May 2010 Pertubuhan Akitek For Members Only PAMSC Quarterly Newsletter No. 03/2010 www.pamsc.com Malaysia Sarawak Chapter DESIGN FORUM 2010 ...more on page 8 FEATURE ARTICLE CONTENTS CONTENTS PAMSC BOOK PROJECT UPDATE P10 PRACTICE NOTE K-HOUSE INTERVIEW WITH GREEN BUILDING INDEX P11 FRANCIS GOH FROM LAUNCHING WOHA P4 P5 P9 MOVIE NITE SCHEDULE P13 UP & COMING CPD SEMINARS P13 NEW ECONOMIC MODEL FOR MALAYSIA MEMBER'S NITE DRAW.CUT.BUILD BRING BACK THE CANE P19 P10 P16 P20 2nd Floor, Sub-Lot 56, Jalan Wan Alwi, Lot 7915 Queen's Court, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak. Tel: 082-457182 Fax: 082-451180 E-mail: [email protected] June 2010 CHAIRMAN'S Message officiated the Forum on behalf ofY AB Chief titled ‘From Theory to Practice’. It was held Minister of Sarawak. at the Pullman Hotel, Kuching. We would like to congratulate our PAMSC Conservation GBI has received overwhelming and Sustainable Design Sub-committee acceptance and adoption by the building which was led by Ar Ng Chee Wee for industry since it’s launched in May 2009. successfully organizing the forum. The main In line with the awareness of a greener purpose of this Design Forum was to bring environment by the State Government together a group of professions who are which is also evident in the implementation at the fore front of Sustainable Design, to of SCORE projects in Sarawak, sustainable share their experiences and knowledge in development and renewable energy solving the complex issues involved and to resources is a big part of our YAB Chief apply appropriate technologies in creating Minister of Sarawak‘s vision for Sarawak. sustainable architecture. GBI is a useful and important rating We also would like to thank the panel tool, which provides an opportunity for of speakers who took time off to join the developers and building owners to design Design Forum and shared with us their and construct sustainable buildings invaluable knowledge and insights. including adoption of recycling and has organized two major PAMSC greening for their projects which will help The invited speakers were Professor Dr. events in March and April 2010 respectively. reduce drastic impact on the environment Roger Fay from University of Tasmania These were the Green Building Index (GBI) in general. , Australia, Kevin Mark Low from Small Forum and MS1525 seminar in March Projects, Kuala Lumpur, Francis Goh from and the Design Forum on Sustainable In support of YAB’s vision for sustainable WOHA, Singapore and Professor Dr. Singh Architecture in April. energy and sustainable development Intrachooto from Kasetsart University, in Sarawak, this Forum was timely for the GBI Forum and MS1525 seminar, a Full Bangkok. PAMSC would like to also thank introduction of GBI in Sarawak, It acts as the day programme, was successfully held AkzoNobel – ICI Dulux Paint for making this platform for us to get first hand information on Saturday 20th March 2010 at Sarawak a reality as the main sponsor for this event. on GBI Rating tools available for buildings, Chamber in Majestic Riverside Hotel, and also enables the exchange of valuable Kuching. It recorded 140 attendants for Cheers!! ideas and experiences in achieving the GBI Forum and about 100 attendants sustainable developments. for MS 1525 seminar. YB Datuk Sri Wong Ar Desmond Kuek Soon Koh ( Second Minister of Finance and On 24th April 2010, PAMSC organized the Chairman Minister of Environment and Public Health) Design Forum on Sustainable Architecture PAMSC EDITORIAL CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUCEMENT We are pleased to present to you our 3rd issue of INTERSECTION for this term. We hope that in some small ways INTERSECTION Ar. Desmond Kuek is pleased to has inspired you and have made some impact in the way we inform all members that PAMKL has perceive Sarawakian architectural works. agreed to rebate 75% of PAMSC 2010 membership fees which PAMSC have been busy bringing the latest 2 events to our translates to RM56, 493. 00, back to members. Namely the GBI launch to Sarawak; MS1525 seminar our local chapter on the condition and the Design Forum on sustainable design. We are featuring that the allocated funds are for among others, the 2 events in this issue. the upgarding of PAMSC IT and AV facilities at the centre. Collectively among professions, ACEM (S’wak branch) and MIP (Sarawak & Sabah chapter) are also playing their respective part in promoting sustainability in the aspect of design and We look forward to enjoying the new planning with their up and coming seminars*. facilities in the near future. It is heartening that there is a growing awareness within our local industry to try to set the ship towards the right course. REGISTER WITH PAMSC