WHAT IS AN ARCHITECT? -------- 1

DESIGN NETWORK ARCHITECT Sdn. Bhd. -------------------------------- 2

ALL ABOUT THE INTERVIEWEE(MR.WONG)------- 3

INTERVIEW SESSION--------------- 4-5

DNA HOUSE--------------------------- 6

TABUAN TRANQUILLITY--------- 7

10 THINGS YOU WILL NEVER HEAR AN ARCHITECT SAYS-------------- 8

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Gan Man Ling Hanis

Flenny Wong Grace Wong Chiam Shiun Jia

Alice Wansa

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Tabuan Tranquility is an integrated mixed development project spanning over 162 acres, comprising commercial centres as well as inimitable residential property units that evoke the quintessential living experience.

In this project, he acted as a project director. He was to know the Firm’s standard procedures on site supervision.He had to approve all certification of payment to the contractor during construction stage. He was responsible for the evaluation of any contractor’s claims, variation orders and application for extention of time.He also ensured that the design/drawings and all instructions are checked.During the construction stage, he took note and decided on changes of design to suite site conditions.

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In this project, he designed the landscape of the outer area. He decided the material uses of the pathways, water features and vegetations of the area. He provide innovative and aesthetically pleasing environments for people to enjoy, while ensuring that changes to the natural environment are appropriate, sensitive and sustainable.Moreover,he conducted preliminary studies of the site including contours, soil, ecology, buildings and roads and carried out environmental impact assessments.Based on Mr Wong, this project is made for their own company, so they designed everything as they dream of.

ALL ABOUT THE INTERVIEWEEMR.WONG KIONG

Mr. Wong did his architectural studies in UK, Architecture Association school and graduated in year 1985 as a diploma graduate after 5 years course. (Currently referred to us as master degree). He then came back to Malaysia in the same year, worked here for two years and later went back to London for three years. This was because he got recession in that period that there were less job opportunity in this field in Malaysia. He then did his part three section of the architectural course and qualified as a professional architect under the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) certification. He again came back to Malaysia in year 1990 and worked in Kuala Lumpur for two years. In year 1992, he went back to Kuching. Year 1995, he went to Shanghai to work for 5 years. In year 2000, he and his partner joined up to build DNA Sdn Bhd (Design Network Architects) in Kuching. This is where he is working until now. The major reason as to why he took this profession is because he love drawing since childhood and had interest in sketching. He got involve in competition like :

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-Golden triangle competition -PAM organized 2nd price -Student first place

-Lake club competition in Kuala Lumpur -Consolation school third year

The Interview SessionIn 1 October 2015, we interviewed Mr Wong to understand more about the details of the profession architect. Furthermore, he also briefed us the information of two of his projects followed by his roles in the particular projects.

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Q1.What advice can you give to a architecture student? A- I would advice you to never give up. Because you must know that you’re different from other professions, you are a designer. An architect needs to be creative. Creativity sometimes you need to try hard, like keep on practice sketching. Must complete your task and never quit no matter how bad is it. You must be rational. Get ideas somewhere, you can listen to some music, look at some nice building and read some nice books

Q2.What are the biggest challenges and attractions that you have to face in this profession?

A-As a professional, I have to be fully responsible for what I’m doing which I think it’s very challenging. And the other biggest challenge is to get a job. As an architect, you must know where to get a job otherwise your company has nothing to do.

A- Our goals is to get our design built! We also want our work to be published on magazines, television and so on!

Q3.What are your goals of this firm?

Q4.What is the inspiration in your design?

A-As what I’ve told you just now, inspiration is like go travelling, every year I went travelling to many different countries to see what other architect design, how they do their building and experience other people’s work. There are many other great architect out there. The other things that inspires me are art and nature. I go to galleries and I really like plants. My house is full of plants. Nature is perfect, like a flower, you can never create a flower. Besides, music also inspires me.

Q5.Toughest moment?

A- When a project have a problem, which mean when somebody have made a mess then the client starts to accuse about something wrong and I have to rescue that project. I have to make it work and to solve all the problems which the previous architect has done wrong. I have to redo everything, to convince the clients, solve the technical details, meeting all the contractors to convince them that things can be done and so on, that is the most difficult things I’ve encountered when the project on site went into problem, I have to solve it as an architect and yet you’re not being sued.

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