RE-GĒN
E R U T L U CI R G A H TI W G NI K NI H T L A R U T C E TI H C R A G NI T A R O P R O C NI , G NI M R A F N A B R U F O N OI T A R E N E G W E N
E R U T C E TI R G A
COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE 2021 DIPLOMA | SABE | UCSI UNIVERSITY
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ODUC T I O
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Welcome to our seven weeks of Community Architecture!
C O N T E N T
01
FOREWORD
11
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
13
WHAT IS "RE-GĒN"?
15
LOGO DESIGN
16
T-SHIRT DESIGN
17
FURNITURE WORKSHOP
19
MEETING / WEEKLY PROGRESS
21
MERCHANDISE & FUNDRAISING
23
GROUP PROJECT POSTER
31
28-DAY PLANT CHALLENGE
33
TALK SERIES
39
MODULAR CUBE DESIGN COMPETITION
41
TIMELINE / CHRONOLOGY
43
DEPARTMENTAL REFLECTIONS
51
CLOSING NOTE
52
SPONSORSHIP
FOREWORD
FOREWORD "There is none amongst the Human who plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but is regarded as a charitable gift for him." – Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
This semester, we focused on combining the idea of urban farming and architecture. We recognize the potential to foster bonds with the community while building solidarity among students
and
striving
Goals. RE-Gēn (
towards
Sustainable
Development
根 ): Our theme for Community Architecture
this semester is derived from the idea of regeneration and germination. Besides, in Chinese, the word 'Gēn' means root which intrigued me.
MS ECHA LECTURER & COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE SEMESTER 10/2021 UCSI UNIVERSITY
YOU CAN’T HAVE THE FRUITS WITHOUT THE ROOTS.
STEPHEN COVEY
02
NOR SYAWALLINA AZMAN
SABE LECTURER
Roots are a vital part of the tree. The roots
On behalf of the whole team, I want to
of trees provide nourishment and aid in the
thank our friends and businesses for their
growth of the trees. The same is true for
kind support in allowing us to publish this
humans. If a person understands their
magazine and keep the project running
origins, the basis of their being, no one
smoothly.
can ever make them feel worthless. The best thing that every student can do is fly
Special thanks and congratulations to Ms
high. What makes them who they are, to
President, Vice President, Secretaries,
know what they can do, all comes from
and Treasurers for their assistance. And
their roots.
again, thank you to every student in this course, the committee, group leaders,
Community Architecture helps students
SABE lecturers especially the Diploma
explore the possibilities of learning outside
team, everyone who contributed to making
of the classroom and drives the students
this event successful. We need to strive
to become more mature with a strong
and continue to create a tight bond with
sense of responsibility, professionalism
the community and maintain everything we
and, pride, with much collegiality and
stand for. I have a definition for success:
collaboration to level up one another.
what we sow now, we will harvest later. I am optimistic about everyone's future
Congratulations and much thanks to the
success.
dedication
difference in 2021! Well done, guys!
of
so
many
students
and
lecturers (particularly Ms Fatehah and Mr Amar) in this programme. I am very grateful to have had such a competent and skilled team working on our Community Architecture.
We
have
certainly
made
a
FOREWORD
NOOR FATEHAH MAT SO'OD
LECTURER
Heartfelt gratitude goes to all of you
Grounding on the theme, we- at the
(Architecture and Interior Architecture
Architecture
students) who have spent time and effort
University- anticipate students to work
in
together
making
this
Re-Gen
magazine
a
in
Department, recognizing
UCSI
their
social
success. All of you have done such an
responsibility and growth, especially by
excellent job, and I genuinely hope that
incorporating
this magazine can help and inspire a
knowledge and engagement with the
new generation in exploring the recent
community in this pandemic period.
their
architectural
trend of urban farming in the future. For this semester, 63 students have Considering this, the selected theme for
collaborated with communities from 6
this year is “Re-Gen,” which brings the
organizations and NGOs to promote the
meaning
idea
of
a
combination
germinate, and regeneration.
of
root,
of
the
urban
farming
project.
Various informative events with a wide range of activities such as lectures, sharing sessions, and site visits had been prepared and outlined for this year by
our
respective
committee.
Our
students showed tremendous effort and did an excellent job in their works, thus we decided to include more inserts this semester.
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FOREWORD Not only the students, I'm also privileged to have worked with a most dedicated colleague and a batch of excellent students during this project. I would like to congratulate Ms Syawallina, Qiao
Ting
President),
(Re-Gen main
President),
committees,
Faiyad
leaders
and
(Re-Gen students
Vice for
participating in all the events and making this year Community Architecture a successful course. Dear all Re-Gen team members, good work and we are proud of you!
