| Centre Name: | 
Centre of Sustainable Architecture (COSA) (http://cosa.research.utar.edu.my/) |
| Chairperson: | Asst. Prof. Dr. Lim Poh Im |
| Description of Centre: | The purpose of the center is to research and develop sustainable solutions for the built environment with particular reference to the tropical conditions. The experience and results from the research will be documented to reinforce the teaching of architecture and train the next generation of architects with competency and awareness in sustainable design. |
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| No. | Name | Faculty | Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Lim Poh Im | DASD, LKC FES | Chairperson |
| 2 | En. Abd Muluk Bin Abd Manan | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 3 | En. Abdul Rahim Bin Mohd Zin | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 4 | Ts. Tan Kok Hong | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 5 | Mr. Yeow Kah Niam | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 6 | Dr. Ananthan a/l Valitherm | Dept of Surveying, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 7 | Dr. Ooi Kean Thong | Dept of Surveying, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 8 | Mr. Leong Hung Sek | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 9 | Mr. Foo Chek Kim | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 10 | Ts. Beh Jin Han | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 11 | Ms. Rahmawaty | DASD, LKC, FES | Ordinary |
| 12 | Mr. Wong Yee Chong | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| 13 | Mr. Tsao Khee Ern | DASD, LKC, FES | Ordinary |
| 14 | Ar. Liaw Kok Chuan | Full time M.Sc candidate | Ordinary |
| 15 | Mr Foo Chek Kim | Part-time PhD candidate | Ordinary |
| 16 | Mr. Loo Shi Han | DASD, LKC FES | Ordinary |
| No. | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 January 2020 | Public Lecture: Kampong Bharu Master Plan: Bridging People back to the city By ArLilian Tay |
| 2 | 07 February 2020 | Public lecture: Universal Values of Balinese landscape and culture |
| 3 | 5 & 6 November 2020 | 1st. Asian Architecture Students Colloquium (AASC) |
| 4 | October - December 2020 | Organizer (Malaysian level): 2020 Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Greater Bay Area and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) International Bamboo Design and Construction Competition) |
| No. | Date | |
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| 1 | 1st Asian Architecture Students Colloquium (AASC)
COSA organised the inaugural virtual intellectual sharing and networking event that facilitated a sharing platform for architecture students across Asia. The event had achieved the following: 1. Promote intellectual exchange among architecture students from Asia (participation from 7 universities and around 300 attendees in the two days virtual event, with a total of 21 topics presented) 2. Facilitated a networking platform for architecture students from Asia 3. Enhanced and expanded perspectives of cross learning from different architecture schools in Asia. By presenting and listening to one another, participants learned about the approach, emphasis and sophistication in teaching and learning from one another. The event was well received, especially student participants from non-English speaking countries such as China, Indonesia, etc. found that it was a good opportunity to have such exchange in the English language with the international community. Below is a link to news as reported by Kunming University of Science and Technology (昆明理工大学) http://www.kmust.edu.cn/info/1011/18514.htm |
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| 2 | Malaysian level Organizer for : 2020 Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Greater Bay Area and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) International Bamboo Design and Construction Competition
COSA members involved in organizing the national level 2020 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area ASEAN Nations Design and Construction Competition held from 19th December 2020. The competition was an initiative of The South China University of Technology and Guangzhou Nan Sha Bird Park. The participating teams were required to design a Bird Watching Pavilion at Nan Sha Bird Park Guangzhou, China. The winning designs will be constructed at the Nan Sha Bird Park, and they will become the largest physical architecture models to be erected at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao greater Bay Area. The competition aimed to provide opportunities to experience real construction and enhance academic exchanges among schools of architecture, design and engineering amongst universities from southern China and ASEAN regions. The national level competition was also held in Thailand and Indonesia. COSA (UTAR) with the support of Architects Association of Malaysia (PAM) and The Malaysian Bamboo Society (MASA) jointly hosted the event. UTAR COSA Members: 1. Event Convener En. Abd Muluk Bin Abd Manan 2. Secretariate Ms. Rahmawati 3. Treasurer Ts. Tan Kok Hong National level Juries: 1. Mr. Sheng YuHong (Chairman of Yangcheng Design Alliance) 2. Ar Adrianta Aziz (PAM Education Committee Chairman) 3. Ass. Prof. Zhong GuanQiu (Ass. Prof at South China University of Technology) 4. Ir Major (Ret) Ahmad Mazlan (Malaysian Bamboo Society) 5. Dr Lim Poh Im (Centre Of Sustainable Architecture, UTAR) 6. LAr Beh Jing Han (Landscape Architect Lecturer at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman) Participating Universities from Malaysia: 1. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 2. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 3. USM-KPM (PPD) 4. Taylor’s University 5. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) 6. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) 7. International Islamic University of Malaysia 8. Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Alam (UiTM SA) 9. Universiti Teknologi MARA Sri Iskandar Perak (UiTM SI) 10. Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) |
TOP TWO winners at the national level, and subsequently represented Malaysia at the international level competition |