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Thursday, January 21, 2010

a silent night without facebook

Yeah, right... A silent night without facebook is a night to do the revision that one will need to. No MSN and no facebook mean studying in full mode. The architect act is a long journal to be read and no one can gurantee if i were to fall asleep while reading it.

Tomorrow will be the day for the first time we were given a chance to do the open book exam. Once in a lifetime and fortunately, we did experience it.

Basically, the content of the book and notes is extremely bored. It is more on common sense on the professionalism. And i might do not have that. There goes the definition and the UIA.. Their so called accord. ALoha.. Expertise, Accountability, Autonomy and Commitment.

Then it touch about the concept of a profession that drag along about the specialised knowledge and skills acquired with code of ethnic, self regulatory to misconduct and responsibility for each actions and conduct. Element of the professionalism is the competenece, intergrity and honesty.

the characteristic of the profession will be unique and specific body of knowledge, specialised education, associated with jargon, recognition with legal title and need to be legally registered, regulatory with organisation, continuing edu, expertise and judgement .

The privileges of being an architect is the provision under law to claim fee, attain special status in the eye of society, respected and exclusivity.

All this is counterbalance to a certain level that being an architect is not easy. The privileges is no other different yet the duration of the torturement is much more longer.

Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia0 act 117, profsssional archtect, registered arch, registered building draftman, regulation of conduct and ethnic . conduct exam, accrediation to architectural program, development and promo of the profession and representing the profession in any local and international level.

THe b. dsn is 3 years in part 1 then 2 years part tow and prof arch will take at least 2 years.

UIA -education accredited in min 5 years
The players in construction will be the client with a dram brief land and money that most important to an architect's off and we depend on them. He is giving us a favour and not us.

a great responsible we had.. Gosh.. and a book to read tonight.. arghh.. so gonna to finish flipping it before i sleep.. and no more poker.. no more T. hoho..

The Final project

Feeling wanted back to blogging about daily life again. Although it might be a plain one with the same happening yet, surely this is the last sem to go. The last sem that i will be missing for the rest of my life. And hopefully i will be writing toward the end of it. :P

Today, been issued the final project of the year. Finally, it is the final project. This project will determine if i should stay in architecture for another year or graduate. Gosh, what a timer project.
The project brief was issued by the pretty cik sofie. Love to stare at her while she giving lecturer. She is nice to look at. :P while guys will be fascinating over her.. haha.. The project site happened at the Padang Merbok in somewhere the PAM center in part of the parliament road and were advised to pay a visit there.

This project wanted us to focus on a green office building. Not the building in green but green in building mean something that sustainable. Were taught of what passive and active system really meant and finally got to know about that. It was a long lecturer after the building material with the brief. We ate nasi lemak by tauke jaja for the lunch and followed up by cendol lepaking. I wonder how many more time can we eat cendol together before everyone depart on their own someday later. Maybe one or two or maybe not. That's life. People come and go.

After the cendol, we return to our beloved studio. It is time for the site visit to a LEO building in Putrajaya. Been to ZEO building once and now to LEO. I personally felt that LEO building is a failure. My opinion when compared to ZEO, regardless of the size. It is all about how applying the same technic to the thing rather to give excuses. Maybe it is a trial. But those active element portray in the building is almost to a zero usage either damaged or not efficient. It is just an office building trying to minimise the energy used. No offence to the Mr. Architect. And i love hanging with the siao char bo in the meeting room, feel like we are working ladies. And to highlight, AKMAL sleep all the time in the meeting room, he is not suitable to wear coat for meeting, he should be at construction site with his yellow helmet.. :P and clifford with his interpretion of ANGINA in his dirty mind.. hohoho..

We call it a day of studio. Everyone back home and getting ready for the architect act class.. And a set of working drawing to be repair .. Have a nice breakoff everyone..


SUEANN