MS FATEHAH LECTURER & COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE SEMESTER 10/2021 UCSI UNIVERSITY
THE TOUGH CHALLENGE IS A PART OF A LEARNING EXPERIENCES
CURVE WILL
AND SURELY
YOUR GREATEST ASSET.
THOSE BECOME
FOREWORD
FOREWORD Re
–
Gen,
is
a
combination
of
root,
germinate,
and
regeneration. It defines how each of us grows, adapts, and lives together. Community Architecture brings all the students together to build and create structures for the community. In our theme this year, Growth, we learned from each other, worked together, and gave back to the community by using urban farming and merging it with architecture. It was an honor
to
be
selected
as
the
President
of
Community
Architecture 2021. This magazine has helped record the process of how Re-Gen helps the community and hopes to inspire, motivate, and encourage people to step up and start to help the community.
ANG QIAO TING PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE SEMESTER 10/2021 UCSI UNIVERSITY
THE
MOST
TOUCHING
THING
THAT
ANYONE
SAY TO ME IS THAT I HAVE DONE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
06
ANG QIAO TING
PRESIDENT
Along
the
journey
Community
Last but not least, I would like to thank
Architecture, I was grateful to have the
our lecturers, Ms Echa and Ms Fatehah,
opportunity to lead and serve the team.
for
Even though it was only 7 weeks, it
journey. I believe your passion and
made
enthusiasm for Community Architecture
me
realize
in
how
important
their
guidance
have
protrude my hidden self, knowing what I
architecture,
and
am capable of and what I lack. The best
community.
To
thing about Community Architecture is I
members and other lecturers, I hope this
gain these experiences with a bunch of
magazine
seniors, juniors, and batchmates whom I
memories and bring a smile to your face
will always treasure deep down in my
whenever you flip through it.
I do understand, with the pandemic going on, it is much harder for all of us to discuss projects and communicate but with all the reliable committees, we made
this
meetings
possible. as
much
We as
had
online
possible
to
understand and communicate with each other.
All
departments
motivated,
helped, and inspired each other. I really appreciate all members’ efforts and how they played their roles professionally to make this possible.
will
all
of
give all
help
us
to
this
teamwork is. As the leader, it helped me
heart.
motivated
throughout
back, the
create to
the
committee
treasure
these
FOREWORD
FAIYAD HOSSAIN
VICE PRESIDENT
process
of
Personally, as an international student
into
the
myself, it was an honor to be the Vice
surrounding city environment creatively
President. Although I’ve been a group
and effectively, producing food that is
leader of many assignments in the past,
closer to the urban consumers. It also
I’ve never had such a huge responsibility
allows cities to reach some sustainable
before. Being in this committee as a VP
development goals.
was challenging in the best way, it was a
Urban
Farming
incorporating
are
is
the
agriculture
limitless
The options here and
Community
Architecture encourages students to go above and beyond with their ideas. The sheer
diversity
here
teaches
us
acceptance and respect for every idea as well as every aspect of life that is different from ours. We also get a chance to contribute to the community by donating our projects to help people
learning experience for me. I’ve learned to be much more patient, responsible, and most of all to trust others. I’ve learned to work effectively in a team and handle sudden changes; qualities that I treasure the most. Not everything went smoothly; we ran into many bumps, had many arguments regarding decisions, but at the end of the day it was quite impressive to see everyone pull through
or to encourage them to do something
and work together. We all have our
good.
differences but all that matters is what we choose to do with that. I take immense pride
in
our
committee
leaders
and
members for being able to leave their differences behind and bring RE-Gen from a vision to reality.
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FOREWORD The name Re-Gen- a combination of words: regeneration, germinate and root (Gen means root in Chinese)- is more than just a name. In many ways, it represents us and our journey (growth) on the path of architecture. Community Architecture brings students of different batches, races, and countries together. Together, they work to bring interesting projects to life which they give back to the community at the end. The project theme for Community Architecture 2021 is Urban Farming. Following this theme, we held some events, challenges and also made structures to help promote urban farming. This magazine is a journal that recorded the journey which allowed us to grow as individuals and how we inspired others in the community to encourage urban farming.
FAIYAD HOSSAIN VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE SEMESTER 10/2021 UCSI UNIVERSITY
ALONE WE CAN DO SO LITTLE, TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH.
