Talk Architecture
340 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Starting conversations viewed from a grounded theory perspective on architectural theory, philosophy, and practice, through a discussion with architects, designers, and former students. Podcasts started in April 2020, hosted by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, a former academic at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi on the Creative Approach in Education (Part 2)
April 26, 2021 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBThis episode signifies the end of season 4 and pronounces the 1st anniversary of Talk Architecture podcast. The special occasion is graced by Huda Nejim Al-Asedi, interviewed in more depth on the Creative Approach in Education (Part 2). Much more than 'communication', it is important for the educator to connect with the student, by "holding the space for their thoughts", and the keyword for educators in this day and age is to "listen", when facilitating the learning and making the interactio...
Interlude: Emerging trend on housing for multi-generational living
April 20, 2021 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.56 MBThis is a short piece (interlude) to tease further discussion on the topics and themes of "multi-generational living", "lifetime homes" and the like, coming from many clubhouse app sessions that was on similar themes and the latest debate of 'home care' versus 'residential home'. Architects and designers could be interested in this topics, as it's an interesting niche to 'design with empathy' and universal design ideas to be implemented in retrofitting projects or home modifications. Naziaty...
Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum (Part 3) - Revisit the Diagram
April 20, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBComing up to the 1st year anniversary of the Talk Architecture podcast, we revisited the Diagram of the architecture design process that was produced right after the COVID-19 pandemic started last year and the lockdown situation that may have affected the usual studio-based learning programs. Some interesting insights were gained and I would assert that there are Pros rather than Cons to the situation, where a more precise desk crit / learning from the peers process can be had for most of th...
Teaching Universal Design to Architecture Students
April 14, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBRecently I was given the opportunity to teach Universal Design to architecture students and crit their studio project by asking the students to think more of functionality, designing in detail and considering universal design as an approach to their design. One set of students in the masters of architecture course, for a housing project and another set of students in the second year doing a few projects with the user/s in mind. There is another smaller group of masters of architecture stu...
Interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi on the Creative Approach in Education (Part 1)
April 04, 2021 14:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBThe first interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi, an advocate of a creative approach to education, rather than art education per se, reveals her experience teaching under-privileged secondary school children in rural Sarawak in Borneo, and how a different perspective was needed to peak the curiosity of these children. In essence, the idea of accessibility to knowledge could happen when you create a situation where it's hands-on and practical, rather than the normal approach. Huda is an educato...
Teaser - Huda Nejim Al-Asedi on Art Education
April 02, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MBTeaser of an upcoming interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi, who has the finger on the pulse of "art education", trained as an architect, she has something to say about the "gaps in knowledge" and from her experience as a teacher with a perspective on the global situation, what are the factors to bridge that gap. Huda stressed that she is an advocate of a creative approach to education, rather than art education per se. Huda is an educator and creative entrepreneur. Formally trained as an arch...
Teaser - Huda Nejim Al-Asedi on Art Education
April 02, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MBTeaser of an upcoming interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi, who has the finger on the pulse of "art education", trained as an architect, she has something to say about the "gaps in knowledge" and from her experience as a teacher with a perspective on the global situation, what are the factors to bridge that gap. Huda stressed that she is an advocate of a creative approach to education, rather than art education per se. Huda is an educator and creative entrepreneur. Formally trained as an arch...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (Part 1)
March 27, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBAre architects also artists? An interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (Part 1) The artist, Noor Mahnun recounted her story from Kelantan, Malaysia to Germany, tracking back to what led her to be an artist. Anum, as she is fondly known, told us how she found herself pursuing 'Fine Arts' although she started as an architect. On reflection, she did not know it then, but her childhood, through her parents' and uncle's influences, her teacher's mediation and circumstances later in her young adult l...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (The Concluding Part)
March 27, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBArchitects are Artists and are essentially purveyors of good taste: The concluding interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (Part 2) This is our last podcast where we interview our guests on the topic of "Architects are Artists", going back to the first podcast, as far back as October 2020. We wanted to know the different perspectives, and finally, now, Noor Mahnun certainly gave us a lot to think about in this concluding episode by stating a crucial point, that architects are ''purveyors of goo...
