AUGUST 2015 kdn no: pp 1022/08/2013(032931) www.pam.org.my BERITA AKITEK 24 October 2015 Venue Kelab Golf Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam (KGSAAS) PAM Golf 2015 22-25 October 2015 Venue Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) PAM - HOMEDEC Awards 2015 Exhibition 31 October 2015 Venue Wisma REHDA CPD - Architect Act 1967 (Act 117) - 10 Amendment by Ar. Ezumi Harzani bin Ismail 24 October 2015 Venue TBA PAM-ZSR Architecture Prize 2015 29 October 2015 Venue Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) PAM - HOMEDEC Awards 2015 13 November 2015 Venue Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur PAM - The Edge Green Excellence Award 2015 24 October 2015 Venue Wisma REHDA CPD - Reconstructing the Idea of Islamic Architecture from the Values of the Sunnahand Their Interpretation within the Early Ideas of Modernism by Professor Dr. Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi 19 November 2015 Venue Sime Darby Convention Centre Housing and Urbanity Symposium 2015 November 2015 Venue Auditorium DBKL KL Milik Kita 10 December 2015 Venue Plenary Theatre, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) PPF 8.0 - Challenges and Way Forward Topic: THE KEYS ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF INSPECTOR OF WORKS Kindly note that the scheduled events above are subject to change. Please call PAM at 03-2693 4182 for confirmation.
PAM DOMA (IOW) THE KEYS ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF INSPECTOR OF WORKS The Clerks of Works have a very important role at the site to coordinate and monitor that the works being carried out by the Contractor is in accordance with the laws and regulations, as well as the conditions of contract. Under the latest Amendments of the Architect s Act 1967 (2015),which was gazetted at the end of last year (2014), the Clerks of Works has been re-designated as the Inspector of Works by the Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM). This move was mooted as a pre requisite for LAM s agenda to register the Inspector of Works, in order to regulate them under the revised Architects Act 1967. With the registration, the Inspector of Works will carry the added responsibility of being partly liable for the works at the site together with the architect and the rest of the consultants involved in the project. SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS PAM is of the view that before the inspector of works is regulated, there must be a benchmark for their skills and competency level for them to meet a minimum requirement expected of the industry. At present there is no specific curriculum provided in the market for training of the Inspector of Works. Realizing the fact that the Inspector of Works provides critical support to the architect in terms of inspecting the works at the site, PAM has set up PAM DOMA Sdn Bhd to come up with specialized training for Inspector of Works. The training will be divided into 4 modules, each with increasing complexities to target adult learners, who are the current crop of Clerks of Works in the market. REGISTRATION UNDER PAM After having completed the training, the graduates of the program will be registered with PAM, to facilitate the graduates deployment to PAM members project sites. PAM members will have the peace of mind in realizing that the Inspector of Works who are monitoring and inspecting works at the sites are fully qualified to carry out their duties and responsibilities as required under the revised Architects Act 1967. Overall PAM is of the view that the above-mentioned amendments to the Architects Act will result in the improvement of the quality of works at the site. The proper training of the inspector of works will ensure that the inspector of works know what to look for as well as know what needs to be done to the works at the site to get better quality of works. At the same time the liability being carried by the Inspector of works which will be the added incentive for the Inspector of Works to carry out their responsibilities diligently. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Under the UBBL1984, the PSP is required to supervise the works for which he is the submitting person. We all understand that this is not practical for the Architect. The IOW (formerly the COW) therefore takes over this role for the Architect. In the not too distant future, qualified and certified IOW may become mandatory for larger projects, just as Certified Safety officers are required for projects with contract values more than RM 20 million. This training will lead to certification by PAM as IOW which eventually will get LAM recognition when the courses are verified by the LAM Examination panel. In future revisions of the PAM contract, the legal role of the IOW will become even more entrenched into the contract. It is important that the current COW should get duly updated and properly certified to take on this key role. THE EIGHT KEY FUNCTIONS OF IOW What then are the key roles that IOW do for the Architect? IOW are the eyes and ears of the Architect at the construction site. First he checks that the setting out of the building is in accordance with the approved building plan. Although the IOW does not