HELEN KELLER
FOREWORD
FOREWORD “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. To be frank, the whole journey can be described as walking on fire, but regardless of the obstacles and difficulties that we encountered,
we
finally
reached
the
end.
There
were
arguments and disagreements which are inevitable in a team, but in spite of everything, I understood that we were just a bunch of people trying hard to make everything meet our target. That's why a lot of communication had been done along the way.
CHAN KAH GIN PUBLICATION LEADER, COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE SEMESTER 10/2021 UCSI UNIVERSITY
NONE OF US IS AS SMART AS ALL OF US.
KEN BLANCHARD
10
kahgin CHAN KAH GIN
PUBLICATION TEAM LEADER
Re-Gēn, the name of this magazine, meant
Time flies over us but leaves its shadow
how each of us from different roots would
behind. All of the hard work we contributed
grow together as a new generation. I solely
were all condensed and concentrated into
believe everyone involved had grown from
this magazine.
different aspects throughout this journey. Whether on paper or online, I hope anyone On a personal level, I was thrilled and
who was involved in RE-GĒN Community
fortunate enough to lead this team with the
Architecture 2021 would find this issue
aim of coming up with a magazine that
momentous.
works
as
a
record
for
all
of
our
contributions in the past seven weeks.
With that in mind, I'm now inviting you
Most of us were not born to be leaders,
to witness our accomplishment.
thus I had learned abundantly throughout this journey with my team. I can't thank my team enough because without each and every one of them pouring out their energy, we wouldn't have been able to keep everything on track as we went. We worked arm-in-arm and held fast
on
our
positions
as
designers,
researchers, writers, and editors. Aside from that, our team was jubilant to have the Design Team help us come up with various designs when we were in a cleft stick.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SRERUTCEL MS ECHA
MS FATEHAH
TNEDISERP PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
ANG QIAO TING
FAIYAD HOSSAIN
YRATERCES SECRETARY
SECRETERY ASST.
LAI XIN QI
SHAIMAA SERHAN
COMMITTEE
12
TR
EAS
URER TEA
EVEN
M
T TEAM
LEADER
ASSISTANT
LEADER
ASSISTANT
JOHN LOO
AKIHIRO TOMITA
LEONG WAN YI
CHAI WEI SHENG
DES
IGN TEAM
PU
BLIC
ATION TE A
M
LEADER
ASSISTANT
LEADER
ASSISTANT
LIM WANJING
TAN HUEY WEN
CHAN KAH GIN
AMIRA SAIDOVA
MEDI
A TEAM
LOG
ISTIC TEAM
LEADER
ASSISTANT
LEADER
ASSISTANT
ESTER TAN
SAW MEI WAH
IRVINE KUAN
MANDY LIM
MEMBERS
WHAT IS "RE-GĒN"?
WHAT IS "RE-GĒN (根) "? INTRODUCTION
RE-Gēn (
根)
- is a combination of
regeneration,
germinate,
with
being
'Gēn'
the
and
root
Chinese
translation of the word root. In this case, the root acts as a foundation, a starting point, for urban farming. As the
root
grows,
the
community
adapts to urban farming better. 'Gēn' can also be interpreted as us, the new GENeration. The process of a seed
starting
to
grow
is
called
germination and this process is like our first step, as Architecture and Interior
Architecture
students,
to
achieving our dreams. Regenerative agriculture is a way of planting which regenerates symbolizes economy's
the our
soil
and
this
community
and
ability
hence perform better.
to
regenerate
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ROOT
根 is a Chinese word that means root while 'Gēn' is the Chinese Pinyin of 根 .
In
this project, 'Gen' acts as a foundation of our first step to urban farming. We can refer to "Gen" as us, the "New Generation". ''Gen'' will be the one who leads the world to achieving productive farms, healthy communities and economies.
GERMINATE
Germination is the process where the seed starts to grow. Once the roots are developed, the little seed breaks the path and grows upwards. This process is like our journey as architecture and interior architecture students, it is our first step to achieving our dreams as professional designers. We are 'Germinating'.
REGENERATION
Regeneration is referred to as regenerative agriculture. By using regenerative agriculture, the soil will not be destroyed. This way of planting helps maintain the nutrients in the soil. This boosts our farming productions which in turn boosts our economy and 'fertilizes' our community.
DESIGN
LOGO DESIGN HOW DOES THIS LOGO REPRESENT US?
ĒN (根) RE-GĒN ( 根 ) was created RE-G
using a combination of two different
colours which are green and yellow with a smooth texture. The logo has a green-coloured leaf on the right of a long yellow curve. Sitting below the long curved yellow line lies the word RE-GĒN.