Architects are Artists: Teaser on an interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed
March 25, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.22 MBTeaser on an upcoming interview on "Architects are Artists" by a well-known artist, NOOR MAHNUN MOHAMED who studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig, Germany and graduated with a Masters in Fine Art (1996). In 2000 she was the Malaysian artist-in-residence at Rimbun Dahan, Kuang, Selangor. She was awarded the Italian Government Scholarship in 2003 to study printmaking at the International School of Print and Graphic Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy. In 2005 she was recipient...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Low Pey Sien (2nd & concluding part)
March 19, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MBThe second part and conclusion of the interview, with Low Pey Sien, an art curator at Kongsi KL and freelancer, trained as an architect, graduated with a B.Sc. in Architecture from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, with interests in making film documentaries and photography, shares her view in this first part of the afternoon chat on "Architects are Artists", which meanders to "Architects are Scientists" (1st part) and end up with "Artists can be a good architect" (in the 2nd part). Inter...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Low Pey Sien (1st part)
March 19, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBAn Interview with Low Pey Sien, an art curator at Kongsi KL and freelancer, trained as an architect, graduated with a B.Sc. in Architecture from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, with interests in making film documentaries and photography, shares her view in this first part of the afternoon chat on "Architects are Artists", which meanders to "Architects are Scientists" and end up with "Artists can be a good architect" (in the 2nd and concluding part). © 2021 Talk Architecture, Author: Na...
Place-making: An exploration on the sense of place
March 13, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBI was at the student's project site today and wondered: Do we build communities around the place or build the place around communities? Is 'space' a too generic a word, and 'place' the better word, providing more context specificity? What is the fundamental characteristics of a place? I would argue for 'nature' and it's essential presence, that provides a sense of place and make possible the communing of a place to occur rather than creating a 'place' for a group of people just to 'hang-out'...
Interview with Kevin Mark Low on Architecture Education
March 07, 2021 03:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBKevin Mark Low speaks on: Liberal Arts education, "Problem-solving is about 'relationships'", 'Open system thinking' rather than just 'system thinking' (which is more on production related), that relates more to 'nature relationships' (natural eco-systems), "whole idea of learning", using metaphors of the viruses, 'Corona vs. Ebola' to illustrate the two different kinds of 'influences' under the 'leadership in architecture' topic. Quoting some references and reading material, and ending with...
Teaser - Kevin Mark Low on Architecture Education
March 05, 2021 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.46 MBComing from the Clubhouse discussion on: "Architecture School - was it useful? " Summarizing the two important points of: 1. Humanities (the lack of it ), which leads to, Liberal Arts education, and; 2. Learning relationships - the importance of mentorship, peer learning and networking, etc. We will ask these questions to Kevin Mark Low in the upcoming interview, very soon. Quoting from a Liberal Arts college website based in the U.S. that said: "liberal arts colleges provide students with...
Social Enterprise for Architecture Graduates
March 02, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB"Social Enterprise for Universal Design Solutions" is the topic for our upcoming Clubhouse event starting at 8 pm, Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021, to be hosted by Naziaty Yaacob. An introduction on what is a 'social entrepreneur' or social enterprise, exploring the subject of 'problems in society', becoming a social entrepreneur, particularly for academics and architecture students, system thinking, and how to build a prototype, including definitions and terms relating to disability, universal d...
Summary on "Architecture School - was it useful?"
February 25, 2021 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWe discussed this topic on 24 February 2021 at 8 to 10 pm, at a Clubhouse app event: "Architecture School - was it useful?", and as I mentioned, the intention was to find topics for further discussion, and the following summary, which I expanded in the podcast, and based on the quotes from the participants (speakers) were mainly; 1. Humanities study in university, and, 2. Learning Relationships. The former is more about Liberal Arts courses such as literature and ancient text, apart from ...
Preview: Architecture School - was it useful?
February 21, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.21 MBYou are welcome to join a discussion at 8:00 PM (Malaysian Time) on 24 February 2021 via the Clubhouse app. I am moderating and hosting the discussion on: Architecture School - was it useful? The purpose is to find out: 1. Content for my future podcast; 2. The questions that we need to ask regarding architecture school. This podcast is broadcasting on the upcoming event via the Clubhouse app, if you would like to join. It is important to hear the voices and young graduates thoughts and fee...
Peer Review and Online Studio Based Learning (Part 2)
February 14, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBSince the last discussion on this topic on 24 January 2021, we had the opportunity to attend the NUS Design Pedagogy Lecture Series - "Enhancing feedback for students' learning: An evaluation of feedback methods used within the design" and a lecture by Dr Charlie Smith of Liverpool John Moores University. Peer review needs to be moderated and done in a formal way rather than just "peer review activities" or informally done, and leave the students to their own devices, as I mentioned earlier...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Paul Nickson Atia
February 07, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBPaul Nickson Atia, a full time artist and part time architectural designer and educator, seems to embody the very notion of an "architect who is an artist". From his early formative years to his current projects, the interview and dialogue evolved seamlessly from art to architecture and back to art. In a personal and engaging manner, Paul touched on design philosophy of diversifying architectural practice to lessons learned before in architecture school and expressions of his art, thus Paul ...