carry out the setting out, he is the checker and final line of confirmation for the Architect. Secondly, the IOW checks all materials arriving at the site to ensure they comply to contract specifications and also duly certified and comply to the relevant Malaysian Standards. In a recent case, some House Buyers have sued an Architect for allowing materials that do not have MS to be installed. Thirdly, one of the key roles of the IOW is to ensure that the building is constructed in accordance to the approved building plans and the contract specifications. We all know that our building plans are never perfect. What happens when there are discrepancies or what we have detailed is not buildable? This is where an experienced IOW is needed to resolve the site problems on a daily basis. He acts for the architect as he has been duly authorized and has the skill and knowledge. Fifth, many works at site need periodic inspection and testing before they are covered up or the next step in the construction can proceed. This is another key role of the IOW. The IOW will carry out the test and inspection plan and certify for it at every stage of the construction stage. Another key role is that of assisting in the QAQC. Quality assurance and quality control in modern construction has many key steps that require on site presence. This is the sixth key function of the IOW. In today s large scale projects, it can be impractical for the Architect to inspect each and every unit of housing before he certifies for stage completion. This is where the IOW again plays an important role in assisting the architect and his support staff. Finally, to accommodate for changes, architects may be required to make site measurements and make the necessary proposals. His right hand man at the site is inevitably his IOW. The IOW will assist in preparing the necessary variation orders for these changes to be carried out systematically. The IOW fulfils many other functions at a construction site. It is therefore vital that they be properly trained and certified to carry out these functions. PAM is working with LAM to ensure these are fulfilled in the following months. Ar.Mohd Zulhemlee An President 2015-2016 BA AUGUST 2015 P03
Complaints & Queries - August 2015 No. Nature of Complaint/ Queries Complaint / Query Reply / Action to be taken 1.0 Enquiry on Design and Build Tender The Sender s enquiries are as below: 1. The Enquirer from time to time undertakes building construction projects via open tenders. Most of these projects are handled conventionally whereby registered architects/firms are appointed by the Enquirer to provide architectural consultancy services and the projects are then tendered out conventionally i.e. for eg -- CADANGAN MEMBINA DAN MENYIAPKAN SEBUAH BANGU- NAN... being the Project Title. Our reply to the Sender :- 1. Under the conventional procurement method the Architect will have better control over the project as the contract is awarded after full design, detailed drawings, full specifications and BQ would have been completed before tender. Therefore less disputes and the construction could go on smoothly. 2. For Design and Build Contract the tender is called based on Preliminary Design proposals and Tender bid documents which may not have detailed drawings, specifications and BQ. 2. On occasions, the Enquirer also tendered out projects using the Design & Build approach whereby the Architectural Design Proposal are prepared by the Enquirer s in-house architects. Each project is then tendered out and the successful contractor will then appoint a registered architect/firm to prepare the detailed design, submission drawings, etc. The architect will be responsible for the submissions, authorities approvals and ALL standard architectural consultancy services. These projects are typically tendered out as -- CADANGAN REKA DAN BINA SEBUAH BANGUNAN being the Project Title. The Enquirer would like PAM s comment on the practice mentioned in paragraph 2 above, especially, whether it is okay as it is or improvements/changes to the approach are required. At the stage of tender and award of Design and Build contract, the Tenderers would not submit detailed design drawings, construction drawings, specifications and BQ as this would incur very high cost and the Tenderers who are not successful will not be compensated. Therefore there are bound to have disputes in detail design, specifications, variations, costs escalation etc. as the works progresses. Furthermore in many Design and Build contracts the Architects are under the Contractor's control. To have a better control over the project and minimize disputes, the Client can appoint and pay directly to Architect even in Design and Build contract. This could be incorporated in the Design and Build tender bid documents. Though the contractor will bid for Design and Build contract, the Architects and Consultants scope of works and fees could be fixed in the tender bid documents. Architect s Scope of Works and Fees chargeable are in accordance to Architects (Scale of Minimum Fees) Rules, 2010 under the Architect's Act. Therefore Architects Fees should not be part of the bidding. You could adopt the minimum fees based on the Architects Scale of Fees. These have been practiced by many Clients including Developers and Government agencies in Design and Build contracts. ANNOUNCEMENT For any update on latest circular and practice notes, please check PAM Website http://www.pam.org.my/index.php/practice/guidelines Latest update on Authority Rules and Guidelines BA AUGUST 2015 P06