DESCRIPTION
Starting from the left side, the yellow organic shape forms a curve facing downwards before curving upwards, forming a long organic-shaped curve. The organic shape is derived from the letter R, which is the first capital letter of our theme; RE-GĒN. On the right side, in between the curve, lies a green leaf-shape that represents growth.
RE-G
ĒN
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The design of this t-shirt is inspired by illustration style. The front of the t-shirt is printed with our unique logo and name Re-Gen. The overall t-shirt looks clean and refreshing with Illustration Style placed on the back of it. I added many illustration vectors to bring out our theme for this year; Urban Farming. For example, I used cartoon characters planting vegetables to represent us, whereas building elements bring out the "city feel". In order to make the overall look vigorous and achieve a visually balanced effect, three main colours are used to embellish
the key elements such as cartoon
characters, plants, and buildings.
BY LIM WANJING
TNORF
T-SHIRT DESIGN In Week 2, all students were assigned a separate task to design our Community Architecture 2021 Tshirt. The designs of the students demonstrates their
ingenuity,
as
well
as
their
unique
interpretations of the theme “RE-Gēn”. The top 10 designs were then chosen by the design team members and further voted by everyone through a poll. Our initial colour scheme was avocado shades but after discussion with our instructors, it the “Illustration” style we are going with. Ang Qiao Ting and Lim WanJing later on came up with 4 Tshirt designs and the final choice of our official Tshirt design was made through online voting.
KCAB
was changed to red, green, and yellow to match
FURNITURE WORKSHOP
FURNITURE WORKSHOP This semester, the Community Architecture and Furniture Workshop courses were integrated to form the final assignment for Community Architecture. The Furniture Workshop course supplied students with a variety of knowledge regarding the art of woodworking. The first assignment supplied students with sufficient skills and knowledge on how to properly handle hand tools as well as the proper attire that one should wear when woodworking. The second assignment allowed students to explore their creativity and ingenuity in designing a phone stand with additional functions to the design. The base design for each students' phone stand included two different pieces of wood cut at a one-quarter height of said wood. This cut ran from one end of the wood to its midpoint and the gap itself was made a size according to how thick our wood piece was. From there on out, the students used different techniques and came up with many different unique designs such as watch holders, hooks for hanging keys and rings, so on so forth.
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MODULAR CUBE MAKING PROGRESS
Group 01
Group 02
Group 03
Group 04
Group 05
Group 06
Since the final assignment for our Community Architecture 2021 and Furniture Workshop courses are integrated together, students were to make one cube each according to provided dimensions and use those cubes to create a modular design related to Urban Farming. There were a total of 6 groups, each bearing a total of 10 or 11 members. The assignment allowed us to use different materials in order to improve the quality, strength, and durability of the structure.
WEEKLY MEETINGS
WEEKLY MEETINGS Our Community Architecture 2021 course was conducted online due to the unimproved pandemic situation. We used Zoom, Padlet, Miro, and many more to communicate with each other. Although we could not interact with our friends face to face, the experience was still fantastic, everyone progressed very well and had fun. In the first week, we chose the committee members and separated our classmates into members falling under the different committees. Alongside that, six groups were developed under our Furniture Workshop course for our Modular Cube Design Competition. The leader of each team assigned tasks to their members and the project kicked off successfully. The modular cube design was discussed and designed amongst members of each individual group. In Week 3, we presented our proposals to lecturers of Community Architecture, Furniture Workshop, as well as lecturers from other courses, and they gave us tips on how to improve our designs. Every week, we had a fortnight report presentation to show
progress
from
different
committees
and
their
members as well as a tutorial session for modular cube design developments. By the third week, T-shirt design, merchandising designs, event planning and more had all been settled. Progress was fast considering this is a short semester with a limited time frame.
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We had several activities that took place such as a few Talk Series, a 28-Day Plant Challenge, Gather Town, and more. Not only did everyone have fun in these events, but we also learned many things from each other. We grew closer to one another after every meeting and without noticing, an invisible bond had secretly developed between us. By November, our project slowly came to an end. The modular cube design had been finalised and presented to the public. We enjoyed seeing everyone's creativity and hard work pay off. Overall, the Weekly Meetings have been motivating and inspiring. We are thankful for our lecturers' guidance and every single soul that put their effort into their projects. Last Community Architecture meeting, goodbye!
We are lucky to have had a
responsible and cooperative community to carry out this project. It has been a magical journey. Let's continue to keep our community warm and friendly!
