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
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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
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Meeting ID: 830 1937 6885
Passcode: 710253
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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.