REPORT OF PAM REPRESENTATIVES ON GOVERNMENT STANDING COMMITTEES, COUNCILS AND BOARDS 1. Title or Nature of Meeting/Seminar/workshop attended 2. Name of Government Standing Committees, Council or Board 3. Name of PAM Representative (s) 4. Date, Time and Venue of Meeting 5. Chairman of Meeting 6. Other Key People/Parties/Institution represented at meeting : Meeting with LAM on Liberalisation. : LEMBAGA ARKITEK MALAYSIA (a) Ar Mohd Zulhemlee bin An, Ar Lillian Tay, Ar David Teh, Ar Saifuddin Ahmad. : 11 th September 2015 LAM Main Meeting Room, Level 17 JKR Building : Ar. Dato Amer Hamzah bin Mohd Yunus (a) LAM board members and secretariat. 7. Important matters or issues discussed at the meeting that are of interest to PAM :- a. LAM discussed with Minister of Works regarding composition of Director in architecture practice if 30% of shares is owned by non-architects. LAM maintained that important for all Directors to be architects who are responsible under current statutes. Final decision from Minister was to allow 1/3 of Director for non architect, but the non-architect director can only make decisions related to business. b. Government offer to open up progressively up to 100% ownership by others have no specific timeframe. PAM is of the view that the condition should be deferred as long as possible as the local architects are not yet ready to open up fully. c. LAM has set up an enforcement committee to look into illegal practices. PAM can assist LAM by identifying the illegal practices and submit complaint letter to LAM. LAM and PAM to form a joint enforcement committee. d. PAM proposed that data on export of services by Malaysian architects to be collected, and to compare with data on projects being carried out by foreign architects locally on value of projects and fees paid to the consultants. LAM suggested that a workshop or forum is organized to look into collaboration guidelines with foreign architects. e. PAM highlighted the issue that some practices do not inform PAM of the change of share holdings in architecture practices which is used as loophole by foreign or non-architects to set up practice and own majority shares after the original registration with ROC. f. PAM will introduce another part 3 exam session in January for candidates who failed the exam in July. LAM will take action against professional architects who endorsed log books of graduate architects who don t work for them. g. PAM proposed that Professional Indemnity insurance to be made mandatory for collaborations between local and foreign architects, to protect the interest of the Client. 8. Matters or issues requiring direction or attention of PAM Council :- Submitted by : Ar Mohd Zulhemlee bin An Date : 15th September 2015. BA AUGUST 2015 P07
PAM Courtesy Visit to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Tuesday, 18 August 2015 at Director Room, CIDB products in the BIM library, to be accessible to all industry players. PAM made a courtesy visit to the Chief Executive Officer of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) on Tuesday, 18 August 2015. PAM was represented by Ar. Mohd Zulhemlee An, Ar. Sarizal Yusman Yusoff, Ar. Thiriloganchandran, Tan Sri Ar. Haji Esa Mohamed, Dato Ar. Zulkhairi Md. Zain, Ar Sarly Adre Sarkum, Ar Zamri Ismail, Ar Ahmad Ridha Abd Razak, Ar Adrianta Aziz and Ar Mustapha Kamal Zulkarnain. The meeting was chaired by YBhg Dato Sri Ir. Dr. Judin Ahmad, the CEO of CIDB. Also present were Sr. Sariah Abd. Karib, Cik Nurul Huda Kamalul Ariffin and other CIDB officers. The issues discussed were as follows: 1. Training for Inspector of Work (IOW): i. As an effort to improve the quality of construction in the country, PAM is planning to conduct a course for Inspector of ii. Works (IOW). The target group will be the current group of Clerks of Works, so that they will have proper training and skills before registration of the Inspector of Works will be implemented by Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia. The curriculum for the training is based on CIDB s module for training of contractor s Clerks of Works (COW), but modified to suit Inspector of Works. iii. CEO suggested that both PAM and CIDB look into reciprocate in recognition of the trainings provided by CIDB and PAM for COWs and IOWs so that the graduates can work for either segment of the industry. iv. CEO highlighted that they can provide grant for the training of IOWs, provided PAM must ensure the IOWs will be employed in the construction industry upon completion of the training. v. Other than the IOW training, PAM will develop training modules for Architecture Technologists who will be specialize in construction detailings. vi. CEO suggested that PAM to look into developing training program that use computer game as a teaching tool to make construction industry related training more attractive to Gen Y. 2. Building Information Modelling (BIM) Training Program and BIM Training