SECRETARIATAdvisor

Prof. Dr. Ahmad Bashri bin Sulaiman

ChairmanAssoc. Prof. Dr. Shuhana binti Shamsuddin

Co-ChairmanDr Mohamad Syazli bin Fathi

Committee

Acknowledgement

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CPD & CCD points:CIDB = 10 CCD points MIP = 2 CPD points ISM = 2 CPD points

LAM = 2 CPD points BoE = 6 CPD points ILAM = 2 CPD points

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Date: 23 May 12 (Wednesday)Venue: Dewan Jumaah UTM KUALA LUMPUR, Jalan Semarak,

Kuala Lumpur

Prof. Dr. Christopher PreeceDr. Shreeshivasan a/l Chelliapan

Dr. Wan Nurul Mardiah Wan Mohd RaniDr. Mohd Khairi Abu Husain

Dr. Noor Irza Mohd ZakiDr. Rahimah Muhammad

Dr. Mohammed Abdullahi Mu’azuNoraini Rajab

Nik Hamidi Nik MustaphaWan Mohd Kamil Wan Ahmad

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Supiah ShamsudinDr. Syuhaida IsmailDr. Norazli Othman

Dr. Samira Albati KamaruddinDr. Siti Uzairiah Mohd Tobi Khairul Hisyam Kamarudin

Siti Nurhuda Abd WahidSharidah Ibrahim

Karmila Khalid

Tel: 03-2615 4505 Fax: 03-2693 4844

Hajeedar & Associates Chartered Architect S.B.Department of Town & Country Planning (Perak)Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP)Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM)Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM)

Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM)Board of Engineers Malaysia (BoE)National University of Singapore (NUS)Institute of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM)

Welcoming speech by the Chairman of SUDLiC

The global debate on the adverse effects to the environment created by our city development has caused concern on how we build our cities and design it sustainably for the benefit of the present and future generations. The title of this Seminar, ‘Sustainable Urban Design for Liveable Cities’ is significant and timely considering the current concerns about the quality of the built environment as emphasized in the Economic Transformation Program of the country. In urban design, we are pursuing the design, planning and streamlining of spaces to provide a framework for societal life. Hence, sustainability exposes the very essence of urban design, where it seeks to achieve durability in the midst of societal change. This means that sustainable urban design demands the incorporation of environmental thinking into the city design process. The essence of sustainable urban design is that it has to be flexible and fit in with societal changes. Developing, designing and laying out the physical environment sustainably require not only technical and professional skills but it is also a societal task that involves everyone. Although urban design is focused on designing, building and transforming settlements in line with societal requirements, its main concern is not just about towns or cities but also involved in creating places for humans to live comfortably and pleasantly, where its ultimate goal is to achieve a sense of place for the human settlements.

This seminar is bringing together these important concerns that have increasingly being discussed globally, to the context of Malaysia. It is a venue to discuss the need to focus on sustainable urban design in order to create more liveable cities and to create awareness of the importance of urban design for a sustainable future living in line with the nation’s aspirations to be a developed country by the year 2020.

In view of the lack of experts in urban design in Malaysia that would help us to create a better quality city, UTM feels oblige to provide the necessary training to produce more urban designers that would cater to the needs of the industry and the country. I am pleased to announce that in September 2012, UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology will offer a new program here in Kuala Lumpur Campus called the Msc. in Sustainable Urban Design. This program assimilates the diverse areas of sustainable development and urban design by collaborating with the allied professionals as well as local and international university partners. The program provides philosophical, technical and scientific knowledge to deal with the current concerns on sustainability and urban design. I would like to invite the participants to come and join this program so that together we could help to provide a better future for our cities and hence our future lives. Please also extend this invitation to your colleagues in your organisations so that with the added value of this masters’ program, we could help to make a better contribution to the society and the country through our professions.

Prof. Dr. Ahmad Bashri SulaimanPROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, UTM RAZAK SCHOOL

Ahmad Bashri Sulaiman is a Professor of architecture & urban design at the Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, UTM International Campus, Kuala Lumpur. Specialises in architecture and urban design where his pioneering works contributed towards the field through numerous publications, researches, consultations and teachings nationally as well as internationally.

