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Conversation with Nur Izzati Mohd Khairan "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 1)
03 Sep 2021
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Send us a textSeptember Specials: Conversation with Nur Izzati Mohd Khairan "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Par...
Teaser: Conversation with Nur Izzati Mohd Khairan "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?"
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textComing soon. The second guest on this topic: "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" We will continue to f...
Interlude: The Importance of Theory in the Architecture Design Studio Curriculum
01 Sep 2021
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Send us a textInterlude: The importance of theory in architecture design studio curriculum.This is my reaction to what had been said by Cheah Ee Von, ...
Conversation with Cheah Ee Von "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 2)
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSelamat Hari Merdeka Malayans! The Malayan 64th Independence Day Special: A Conversation with Cheah Ee Von "Can Malaysian Architec...
Conversation with Cheah Ee Von "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 1)
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe Malayan 64th Independence Day Special: A Conversation with Cheah Ee Von "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA Scho...
Teaser: Conversation with Cheah Ee Von "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?"
29 Aug 2021
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Send us a textComing up will be a series of conversations between the host and a number of guests talking on the topic of "Can Malaysian Architec...
Introduction to the Reasons Why Malaysian Architecture Graduates Cannot Compete Globally
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIntroduction: Reasons Why Malaysian Architecture Graduates Cannot Compete GloballyContinuing from the discussion in other clubhouse even...
Architecture Education: The Debate on Design Thesis in Malaysia
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a commentary on the design thesis of the MArch course based on what has been discussed in the MSIAARCHIREVIEW Club session at 9 ...
Design Critique and Design Thinking
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFresh from listening in to the Clubhouse event on “Better Design Critiques” with moderators, Petrula, Leon, and Evan of the Design C...
Interview - Khoo Salma, the Urban & Environmental Activist
03 Aug 2021
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Send us a textExclusive Interview: Khoo Salma Nasution suggested 'urban farming' as the way forward to resolve problems of access to edible ...
Teaser - Khoo Salma, the Urban & Environmental Activist
30 Jul 2021
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Send us a textWhat does an urban and environmental activist has to say about architects and architecture?Khoo Salma Nasution graduated with a Liberal ...
Phenomenology in Architecture: Learning the Concept of Sense of Self
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn psychology, the sense of self concept is one of the important primary understanding for self growth and awareness. 'Being presen...
A Conversation on the Future of Design Education
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe traced back some ideas on the future of design education. The context of the conversation is that architecture may relate more to the...
Interview with Ch'ng Sao Inn on Design and School (Part 2)
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe second and concluding part interview with Ar. Ch'ng Sao Inn of Saoinn Architect.Architecture is a process of discovery. In this...
Interview with Ch'ng Sao Inn on Design and School (Part 1)
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe first part interview with Ar. Ch'ng Sao Inn of Saoinn Architect.In this session we started with Sao Inn's architectural jo...
Teaser - Interview with Ch'ng Sao Inn on Design and School
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA teaser on an upcoming interview with the Principal Architect of Saoinn Architect.What does design mean to you? Why do you think schoo...
Architecture education and inclusivity: Can a blind person be an architect?
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is the first part introduction of the series on "inclusive education" prompted by recent social media reports of accusati...
What's the difference between building and furniture design?
26 Jun 2021
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Send us a textWhat is the fundamental difference and similarities between a building and a furniture? Some of the characteristics we can guess correct...
Site-context issues driven design thesis projects - part 3 (studio masters team)
23 Jun 2021
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Send us a textThe last in a 3 part series on the site-context issues driven design thesis studio, describing some issues and what are the hurdles and ...
Site-context issues driven design thesis projects - part 2 (why it is the best approach)
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis podcast session concentrates on the design thesis studio learning experience, the importance of the design studio philosophy and th...
Site-context issues driven design thesis projects - part 1 (Introduction)
18 Jun 2021
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Send us a textFurther to the previous podcast discussion on site, type and issues, three main factors for design thesis projects, I deliberated in thi...