Architects are Artists: Teaser on an interview with Paul Nickson Atia
February 05, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.15 MB"One forms and reforms, affirms and reaffirms; perpetually, cerebrating over one’s hope, desire, and faith of being - what gives?" Paul Nickson Atia (b. 1992), quoting the above statement, is a young artist from Kuching, Sarawak and currently based in Kuala Lumpur. Upon completing his degree in Bsc. Architecture at University of Malaya (UM), Paul went on to practice at PORT25, a local architecture firm and as a part time lecturer at Taylor’s University School of Building Design for several...
Architects are Artists: An Interview with Amna A Emir
January 31, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBAmna A Emir, designer, architect and mother, and a director at Neuformation, discusses her time at architectural schools UTM and the AA, on the importance of architectural education and practice and how the architect need to realise the importance of creating meaning in their works, like what artists do. The inter-disciplinary discourse at the AA school of architecture, as the place to have the "convergence of a laboratory of thoughts", learning with the critic and diploma unit master, Jeff ...
Architects are Artists: Teaser on an upcoming interview with Amna A Emir
January 25, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.26 MBArchitect's are Artists: Teaser on an Interview with Amna A Emir, architect, designer, mother. We will discuss on this topic with Amna who shared the following quote, by Jasper Johns: "Make something, a kind of object, which as it changes or falls apart (dies as it were) or increases in its parts (grows as it were) offers no clue as to what its state or form or nature was at any previous time. Physical and Metaphysical. Obstinacy. Could this be a useful object?" -- quoted in “Jasper Johns,...
Peer Review and Online Teaching in Studio Based Learning
January 24, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBDuring these times of pandemic strife, we are beset with the conundrum of wanting to embrace online teaching for studio based learning but the essential ingredient of informal studio interaction (problem of social distancing) such as lack of peer review activities is being felt as a crucial missing ingredient in the architectural education experience for the students especially in the lower years. Can we adapt ourselves to make sure though remote we can feel socially connected? Some thoughts...
Peer Review and Online Teaching in Studio Based Learning (Part 1)
January 24, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBDuring these times of pandemic strife, we are beset with the conundrum of wanting to embrace online teaching for studio based learning but the essential ingredient of informal studio interaction (problem of social distancing) such as lack of peer review activities is being felt as a crucial missing ingredient in the architectural education experience for the students especially in the lower years. Can we adapt ourselves to make sure though remote we can feel socially connected? Some thoughts...
Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum - Part 2
January 17, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBWe revisit the diagram that could be applied to any project that deals with a real site rather than hypothetical site or issue, which we introduced in April 27 2020 podcast, where the idea behind the diagram was done in an introductory manner. Now we explained how this design process can work in both the lower years and in the final year, comparing our current second year project with the design thesis project. © 2021 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Art work in podcast is the...
Learning from Kisho Kurokawa: Asian public space is the street!
January 09, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBWe proposed a study on whether Malaysian architects, urban designers and planners refer to precedents of urban shophouses in the inner city streets of Malacca and George Town when coming up with concept and ideas in their work. Based on Michael Gibert's doctoral thesis, Kisho Kurokawa said that: "the difference between Western and Japanese concepts of space is the difference between spatial confrontation and spatial continuity", so do we Malaysian architectural designers think about these th...
Spatial awareness in architecture: using a technique from meditation (Part 1)
January 02, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBThis podcast marks a new series on the investigation on architecture design processes in 'design thinking' starting with the concept of 'spatial awareness' in the architecture discipline and finding similarities in psychological meditative technique relating to mindfulness or being mindful. Emphasis is on the importance of "doing the thinking" and understanding more about what is going on when that happens. This further helps to define further what is 'space' in architecture. © 2021 Talk Ar...
The Star Architect and Green Architecture
December 08, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBIs designing and producing architecture a political act? Or are architects merely serving the client and the building they had done has nothing to do with politics. (That is what Patrik Schumacher, a star architect suggested). When architects and urban planners and other professionals need to deal with issues on sustainability together, are they collaborating to create a better society, hence is a 'political gesture' ( our counter argument). Another factor is designing for social equity. ...
The Star Architect and Green Architecture
December 08, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBIs designing and producing architecture a political act? Or are architects merely serving the client and the building they had done has nothing to do with politics. (That is what Patrik Schumacher, a star architect suggested). When architects and urban planners and other professionals need to deal with issues on sustainability together, are they collaborating to create a better society, hence is a 'political gesture' ( our counter argument). Another factor is designing for social equity. ...
