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Kuala Lumpur, 7 April 2019 - Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (Board of Architects Malaysia - LAM) launched its Policy and Procedure for Accreditation of Interior Design Programme (PAID) at the Royale Chulan The Curve, Kuala Lumpur. Institut Sultan Iskandar were grateful to be given the opportunity to collaborate with Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia to publish PAID.

The launced followed by a-day-and-a-half workshop custom planned for training all accreditation reviewers. A total of 48 participants weere awarded certificate of accreditation reviewers from the President of LAM, Ar. Zairul Azidin Badri.

Accreditation of educational programmes in interior design seeks primarily to ensure that the standards attained by successful graduates of the programmes are adequate with regard to the design, technical and professional skills required for competent and profesional interior design practice.

An interior design programme which has been accredited LAM shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of LAM’s examination in interior design.

Towards this objective, LAM assesses the programmes of study leading to the awards of qualifications in interior design and accredits programmes which are in line with the requirements of the Board of Architects Malaysia.

The Launch Ceremony of the Policy and Procedure for Accreditation of Interior Design Programme

Depan dari kanan : Prof. Dr. Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin, Prof. Dr Azlan Abdul Rahman serta Prof. Madya Dr Khairul Anwar Mohamad Khaidzir sebelum pelepasan peserta.

Subang Jaya, Selangor, 23 April, 2019 - ISI has been appointed by Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) as consultant for the ‘Projek Rejuvenasi Perumahan Kos Rendah Bukit Puchong’ and the singning was held at MPSJ office recently. Present during the signing; Prof. Dr. Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin, Executive Director of ISI; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gurupiah Mursib as the project leader for the program; and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairul Anwar Mohamed Khaidzir, ISI Deputy Director.

This program is an effort to transform low income community towards building quality neighbourhood spaces through inclusive planning involving all its community members.

More importantly, this rejuvenation programme leads to ‘community empowerment’ with intent to inculcate a new community that is self-reliant in developing their neighbourhood agenda. Subang Jaya Municipal Council teamed up with Institut Sultan Iskandar Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (ISI UTM) on the rejuvenation project at Bandar Bukit Puchong low-cost flats.

The project saw residents taking part in creating the new space, from idea generation, planning and execution. Project was head by Associate Prof Gurupiah Mursib, head of ISI Kuala Lumpur. The project has chosen Bandar Bukit Puchong flats based on residents’ commitment to be part of the project. Residents were asked to be part of the project instead of being passive receivers to ensure they have a sense of responsibility in the upkeep of the community space.

A team involving students from the Faculty of Built Environment

and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia drew up an inventory of the space and came up with design ideas for facilities sought after by residents. The objective was to create an environment where residents feel a sense of belonging and want their surroundings clean instead of having the attitude that cleanliness of the public space is someone else’s responsibility. Community engagement at Bandar Puchong Puchong flats would continue with the introduction of sustainable programmes such as community gardening and socio economic courses to teach residents how to generate income and improve their livelihood.

The Signing of ‘Projek Rejuvenasi Perumahan Kos Rendah Bukit Puchong’

A Gift to Sustainability - MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program Publication

Johor bahru, 25 April 2019 - The publication of the MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program has finally been concluded. The coffee table book titled “A Gift to Sustainability - MIT - UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program” published in April 2019 all thanks to efforts thrown in by Prof. Dr. Mohd Hamdan Ahmad, Prof. Dr. Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin, Assoc. Prof. Dr Gurupiah Mursib as Managing Editor for the book; Assoc. Prof. Sr Dr Fadhlin Abdullah, Assoc Prof Dr Khairul Anwar Mohamed Khaidzir and Dr Irina Safitri Zen as editors.

The five-year Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) was a cornerstone for High Impact international collaboration between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

It was an extensive academic network involving participants and institutions from 17 countries as well as more than 15 universities and research centers worldwide. The program featured the direct involvement of 34 international academic scholars from fields of expertise and discipline as diverse as urban planning and architecture to areas encompassing social sciences, geography, law, economy, and governance. Its key

aims were to document, assess and disseminate the impact of sustainable urban development in Malaysia through a unique model of advocacy that suited the collective visions and interests of academic scholars and research communities from MIT-UTM partnership institutions and selected representatives from the Global South. The program was hosted by two inbound centers for reciprocal academic visits; the first was at UTM, Johor with Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) as its management secretariat for MSCP, while Science Impact Collaborative in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning was the counterpart in hosting MSCP’s visiting scholars at MIT, Massachusetts. The fact that Malaysia stood as an important backdrop for research and scholarship on issues pertaining sustainability, particularly in the wake of rapid urbanization processes that transpire in cities and regions, speaks volume of the commitment and advances gained by the country in planning, implementing and managing such effort. With these come numerous challenges and problemsthat lay along the path of a more sustainable future for the country and the world in general. The MSCP served as a collaborative academic and research platform for gathering information and documenting the state and progress of sustainable urban development in the country.

Southeast Asian Houses: Expanding TraditionChapter 3 · MalaysiaMade to Order—a Place Called Home

Syed Iskandar Ariffin

Paperback: 188 pagesPublisher: Seoul Selection (July 31, 2017)ISBN-10: 1624120954ISBN-13: 978-1624120954

Regionalisme dalam Seni Bina Malaysia Era Moden, Pascamoden dan Global

Gurupiah Mursib

Paperback: 248 pagesPublisher: Dewan Bahasa dan PustakaISBN: 9789834610159

A Fond Farewell to our Head of Sustainability Unit - Dr. Irina Safitri Zen

Johor Bahru, 22 May 2019 - We would like to take this opportunity to give a warm goodbye to one of our fellow management. Dr Irina is leaving after years of attachment to ISI as the Head of Sustainability unit. She is also an academic member at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai.

We wish her all the best for her future endeavours at the International Islamic University Malaysia.

Knowledge Sharing Session at Work - Institut Sultan Iskandar Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, 22 May 2019 - The session held at ISI Kuala Lumpur effectively create an opportunity for members of the office to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop. This knowledge sharing sessions managed to recognize that the wealth of experience and

knowledge other employees possess is one of their most important resources, and that by encouraging their employees to share that knowledge with each other, they not only function more consistently as a team, they also grow the intellectual wealth of the whole organization.