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On 27th May 2011, Dr Hisyam Rasidi and Dr Ismail Said delivered two lectures at Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang in Indonesia. Dr Hisyam explained on Sustainable Development: A Lesson from Science City and Dr Ismail talked on Placeness and Placelessness in Urban Context: An Overview on Urban Sustainability . The audience include academics and undergraduates from Department of Architecture. Apart from sharing knowledge with academics and students from Sriwijaya, the talks generate networking between Sriwijaya and UTM including the opportunity to conduct joint studio project; Landscape Urban Design studio for the coming semester. News from Fakulti Alam Bina

Recently, a group of 27 second year landscape architecture students from Faculty of Built Environment, UTM have conducted a study and produced a comprehensive Landscape Master Plan proposal for FELDA Tenggaroh 1 in Mersing, Johor. This community service is for the benefit of local community towards improving their environmental wellbeing. As for the students, they are compelled to do so by the school as part of academic requirements, in lieu of SBL 2046: Landscape Community Design Studio. This program is deliberately planned to connect servicing the community different environmental context with started learning outcomes: “to practice analytical skills and criticism in real landscape community through establishing enquiry by design; understand and apply an aspect of landscape planning and design, addressing an ecological , sustainable and livable community planning approaches.” More..

Fabulous Dinner 2011. FAB , a set on Flickr. More pictures on FAB web