Jakarta, 19 February 2008 (ANTARA) - FuturArc Forum 2008 opened today, Tuesday 19 February, in Jakarta with experts on green building from around the world calling for action on sustainability. The forum is being held in nine cities across Asia Pacific with participation by 4,000 architects, engineers and property developers as well as students of these professions.
The forum opened in Jakarta with Professor Ray Cole of Canada's University of British Columbia describing the North American experience in sustainable architecture. Poul Kristensen of IEN Consultants then described the road to zero energy buildings in Malaysia. Ridwan Kamil of the Bandung Institute of Technology and Jimmy Priatman to Petra Christian University described some of the lessons learnt and key issues in greening Indonesia's built environment. Then Lee Kut Cheung of RSP Architects described how his team designed a green industrial facility in Singapore.
FuturArc's Chief Editor Dr Nirmal Kishnani described the difficult challenge of designing green buildings as posed by three development sites in the inaugural FuturArc Prize design competition. From a field of strong entries from across the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia's Willy Rahadian Pranata won the Master Award in the Professional Category for his design of D'Rimbunan at Leisure Farm Resort Residences in Johore, Malaysia. The awards were presented to them at the forum by Emmanuel Samuel of Autodesk, the design software provider, and Dr Matthias Krups of BCI Asia, the construction information provider.
On Willy Rahadian's design, FuturArc Prize Juror Dr Deo Prasad of the University of New South Wales said: "This project has demonstrated a high level of expertise in green issues and ties it with a good level of analysis of the same. The designs are also very workable and livable."
"The FuturArc Prize participants have experienced first-hand the benefits of Building Information Modelling (BIM) powered by Autodesk cutting-edge 3D tools like Revid, and we are committed to developing and innovating on these tools to meet the green building design demands of both our customers and the planet, at the same time," said Mr. Emmanuel Samuel on Autodesk's role in sponsoring this green building design competition.
A dinner was held after the forum to recognize the 10 most active architectural firms in Indonesia. The firms in the BCI Asia Top 10 2008 for Indonesia are, Airmas Asri PT, Anggara Architeam PT, Arkonin PT, Denton Corker Marrshal Jakarta - Duta Cermat Mandiri PT, Indomegah Cipta Bangun Citra PT, Megatika International PT, PTI Architects, Sekawan Design Inc Arsitek PT, Tetra Design Indonesia PT and Urbane Indonesia PT.
The Jakarta forum's Platinum sponsors is Cipta Mortar Utama PT; Gold sponsors are 3M and Pryda; and, the Top 10 awards sponsors include Autodesk, Holcim, Legrand and Philips.
FuturArc Forum will move to Singapore on Friday where World Green Building Council Chairman Kevin Hydes will take the podium along with other experts from around the world.
A CD is enclosed with print-ready images of winning green-building designs as well as images of future buildings by the 10 largest architectural practices in Indonesia.
About the promoter of FuturArc Forum
FuturArc Journal is hosting FuturArc Forum 2008 to promote green building in Southeast Asia, Australia and China. Published by the BCI Group, FuturArc is a quarterly journal recognising the significant impact of the buildings on society and the environment. FuturArc advocates architecture that demonstrates creativity, social responsibility and sustainability. For more information visit www.futuarc.com.
About FuturArc Prize 2008
The FuturArc Prize was established by FuturArc journal to inspire architects and other building professionals to draft innovative designs for Green buildings on sites in Asia-Pacific. The Competition format encourages participants to work as integrated teams in producing holistic Green building solutions. Publicity surrounding the competition promotes competency in green building. Cash and other prizes are sponsored by Autodesk, the design software provider.
About the jury
Nirmal Kishnani, PhD, is Chief Editor of the FuturArc Journal. He is both an educator and practitioner in the area of Green buildings, presently teaching at the Department of Architecture of the National University of Singapore. He has lectured and written widely on the subject of Greening in Asia and has been a consultant to projects across the region, most recently as head of a sustainability unit operating from Singapore.
Kazuo Iwamura, M.E. is a Professor in the Faculty of Environment and Information studies at the Musashi Institute of Technology in Yokohama Japan and CEO of IWAMURA Atelier Co., Ltd. He is also Chair of ARCASIA's Committee for Green & Sustainable Architecture, UIA Councilor of Region IV (Asia + Oceania), Director of the UIA Work Programme Architecture for a Sustainable Future and a member of the board of the World Green Building Council.
Chris Luebkeman, PhD, is Director for Global Foresight and Innovation at the Arup engineering group, where his role is to explore and synthesize trends affecting society's development. He is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and has taught in the departments of architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, the University of Oregon, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Deo Prasad, PhD, is Director of the Sustainable Development Program at the University of New South Wales. He has worked on milestone projects including Australia's first solar village, scientific validation of computer simulation tools for energy performance prediction of buildings and related green building assessment tools, advanced performance simulation of buildings using complex modeling software and the Green Olympics projects. He has won an Australian National Innovation Award and the NSW Government 2004 Green Globe Award.
Bill Valentine, FAIA, is Chairman and Design Principal of the HOK global architectural firm. As a 45-year veteran of HOK, he has been a pioneer in green building and a vocal advocate for sustainability within the profession. Based in San Francisco, he has a large portfolio of award-winning buildings in the Corporate, Education, Justice and Technology sectors.