Centre: i. PAM is currently working closely with CIDB to promote the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM). A few programs have been outlined to accelerate the migration to BIM by professional consultants and contractors, such as BIM Seminar, and BIM Bootcamp. ii. Both CIDB and PAM agreed that BIM should be on an open platform and not limited to any software to allow users to select their own preferred BIM software. iii. CIDB proposed the setting up of a National BIM Center (NBC) which will provide affordable training for the industry. The NBC can operate as an outsource center to provide BIM solutions to the industry. CIDB recommended that PAM, MBAM, and other allied professions work together with to set up the NBC. CIDB suggested that PAM: a. Come up with a 5 year plan for the NBC b. Prepare a business plan and objectives for the setting up of the NBC, and to make the NBC sustainable and profitable c. Prepare a budget for the setting up of the NBC. iv. CIDB is also working together with RIBA on setting up the standard BIM protocols and BIM library for the local industry. CIDB will invite manufacturers and suppliers to list their 3. Composition of CIDB Board i. PAM requested CIDB to include a PAM representative as a Director on the CIDB Board. CIDB explained that currently there are four representatives appointed from government sector and seven from private which is includes REHDA, Persatuan Kontraktor Malaysia, MBAM, Sabah and Sarawak representatives which total up to 11 members. ii. CEO informed that the Minister of Work is the one who decides on the composition of CIDB Board Members and would decide if the current Act needs to be amend to increase the number of Board Members. CIDB have no objections if PAM want to approach the Minister of Work to consider to give one seat to PAM in the CIDB Board. 4. Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) i. PAM congratulates CIDB for the formulation of the CITP, and PAM expressed support for the implementation of the CITP. PAM will endorse the CITP document in due course. ii. PAM expressed that PAM would like to have a representative in the CIDB committee which came up with the CITP, to enable PAM to contribute ideas in the implementation of the CITP. 5. Malaysia Incorporated i. Tan Sri Esa shared that Malaysia Inc. has been formed to facilitate export of services by Malaysian professional consultants. CIDB will be invited to participate in the organization. ii. CEO highlighted that the Indian government has invited Malaysian government to participate in construction projects in India, with CIDB taking the lead in negotiations with the Indian government. iii. CIDB invited PAM to participate in the venture, and will organize a trip to India for the Malaysian delegates including PAM members. 6. Smart City Program: i. CIDB shared with PAM the Smart City program. CIDB informed that the aim of a the program is to enhance the people s quality of life, and to achieve a sustainable economic and technological ecosystem that would create smart, connected and inclusive communities. ii. CIDB informed that Veritas Architect is actively involved in the Smart City programme, and PAM is welcome to take part in the CIDB s Smart City program and advise PAM to write a letter to if PAM interested to participate in the smart city program. 7. Disaster housing system i. PAM informed that PAM is currently promoting the formation of a Malaysian Disaster Preparedness Centre (MDPC), an agency that provides one-stop coordination services in the event of natural disaster. The MDPC will be represented by the various stakeholders, chiefly the National Security Council, government agencies (JKR, JPS), professional bodies (PAM, ACEM, LAM, and CIDB), NGOs as well as academia and research. ii. PAM is also looking at prototype for temporary housing or permanent housing, and enquired if CIDB have grants for the research and development of the temporary housing prototype. iii. CIDB informed that they have been approached by various parties asking for grants with proposed prototypes of temporary housing. 8. CIDB financial support for PAM Building, Jalan Tandok, Kuala Lumpur On PAM s request for financial support from CIDB for the new PAM Center, the CEO shared that there has been a precedent case with a similar request which was rejected by the CIDB Board. CIDB expresses their appreciation to PAM for PAM s interest in working together with CIDB. BA AUGUST 2015 P10
