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!
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!
by webmaster FAB | Nov 15, 2009 | News, Uncategorized
The Faculty of Built Environment has once again passed the ISO 9000:2000 standards surveillance audit by Lloyd’s Register. Lloyd’s surveillance auditor had visited the faculty on the 12th and 13th November 2009. The theme for this year’s audit is “Filing”. The auditor had focused on the administrative and operation filing. The Department of Landscape Architecture was audited for their process in teaching and learning.
Thank you to all faculty members for your support and efforts prior and during the visit.
by webmaster FAB | Nov 5, 2009 | News, Uncategorized
A discussion with the Dean of Humanities and Social Science at Prince Songkla University, Pattani on 20th November 2009
A photo session with President of Thaksin University at songkla on 19th November 2009
Dr. Sirima Na Songkla, Dr Hisyam Rasidi and Dr Ismail Said visited three campuses in Southern Thailand on 19th and 20th November 2009. The purpose of the visit was to promote UTM postgraduate studies. On the 19th, they discussed with President of Thaksin University in Songkla and informed him that UTM is interested to sponsor a Thai Muslim lecturer to pursue his/her PhD at UTM. Then, on 20th, the team had a discussion the Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prince Songkla University at Pattani. They managed to get a lady Malay lecturer to pursue PhD. She teaches geography and active doing research landscape resource assessment for regional planning at Pattani Province. The team then visited main campus of Prince Songkla University (PSU) at Hat Yai and met Deputy President of International Affairs and Dean of Faculty of Environmental Management. The outcomes of the discussion include:
- PSU will Inform their staff to pursue PhD at UTM in several disciplines particularly engineering and built environment.
- Collaborate to write joint paper and to conduct research in architecture and GIS and Science City development.
- Join colloquium of Research Southeast Asia Landscape at FAB in February 2010.
by webmaster FAB | Oct 30, 2009 | News, Uncategorized
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and University of Salford have agreed to collaborate in research and development in various fields including Built Environment, Information Technology, Communication and Science.
The mutual agreement was sealed in a MoU signing ceremony between the two universities during an official visit by the newly-appointed Vice Chancellor of University of Salford, Professor Martin Hall.
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by webmaster FAB | Oct 20, 2009 | event, News, Uncategorized
An exhibition and seminar on Architectural Heritage Hospitals was held on the 13th of October 2009 at the lobby and Senate Hall, Administrative Building, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. It was officiated by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students Affairs), Professor Dr Mohd Tajuddin bin Ninggal.
The exhibition featured findings of studies by a group of 58 third year Bachelor of Architecture students and 6 lecturers headed by Dr Raja Nafida bte Raja Shahminan. Thirteen hospital buildings in Johor and Selangor were studied. These buildings owned by the Ministry of Health were chosen for their historical and architectural value and a majority is over 50 years old.
Among them are:
- Administrative and Clinical Buildings, Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Johor Bahru, Johor
- Adminstrative Building and Complex for Occupational Therapy, Permai Hospital, Tampoi
- Rural Clinic, Permas, Kukup
- Grisek Health Clinic, Pagoh
- Wards 1 and 2, Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital, Muar
- Maternity ward, Tangkak Hospital
- Administrative Building and Quarters for Leprosy Patients, Leprosy Hospital Tampoi
- Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes at Sungai Buluh National Centre for Leprosy Control, Selangor
- Mosque at Sungai Buluh National Centre for Leprosy Control, Selangor.
The exhibition and seminar was held to disclose findings of studies undertaken over a period of 6 months on the history and architecture of the above hospital buildings. There has never been an intensive study done on these buildings before. Documentation of the history and architecture of these buildings is a conservation effort by the Centre for Malay Architectural Studies/Pusat Kajian Alam Bina Melayu (KALAM) and will be historical evidence and reference of their existence.
The government in its efforts to upgrade the quality of health care in the country has built new and sophisticated hospitals however old hospital buildings with historical and architectural value should not be neglected. The history and architecture of these old hospital buildings unless recorded will never be known because they were not designed as hospitals but were used as hospitals due to the need at the time.
The study is part of an annual programme since 1975 and is a joint effort between architecture students and KALAM, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The Centre for Malay Architectural Studies/Pusat Kajian Alam Bina Melayu (KALAM) has successfully undertaken studies on and documented the history and architecture of over 400 buildings in Malaysia and Thailand.
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