Our earth’s depleting resources and global warming are simple truths which we cannot afford to be ignorant about. Professor Dr. Singh Intrachooto’s statistic in the recent design forum AND ENJOY 10% on the construction industry waste; which amounts to an average 30-40% of urban landfills DISCOUNT TO DATUM worldwide is indeed food for thought. KL 2010: INTERSECTION would very much encourage our readers to re look at the way we think and the way we approach our craft. As the change a caterpillar goes through in becoming a PAMSC members can register butterfly, the process of metamorphosis will be a laboured one. The result we hope will be of for the attendance to Datum KL stunning beauty. It is an endeavor that cannot be a solitary individual pursuit. Our architectural community whom can and has made significant impact to our environment must work 2010 in July 2 and 3 through PAMSC collectively towards changing or improving the way we do things in Sarawak. Change will be and enjoy 10% discount from the slow but necessary. registration fees. In support of a sustainable way of life, be it at work or at play, INTERSECTION hopes that in we PAMSC will issue the 'DATUM' flyer to can nudge you to consciously play a collective part in advocating a ‘metamorphosis’ of sort, members in due course. one which its fruits can be enjoyed by you and by generations to come. * ACEM is organizing “green Building Index & Green Future’ on the 7th May 2010 * MIP is organizing ‘The International Public Transport Conference’ which deals with the urban public Please contact the secretariat transport system role in managing and ensuring sustainability of the city’s growth in August 2010. at 082-457189 (Melinda) or For more information on these, kindly contact the respective organization. mail:[email protected] should you wish to contribute. 2 Ar. Ivy Jong Editor June 2010 R Since 1920 The BrandLaureate SMEs Chapter Awards 2008 Best Brand in Product Branding Ceramic Tableware & Sanitaryware CLAYTAN CORPORATION SDN. BHD.(25398-P) CERAMICS CENTRE SDN. BHD.(78141-K) Lot 1035, Jalan Kemajuan, Pending Industrial Estate, 93450 Kuching, Sarawak. Tel: 082-343262 Fax: 082-343263 3 June 2010 K-HOUSE BY LINGHAO ARCHITECTS from the garden Old house, New flow New house, old ways The old family house, it was to become the son and his The timber floors are all unstained. The ironwood deck will family’s new home. They had stayed in a room at the back turn black to match the black algae of the pond. The timber together with the larger family. And now, the parents and cabinets and doors are handpainted in enamel paint. The brother were moving to 2 other new houses built next door. sinks are made of concrete and tiled. For one of the toilets, While it was on a nice spacious land, the existing house we wanted a mix of colors and could only find a few 100 x was relatively inward looking and had become filled with 100 tiles. We made a list of diameters and percentages for decades of accumulation. these tiles to be broken into and randomly mixed. When we came back they were all cut with the edges rounded off It would still be the old house but there would suddenly be and beautifully arranged. The colors of the house are to be more space with lesser people and things. So the project found all over in the coffee shops and places around town. was envisioned as creating a new sense of flow and openness between things. Data: Previously, you walked around the house from the Client: Jackie & Alex driveway to enter. It was an auspicious entrance. Now you Architect: Linghao Architects would step onto a generous deck and be sheltered by a Main Contractor: Hevision Sdn Bhd low ceiling. It would also be like a stroll along the garden. From the driveway, a new curve brick wall would screen the house. You would walk through it onto the timber Bio on Ling Hao deck. The house was an efficient rectangular plan house. A generic bungalow of the 70s. Where the entrance walk Ling Hao is from Kuching, having completed his was, the walls were opened up to full height glass doors. secondary education at St. Joseph's school, he Inside it would be an open plan. As you sit in the living studied architecture in Australia at the University of room the garden would appear beyond the timber deck. New South Wales ( graduated 1992 ). He worked with Into the house, on the other side, you would now look into TANGGUANBEE Architects in Singapore from 1992 the reverse side of the curved brick wall holding various to 1998, collaborated with Tan Kok Meng as HAM secret gardens; from the stairway, from the washbasin, Architects from 1999 till 2002. from the study. He has practiced as Linghao Architects since 2002 as Wrapping around the 2nd level was a balcony.