MERCHANDISE & FUNDRAISING
ST E R OA C
B
U
CK
ET H A
T
GAB ETOT
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In order for RE-Gen to achieve its goals, numerous meetings had been conducted between the Community Architecture Design Team and Event Team members in order to finalize innovative yet creative merchandise inspired by our theme for this year, Urban Farming, that could not only subsequently attract more buyers, but also promote urban farming. Everyone in the Design Team actively involved themselves in designing the RE-Gen merchandise- which includes the RE-Gen (Regeneration, Germinate, Root) Tote Bag, RE-Gen Bucket Hat as well as four varieties of Laser Cut Coasters- which were then finalised by the Committee members and an online voting session within the students of Community Architecture. After all the designs and publicity processes were said and done, the pre-order for the merchandise kicked off on the 30th of October through online platforms due to the unimproved pandemic situation. Prices ranged from RM5 to RM25 for the standalone merch, and RM45 to RM60 for exclusive combos. The merchandise was advertised on various social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook, not only to promote RE-Gen but to raise sufficient funds for the resources and materials needed to support this Community as well as for the events hosted by the Event Team.
Thank you Logistic Team for making our RE-Gen merch a reality!
&
MERCHANDISE FUNDRAISING
POSTER DESIGN
GROUP PROJECT POSTERS
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GROUP 01
WONG JING QI
CHAI WEI SHENG
LAM MEI WEI
ANG QIAO TING
CODY NG
LEONG WAN YI
CHAN KAH GIN
LAI XIN QI
LIM WANJING
JOHN LOO
POSTER DESIGN
GROUP 02
TAN LI JUN
LOH XIN YI
NG CHONG JIE
TAN JIA QIAN
CHANG KEAT WEI
MANDY LIM
ONG TING ZHE
TAN YONG YE
CHIN WENG JUN
NELSON LIM
PHAN DENG JIA
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GROUP 03
HOR CHAN YEW
KANG WEI KEE
NUR QAISARA
TAN JIA QIAN
CHING JING KAI
KAW XIN YEE
SIAH MING FONG
YAP XIN YAN
HENG XIN YI
LEE JING KAI
TAN HUEY WEN
POSTER DESIGN
GROUP 04
AMIRA SAIDOVA
ASMA KHALED
SHAIMAA SERHAN
AMELIA MANAKAT
FAIYAD HOSSAIN
TEHJYA JOSHI
WONG CHUI SHYAN
SHAHAD ALI
WINNIE LU
MD GOLAM A MOSTAFA RAFSUN
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GROUP 05
WAMIMA
ALIASGER
MUNIRA
SYAFFIQ
LEE HOO YIN
AKIHIRO TOMITA
WONG ZHAO XUAN
MARIYAM AFNAAN
AU SI WAI
SEE EE ZHE
PON JING THUNG
POSTER DESIGN
GROUP 06
SAW MEI WAH
KUAN SOOK LAM
JORDAN TING
ESTER TAN
ASJAD MOHAMED
TAN PRAY TER
LIAN YEE JING
HEE CHOON YEW
ELMER TAN
PUA WEI JIN
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EVENTS
28-DAY PLANT CHALLENGE
28-DAY PLANT CHALLENGE There is no better way to understand urban
There were lots of unique plant types from
farming than to try planting for ourselves. In
the participants such as Zinnia, Graptoveria,
this 28-day Plant Challenge, many unique
Oxalis Butterfly, and more. Naming the plant
and beautiful plants were seen growing day
was an entertaining part of this event and
by
new
many fun names were seen such as soon-
urban
to-be-eaten Bayam, Battman, and Floating
day.
This
generation
event
helped
the
the
meaning
of
learn
our
Fairy. To make participation even more
society. It was great to see the event carry
entertaining, the Media Team created a filter
on
for participants to use on their Instagram
farming
and
how
successfully
it
contributes
with
all
its
to
participants
Story updates. It was very interesting to see
enjoying themselves.
the growing process everyone's plants. All students and lecturers of Community Architecture participated in this event. What
Some participants had struggled greatly and
did they have to do? First, they planted a
worried about their plants in the first stage.
seed or a baby plant in their home. Then,
The seeds either germinated very slowly, or
they
wanted.
the baby plant had barely grown an inch.
Pictures of the plant were to be posted on
But after caring for and observing patiently,
Instagram every Wednesday, tagging our
it was a relief to see the plant grow healthier
each day. The participants were like parents
named
it
whatever
page
and
they
the
hashtag of
looking after their children, taking care of
Community Architecture had to post picture
and worrying about them. One thing's for
updates of their plant as often as they could
sure is that everyone learned a great deal
on
about plant care. Now, let's introduce our
#28dayplantchallenge.
their
Padlet.
