Datum KL, an international premier design conference in the region attended by about 2,800 architects from Malaysia and other countries. A conference is an event for architects to reenergize themselves and to dare to dream again after listening to speakers from all over the world, with different backgrounds to share their works, their philosophies and thoughts on architecture. Datum: KL international architectural design conference held with the theme “Rejuvenation” at the KL Convention Centre, which focuses on the exploration of place in architecture. Datum was organised by the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) in conjunction with the 6th consecutive Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival (KLAF) 2016.
The two-day conference provides a platform for the discourse on the role of architecture in place-making and features a line-up of speakers from Zaha Hadid Architects, MARK DYTHAM Architects Klein Dytham Architects Japan, Y Architects Malaysia, Footprints E.A.R.T.H India, 10 Designs Hong Kong, EKO PRAWOTO Building Workshop Indonesia, and finally from ESA MOHAMED UIA President, Malaysia.
The PAM Masterclass 2016 from 25th to 29th July 2016 will bring together architecture students from seven Malaysian schools of architecture, namely UM, UTM, UiTM, UIAM, UPM, USM and Taylor’s. University Each university will be represented by five students for a total of 35 students. The PAM Masterclass 2016 The workshop was arranged in a group competition manner. With 35 participants, there were 5 groups with 7 members from different universities. The task is to design a masterplan exploring ideas for a sustainable 21st century Asian city; a walkable city, a city that celebrates diversity and attracts people of mixed ethnicity, social class and economic wealth to live, work and play in the same place, a city that builds upon the existing ecology, a SMART city that privileges public transport over the private car, a city with wonderful public places, a city that conserves memories.