SPEAKERS Eike Roswag - Zieger Roswag Seiler Architekten Ingenieure (Germany) Jan van Schaik - MvS Architects (Australia) Massimo Lepore - Tamassociati Architects (Italy) Ling Hao - Linghao Architects (Singapore) Doreen Heng Liu (China) Ole Smith - Heatherwick Studio (United Kingdom) Ken Wong & John Ding - Ken Wong Architect & Unit One Design (Malaysia) Marlon Blackwell & Meryati Johari - Marlon Blackwell Architects (USA) Rocco Yim - Rocco Design Architects Limited (Hong Kong) Shingo Masuda - Shingo Masuda+Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects (Japan) DATUM:KL 2015 capped Malaysia s annual Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival with a two-day series of talks that attempted to answer a deceptively simple-sounding question of place in architecture. What lends the spirit of place, the genius loci, to our designs? Ten sets of speakers Ken Wong, Jan van Schaik, Massimo Lepore, Marlon Blackwell and Meryati Johari, Rocco Yim, Ling Hao, Eike Roswag, Shingo Masuda, Doreen Heng Liu and Ole Smith aired their views on the matter. The site serves as the main determinant of place for Ken Wong from Unit One Design, Malaysia, and Marlon Blackwell and Meryati Johari from Marlon Blackwell Architects, USA. Its physical limitations were a constant in their projects; often, the site decides the massing, layout, and design of the building and its surroundings, and what seems at a glance to be a disadvantage turns into a feature. The existing place serves as an inspiration for their architecture, and the architecture, in turn, serves to inspire, from the way they turn around land and budget constraints to create solutions that resonate with their end users, such as in the cases of the YTL Sales Gallery by Unit One Design as well as the Arkansas Public Library and the St Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church by Marlon Blackwell Architects. Instead of the site, Massimo Lepore of TAMassociati Architects, Italy, chose to let people give meaning to place in his architecture. The projects he shared stem from the social context of war-torn, refugee-ridden Third World countries, and all attempt to inject beauty into functionality. Through humanitarian architecture, he aims to heal not just the body, but also the minds and identities of the patients and refugees who stop by his oases of healing, such as the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum, Sudan. To Lepore, the ability of architecture to catalyse the healing of identities is what defines the identity of place in architecture. Materials and technology plus local expertise equals place for Eike Roswag of Ziegert Roswag Seiler Architekten Ingenieure, Germany. Roswag s hands-on approach saw him working together with locals to create sustainable buildings with natural materials. He then demonstrated how he used research and technology to create low-technology solutions for the materials used so that they last longer, work better and use less energy, which are then implemented in projects such as the Handmade School in Rudrapur, Bangladesh. Rocco Yim of Rocco Design Architects Limited, Hong Kong, sees the reconnection of cultures as the backbone of place-making. To create architecture that clicks into place, he thinks, inspiration must be drawn from local culture, but not necessarily traditionally interpreted. His Guangdong Museum was a literal Chinese treasure chest in both form and function, a giant box of museum artefacts that leaves little room for misinterpretation. The sense of place, he opines, will come naturally when people identify it as a familiar cultural icon in their lives. For Jan van Schaik of MvS Architects, Australia, Ling Hao of Ling Hao Architects, and Ole Smith of Heatherwick Studio, the spirit of place can be achieved even without conforming to typical design solutions and styles. At a glance, none of their projects look like anything else around them in fact, some of them, like Heatherwick Studio s Learning Hub for Singapore s Nanyang Technological University and van Schaik s Alice Smith School, stick out rather proudly in the streetscape! Ling BA AUGUST 2015 P12
Hao Architects Satay by the Bay food court, on the other hand, is prominent yet subtly one with its surrounding landscape to create a place for rest and recreation and local delicacies, making the experience wholly Singaporean without resorting to architectural identity. Then there is Shingo Masuda of Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects, Japan, who seeks to challenge the psychological physical limitations of the definition of place. To Masuda, place is an entity that can be changed and challenged, not necessarily confined to what it looks or feels like. His lecture focused on testing boundaries, at first in the literal sense of the word, with his two renovations of his parents house, one which involved the renovation of a wall, and the other, a fence. Besides that, a drab residential building is transformed into a photographer s studio with a detached, larger-than-life curtain wall, a three-storey glass screen wrapped round a two-storey residential building-turned-photographer s-studio, so that the building proper becomes the skeleton and the window the frame, instead of the other way round, with windows that disregard all sense of floor-to-floor propriety. To Masuda, there s still room for interpretation of place despite the implied tangibility of its definition. Everything moves fast in transitional China, and for Doreen Heng Liu of NODE, China, Location, Condition and Position the title of her lecture is the way to maintain the spirit of place in the rapidly developing country. In her lecture, Liu focuses on enhancing the innate sense of place of her sites, choosing respectful improvements over domineering architecture, as is the case for the Folded House in Nanjing and the Guangdong Museum of Art in Guangdong (not to be confused with Rocco Yim s Guangdong Museum). The co-existence of the old and the new lends an interesting energy to the places