Finally,
Students
based
on
the
participation rate and plant’s condition, 5 winners were chosen and prizes were given to them.
Top 5 Winners for this challenge!
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SPID
@Wong
SUCC
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CONGRATS TO OUR TOP 5 WINNERS!
TALK SERIES 01
G
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FA
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G LO
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Mr Francis Chuah
TALK SERIES 01
URBAN TECH FARMING
As a feature on the 1st Talk series, Mr Francis Chuah, also known as the founder of Urban Farm Tech, was invited to give an educational talk on Green Technology Farming. Urban Farm Tech (UFT) is a social enterprise founded in 2016 that provides urban farm solution systems to develop and construct urban farming systems. Did you know that food travels a great way before reaching our homes, and the present food system is overly reliant on imports worth RM52 billion in 2018? To maintain a high degree of food security, the country must have a self-sustaining food system, which Urban Farm Tech practices. Urban Farm Tech believes that youths are the ones that can change the future of Malaysia's agriculture industry, especially after the pandemic raised awareness in food security. Therefore, Urban Farm Tech is
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actively involved in Urban Farm Projects with schools and the community in order to realise this goal.
As students of UCSI University, we were fortunate enough to be given a chance to be educated by an expert. The talk was held online through Zoom and Facebook Live, with about 70 participants. Mr Francis covered a lot on innovative agricultural concepts and technology, such as vertical farming, IoT smart farms, and Aquaponics, as well as the importance of urban farming where he briefly explained the meaning of it. Most, if not all, of the students were deeply engrossed and interested in Mr Francis' talk to the point where a stream of questions never stopped flowing during the Q&A Session where Mr Francis offered exceptional answers that students can take away from. It was indeed a fruitful session given by Mr Francis Chuah.
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COMPANY VISIT (28 OCT)
talk session (25 OCT) Group photo at Urban Tech Farming Factory!
Urban Farm Tech's own Hydroponic System!
Mr Francis giving tips for our urban farming system designs. Thanks, Mr Francis!
Honoured to have visited
their company!
TALK SERIES 02
CHIT CHAT WITH URBAN FARMERS
MR.izzaham
TALK SERIES 02
PRESIDENT KEBUN KOMUNITI USJ 12
MS. NANCY
SECRETARY OF KEBUN KOMUNITI USJ 12
As a feature on the 2nd Talk series, Mr Izzaham and Ms Nancy, the president and secretary of the Kebun Komuniti USJ 12, were invited to give an educational talk on Community Gardens. Kebun Kominiti USJ 12 was founded in the year 2013 and is one of the most successful of the 70 different community gardens located in Putrajaya today. Us UCSI University students were fortunate enough to be given an opportunity to be educated by an expert. The visit to the Kebun Komuniti USJ 12 was held on the 24th of October 2021 where 11 students and 1 lecturer visited the site to gain on-site experience. The talk was held online through Zoom and Facebook Live, with about 60 participants. Mr Izzaham and Ms
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Nancy gave lots of useful information gained from experiences, such as how
to start a community garden, the objective of being part of a community
garden, and the challenges faced in order to maintain the community garden,
such as the maintenance required, the location, types of plants, planting methods, types of soil, the potential pests and how to overcome them using organic methods, the different types of tools, the different types of germination and even the basic rules when running a community garden.
The talk was very enjoyable for most, if not all, participants as it was held in a very friendly and lively manner. After the talk, a Q&A session was held with
many different types of questions being asked and following this was a
Kahoot quiz held where the top 3 winners from the quiz won wonderful prizes relating to farming.
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talk session kebun visit (24 OCT)
Students helping with clean-up. Proactivity is key!
Red Spinach grown in a Hydroponic System!
Group photo with Kelab Kebun Komuniti!
a fun learning
experience right there!
