Competitions

: Published: 21 June 2021

The objective of the ARCASIA Thesis of the Year 2021 (TOY ARCASIA 2021) is to provide an arena for the schools of architecture in ARCASIA member countries and their first architecture professional degree (M.Arch. / LAM Part II). Students are to display their potentials and fresh ideas in an international platform provided by ARCASIA in order to heighten and elevate architecture education in Asia. TOY ARCASIA is dedicated to fresh ideas in the Thesis from the final-year students in the first professional degree programs (M.Arch. / LAM Part II) of each country's members. It opens a route to the knowledge exchange of architectural education.

CLOSING DATE OF SUBMISSION: 15 AUGUST 2021

Log-on to https://arcasiatoy.ads.my/ for more details about the competition

Call For Submission ARCASIA Thesis Of The Year 2021 (TOY2021)

For enquiry, please contact PAM secretariat at 03-2202 2866 email to arcasia@pam.org.my for more details.

: Published: 21 June 2021

Theme - "Public Spaces In 15-Minutes Circle"

Technology has significantly changed our everyday lifestyle. The well-developed transportation shortens the temporal and spatial distances, and the upgraded information and communications technology also make it more convenient to rapidly get our daily necessaries and service at home. The neighbourhood and community in the spatial sense have then been redefined. Under the labour-division cooperation, people assemble and construct the city with higher efficiency. The tendency where people are increasingly segmented and atomized in urban life, however, is unprecedently weakening the interpersonal interaction and connection.

Besides the hackneyed nostalgia, how can we understand the surrounding environment and neighbourhood? What is the relationship between human scale and a walkable urban space? When the reason for communication and interaction in a neighbourhood is gradually attenuated by the capital and commercial hegemony, is it still valuable for us to leave home and walk down to a nearby place to do something and to meet someone?

A “15-minute life circle” is home-cantered and covering the whole area that can be reached in 15 minutes by walking at a normal pace. The boundary of one 15-minute life circle usually forms an irregular shape due to the urban morphology and terrain being passed. Meanwhile, the circle size is varied because of the diversity of personal pace and energy. Regardless of individual differences, the 15-minute life circle has body characteristics, daily performance, and social features for everyone.

With no use of any vehicle, people can experience both the natural and artificial environment alongside when moving around just on foot. A 15-minute life circle provides an open and perceivable urban space where people can enjoy all the public spaces, services, and resources. The definition of the neighbourhood is substantially embodied when people can affirm that they are living in a social network by encountering acquaintances and sharing the place with others.

This competition allows students to provide the solution to the problems from both physical and social perspectives on their 15-minute life circle and its public space. The program and design of the project are open to any level and scale.

The project could be a renovation of an urban fragment, a regeneration of a garden, an installation to reconnect the neighbourhoods, a kid-friendly urban renewal, and so on. Students are encouraged to observe their cities, clarify the problems, arrange the program, and give a responsive solution in this competition.

CLOSING DATE OF SUBMISSION: 15 AUGUST 2021

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For enquiry, please contact PAM secretariat at 03-2202 2866 email to arcasia@pam.org.my for more details.

: Published: 09 April 2021

Dear PAM Member,

We are pleased to announce the design competition organised by the PAM Sarawak Chapter (PAMSC) for the bus stop within the route of the city of Kuching City South (MBKS).

PAMSC-MBKS Bus Stop Design Competition 2021 is the result of a collaboration between Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan (MBKS) and Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia Sarawak Chapter (PAMSC).

This competition is open to PAM Graduate Members and PAM Student Members.

Kindly visit the website for more details: https://pamsc.org.my/events/pamsc-mbks-2021/

Organised by the PAM Sarawak Chapter (PAMSC)
Competition organizer: Tay Tze Yong & Lam Choi Suan