she created. The genius loci may no longer refer to the guardian spirit of the land in classical Roman religion, but regardless of the various ways it is conceived, whether from the site, people, culture, existing conditions or, figuratively, out of thin air, it is clear that there is no one answer to the question. What place is, in the end, may well be what it means to the designers, planners, owners and end-users, and a single, universal definition remains elusive. SPEAKERS Marko den Breems - Jasmax (New Zealand) Dr. Tan Loke Mun - DTLM Architect (Malaysia) Professor John Ng - Chairperson, BEAM Society Limited (Hong Kong) The Green Building Forum (GBF) 2015 focused on place-making that is underpinned by the green agenda. The theme was interpreted in a dynamic and diverse manner by three distinguished speakers: Dr Tan Loke Mun, Principal of DTLM Architect and Director of ArchiCentre Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur; Professor John Ng, Chairman of BEAM Society Limited, Hong Kong; and Marko den Breems, Managing Principal of Jasmax, New Zealand. Beginning his presentation with an image of the earth, Dr Tan alluded to the global issues of population and posed a fundamental question of Where are we now?. With the witty statement of Now everyone can, Dr Tan continued to frame issues of the thinning of borders between places and the rapid urbanisation and densification. Posing yet another question of What is tomorrow like?, he made a strong position that the issues about the future are about sustainability and survival within a borderless world. Dr Tan pointed to the failure of affordable housing and questioned Is there a green solution for the 99%, the mass?. The issues which were framed by a multitude of questions were followed by a presentation of a host of his architectural works ranging from the S11 House to 23 Terrace and Suen Gallery, which offer a narrative of design features such as the big roof, permeable and porous spaces, water harvesting, roof gardens and second skin. Drawing the audiences to the book cover of The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch, Dr Tan argued that the DNA of place-making lies in the in-between spaces of buildings, illustrated through his masterplanning of Setia City and projects such as SP Setia Headquarters, Setia City Convention Centre and Glad Tidings Church, among others. The enigmatic presentation of Dr Tan was followed by Professor John Ng s talk on Green and Place, examining the question of What is a liveable environment?. Drawing from his homeland, Ng presented Hong Kong, a place of dense development very close to the harbour and the neighbourhood, as a case of compact sustainable city. Contrary to the opinion that high density developments and rapid urbanisation pose urban issues, Ng argued that the compact city is beneficial because of the varied amenities and social infrastructure, mixed-use development, efficiency of transport and urban mobility, fine grain of urban morphology of interconnected street networks, walkable and vibrant neighbourhoods, active public realm and a strong sense of community. Context, connectivity and architecture are three key domains that contribute to the uniqueness of place. BA AUGUST 2015 P13
The last speaker was Marko den Breems, Managing Principal of Jasmax, a multi-disciplinary office that adopts an integrated approach in urban design, architecture and interior design. Jasmax s environmental practices are exemplified in their own office that promotes e-bikes, compost bins in the basement, and work spaces that can double up as a social and community space when the office is not in use. The recent project of Tuhoe Te Uru Taumatua pushes the boundary of sustainability, ie to explore an architecture that does not consume any energy and water, utilises non-toxic materials, and does not produce waste at all stages of construction and maintenance. Leading from here, den Breem closed the talk with a preview of a beautiful documentary film titled Ever the Land. A People. A Place. Their Building that narrates a statement and commitment of people to their land and culture. SPEAKERS Karen Tan - Pocket Projects (Singapore) Vinn Chokkhatiwat & Patararin Pongprasit Vinn Patararin (Thailand) Adrian Ho Borneo Sunrise Home Gallery & Artist Studio (Malaysia) Kuala Lumpur Design Forum (KLDF) opened with PAM President Ar Zulhemlee An s speech which reinforces the role of architects and architecture, and how they impact people s life in many different ways. KLDF, being a platform for discourse of creative practices outside of architecture showcased three speakers: Adrian Ho from Borneo Sunrise Home Gallery & Artist Studio, Malaysia; Vinn Chokkhatiwat and Patararin Pongprasit from Vinn Patararin, Thailand; and Karen Tan from Pocket Projects, Singapore. Approaching the notion of design from very different perspectives, the three presenters share one common aspect while they are trained architects, they also explored other terrains of creative practices. Adrian Ho, an architect turned full-time professional artist began his presentation with a project curated for the Singapore Biennale 2013 themed, If the World Changed. He articulated the process from conception to completion of his