(30 OCT)
TALK SERIES 03
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ar yasmin rahman
As a feature on the 3rd Talk series, AR Yasmin Rahman, an architect at QWA Architects, was invited to give an educational talk on Farming in the City. Qhawarizmi
Architect
(QWA
Architect)
is
a
sole
proprietor
boutique
architectural practice based in Cyberjaya, Selangor. Established in 2017, the firm strives to formulate exceptional spatial solutions for the ever-demanding issues in the built environment. AR Yasmin is a person who portrays her love for humanitarian values in her work. She gravitates to discussing crucial worldly subjects such as food sufficiency, social mobility, and ecosystem sustainability. We were blessed to be given an opportunity to be educated by an expert. The
03 talk was held online through Zoom and Facebook Live, with about 65
participants. AR Yasmin covered a lot of useful information gained from experiences, such as learning more about theoretical work in architecture &
urban design related to farming whereby organic farming is not just about growing food, it is about growing a community. The talk ended with a fruitful Q&A session where different kinds of questions asked were answered exceptionally by AR Yasmin. After the talk session, the event was continued
through a virtual Agritecture (Architecture + Agriculture) Exhibition held in Gather Town to explore studio works from different universities such as Taylor's University and UTAR, Urban Farming Talk Series pictures and posters, 28 Day Plant Challenge pictures, as well as
Kebun Komuniti Site
Visit Images. Students underwent a mission in GatherTown whereby answers were hidden in different elements found in different seasoned lobbies around the site.
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agritecture exhibition
studio work from utar, taylor & ucsi!
talk session (13 nov)
MODULAR CUBE DESIGN COMPETITION
MODULAR CUBE DESIGN COMPETITION
1 the flowing passage
The Flowing Passage functions as an iconic item to beautify a site and add some urban farming ways for the client to plant their crops. When the modular structure is connected more and more, one can receive a huge beautiful natural view while walking through the pathway.
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return to play
Return To Play is a modular structure that allows kids to have a fun area to play and observe the urban farming system consisting of a vertical farm and rainwater harvesting. This structure helps kids develop their physical health. They can even rest, read, or store their belongings in this structure.
ve-lourish
Ve-Lourish is a vertical wall garden for farming vegetables. Each cube contains individual plants pots, and the cubes themselves come in a variety of LED cubes, Drawer cubes, and Regular ones. With a built-in drip irrigation system, urban farming is made easy, and eye-catching, for the user.
CHRONOLOGY week 01
Project briefing & election day
week 03
Started 28 day planting challenge
week 05
Modular Cube making progress
week 07
Modular cube design competition winner announcement
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week 02
Finalised our theme (RE-GEN)
week 04
Visited Kebun Komuniti USJ 12 Talk series 01 & 02 Visited Urban Tech Farming
week 06
Talk series 03 Agritecture exhibition
C H R O N O L O G Y
REFLECTION
REFLECTION
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SECRETARY First of all, it was a great honor to be elected as the Secretary of Community Architecture. I had a pleasant time with all the members. In these past few weeks, we went through a lot of ups and downs but these helped us bond with each other and lead this Re-Gēn Community Architecture.
Being
the
secretary
for
Community Architecture helped in improving myself
especially
in
organization
skills.
It
saddens me that the time we spent together in LAI XIN QI
Community Architecture was a short period of
WHATEVER GOOD THINGS WE BUILD END UP BUILDING US.
time, but I'm glad that we got to build some memorable memories together and make this Community Architecture a success.
JIM ROHN
VICE SECRETARY As a daughter of an excellent senior executive secretary, it was embarrassing that I had no idea what to do and how to do it, but as the wise Adrian Grenier said, "We learn from each other. We learn from others mistakes, from their experience, their wisdom. It makes it easier for us to come to better decisions in our own lives,” and it is satisfying to say that I learned a lot from everyone I interacted with during
my
time
as
a
vice-secretary,
from SHAIMAA SERHAN
developing my organisation skills to problemsolving skills to better communication, etc. I am
A
beyond honored that I had this experience with
MISTAKES
this community.
CAN ONLY ADVICE HIS CLIENT TO
DOCTOR
CAN
,BUT
AN
BURY
HIS
ARCHITECT
PLANT VINES. FRANK LLOYD
REFLECTION
EVENT TEAM First of all, thanks to everyone involved in our events, especially the other departments. Events are extra challenging especially when it comes to online and we only had 7 weeks to make it happen. However, I'm blessed because I'm not alone, but with a team of 14 people. From brainstorming at the beginning to solving problems at the end, we really LEONG WAN YI
CHAI WEI SHENG
LEADER
ASSISTANT
appreciate the assistance & cooperation from all of you. It's okay if we made mistakes, as it is a learning process and learning is a part of our lives too. Lastly, a
AN EVENT IS NOT OVER UNTIL EVERYONE IS TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT IT.