Writing the First Draft of Our Book: Possibilities and Ideas
November 26, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBA brainstorming session based on the outline we set out for the book on the proposed working title of: "Re-examining community architecture: site specific issues in local context situations", we discussed on the points we started with and how the podcast contents will help us greatly on writing this book. We relate this to the audience (our listeners) in anticipation to getting the first draft done by the end of the year (which is a delay!), but we keep on pushing to get it done and when we ...
Architects Building Resilient Communities
November 19, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBArchitecture should enable and strengthen human connections – a key condition in creating resilient communities to face the 21st century catastrophes. How should we translate our concerns in the work that we do as studio tutors in the architecture design studio projects? This is the central thesis for the Unit 2 studio of the Master of Architecture (M Arch) design thesis studio projects, consisted of twenty-five (25) final year students from 2018 to 2020. The students collaborated to offer t...
The Architect with Social Consciousness
November 12, 2020 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBThere are four aspects that is needed in order to create the architect that possesses social-consciousness and it starts at architectural school. In conjunction with the upcoming international webinar on "Reclaim the City" on Friday, 20th November 2020 which is the second in a series jointly organized by USM and DSLU, I will speak on the architect's role in righting and designing with empathy for all and creating inclusive design in the cities. I am suggesting that as an architectural educat...
Designing from 2D to 3D - the essential skill in architecture studio
October 31, 2020 02:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBThe use of 'sketch-up' digital software by architecture students short-cutting the skills development, rushing it from 2D to 3D, due to the lack of time to design, is the "one of the crucial problems" in architecture education. The 2D (plan) need to be read and design together with 3D every step of the design process. Skills of manually drawing axonometric from plan and one point perspectives on the spot are essential skills. This issue need to be dealt with by architecture educators and I w...
Learning from vernacular architecture on how to design a better public realm
October 29, 2020 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBReadings from Gottfried Semper on "ornament and pattern making" and Christopher Alexander on "form and context", together with learning from vernacular architecture and the ideas that shaped our private realm can actually give ideas on how to solve the design problems in the public spaces and put together a better fit and more harmonious designs for urban designers and architects. This is just an initial discussion to think about how to solve the problems in public spaces in a different way....
Designing with Empathy and Inclusion: A Preview
October 28, 2020 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThe Architect has a role to play in righting and designing with empathy for all and creating inclusive open space in the cities. That is the premise for the talk that will be given in an upcoming international webinar on "Reclaim the City", the second in a series jointly organized by USM and DSLU, which I will deliver for 15 minutes. This is a preview of that talk in which I am suggesting that as an architectural education activist, the training of the architect needs to be oriented to a mor...
Learning to Adapt in Design is a Key Skill
October 23, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBWhy did we create a collaborative learning environment where the architecture students need to be challenged comprehensively, covering all bases including be able to read the whole building from the plan. You cannot do this by teaching students to design from software. Students are builders of architecture not merely design a building and wrap it with green. As early as possible, students need to learn theory of architecture and references from the past to help them practice reading architec...
Architects are Artists
October 03, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBI would like to argue that Architects are Artists, ‘artists with a background of science’ (Pandikar, 1959). I take some theories from Ismail Faruqi's 'Cultural Atlas of Islam', Gottfried Semper (19th century philosopher), Christopher Alexander's 'Notes on the Synthesis of Form' and Colin Davies' book on 'Introduction to architectural theory's chapter on 'Truth'', as the basis for this argument. I would take precedents from phenomenology and the non-architects' architecture of the vernacular ...
The Importance of Architectural Theory in Architecture Education
October 03, 2020 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBThe debate arose in India, when Professor Paknikar in a 1959 seminar on architecture practice said: With the increasing influence of science and technology, they (architects) are termed as ‘scientists with a background of art’ rather than ‘artists with a background of science’. This sets off the discourse on the importance of architectural theory and how there is a difference between designing architecture than merely, buildings. The concerns that architecture theory is not the basis in whic...
Thinking about Architecture: Architectural Design Theory on "Representation"
September 26, 2020 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBThis discussion focused on Chapter 1 on "Representation" from Colin Davies' book called "Thinking about Architecture: An Introduction to Architectural Theory". It's that time of year again when we have to prepare for our classes before the semester starts. I was also thinking about the 'Artistic Process vs Architectural Design Process' at the side, with an eye on the architecture design studio programs that students in the first degree of architecture will be undertaking soon. Other than tal...