Sustainable Cities by Design – Breaking the Silos (re-alignment the future/forward the past)

The nation development in relation to the living environment within cities has been fragmented into silos such as planning, architecture (as seen from the modern trend locally), landscape, engineering, social aspects, technology, economic and many others. These are well disintegrated that sometimes we see things like a tunnel vision leading into different directions as can be seen in the two allied professions – architecture and planning. Cities are context/platform for interaction, a common place to achieve individual aspiration, context for community development and preservation. Many of the designers, planners and community leaders fail to see the cities as an integrated whole that comprises of places and spaces of unique characteristics physically, behaviourally, socio-culturally and psychologically that in the end influence our behaviour hence our culture. Designers (architects) today is far cry from playing the role as defined by Michelangelo (16th century high renaissance architect, artist, inventor, composer, mathematician…), who is knowledgeable in: law, medicine, sciences of earth, engineering, mathematics, philosophy, theology, astronomy, history, politics etc. that really reflects the general trend of abandoning the good design principles.

Going back to Brundtland’s report (1987) - “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future to meet their own needs”, therefore there is an urgent need to enhance the skill of those different people (professionals and layman alike) involves in the environmental planning and design. The need to expose those who are making decision about our environment to aspects of urban design and city development as well as to equip designers with tools to ensure proper holistic consideration given due attention.

SPEAKERS’ PROFILE

Ar. Chan Seong AunDEPUTY PRESIDENTMALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (PAM)

Ar Chan Seong Aun graduated with B. Building Science, B. Architecture (Hons) and Master of Architecture (Distinction.) from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Currently he is the Principal for Arkitek Daya Seni Sdn Bhd and has more than 25 years experience as a professional Architect with involvement in various development projects in Malaysia.

Ar Chan is also an active member of the Malaysia Institute of Architects (PAM) with records of various positions, the Chairman of Government Liaison Committee, Chairman of Professional Practice Committee, Honorary Secretary and Vice President. He is currently the Deputy President of PAM.

In publication, Ar Chan is the author for the ‘Low Energy School Design: A Study of Factors Affecting Energy Use in New Zealand Primary Schools’ and the co-author for ‘Energy Cost of Houses and Light Construction Buildings’ and ‘Energy Performance of Buildings’.

Designing Sustainable Buildings Using the GBI Criteria

This presentation introduces what is a green building. It then defines the key criteria used by GBI to evaluate green buildings consisting of energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, sustainable site planning and management, materials and resources, water efficiency and innovation.

The details criteria for one of the basic tools, the RNC (Residential New Construction) are then explained in greater detail including the basis and methods used to illustrate the functioning of the criteria. As there are more than 100 points to explain, only the most important points are covered.

Finally some of the buildings which have attained the green building index are illustrated to show how some buildings have attained the GBI rating.

Dato’ Ar. Haji Hajeedar Abdul MajidPRINCIPALHAJEEDAR & ASSOCIATE CHARTERED ARCHITECT SDN. BHD.

Dato’ Ar. Haji Hajeedar Abdul Majid graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic, United Kingdom in 1972 in Architecture, majoring in Urban Studies and Conservation. He started his architectural profession in an architectural firm in Brighton, U.K before joining the Urban Development Authority (UDA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Architect (1973) and ending as Deputy Director (1978). He was awarded the Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) by Yang diPertuan Agong in 1978. In 1974 he was awarded Certificate of City Planning from Japan. In 1978 Dato’ Ar. Haji Hajeedar set up his own firm, Hajeedar and Associates Sdn. in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. As one of the active members of the Malaysia Institute of Architects (PAM), he was also a past President of PAM for years 1985-87 and had been one of the members to initiate the Aga Khan Foundation For Islamic Architecture in 1980. Among other involvements he was the architect advisor to Kuala Lumpur City Hall and the architect member on the Malaysian Boards of Engineers, Planners, as well as Advisory Council for National Culture.

