Mr Khairul Anuar Bin Bakhtiar Won the Best Paper Award of Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Management

by webmaster FAB | Jun 16, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

Khairul Anuar Bin Bakhtiar, a tutor from Quantity Surveying Department, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and a PhD student at Building and Real Estate Department (BRE), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, has received the Best Paper Award of Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Management at the First International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hong Kong on 5 and 6 June 2009.

The title of the paper was ‘Challenges to Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries’. His co-author is Prof LY Shen and also his Chief PhD supervisor. He received certificate and cash prize worth HK$2,000 from the Dean of the Faculty, Prof J.G. Teng. The conference attracted 82 papers and around 200 participants from 40 University around the world including China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The conference contains papers addressing a diverse range of topics within the two broad fields of infrastructure and environment. The specific topics addressed by the papers include building energy, structural engineering, construction management, sustainable urbanization, geo-information technology, and urban environment. PolyU has been organizing a local version of this of this conference in Hong Kong since 2006 to provide a forum for postgraduate students working in the area of construction and land use to exchange their research findings and to developed collaboration and friendship.

KPI Workshop

by webmaster FAB | Jun 4, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

Every year Architecture Department organizes a workshop to discuss rigorously on matters that concern architectural education at UTM. This time the workshop has been held at Kayangan Suite, Pulai Spring Resort which is just five minutes away from UTM, Skudai. Things that are not done well in the last session had been analyzed thoroughly during the workshop. Steps and action for correction and improvement are also been tabled and debated so that tangible action could be taken next session. The workshop is held from 25th May until 28th May 2009. The workshop also prepare for a 5-year master plan.

Board of Town Planners Malaysia Accreditation

by webmaster FAB | Jan 31, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

The Board of Town Planners Malaysia (BTPM) has accredited the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning with Honours for the 2008-2012 academic year. The programme is conducted by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment.

Director-General of the Town and Country Planning Department of Malaysia, Dato’ Mohd Fadzil Hj Mohd Khir presented the certificates of accreditation for the programme to the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and International of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd. Azraai Bin Kassim.

Workshop for School Landscape Design at Sekolah Menengah Bandar Seri Alam, Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru, Johor Darul Takzim

by webmaster FAB | Jan 20, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

The Department of Landscape Architecture, Fakulti Alam Bina conducted a Workshop for School Landscape Design at Sekolah Menengah Bandar Seri Alam, Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru (SMBSA) on Saturday, 17 January 2009. The objectives of the workshop is to test the methodological approach in group participation; and to establish the foundation of user requirements and preferences in planning and designing school environment in supporting teaching and learning program. Staff of the department participated in the program includes Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohd Sarofil Abu Bakar, Encik Ahmad Long, Encik Wan Yusrizal, Puan Suradiah Labintah, Dr Kei Saito, Encik Hassan Sahat and Encik Zoolamali Omar, together with 41 students of third year and second year landscape architecture course. The workshop was attended by teachers and students from 14 school of nearby district.

The workshop began with a formal launching session by the Pegawai Pendidikan Daerah of Pasir Gudang. An input lecture on School Landscape Design was then delivered by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Sarofil. In the meantime, two teams of students currently undergoing the studio of Resource and Landscape Planning conducted a site inventory and analysis through two Focus Group Discussion (FGD) methods. The first FGD method applied visual and landscape character approach; while the second FGD team conducted participatory survey for site inventory and analysis.

Teachers and students of the school were among the FGD participant. Subsequently, a conceptual and master planning session were conducted and presented to the FGD participants; which include two options of conceptual and schematic landscape master plan as basis for the department’s further design development. The workshop benefited both the department and the school.

Through the FGD approach, students of landscape architecture course experienced the potentials and constraints of establishing user participation in the design process. Students undergone impulsive changes of methodology and learn the capability to adapt with the situation to meet with user preferences. Simultaneously, the participants of the school were given opportunity to plan and design their learning and teaching environment according to their preferences.

Apart from the workshop, a road show that promotes courses offered by FAB was held at the school’s hall which attracted students and teachers to gain information through input from the slide shows presentation; drawings and models; and distribution of pamphlets.