How to evaluate an architecture studio curriculum - an opinion piece
September 20, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBIf you are an examiner and you need to evaluate an architecture studio curriculum of a school of architecture, how would you go about it? Should you evaluate the poor (just passed) student, the average student or the best student? And how do you benchmark the performance of that school of architecture compared to other schools? This is an opinion piece on what to look for when you critically appraise students architectural design work. Support the show Do subscribe for premium content and s...
Social responsibility of an Architectural Educator - Policy and Implementation
September 19, 2020 03:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBFurther discussion on the issues of the social responsibility of an architectural educator or an academic that teaches architecture design, reflections based on the article by Kimberley Kramer on the topic of "Social Responsibility in Architecture Education" (2012) . This discussion focused on the policy and implementation by a country's architect board (on accreditation) and how an educator implements the policy or idea of social responsibility, specifically the three aspects of (1) Respons...
The Future of Education: The Changing Role of Universities (Part 2)
September 18, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBThe concluding episode on the future of education and the changing role of universities. What is the pace of learning and how we perceived learning, that could make universities as what we see now, obsolete. Reflecting on being a Part 1 graduate doing practical training in London in an office, 5 minutes walk away from the AA school's evening lectures, and how that is a similar situation right now, that we could emulate. Just a frank discussion from an academic's perception on what is happeni...
The Future of Education: The Changing Role of Universities (Part 1)
September 18, 2020 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBI quote Mr Tan Eng Chye, the President of the National University of Singapore: The pandemic has brought a crystal clarity to the role that universities play. To find solutions to humanity’s most pressing problems, we need talented individuals who have the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills, the ability to synthesise and think across conceptual and technical boundaries, and the dedication to work swiftly and efficiently. The subject on the changing roles of universities and in partic...
The BIG Interview with Low Pey Sien on why she is not continuing her Part 2 architecture course for now (Session 1)
September 13, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBWhat is "beyond architecture"? Why was the Part 1 architecture degree important for a person who undertook it? Low Pey Sien felt that her experience studying architecture in Part 1 (BSc in Architecture) course was essential in her current growth and development although she is taking her time to decide whether to do the Part 2 course. She is currently working with KongsiKL as an Art Manager and is serious about her craft in curating art programs and does not feel the need to continue her stu...
Teaser - question to our Part 1 graduate Low Pey Sien: why aren't you continuing your architecture course for Part 2?
September 04, 2020 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.1 MBA brief teaser before the big interview with Low Pey Sien, University of Malaya's Bachelor of Science in Architecture Part 1 Graduate who is now an Art and Craft Manager at KongsiKL. I asked her "why aren't you continuing your architecture course for Part 2?". One of our best students, gave a "teaser" answer with promise to tell all in a future interview, coming soon. Please check out the teaser and listen to this "teaser". Support the show Do subscribe for premium content and special featu...
Social responsibility of an Architectural Educator - a proposition
August 31, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBThinking out loud on the issues of the social responsibility of an architectural educator or an academic that teaches architecture design, reflections based on quotes from Kenneth Frampton's book Modern Architecture: A Critical History, particularly the chapter on the Bauhaus. This discussion is purely reflections which will in turn be more focused on the current state of architecture education in the Malaysian context. Artwork is by Arnida Ros's design thesis project of the Kampung Baru Mus...
Social responsibility of an Architectural Educator - a proposition
August 31, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBThinking out loud on the issues of the social responsibility of an architectural educator or an academic that teaches architecture design, reflections based on quotes from Kenneth Frampton's book Modern Architecture: A Critical History, particularly the chapter on the Bauhaus. This discussion is purely reflections which will in turn be more focused on the current state of architecture education in the Malaysian context. Artwork is by Arnida Ros's design thesis project of the Kampung Baru Mus...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Irfan Mahzan's UiTM's School of Built Environment, PJ Old Town
August 30, 2020 17:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIrfan Mahzan's honest opinion on what had transpired in his design thesis journey in 2019-2020, on how he left it late to get the concept right in semester 2, where he did the UiTM PJ Old Town, School of Built Environment. The criticism centred on the role of higher education institution such as UiTM, and the blue and white collar workers knowledge and skills. Touching on the pedagogical aspects of the construction professions such as civil engineering, and how theory and practical should be...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Irfan Mahzan's UiTM PJ Old Town, School of Built Environment
August 24, 2020 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.42 MBTEASER Introduction! We will interview Irfan Mahzan on his design thesis project: UiTM PJ Old Town, School of Built Environment. The sad state of neglect is pervasive in PJ old town, where Irfan mentioned about "how old spaces are not utilized", reflected on the state of the campus at Jalan Othman. For the design thesis, the focus was on higher education and how in Malaysia it has to transform from just producing graduates to having quality thinkers. This is apparent by the number of gradu...