artworks beginning from field research, to the search for ideas, to testing possibilities and further development. For this piece, the field research took place in an oil palm estate and the rainforest to explore how they engage with the landscape. Through his fieldwork, Ho envisioned three scenarios untouched, destruction and land reuse. He then looked at past series for inspiration. Subsequently, he sketched different scenarios and how they are going to be engaged, followed by visual development. The methodology of his creation is akin to the design process within architecture and portrays strong engagement of the subject of art with the constructed landscape. The forum continued with a discourse on architecture and fashion featured through the works of Vinn Patararin, a multi-disciplinary fashion design firm by architect and designer Vinn Chokkhatiwat and fashion designer Patararin Pongprasit. The pair presented collections of experiments on textile and architecture on the human body. On occasions, motifs derived from construction drawings are translated to introduce structure to the fabric, and flexibility and dynamic change to the volume. The structure, skin and materiality of textile are elements that form strong connections between architecture and fashion. Bridging to a broader discipline of design, the works of Vinn Patararin also include furniture, installation and architecture. Subsequently, Karen Tan, founder of Pocket Projects, a creative development consultancy and management company in Singapore, presented their entrepreneur approach to urban regeneration, particularly in overlooked areas and decrepit old buildings. Design and community are two important aspects in every project, where Pocket Projects seek to inject new life into old buildings and blurring the boundaries of different users and user groups they propose, finance and deliver creative solutions to change the image of a place. Their practice epitomises pocket, with the view that no project is too small. Specialised mainly in creative solutions towards the shophouse typology, Tan illustrated projects such as the Lorong 24A Shophouse Series in Singapore and The Row in Kuala Lumpur. Tan also presented the collaborative nature of Pocket Projects approach in urban renewal and their use of experimental design to regenerate spaces. They challenge traditional design; through a modern lens, they explore the elements of social spaces, sensitivity to heritage and authenticity, as both the hardware and the software create place. BA AUGUST 2015 P14
HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF EVOLUTION OF MOSQUE DESIGN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA An official ceremony for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between University of Malaya (UM) and Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) was held on Monday, 24th August 2015 at Mercu Alam Bina, University Malaya (UM). The ceremony was organised by University Malaya in conjunction with International Symposium of Evolution of Mosque Design in Southeast Asia. The symposium will be held on 6th until 7th October 2015 at the Auditorium, Mercu Alam Bina, UM. The ceremony was also jointly organised with the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) as well as the event was officiated by PAM President, Ar Mohd Zulhemlee Mohd An and MIP President, YBrs Tuan Haji Md Nazri Mohd Nordin, Vice Chancellor of University of Malaya, YBhg Professor Dato Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin From left: Vice Chancellor YBhg Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin, PAM President, Ar Mohd Zulhemlee Mohd An, PAM Council Member Ar Steven Thang The MOU officil signing between PAM and UM and UM and MIP Vice Chancellor of UM and PAM President changed the token of appreciation CPD SEMINAR & TALK RUMAH ASUH - PRESERVING INDONESIAN ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE The PAM Heritage Conservation Committee through the Continuing Professional Development Committee (CPD) organised a talk by Indonesian Architect, Yori Antar, entitled Rumah Asuh - Preserving Indonesian Architecture Heritage on Saturday, 29th August 2015. The talk was held at Wisma Rehda, Kelana Jaya. The talk was about young architects pursuit to protect the beauty of Indonesia which had grown into a movement called Rumah Asuh. In 2008, while traveling in Flores the architect heard about a village called Waerebo in Manggarai. The incredible journey to reach the village, the amazing traditional houses and warm welcome from the villagers made this trip different. After returning to Jakarta, the architects set up a project to save the endangered Waerebo traditional house. In 2012, this project won international and local awards, including the 2012 Asia Pacific UNESCO Cultural Heritage Conservation Award and Indonesian Architects Institute Award for conservation. Nowadays, Rumah Asuh is more of a movement, impacting the general architecture community in Indonesia and extending beyond to anthropologist and archaeologist. The talk was successfully organised when almost 110 members attended the CPD Seminar to gain knowledge about the heritage and conservation around the world. Rumah Asuh at Waerebo in Manggarai Members during the lecture at Wisma Rehda, Kelana Jaya Committee Members and Mr Yori Antar has a discussion and to share more about conservation effort of heritage sites in Malaysia and Indonesia during dinner BA AUGUST 2015 P15