Site, type and issue, which is more important in an architecture studio design thesis?
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGearing up to this Sunday, 8:30 pm date 20 June 2021, on Clubhouse app, where I will be hosting a session on further explanation of &quo...
Architecture Education: The Application of Theory in the Design Studio Work - Part 2
13 Jun 2021
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Send us a textI prepared a script and discussed further on the topic of the Application of Theory in Design Studio Work - Part 2. In this session, I f...
Architecture Education: The Application of Theory in the Design Studio Work - Part 1
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI'm discussing “The application of theory in the studio design work (60 min)” on Sunday, 13 Jun at 8:30 PM MYT on the clubhou...
Architecture Concept: Explanation to my students
10 Jun 2021
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Send us a textOur 2nd year students are doing an 'empowerment centre with educational facilities' (with community engagement) at Chow Kit, f...
Architecture Education: The Lack of Theory & Philosophy
29 May 2021
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Send us a textFresh from a Clubhouse event entitled "Malaysian Architecture: The Lack of Theory and Philosophy?", this episode expanded furt...
Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum (Part 4) - Revisit the Diagram
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDetail design can assist with the beginning stages of a design process. At the very beginning, sometimes you find something very compell...
Building the Design Manifesto (Part 1B) - Form follow Function
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnother episode to forge from the previous ones on Building the Design Manifesto, by reflecting on the Louis Sullivan axiom of "For...
Building the Design Manifesto (Part 1A) - The Bigger Picture
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe second episode continues with 'Design with Empathy for the Aging Population', by reflecting on issues that we are facing, ...
Building the Design Manifesto (teaser) - Functionalists in the 21st Century
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe first episode in a new series kicking off the ideas on architecture practice that is to do with 'Design with Empathy for the Ag...
1st Anniversary Short Recap on Talk Architecture
27 Apr 2021
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Send us a textIt's a celebration! I present the 1st Anniversary Short Recap on Talk Architecture looking back and what's in store for the ne...
Interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi on the Creative Approach in Education (Part 2)
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode signifies the end of season 4 and pronounces the 1st anniversary of Talk Architecture podcast. The special occasion is grac...
Interlude: Emerging trend on housing for multi-generational living
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a short piece (interlude) to tease further discussion on the topics and themes of "multi-generational living", "l...
Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum (Part 3) - Revisit the Diagram
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textComing up to the 1st year anniversary of the Talk Architecture podcast, we revisited the Diagram of the architecture design process that...
Teaching Universal Design to Architecture Students
14 Apr 2021
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Send us a textRecently I was given the opportunity to teach Universal Design to architecture students and crit their studio project by asking the ...
Interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi on the Creative Approach in Education (Part 1)
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe first interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi, an advocate of a creative approach to education, rather than art education per se, reveals...
Teaser - Huda Nejim Al-Asedi on Art Education
02 Apr 2021
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Send us a textTeaser of an upcoming interview with Huda Nejim Al-Asedi, who has the finger on the pulse of "art education", trained as an ar...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (The Concluding Part)
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textArchitects are Artists and are essentially purveyors of good taste: The concluding interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (Part 2)This is ...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (Part 1)
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAre architects also artists? An interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed (Part 1)The artist, Noor Mahnun recounted her story from Kelantan, Ma...
Architects are Artists: Teaser on an interview with Noor Mahnun Mohamed
25 Mar 2021
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Send us a textTeaser on an upcoming interview on "Architects are Artists" by a well-known artist,NOOR MAHNUN MOHAMED who studied at the Hoch...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Low Pey Sien (2nd & concluding part)
19 Mar 2021
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Send us a textThe second part and conclusion of the interview, with Low Pey Sien, an art curator at Kongsi KL and freelancer, trained as an architect,...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Low Pey Sien (1st part)
19 Mar 2021
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Send us a textAn Interview with Low Pey Sien, an art curator at Kongsi KL and freelancer, trained as an architect, graduated with a B.Sc. in Architect...
