Competitions

Published: 19 August 2021

Hi Archi peeps! Roca One Day Design Challenge returns to Malaysia in 2021! Due to the restrictions imposed by the current pandemic context, this year, the contest will be held in an online format.

In this way, Roca continues to fulfil the goal of promoting creativity and young talents, giving visibility to young architects and designers in the early stages of their careers. As in previous years, participants will be challenged to create innovative solutions for the bathroom space in just one day.

The detailed schedule of the competition is down below:

Date: 2 October 2021 (Saturday)

Time:

9:00 a.m: Briefing announcement through the official Instagram account @rocachallenge and this web page.

2:30 p.m: Project submission starts through this web page

4:30 p.m: Project submission deadline.

4:30 p.m - 6:30 p.m: Jury deliberation

6:30 p.m: Winners announcement through the Instagram account @rocachallenge.

Participants can register at www.onedaydesignchallenge.net until 11:59 p.m. (UTC+8) on 30 September 2021

This competition is open to all current students pursuing architecture programmes in Malaysia and PAM Student Member!

Once the number of 400 registered participants is achieved, the registration period will be closed, regardless of the date.

Published: 06 August 2021

The 2nd edition of The International Bamboo Competition (Malaysian Level) is co-organized by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, the South China University of Technology and The Nan Sha Bird Park to design and built a prototype bamboo structure at Nansha Bird Park and The 29th Guangzhou Garden Expo Ground at Haixinsha Square by The Pearl River in Guangzhou, China. The Malaysian level competition is part of the International Competition which aimed to build an international platform for innovation and creativity within the region.

The competition aimed to encourage students and lecturer or supervisor team to experience designing real construction rather than just the usual computer modelling and simulation. For selected winners, they got to construct the structure on site. However, due to the current travel restrictions, the team will supervise (remotely) the construction of their design on the actual site by contractors appointed by the organizers.

Bamboo Competition Talk Series 2021

Topic: Bamboo Competition Talk Series #6

Time: Aug 13, 2021 08:30 PM Kuala Lumpur

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964761262?pwd=aUZSSnNuSUFhdWJwUkk1WldBVXdIUT09

Meeting ID: 839 6476 1262
Passcode:196016

Or joint the livestream at: http://Facebook.com/PertubuhanAkitekMalaysia

Open to all students studying architecture programmes and the general public. Free admission and LAM CPD point not applied.

Biography:

Ewe Jin Low is an architect who has practiced in England, Malaysia and Australia for more than 30 years. Over the last 7 years Ewe Jin has refocused and committed his work towards bamboo design, building and teaching. He joined Ibuku in 2015 as Lead Architect and worked with the Ibuku team to create many of the bamboo buildings in Green School, Green Village Bali and in Ibuku’s projects internationally. He has also been actively promoting bamboo via talks and workshops in Bamboo U Bali since 2016 and over the last 3 years further advocating bamboo and architecture design teaching and mentoring within organisations and universities in South East Asia. In 2018, Ewe Jin started on his own bamboo journey further widening his experience and network in bamboo by delivering projects through TENTEN his at the start of the 2020 Covid19 pandemic, Ewe Jin returned from Bali to Melbourne and during the lockdowns he started a bamboo IG account @betterbamboobuildings as a bamboo building design platform. He subsequently launched a blog, Better Bamboo Buildings, sharing design information and insights that subsequently developed into a bamboo building design course and learning resource. Ewe Jin is currently working on bamboo building projects in South East Asia and writing a book on Bamboo Architecture to be published in 2021.

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Topic: Bamboo Competition Talk Series #7

Time: Aug 20, 2021 08:00 PM Kuala Lumpur

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83019376885?pwd=dm1aNFBHQkordUw5aDlTMzdMYkRKZz09

Meeting ID: 830 1937 6885
Passcode: 710253

Or joint the livestream at: http://Facebook.com/PertubuhanAkitekMalaysia

Open to all students studying architecture programmes and the general public. Free admission and LAM CPD point not applied.