For further information, please contact:
Media contact
Bobby Rahadian
Event Manager, FuturArc Forum Jakarta
Email: bobby@bciasia.co.id
Mobile: +62 816 4821077
Dian Putra
Marketing Communication Manager, BCI Asia ? Indonesia
Email: dian@bciasia.co.id
Mobile: +62 812 108 6417
The forum opened in Jakarta with Professor Ray Cole of Canada's University of British Columbia describing the North American experience in sustainable architecture. Poul Kristensen of IEN Consultants then described the road to zero energy buildings in Malaysia. Ridwan Kamil of the Bandung Institute of Technology and Jimmy Priatman to Petra Christian University described some of the lessons learnt and key issues in greening Indonesia's built environment. Then Lee Kut Cheung of RSP Architects described how his team designed a green industrial facility in Singapore.
FuturArc's Chief Editor Dr Nirmal Kishnani described the difficult challenge of designing green buildings as posed by three development sites in the inaugural FuturArc Prize design competition. From a field of strong entries from across the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia's Willy Rahadian Pranata won the Master Award in the Professional Category for his design of D'Rimbunan at Leisure Farm Resort Residences in Johore, Malaysia. The awards were presented to them at the forum by Emmanuel Samuel of Autodesk, the design software provider, and Dr Matthias Krups of BCI Asia, the construction information provider.
On Willy Rahadian's design, FuturArc Prize Juror Dr Deo Prasad of the University of New South Wales said: "This project has demonstrated a high level of expertise in green issues and ties it with a good level of analysis of the same. The designs are also very workable and livable."
"The FuturArc Prize participants have experienced first-hand the benefits of Building Information Modelling (BIM) powered by Autodesk cutting-edge 3D tools like Revid, and we are committed to developing and innovating on these tools to meet the green building design demands of both our customers and the planet, at the same time," said Mr. Emmanuel Samuel on Autodesk's role in sponsoring this green building design competition.
A dinner was held after the forum to recognize the 10 most active architectural firms in Indonesia. The firms in the BCI Asia Top 10 2008 for Indonesia are, Airmas Asri PT, Anggara Architeam PT, Arkonin PT, Denton Corker Marrshal Jakarta - Duta Cermat Mandiri PT, Indomegah Cipta Bangun Citra PT, Megatika International PT, PTI Architects, Sekawan Design Inc Arsitek PT, Tetra Design Indonesia PT and Urbane Indonesia PT.
The Jakarta forum's Platinum sponsors is Cipta Mortar Utama PT; Gold sponsors are 3M and Pryda; and, the Top 10 awards sponsors include Autodesk, Holcim, Legrand and Philips.
FuturArc Forum will move to Singapore on Friday where World Green Building Council Chairman Kevin Hydes will take the podium along with other experts from around the world.
A CD is enclosed with print-ready images of winning green-building designs as well as images of future buildings by the 10 largest architectural practices in Indonesia.
About the promoter of FuturArc Forum
FuturArc Journal is hosting FuturArc Forum 2008 to promote green building in Southeast Asia, Australia and China. Published by the BCI Group, FuturArc is a quarterly journal recognising the significant impact of the buildings on society and the environment. FuturArc advocates architecture that demonstrates creativity, social responsibility and sustainability. For more information visit www.futuarc.com.
About FuturArc Prize 2008
The FuturArc Prize was established by FuturArc journal to inspire architects and other building professionals to draft innovative designs for Green buildings on sites in Asia-Pacific. The Competition format encourages participants to work as integrated teams in producing holistic Green building solutions. Publicity surrounding the competition promotes competency in green building. Cash and other prizes are sponsored by Autodesk, the design software provider.
About the jury
Nirmal Kishnani, PhD, is Chief Editor of the FuturArc Journal. He is both an educator and practitioner in the area of Green buildings, presently teaching at the Department of Architecture of the National University of Singapore. He has lectured and written widely on the subject of Greening in Asia and has been a consultant to projects across the region, most recently as head of a sustainability unit operating from Singapore.
Kazuo Iwamura, M.E. is a Professor in the Faculty of Environment and Information studies at the Musashi Institute of Technology in Yokohama Japan and CEO of IWAMURA Atelier Co., Ltd. He is also Chair of ARCASIA's Committee for Green & Sustainable Architecture, UIA Councilor of Region IV (Asia + Oceania), Director of the UIA Work Programme Architecture for a Sustainable Future and a member of the board of the World Green Building Council.
Chris Luebkeman, PhD, is Director for Global Foresight and Innovation at the Arup engineering group, where his role is to explore and synthesize trends affecting society's development. He is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and has taught in the departments of architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, the University of Oregon, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Deo Prasad, PhD, is Director of the Sustainable Development Program at the University of New South Wales. He has worked on milestone projects including Australia's first solar village, scientific validation of computer simulation tools for energy performance prediction of buildings and related green building assessment tools, advanced performance simulation of buildings using complex modeling software and the Green Olympics projects. He has won an Australian National Innovation Award and the NSW Government 2004 Green Globe Award.
Bill Valentine, FAIA, is Chairman and Design Principal of the HOK global architectural firm. As a 45-year veteran of HOK, he has been a pioneer in green building and a vocal advocate for sustainability within the profession. Based in San Francisco, he has a large portfolio of award-winning buildings in the Corporate, Education, Justice and Technology sectors.
For further information, please contact:
Media contact
Bobby Rahadian
Event Manager, FuturArc Forum Jakarta
Email: bobby@bciasia.co.id
Mobile: +62 816 4821077
Dian Putra
Marketing Communication Manager, BCI Asia ? Indonesia
Email: dian@bciasia.co.id
Mobile: +62 812 108 6417
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