Won Second Prize of UG Design Competition

by | Oct 17, 2013 | News

Zubaidah Awang won the second prize of UG Design Competition held by Asian Cultural Landscape Association at The Seoul National University on 12-14 Oct 2013. The title of her project is Cultural recreational park at Pulau Kekabu, Malaysia. The comment of judging panel is that the project was a good design and practical scheme but not that creative. The design achieved the objectives of the project illustrated by a clear and well-organized presentation. Its site analysis was thorough, and the design philosophy fits to the cultural landscape value.

Hence, Zubaidah is awarded with US$300 and a certificate from ACLA. Congratulation!!!

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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.

 

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