Biography:

Ir. Dr. Low Kaw Sai has been an Engineer over 30 years. He is also a Fellow of IEM, a member of American Society of Civil Engineers and ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer. He received his Ph.D. from University of Sunderland, U.K. He returned to Malaysia in 1986 where he assumed a myriad of positions in construction, consultancy and research organizations in both private and public sectors alike. In 1989 He attended a Post-doctoral attachment at Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England under the British Council Fellowship programme. He is a member of Standards Institution, Creativity & Innovation Association, Senior Scientists Association, an Editor, Reviewer, Technical Expert and Assessor, etc. in Malaysia.

In 2006, he joined Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) as an Associate Professor to teach and conduct R&D with an aim to provide green, sustainable and cost-effective solution(s) for contemporary engineering problems. He has created 5 patented-inventions and a trademarked product with some of them being successfully commercialized e.g. Bamboo Grid-frame Geotextile system (or GEOBAMTILE) for soft ground treatment, scrapped tyres wall for earth retaining etc. and have imparted some positive contributions towards Malaysian construction industry and society in general. At present, a modest plan is drawn up with the hope to introduce those proven invented systems of construction of Malaysia origin to venture out beyond Malaysian shore.

HJ Hua Jie Toh

HJ is the Head of Design at SEAD Build, specialists in bamboo applications for the building industry. SEAD designs and build unique bamboo structures all over Malaysia - from resorts, to private residences, and even a pedestrian bridge in KL. SEAD is a "full-stack" bamboo company, taking care of harvesting, treatment, manufacture, and construction of bamboo.

Published: 22 July 2021

The 2nd edition of The International Bamboo Competition (Malaysian Level) is co-organized by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, the South China University of Technology and The Nan Sha Bird Park to design and built a prototype bamboo structure at Nansha Bird Park and The 29th Guangzhou Garden Expo Ground at Haixinsha Square by The Pearl River in Guangzhou, China. The Malaysian level competition is part of the International Competition which aimed to build an international platform for innovation and creativity within the region.

The competition aimed to encourage students and lecturer or supervisor team to experience designing real construction rather than just the usual computer modelling and simulation. For selected winners, they got to construct the structure on site. However, due to the current travel restrictions, the team will supervise (remotely) the construction of their design on the actual site by contractors appointed by the organizers.

Bamboo Competition Talk Series 2021

Topic: Bamboo Competition Talk Series #4

Time: Jul 28, 2021 08:30 PM Kuala Lumpur

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89723459664?pwd=V1k0TE03VllVSzBZNVdSemxQVDYzQT09

Meeting ID: 897 2345 9664
Passcode: 665276

Or joint the livestream at: http://Facebook.com/PertubuhanAkitekMalaysia

Open to all students studying architecture programmes and the general public. Free admission and LAM CPD point not applied.

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Topic: Bamboo Competition Talk Series #5

Time: Aug 4, 2021 08:30 PM Kuala Lumpur

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85941752350?pwd=NUI4dDRiandJdG9iNzVBSmIxb1BTdz09

Meeting ID: 859 4175 2350
Passcode: 716433

Or joint the livestream at: http://Facebook.com/PertubuhanAkitekMalaysia

Open to all students studying architecture programmes and the general public. Free admission and LAM CPD point not applied.

Published: 15 July 2021

In the spirit of solidarity and more opportunity to all young Architects, we have decided to extend the registration and submission period.

The new dates are as follows:

Registration Deadline: 26th June 2021 – 31st July 2021
Submission Deadline: 31st August 2021

For interest you can view the event briefing on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACYAMAILER/permalink/845629019396504/
and download the entry form with the brief at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/slncysjytruyc20/AAANwXfUN-Pn4XURN2oiNaGEa?dl=0

We look forward for your participation.

ARCASIA Committee on Young Architects.