HOR CHAN YEW
SIAH MING FONG
WAMIMA
big shout out to the rest of the Event Team members! Take care & see ya! ;)
RAFSUN
MUNIRA
TAN PRAYTER
TAN YONG YE
WINNIE LU YUK MING
WONG CHUI SHYAN
NG CHONG JIE
TEHJYA JOSHI
WONG JING QI
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DESIGN TEAM Community Architecture is one of the subjects
that
involves
students
from
different batches. It is a rare opportunity for us because we can communicate with people
of
different
personalities
and
purpose our design concepts and ideas in designing logos, merchandise, posters, etc. It is an opportunity for us to learn from LIM WANJING
each other and a way to communicate
TAN HUEY WEN
LEADER
ASSISTANT
effectively with others and seek help from others when encountering problems. This
JUST
BECAUSE
DOESN’T
MEAN
SOMETHING IT’S
LOOKS
USEFUL.
AND
GOOD JUST
BECAUSE SOMETHING IS USEFUL DOES NOT
will be one of our memorable experiences, and we are glad to be members of Community Architecture 2021.
MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL.”
JOSHUA BREWER
ASJAD MOHAMED
ASMA KHALED
CHING JIN KAI
HENG XIN YI
LEE JING KAI
MARIYAM
NELSON LIM
NUR QAISARA
WONG ZHAO XUAN
REFLECTION
TREASURER TEAM At a conclusive nature, we from the Treasurer's Department would like to acknowledge our gratitude towards our friends and sponsor companies, who initiated the sponsorship for Re-Gen 2021.
We
understand
2021
was
a
challenging year, especially after the pandemic
took
place.
Despite
the
obstacles we'd faced, the Treasurer's JOHN LOO
AKIHIRO TOMITA LEADER
ASSISTANT
Department always ensures to maintain its
firm
composure
to
prioritize
our
sponsors. Thank you for a great 7 BEHIND
EVERY
GOOD
CLUB,
IS
TREASURER.
ALIASGER
A
GOOD
weeks!
AU SI WAI
LEE HOO YIN
HEE CHOON YEW
PON JING THUNG
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PUBLICATION TEAM Being a part of the Publication Team was an honour and an experience all in one. We learned how to both work in a group and independently. It taught us how to be professional with one another and how to meet deadlines accordingly. Our time in this Team has truly been beneficial. We worked alongside group members from other teams and had a CHAN KAH GIN
AMIRA SAIDOVA
LEADER
ASSISTANT
combo deal of writing articles as well as designing this magazine. Massive thank
YOU CAN'T USE UP CREATIVITY. THE MORE YOU USE, THE MORE YOU HAVE.
AMELIA MANAKAT
PUA WEI JIN
you
to
our
lecturers
and
all
our
classmates for making this possible!
CODY NG
KANG WEI KEE
SHAHAD ALI
TAN JIA QIAN
LAM MEI WEI
YAP XIN YAN
REFLECTION
LOGISTIC TEAM We are grateful that our team members could work together in a harmonized manner. Our members did a lot of research on every merchandise that was to be sold. We also had fun during the production of the coasters and packing the parcels that were to be delivered. Besides this, we also faced lots of challenges while doing our tasks, but I KUAN SOOK LAM
MANDY LIM
LEADER
ASSISTANT
still hope that we can work together again in the future.
LET
OUR
ADVANCE
WORRYING
BECOME
ADVANCE THINKING AND PLANNING.
CHANG KEAT WEI
ELMER TAN HE XIAN
SEE EE ZHE
TAN JIA QIAN
KAW XIN YEE
TAN LI JUN
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MEDIA TEAM What we've learned during this semester is how to cooperate with other teams to fulfill all of the tasks. We are glad to have
been
a
part
of
Community
Architecture 2021 even though there were only 7 weeks for this semester which was not enough for us to know each other well or cope with the tasks together. Luckily our members were very ESTER TAN
SAW MEI WAH LEADER
ASSISTANT
helpful at all times and skillful in video editing, illustration, captions, etc. We appreciate the final work and stunning
CONFLICT
WILL
ALWAYS
APPEAR
IN
TEAM
outcome made by our team members.
WORK.
CHIN WENG JUN
LOH XIN YI
JORDAN TING
ONG TING ZHE
LIAN YEE JING
SYAFFIQ
PHAN DENG JIA
CLOSING NOTE & SPONSORSHIP
CLOSING NOTE Now, we've reached the end of our Community Architecture 2021 journey, a combination of online classes, projects, and numerous meetings. With the help of the combined effort of all the students and lecturers, the Re-Gen community has now engraved its name into history as survivors of the Community Architecture course. Thank you for joining us on this amazing journey through this newfound memory lane.
BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR
CONTRIBUTING T0 RE-GEN!
2021 DIPLOMA ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE