QS Jamboree 2010

by webmaster FAB | Mar 17, 2010 | News, Uncategorized

On 5 -7 March 2010, the Junior Organization (JO) of QS Division from The Institution of Surveyors Malaysia has hosted the QS Jamboree 2010 at Jungle Lodge, Hutan Rekreasi Alang Sedayu, Gombak. 15 final year Bachelor of Quantity Surveying students from UTM, Skudai has participated in these 3 days 2 nights event. Other universities and colleges that have been participated in this event were UM, UIA, UiTM Shah Alam, UiTM Perak, UTM City Campus, Inti College, Taylors University College, USM Penang & UTAR. The activities that have been held were ‘An Evening with Srs’, ‘Malam Perpaduan’, Mini QS Race, talks by professionals, ‘Beyond Say – A Night to Remember’ and Board game ‘Are you cut to be a Quantity Surveyor’. The students have been led by professional QS to discuss on their career path and what the future holds for QS graduates in ‘An Evening with Srs’ activity. Other than that, in Mini QS Race, the students have to race against time from one task performing station to the other while executing task related to Quantity Surveying. They have been tested not only for their knowledge in the field but also the ability to work as a team member with students from other Universities or Colleges. This year the QS Race team comprised of a mixture of students from all the participating Universities & Colleges. The students had fun while gaining knowledge in this event.

South-east Asia Technical University Consortium 4

by webmaster FAB | Mar 1, 2010 | News, Uncategorized

A group of seven staff from Department of Landscape Architecture presented their papers at South-east Asia Technical University Consortium 4 on 25 and 26 February 2010 at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo. In addition, a master student, Noraini Bahari, joined the group and presented a paper on establishing greenway in UTM campus. Overall, 93 papers were published on the symposium proceedings which included papers from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Hanoi University of Technology, King Mongkut’s University, and Institute of Technology Bandung. The next symposium will be held in Hanoi University of Technology in February 2011.

A view of the main lecture hall where the open ceremony of SEATUC4 was held at Shibaura Institute of Technology campus in Shibaura, Tokyo.

Self Made Architecture – The Beach Shelter

by webmaster FAB | Jan 13, 2010 | News, Uncategorized

The second semester of the academic year, Fundamental Unit continues to explore and debate notions of architecture through a series of design projects. The first project namely “The Beach Shelter” quickly immersed the students in diverse architectural ideas and challenge. These are their first self made architecture. They have to produce a full scale prototype model trying to solve their first architectural responses which was then be tested on actual site at Teluk Resang, Mersing, Johor, through the end of the monsoon season. This would really test the structural strength of the shelter with the actual site forces. Though they are from different workbases and using different materials, they all shared a common goal.
The monsoon rain burst and very strong gust of wind constantly blow our face and broke some of the structure on our first day at Teluk Resang. Regardless to the rain and the wind, the students manage to pitch up their shelter safely. We had a marathon photography session for more than 24 hours (sleepless night) and we also manage to sculpt a set of stone sculpture during the blue hour. Here are some of our masterpieces. Enjoy!

Ahmedabad – Towards A World Heritage City

by webmaster FAB | Dec 3, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

Asooc. Prof. Dr. Syed Zainol Abidin Idid mebuat lawatan ke India pada November 19 hingga 26 yang lalu dan menghadiri acara “Ahmedabad International Heritage Festival” (19-25 November) dan juga 10th Congress of Asian Planning School Association (APSA) – “Future of Asian Cities” (24-26 November). Dua acara tersebut telah membawa satu detik kegemilangan kepada Fakulti dan juga UTM kerana ada beberapa peristiwa penting berlaku.

Di dalam acara-acara khas Ahmedabad International Heritage Festival, beberapa dialog dan syarahan am di adakan mengenai”Ahmadebad in the Context of World Heritage Listing”. Asooc. Prof. Dr. Syed Zainol Abidin Idid telah diundang khas memberi satu syarahan umum nertajuk “Ahmedabad Towards World Heritage Listing” dan mendapat sambutan hangat kerana dihadiri oleh beberapa tokoh-tokoh warisan di Ahmedabad dan beliau terus dilantik menjadi “advisor’ terhadap pencalonan Ahmedabad ke senarai warisan dunia UNESCO.

Selama enam hari berturut-turut paparan akhbar “The TIMES of India” melaporkan beberapa petikan hujah di dalam beberapa syarahan dan mesyuarat yang diadakan antara 19 hingga 26 November.

Di dalam acara 10th Congress of APSA, pembentangan kertas kerja yang di usahakan Asooc. Prof. Dr. Syed Zainol Abidin Idid bersama pelajar MSc Urban Design, Samira Ramezani dan Zul Azri Abdul Aziz, telah dipilih sebagai antara 18 kertas kerja terbaik dan akan diterbitkan melalui satu buku oleh APSA. Ini adalah 18 antara 150 kertas-kertas kerja yang dibentangkan. Ini menjadi satu kebangaan fakulti dan UTM kerana kertas kerja itu merupakan yang terbaik antara 150 yang lain!