Due to his projects in the Maldives, he was made the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Maldives in Malaysia. In education, he is an academic panel member and Adjunct Professor to the School of Architecture University Putra Malaysia, also participates as External Examiner and part time lecturer at UTM, IIUM, UiTM, USM and LICT. For his works in conservation and restoration, he was awarded the Penguin Prize by the Norwegian Government in 1985. He was conferred Darjah Kebesaran Sharafuddin Idris Shah (DSIS) by DYMM Sultan Selangor Darul Ehsan in 2009 with the title Dato’.

What is Sustainable Urban Design for Liveable Cities?

The proposed keynote address shall examine the meaning of Sustainable Urban Design for Liveable Cities within any given context, the application of planning policies and the anticipated results. There are many interpretations and perspectives to this subject depending on specific circumstances. The issue would include consideration between abstract emotional values and material values, basic human values versus global technology, etc.

The process for providing sustainability may be universally similar but shall vary within the same objectives, factors, laws and criteria for control. Questions on awareness, relevance and appropriateness of urban design strategies for liveable cities must be holistic, comprehensive, and thorough, since different cities, cultures, and climatic conditions require different strategies. The policies and plans must be people oriented. The growth of Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of Malaysia from its birth at the confluence of two rivers up to the current busy and dynamic existence can be an appropriate example for discussion.

SPEAKERS’ PROFILE

SPEAKERS’ PROFILE

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johannes WidodoDEPUTY HEADADMINISTRATION & FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Associate Professor Dr Johannes Widodo is the Deputy Head for Administration and Finance, the co-Director of the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Asian Architectural and Urban Heritage in Melaka (Malaysia), and Executive Editor of JSEAA (Journal of Southeast Asian Architecture) at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore. His research areas include Architecture History, Typology & Morphology, and Heritage Management. He is the founder of mAAN (modern Asian Architecture Network) and iNTA (International Network of Tropical Architecture). He is also a jury for UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation since 2002, member of ICOMOS Scientific Committee and National Committee of Indonesia, and the Asian Academy for Heritage Management. He received his first professional degree in Architecture from Parahyangan Catholic University (Bandung, Indonesia, 1984), Master of Architectural Engineering degree from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium, 1988), and PhD in Architecture from the University of Tokyo (Japan, 1996).

Wisdoms in Culture and Environment Sustainability – Lessons from Southeast Asian Context

For more than two millennium of its urban history, many cities in Southeast Asian region have demonstrated their ability in preserving some of its primary elements, basic morphological patterns and layers, both tangible and intangible (such as: the cultural collage, interweaving of community diversity, hybridity in the built-forms and the material culture, persistence and permanence of urban patterns and artefacts, etc.). The wisdoms of building traditions in Southeast Asia is the rational outcome of local climate, available building materials, development of construction techniques, manifestation of beliefs and rituals, and lessons of sustainability learned over many generations. Common vernacular typologies like shop-houses and bungalows in Southeast Asian urban areas are the product of the cosmopolitan communities, the articulation of the multi-layered tangible and intangible traditions, and the direct response to local microclimate of this tropical region, which has been developed and re-developed over long historical period.

The keynote will discuss various examples on different scale levels of urban environment (morphologic, sociologic, symbolic) and will focus on how we can learn from history, real experiences, and local wisdoms on tangible efforts to achieve environmental, cultural, and economic sustainability in holistic way. It will present some sustainability lessons and design wisdoms learned from Southeast Asian urban environments, and how we may be able to respond to the current problems through reflecting on our behaviours towards nature and culture.

Dato’ Dr. Dolbani MijanDIRECTORDEPARTMENT OF TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING, STATE OF PERAK

Dato’ Dr Dolbani Mijan graduated with B. Urban and Regional Planning from UTM, and M.A. and PhD in Urban Design from Oxford Brookes University, UK. He began his professional career as an Assistant Town & Country Planner in Town & Country Planning Department in 1980. He has been assigned to various units in Town & Country Planning Department since 1983 to 2007 and he is currently the Director of Town & Country Planning Department of Perak State. Throughout his career in urban and regional planning, Dato’ Dr Dolbani has involved as project manager and consultant in numerous planning activities including various pilot projects such as Indicators for Sustainable City and Sustainable Housing. He is also a corporate member of Malaysia Institute of Planners (MIP).

