ISI Newsletter First Quarter2018

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Putrajaya, 10 January, 2018 - 31 students and two faculty members from Kansas University (KU), Lawrence, United States of America participated in Malaysia Architectural Study Tour organized by Institut Sultan Iskandar UTM (ISI) from 3 January 2018 to 9 January 2018.

The tour is part of a Kansas University Study Abroad program, which involves three countries - Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. While in Malaysia, ISI has prepared a ‘short and sweet’ 7 days 6 nights program that covers Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Perak.

Excursion includes visits of architecture that are award winning and iconic, to the traditional and low costs. Among the highlights are Petronas Twin Tower, Mesiniaga Tower, The Troika, The Capers, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Arc Rimbayu, National Mosque, Bamboo Playhouse, Lantern Hotel, OBYU Tower, PAM Centre, Penghulu Seman House, Badan Warisan and many more.

Other significant places in the visit list are Lake Garden, China Town and Batu Caves. The tour also features Malaysia’s

prominent regionalist architect, Ar Jimmy Lim who will share his ‘Tropical Laboratory’ ideas, and the implementation in his regionally rooted contemporary houses.

A welcoming luncheon was held in Denai house of Ar Razin Mahmood in Johor Bahru. The warm ceremony was attended by Dean of Faculty of Built Environment, Head of Architecture Department, ISI Executive Director, and ISI Deputy Director. A farewell lunch was held in the week after in UTM KL.

The tour ended in a stylish dinner at 360 Revolving Restaurant of KL Tower. ISI KL head of division, Associate Professor Dr Gurupiah Mursib said, the program strengthens university-industry ties, and is a catalyst for global agenda, thus, such similar program will be extended to other universities around the world.

ISI once played host to the KU delegation in 2013, when they conducted a study on how to revitalise a traditional urban quarter in Kuala Terengganu in collaboration with the Department of Architecture, UTM.

Kansas University Participation in Malaysia Architectural Study Tour

ASEAN experts gathering in Bangkok

Bangkok, 21 January 2018 - The 89th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Services (89th CCS) and related meetings including The 9 th Meeting of the Task Force on ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (9th TF-ATISA) was held from 15th to 20th January 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Associate Professor Dr Syed Ahmad Iskandar, ISI Executive Director who is also a senior member of the the Council of Accreditation and Architectural Education Malaysia (CAAEM)

Memorandum of Understanding signing with Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru, 10 January 2018 - The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ISI and Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB) was held on 10 January 2018, at Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru, Johor.

ISI in collaboration with UTM - Low Carbon Asia Research Center (UTM - LCARC) has been appointed by MBJB to provide a low-carbon community action study, Pelan Tindakan Masyarakat Rendah Karbon Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru 2025 (Pengubahan Sempadan). Our executive director, Assoc. Prof. Dr Syed Ahmad Iskandar and Prof. TPr. Dr. Ho Chin Siong, director of UTM-LCARC signed the MoU in the presence of Tuan Haji Jalil Tasliman, Deputy Director of Development Planning, Development Planning Division, MBJB.

formed under the auspices of the Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM) attended the ASEAN Accord on Architectural Education and the 11th Joint Roundtable Discussion of ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer Coordinating Committee (ACPECC) and ASEAN Architect Council (AAC) on “Green Energy: The Sustainability for the Future” which was held on 17 January 2018 at Swissotel Le Concorde, Bangkok.

The meeting partly deliberated the motion of formating the ASEAN Architecture Education Accord (AAEA). As some member states are still in the process of setting up their own accreditation system, the meeting agreed that more time should be given to all before such AAEA would be formed.

Malaysian Marine Transport Data Analytic Centre for Marine Department of Malaysia

Port Klang, 19 March 2018 - An initiative to develop a Marine Transport Data Analytic Centre (MaTDAC) for the Marine Department Malaysia, a presentation and meeting was held to the Director General of Marine, Marine Department Malaysia, Dato` Hj. Baharin Bin Dato Abdul Hamid at their headquarter in Port Klang.

During the presentation, ISI conveyed the intention to develop, establish MaTDAC community and to provide expert support to MATDAC. It is a centre that will specialise on performing marine transportation data analytic, offering business and public data analytic services and maintaining MaTDAC community.

Second Focus Group Discussion for Pengerang Low Carbon Society Blueprint 2030

Desaru, 27 March 2018 - UTM-Low Carbon Asia Research Centre (UTM-LCARC) led by Prof. TPr. Dr. Ho Chin Siong is helping the Pengerang Local Authority in the Johor Eastern Economic Corridor to de-carbonise its upcoming RM60 billion regional oil and gas storage and hub project, and the anticipated rapid urbanisation that will follow.