Place-making: An exploration on the sense of place
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI was at the student's project site today and wondered: Do we build communities around the place or build the place around communit...
Interview with Kevin Mark Low on Architecture Education
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textKevin Mark Low speaks on: Liberal Arts education, "Problem-solving is about 'relationships'", 'Open system thi...
Teaser - Kevin Mark Low on Architecture Education
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textComing from the Clubhouse discussion on: "Architecture School - was it useful? "Summarizing the two important points of: 1. Hu...
Social Enterprise for Architecture Graduates
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Social Enterprise for Universal Design Solutions" is the topic for our upcoming Clubhouse event starting at 8 pm, Wednesday, ...
Summary on "Architecture School - was it useful?"
25 Feb 2021
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Send us a textWe discussed this topic on 24 February 2021 at 8 to 10 pm, at a Clubhouse app event: "Architecture School - was it useful?", a...
Preview: Architecture School - was it useful?
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textYou 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 ...
Peer Review and Online Studio Based Learning (Part 2)
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSince the last discussion on this topic on 24 January 2021, we had the opportunity to attend the NUS Design Pedagogy Lecture Series - &q...
Architects are Artists: An interview with Paul Nickson Atia
07 Feb 2021
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Send us a textPaul Nickson Atia, a full time artist and part time architectural designer and educator, seems to embody the very notion of an "arc...
Architects are Artists: Teaser on an interview with Paul Nickson Atia
05 Feb 2021
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Send us a text"One forms and reforms, affirms and reaffirms; perpetually, cerebratingover one’s hope, desire, and faith of being - what gives?&...
Architects are Artists: An Interview with Amna A Emir
31 Jan 2021
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Send us a textAmna A Emir, designer, architect and mother, and a director at Neuformation, discusses her time at architectural schools UTM and the AA,...
Architects are Artists: Teaser on an upcoming interview with Amna A Emir
25 Jan 2021
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Send us a textArchitect's are Artists: Teaser on an Interview with Amna A Emir, architect, designer, mother.We will discuss on this topic with ...
Peer Review and Online Teaching in Studio Based Learning (Part 1)
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDuring these times of pandemic strife, we are beset with the conundrum of wanting to embrace online teaching for studio based learning b...
Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum - Part 2
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe revisit the diagram that could be applied to any project that deals with a real site rather than hypothetical site or issue, which we...
Learning from Kisho Kurokawa: Asian public space is the street!
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe proposed a study on whether Malaysian architects, urban designers and planners refer to precedents of urban shophouses in the inner c...
Spatial awareness in architecture: using a technique from meditation (Part 1)
02 Jan 2021
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Send us a textThis podcast marks a new series on the investigation on architecture design processes in 'design thinking' starting with the c...
The Star Architect and Green Architecture
08 Dec 2020
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Send us a textIs designing and producing architecture a political act? Or are architects merely serving the client and the building they had done has ...
Writing the First Draft of Our Book: Possibilities and Ideas
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA brainstorming session based on the outline we set out for the book on the proposed working title of: "Re-examining community arch...
Architects Building Resilient Communities
19 Nov 2020
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Send us a textArchitecture should enable and strengthen human connections – a key condition in creating resilient communities to face the 21st centu...
The Architect with Social Consciousness
12 Nov 2020
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Send us a textThere are four aspects that is needed in order to create the architect that possesses social-consciousness and it starts at architectura...
Designing from 2D to 3D - the essential skill in architecture studio
31 Oct 2020
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Send us a textThe use of 'sketch-up' digital software by architecture students short-cutting the skills development, rushing it from 2D to 3...
Learning from vernacular architecture on how to design a better public realm
29 Oct 2020
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Send us a textReadings from Gottfried Semper on "ornament and pattern making" and Christopher Alexander on "form and context", tog...
Designing with Empathy and Inclusion: A Preview
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe Architect has a role to play in righting and designing with empathy for all and creating inclusive open space in the cities. That is...