Dato’ Dr Dolbani is no stranger in academics. He has been invited as guest lecturer in UiTM, UPM and UTM in various occasions since 2003. He has also participated in students’ projects as external examiner for Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, UiTM. Due to his vast experience in urban and regional planning, he has been elected as one of the panel members for MSc Sustainable Urban Design in Razak School, UTM Kuala Lumpur. He was conferred Pingat Darjah Dato’ Paduka Mahkota Perak by DYMM Sultan Perak Darul Ridzuan in 2011 with the title Dato’.

Connected Urban Spaces is An Essence to Sustainability

Many of our cities and towns in this country countenance unsuccessful open space usage. The main reasons among others are lack of good connectivity, incorrect design and insensitive to local climate. This is in many ways have resulted the urban spaces left empty, deserted, deteriorate in condition and has seen as a wasted space by the public. These spaces if they were retreated in a way the spaces should be treated, would eventually give life to spaces so that they will be well used by the users.

Based on this premise, I would illustrate the topic using Ipoh Central Planning Area as a case study. The scope of the study would base basically through quick observation about various fundamental elements that make up the spaces namely ownership, size, shape, enclosure, function, availability of amenities, activities surround it, accessibility and connectivity. This small effort might be some sort of contribution to further detail study that students might interested in.

SPEAKERS’ PROFILE

Mr Nik Muhamad Ruiz Nik Fakrul RaziREPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS &DIRECTOR OF REKARANCANG SDN. BHD.

Mr Nik Muhamad Ruiz graduated from Birmingham School of Architecture with B.A. (Hons) and Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture and a MSc in Urban Planning from Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is currently theDirector for Rekarancang Sdn Bhd. In terms of professional affliation, Mr Nik is the corporate member of Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP), graduate member of Malaysia Institute of Architects (PAM) and Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Throughout his career as architect, planner and urban designer in Rekarancang Sdn Bhd, Mr Nik has involved in various development projects including the new low cost terminal at KLIA, Heavy Industry Centre in Tanjung Bin as well as residential projects mainly in Putrajaya and Nusajaya, Johor.

Urban Design in Planning Context

Planning and urban design goes hand in hand in creating an attractive, well designed and practical places for people to live, work and play. A well-planned area will lead to an enhanced quality of life, creating a safe environment that encourage community interactions and creating a place people can be proud of. Planning a development scheme is about creating a balance to ensure the needs of the end user is met, the land is utilize in the most efficient manner keeping the local characters, environment and other features intact and at the same time making sure the project is viable for the community.

The talk will share our experiences in Urban Design at the Masterplan stage for Kota Iskandar, Puteri Harbour and Afiat Healthpark. Kota Iskandar is the new administrative centre for Johor, developed in tandem with Puteri Harbour while Afiat Medical Park is the first integrated healthcare facility in South East Asia. Since no two places are identical, we will show how the urban design of these development schemes are influenced by the physical characteristics of the area, the visions and aspirations of the developer and the needs of the end user.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shuhana ShamsuddinHEADGREEN CITIES AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH GROUP, CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH ALLIANCE / MSC SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN PROGRAMME COORDINATOR, UTM RAZAK SCHOOL

Dr. Shuhana Shamsuddin is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Msc Sustainable Urban Design at UTM Razak School. She specialises in urban design and has published many books and papers internationally. Her contract research by PERZIM on the Urban Morphology of Melaka was used to prepare the dossier for Melaka’s nominations to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. She has won a bronze medal for her research on socially conducive campus environment in higher educational establishment in the PECIPTA International R&D Expo 2007, the Royal Town Planning Institute UK prize for academic excellence in 1988 and featured as one of the distinctive woman researcher in a poster exhibition on ‘Women and Science’ at the Malaysian National Science Centre 2002. She is also featured as an urban design educator in Marquis Who’s Who in the World for three consecutive years i.e 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Designing for Sustainable and Liveable Cities in Malaysia: the Need for Research to Inform Practice