NEW PAM CENTRE AT JALAN TANDUK, BANGSAR Project Summary Report on PAM Centre as of 31 August 2015 Construction commenced: 24 th March 2015 Construction completion: 31 st May 2016 Projected completion 14.52%. Actual project completion 10.50%. 20 days behind time based on the revised schedule. Construction schedule time line revised. Completion deadline remain at 31st May 2016. Construction work progress: Bubble deck at 2nd floor installation completed. M&E installation at 2nd floor bubble deck completed. 2nd floor concrete flooring completed. Zackea flooring completed at 2nd floor. Columns are erected and protected. Column installation to level 3 in progress. Foam work lift shaft from ground level to 3rd level in progress. Shear wall ground floor to 1st floor completed. Shear wall structure work is now in progress form 2nd level to 3rd level. Amount certified to date RM2,611,800.00 Pictures of the shear wall facing NSTP The overall construction progress from the main entrance The overall construction progress from the main entrance Installation foamwork for the lift shaft to 3rd level Installation shear wall to 3rd level Bubble deck concreting at 3rd level Fairface finishing at ground level to level 2 Lower ground car park area Lower ground lift entrance BA AUGUST 2015 P17
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF PAM COUNCIL 2015-2016 HELD ON 28 AUGUST 2015 Council approved the new membership applications of 1 Fellow of PAM, 1 Corporate Member, 33 Graduate Members, 4 Associate Graduate Members, 33 Student Members, 1 Reinstatement of Corporate Member and 1 Reinstatement of Graduate Member. Sarawak Chapter reported that the Government Liaison and Professional Practice Committee is making headway with BOMBA, Ministry of Local Government and Community Development Sarawak, Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan, State Government, etc. and continues to work closely in various relevant areas. PAM is working with KLRCA to train more adjudicators. PAM is also in discussions with IEM and MIArb to organise programmes to train adjudicators and arbitrators. The theme adopted by Union International Architects (UIA) for World Architecture Day (WAD) for 2015 is Architecture, Building and Climate. Awards, Competition and Events Committee reported that the objective of 30 Under 40 Emerging Architecture: Revisited Exhibition is to showcase how this group of budding architects are doing after a lapse of 5 years since the publication of 30 Under 40. PAM Continuing Professional Development Seminars are open to non-architects to participate. In future the Committee to look into applying for CPD points from Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM) to encourage the other professions to participate in PAM CPD programmes. Education and School Liaison Committee reported that 18 candidates attended the interview for the LAM Special Programme for Part I and II Exemption. Registration for application for the programme would close on 1 October 2015 and the interviews would be conducted some time at the end of 2015. Urban Wellbeing, Sustainable Housing and Environmental Resilience Committee reported that the Urban and Housing Symposium will be held on 19 November 2015. Pusat Binaan Sdn Bhd reported that approximately 2,630 participants attended DATUM: KL 2015 and approximately 870 participants attended KLDF and GBF. 550 exhibitors participated with 1,300 booths taken up at ARCHIDEX 2015. PAM Council 2015-2016 president Ar Mohd Zulhemlee An deputy president Ar Lilian Tay Wai Fun vice president Ar Ang Chee Cheong honorary secretary Ar Sarizal Yusman Yusoff honorary treasurer Ar Thirilogachandran a/l Shanmugasundram immediate past president Ar Chan Seong Aun past presidents on council Ar David Teh Tan Sri Ar Haji Esa Mohamed Ar Haji Hussein Hamzah Ar Haji Saifuddin Ahmad council members Ar Adrianta Aziz Ar Ahmad Ridha Abd Razak Ar Alice Leong Pek Lian Ar Alvin Lim Hai Seah Ar Erdayu Os hara Omar Ar Mustapha Kamal Zulkarnain Ar Norzaini Mufti @ Ahmat Ar Sarly Adre Sarkum Ar Steven Thang Boon Ann Dato Ar Maurice Wee Beng Teck Dato Ar Kevin Woo Thin Fook, Ar Zamri Ismail Ar Zulkhairi Md Zain chairman northern chapter Ar Goh Ching Keng chairman southern chapter Ar Haji Muhamad Zawawi Zainuddin chairman sabah chapter Ar Jebb Liew Kim Kiong chairman sarawak chapter Ar Mike Boon Chee Khian BERITA AKITEK EDITORIAL Ar Mohd Zulhemlee An Ar Lilian Tay Wai Fun Ar Ang Chee Cheong Ar Sarizal Yusman Yusoff Ar Thirilogachandran a/l Shanmugasundram Zarina Ibrahim Nur Ekzan Mohd Ekbal published by Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia Wisma Bandar, Level 11 No 18 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman 50100 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia t 603-2693 4182 f 603-2692 8782 e info@pam.org.my www.pam.org.my publishing agency PCSN Consultancy 45-2, Jalan Bandar 16, Pusat Bandar Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor. t 603-5885 0240 f 603-5885 1240 e enquiry@2mystore.com www.2mystore.com