Learning to Adapt in Design is a Key Skill
23 Oct 2020
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Send us a textWhy did we create a collaborative learning environment where the architecture students need to be challenged comprehensively, covering a...
Architects are Artists
03 Oct 2020
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Send us a textI would like to argue that Architects are Artists, ‘artists with a background of science’ (Pandikar, 1959). I take some theories fro...
The Importance of Architectural Theory in Architecture Education
03 Oct 2020
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Send us a textThe debate arose in India, when Professor Paknikar in a 1959 seminar on architecture practice said: With the increasing influence of sci...
Thinking about Architecture: Architectural Design Theory on "Representation"
26 Sep 2020
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Send us a textThis discussion focused on Chapter 1 on "Representation" from Colin Davies' book called "Thinking about Architecture...
How to evaluate an architecture studio curriculum - an opinion piece
20 Sep 2020
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Send us a textIf you are an examiner and you need to evaluate an architecture studio curriculum of a school of architecture, how would you go about it...
Social responsibility of an Architectural Educator - Policy and Implementation
19 Sep 2020
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Send us a textFurther discussion on the issues of the social responsibility of an architectural educator or an academic that teaches architecture desi...
The Future of Education: The Changing Role of Universities (Part 2)
18 Sep 2020
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Send us a textThe concluding episode on the future of education and the changing role of universities. What is the pace of learning and how we perceiv...
The Future of Education: The Changing Role of Universities (Part 1)
18 Sep 2020
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Send us a textI quote Mr Tan Eng Chye, the President of the National University of Singapore: The pandemic has brought a crystal clarity to the role t...
The BIG Interview with Low Pey Sien on why she is not continuing her Part 2 architecture course for now (Session 1)
13 Sep 2020
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Send us a textWhat is "beyond architecture"? Why was the Part 1 architecture degree important for a person who undertook it? Low Pey Sien fe...
Teaser - question to our Part 1 graduate Low Pey Sien: why aren't you continuing your architecture course for Part 2?
04 Sep 2020
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Send us a textA brief teaser before the big interview with Low Pey Sien, University of Malaya's Bachelor of Science in Architecture Part 1 Gradua...
Social responsibility of an Architectural Educator - a proposition
31 Aug 2020
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Send us a textThinking out loud on the issues of the social responsibility of an architectural educator or an academic that teaches architecture desig...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Irfan Mahzan's UiTM's School of Built Environment, PJ Old Town
30 Aug 2020
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Send us a textIrfan 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 c...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Irfan Mahzan's UiTM PJ Old Town, School of Built Environment
24 Aug 2020
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Send us a textTEASER Introduction!We will interview Irfan Mahzan on his design thesis project: UiTM PJ Old Town, School of Built Environment. The sad ...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Wong Joe Yee's Vertical Neighbourhood Shared Space
22 Aug 2020
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Send us a textA critical piece of a story, where the designer started by asking the pertinent question of "what do we do with an under-utilized h...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Wong Joe Yee's Vertical Neighbourhood Shared Space
20 Aug 2020
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Send us a textINTRODUCTION TEASER! Watch out for the next interview with Wong Joe Yee on his design thesis project called: Vertical Neighbourhood Shar...
Art process or architecture design process: program for the 1st year
19 Aug 2020
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Send us a textThis is what I discovered at FAUP (Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto) in 2015 when I did the Erasmus Mundus exchange pr...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Francis Poh's PJ Old Town All Girls' Primary Schools
18 Aug 2020
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Send us a textFrancis Poh in his interview talked about how being sensitive to "gender" issues helped him design the Petaling Jaya All Girls...
School of Architecture - why choose this topic for your design thesis, James?
15 Aug 2020
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Send us a textStudents from time to time would choose to do 'school of architecture' for their design thesis topic, and obviously all of us,...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser / Preview on interviews with the studio masters & external critics
15 Aug 2020
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Send us a textTEASER & PREVIEW OF WHAT'S TO COME! SEASON 3!COMING SOON - End of August & Early September 2020:Interviews with the studio ...