The global concern for the adverse effects to the environment created by our city development has caused concern on how we build our cities and design it sustainably for the benefit of the present and future generations. In urban design, we are pursuing the planning and streamlining of spaces to provide a framework for societal life. Hence, sustainability exposes the very essence of urban design where it seeks to achieve durability in the midst of societal change. This means that sustainable urban design demands the incorporation of environmental thinking into the city design process. Sustainable urban design is urban design that lasts for a long time whilst continuing to meet the requirements of the day. The essence is that it has to be flexible and fit in with societal changes. In the broader sense, urban design is involved in creating places for humans to live comfortably and pleasantly where its ultimate goal is to achieve a sense of place for the human settlements. It is this scope of urban design that links it to the issue of liveability, which is defined as the ability of the city to sustain the quality of life that we value or to which we aspire, where the three main areas of concern is environmental quality, neighbourhood amenity and individual well-being. This paper is going to discuss the findings of the research works on urban design that touch on the issue of sustainability and liveability of cities in Malaysia. It highlights the problems of ‘copy paste and template design’ based on western models without localising the theories and ideas into Malaysian context. The discussion will also revolve on the state of the problems of city building in Malaysia over a span of twenty years and the failure of research works in influencing the practice of city building in the country.

14.10 pm Session III (Chair: Prof. Dr. Christopher Preece)Introduction

14.15 pm Keynote Address 2

“Wisdoms in Culture and Environment Sustainability – Lessons from Southeast Asian Context”Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johannes Widodo(Deputy Head, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, NUS)

15.00 pm “Designing Sustainable Buildings using the GBI Criteria”Ar. Chan Seong Aun(Malaysian Institute of Architects, PAM)

15.30 pm “Sustainable Cities by Design – Breaking the Silos (re-alignment the future/forward the past)”Prof. Dr. Ahmad Bashri Sulaiman(Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, UTM Razak School)

16.00 pm Q & A session16.30 pm Closing remarks by Prof Dr Awaluddin Mohamed Shaharoun, Dean,

UTM Razak School16.40 Afternoon Tea

PROGRAMME

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN FOR LIVEABLE CITIES (SUDLiC 2012)23 MAY 2012 (WEDNESDAY)

8.00 am – 8.45 am Registration8.50 am National anthem and the recitation of Doa9.00 am Welcoming speech and introductory remarks on the MSc

Sustainable Urban Design at UTM Kuala LumpurChair person SUDLiC 2012Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shuhana Shamsuddin

9.10 am Opening remarks by Prof. Dr. Hamdani Saidi, Director, UTM Kuala Lumpur

9.20 am Session I (Chair: Dato’ Ar. Dr. Elias Salleh)Introduction

9.30 am Keynote Address 1

“What is Sustainable Urban Design for Liveable Cities?”Dato’ Ar. Haji Hajeedar Abdul Majid(Hajeedar & Associates Chartered Architect Sdn. Bhd.)

10.15 am Light refreshment10.45 am Session II (Chair: Dato’ A. Dr. Elias Salleh)

“Connected Urban Spaces is An Essence to Sustainability”Dato’ Dr. Dolbani Mijan(Director, Department of Town and Country Planning of Perak State)

11.15 am “Urban Design in Planning Context”Mr. Nik Muhamad Ruiz Nik Fakrul Razi(Malaysian Institute of Planners & Director, Rekarancang Sdn. Bhd.)

11.45 am “Designing for Sustainable and Liveable Cities in Malaysia: the need for research to inform practice”Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shuhana Shamsuddin(Head, Green Cities Research Group, Construction Research Alliance & Programme Coordinator, MSc Sustainable Urban Design, UTM Razak School)

12.15 am – 13.00 pm Q & A session13.00 pm – 14.00 pm Lunch & Registration for MSc course

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