Competitions
International Student Competition In Architectural Design And Construction Of Bamboo 2021 (13 Aug & 20 Aug)
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.
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.
International Student Competition In Architectural Design And Construction Of Bamboo 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.
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.
ASIAN E-SPORT CENTRE DESIGN CHALLENGE 2021 - REGISTRATION DATE EXTENDED TO 31st 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.
Call For Submission I ARCASIA Thesis Of The Year 2021 (TOY2021)
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
For enquiry, please contact PAM secretariat at 03-2202 2866 email to arcasia@pam.org.my for more details.
Call For Submission: ARCASIA Students Architectural Design Competition 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
Log-on to https://arcasiasadc.s0c.io/ for more details about competition
For enquiry, please contact PAM secretariat at 03-2202 2866 email to arcasia@pam.org.my for more details.