Re-examining Community Architecture focusing on Architecture Education (Part 2)
14 Aug 2020
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Send us a textA reflection on the topic of "Re-examining community architecture: site specific issues in local context situations" provides ...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Francis Poh's PJ Old Town All Girls' Primary Schools
14 Aug 2020
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Send us a textINTRODUCTION TEASER on Francis Poh's PJ Old Town All Girls' Primary SchoolsThis design thesis successfully explored the opport...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Geraldine Bong's The Assumption Catholic Church and Columbarium
12 Aug 2020
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Send us a textA hidden and unassuming church in Section 4, Petaling Jaya, the Assumption Church was actually a significant first religious building in...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Geraldine Bong's The Assumption Catholic Church and Columbarium
08 Aug 2020
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Send us a textINTRODUCTION TEASER on Geraldine Bong's The Assumption Catholic Church and Columbarium, the podcast interview is coming soon. Do ...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Raymond Bu's The Market Hub at Jalan Othman, PJ
05 Aug 2020
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Send us a textA revival of the 40 year old market to meet current demands yet being self sufficient. Another podcast on Raymond Bu, who loves details,...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Raymond Bu's The Market Hub at PJ Old Town
02 Aug 2020
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Send us a textTEASER INTRODUCTION on a highly commended The Market Hub at Jalan Othman, Petaling Jaya Old Town by Raymond Bu. unit 2, design thesis st...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Wong Chiang Her's Old Town Botanic Gardens
31 Jul 2020
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Send us a textAn intriguing interview with the author of the Old Town Botanic Gardens, Chiang Her, expressing his thoughts on his design thesis journe...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Wong Chiang Her's Old Town Botanic Gardens
29 Jul 2020
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Send us a textIntroducing another urban design and master planning project that proposes to rejuvenate Petaling Jaya (PJ) old town with a Botanic Gard...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Eva Liew's Kerinchi Neighbourhood Park Linkage
27 Jul 2020
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Send us a textA compelling story of Eva Liew's design thesis journey, including her struggles on doing an urban design and master planning projec...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Amirul Hakim Ismar's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) school
25 Jul 2020
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Send us a textLearning has no boundaries. The design of a school should not have boundaries. The school is part of Kampung Kerinchi. Amirul Hakim Is...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Eva Liew's Kerinchi Neighbourhood Park Linkage
22 Jul 2020
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Send us a textWe are reviving this teaser as the EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Eva Liew is coming up next week. Check out Eva Liew's Kerinchi Neighbou...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Amirul Hakim Ismar's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) school
22 Jul 2020
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Send us a textMalaysia's solution to help reduce school drop-outs and employment is the creation of the Technical and Vocational Education and Tr...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview of Ahmad Zaldarriaga Sadain’s Kerinchi Market Link
20 Jul 2020
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Send us a textA sincere viewpoint in this interview with Ahmad Zaldarriaga Sadain’s with his design thesis project of the Kerinchi Market Link under...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Ahmad Zaldarriaga Sadain's Kerinchi Market Link
18 Jul 2020
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Send us a textAhmad Zaldarriaga Sadain's Kerinchi Market Link is a complex programmatic urban link that connects Kampung Pasir to Kampung Kerinch...
Re-examining Community Architecture: First Day Studio Walk-about (UM Campus Project)
13 Jul 2020
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Send us a textFirst Day Special Semester (Pre Design Thesis) Site Visit:Today's University of Malaya's campus site visit started at 7 am and...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Interview on Low Joo Yin's Street Market at Kampung Kerinchi
11 Jul 2020
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Send us a textFind here in this refreshing podcast interview, Low Joo Yin's related account, both personal and objective, providing the listener ...
Re-examining Community Architecture: Teaser on Low Joo Yin's Street Market at Kg. Kerinchi
06 Jul 2020
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Send us a textThe Street Market provides the settings for many aspects of urban life, as a social space, cultural activities, small businesses and ent...