The second focus group discussion (FGD 2) workshop was held at Amansari Residence, Desaru was organised by the Pengerang local authority. Assoc. Prof. Dr Syed Ahmad Iskandar, our executive director attended the event and gave a speech at the beginning of the workshop.

This is a very big challenge considering the carbon intensity of the oil and gas industry, but preliminary modelling results indicate a potential reduction in carbon emission of up to 50 per cent by 2030 compared with the business-as-usual scenario.

Since 2008, UTM-LCARC has been pioneering and operationalising the “Science to Action” or S2A approach to translating climate change research into city-level low carbon society policies and actions. This is already being implemented in seven major cities, including Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur and the iconic Iskandar Malaysia Economic Corridor.

Opening ceremony of Gelang Patah Community College

Gelang Patah, 26 Mac 2018 - PILS™ KPT-BOS is one of the programs initiated by Nation Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) unit of Ministry of Higher Education for the expansion program of two polytechnics for Department of Polytechnic Education (JPP) and ten community colleges for Department of Community College Education (JPKK) through PILS™ KPT-BOS approach under the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).

One of the latest delivery, the recently opened Gelang Patah Community College (KKcGP) was officated by Dato’ Seri Idris Bin Jusoh, Minister of Higher Education.

As Secretariat for the program, Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) involvement as project coordinator for both contractual and academics aspects.

The program opens up the platform of exposure in Built Environment practice to seniors and young lecturers and UA students in Engineering, Architecture and Quantity Surveyor.

The MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Open Lecture

Skudai, 19 January 2018 - The MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MIT-UTM MSCP) Open Lecture was held on Thursday, 18th March at Galeri Alam Bina, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Skudai.

From February through May 2018, the scholars will then be based at MIT and will be producing working papers and teaching videos of their findings and present their research to the MIT community.

The MIT- UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) is a five-year effort, initiated and run by faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Universiti of Teknologi of Malaysia (UTM), with generous support by the Ministry of Education Malaysia. The MSCP mission is to study and document sustainable city development efforts in Malaysia. Visiting scholars from around the world spend September through December conducting research in Malaysia.

The MSCP is housed in the Science Impact Collaborative in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, and the Institute Sultan Iskandar (ISI) at UTM.

ISI and LCARC at the 9th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9)

Kuala Lumpur, 14 February 2018 - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), through the UTM-Low Carbon Asia Research Centre (UTM-LCARC) that is based in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (JPBW), Faculty of Built Environment, and the Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) organised an exhibition and a side event at the 9th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 7-13 February 2018.

ISI showcased its high-profile flagship MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program that started in 2014. The MIT-UTM MSCP mission is to study and document sustainable city development efforts in Malaysia. Visiting scholars from around the world spend September-December each year conducting research in Malaysia. They then spend February-May at MIT developing research findings into instructional materials to enhance and extend the teaching of sustainable city development across universities in the global South. The MSCP is housed in the Science Impact Collaborative in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, and ISI at UTM.

Southeast Asian Houses: Expanding TraditionChapter 3 · MalaysiaMade to Order—a Place Called Home

Syed Iskandar Ariffin

Paperback: 188 pagesPublisher: Seoul Selection (July 31, 2017)ISBN-10: 1624120954ISBN-13: 978-1624120954

Regionalisme dalam Seni Bina Malaysia Era Moden, Pascamoden dan Global

Gurupiah Mursib

Paperback: 248 pagesPublisher: Dewan Bahasa dan PustakaISBN: 9789834610159

The BIM Award Ceremony for Polytechnic And Community College Lecturers

Kuala Lumpur, 30 March 2018 - The Certificate Award Ceremony for Professional Certificate in Building Information Modeling (BIM) was held at the Grand Petra Ballroom, Royal Widad Residence, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur. The ceremony honoured 10 lecturers from various polytechnics and community colleges throughout Malaysia and marked the completion of the course. En Ishak bin Sarip, Assistant Director of Professional Excellence Division, Department of Polytechnic Education, Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) officiated the ceremony.

Participants of this program have earned several Professional certificates; Autodesk Revit Architecture Professional Certificate, CIDB Certified BIM Modeller, CIDB Certified BIM Coordinator and UTM-ATC BIM for Sustainability Analysis.