
In an elaborate ceremony held at The Putra World Trade Centre Hall 1 in Kuala Lumpur on 17 Sept 2014, the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia team consisting of students from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, and the Department of Structure and Materials, Faculty of Civil Engineering was awarded the coveted first prize in the Malaysian Structural Steel Association (MSSA) Students’ Open Ideas Competition. The prize giving ceremony was held in conjunction with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia’s International Construction Week 2014. The First Prize award carried with it a cash prize of RM10,000 and a trophy.
The competition was for the design of an “Innovative Community-Disaster Convertible Centre (iC-Dcc). The winning team was supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilshan Remaz Ossen of the Department of Architecture and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arizu Sulaiman from the Department of Structure and Materials. The team consists of Mr. Chin Yang (Team Leader, Master of Architecture), Ms. Gan Lay Cheng (Master of Architecture), Mr. Stephen Feng (Master of Architecture), Mr. Ahmad Hasib Bakhteri (Master of Architecture) and Ms. Arlina Syahira binti Saifol Azami (Bachelor of Civil Engineering). Their design, aside from addressing the fundamental requirements of the competition brief, also focused on the innovative use of sustainable building design and energy generation.
The Competition was open for entries from all Public Universities in Malaysia. It promotes the use of structural steel in the Malaysian Architectural Design and Building Industry, and emphasised on the innovative design of Community Centres that are convertible to Disaster Relief Centres, the design of which could be adopted for Community Centres in Malaysia. The competition also promotes collaboration between architectural and structural engineering students to come up with the innovative designs and had to meet criteria such as understanding the contexts of the community, innovative response to disaster situations and sustainable building considerations. A short list of ten entries was earlier selected consisting of four from UTM, four from UiTM and 2 from USM. A team from UiTM won the second place and USM won the third place. Dr. Dilshan Remaz, supervisor of the UTM winning team said of the competition, “ It creates several opportunities. Students address real issues and challenges that need innovative solutions. It provides freedom to be innovative and yet force students to collaborate in teams that include other professions, and they are given the opportunity to sell their ideas. All in all students get the best experience and exposure that contribute to a successful career ahead.” For the winning UTM team, the competition is “a Synergy of students from different studying backgrounds is able to produce a state-of-the-art design as an answer to contemporary issues of disaster and community.”
