Architecture at the School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti
Sains Malaysia
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
SCHOOL
The whole
conception of the birth of the School of HBP was to uphold its
multidisciplinary approach in the related field. As the Architecture Programme grew and
gained recognition from LAM it has gained its strength in core architectural
subjects and produce graduates who are competent in the pursuit of
architecture profession. However the committee feels that the architecture
programme was obscure in its pursuit of its statement and ideology to give a
huge impact to future architecture of Malaysia.
ECOTECTURE
– The way Forward
The Architecture
Committee henceforth united in a consolidated effort with Ecotecture concept to synergize all
the expertise in the various field towards a common theme or a niche that are
cohesive in achieving one main goal which is eco-friendly architecture. The role is to bridge the gap between the
public and professionals in the fields of sustainable construction,
architecture and environmental protection (eco-professionals). The word Ecotecture (ecological architecture)
has since become our brand name in promoting the sustainable architecture
education which encompasses not only consciousness and literacy on energy
efficient issues but more importantly the dire need for social and cultural
sensitivity in the mindset of our future graduates.
Other than to
inspire the required range of skills and creativity in design, managerial, media and technical expertise, we
also want our future architects to have profound empathy and understanding of
how buildings relate to physical, cultural and social contexts, have
knowledge of our architectural heritage and know how buildings may be energy
and resource-efficient. They must have a clear understanding of how their
role interacts with other key players and society at large to bring about
good buildings and designs in various contexts.
PROGRAMME
STRUCTURE
1. Bachelor of Science HBP
(Architecture) Programme
Bachelor of Science
(HBP) (Architecture) is one of the programmes offered in the
School of Housing, Building and Planning (HBP) which has a curriculum that is
unique amongst programmes of advanced education dealing with the built
environment. Whereas curricula in architecture, quantity surveying,
engineering or planning are generally based upon a professional training in
one of these disciplines, the School eschews professional specialism in
favour of a broadly based education cutting across both professional and
disciplinary boundaries. As such, it
is more correct to describe the broad focus of education at the School as a
field of knowledge and skills, rather than the more narrowly focused concept
of a single discipline. The students
of HBP therefore draw upon many different disciplines during the course of
their studies, in so far as they are all relevant to the activities of
housing, building and planning.
Both
the structure and content of the School’s curriculum reflect the main aim of
the School to develop integrative and creative skills across a broad spectrum
of knowledge and activities dealing with built environment. The structure of
the curriculum is based upon the unit system, whereby the individual student
exercises a considerable degree of choice in arranging his/her own programme
of studies, so long as he/she satisfies the minimum and maximum requirements
for units to be taken in each subject area and course. In addition to the considerable latitude
afforded by the unit system, in their second and third year of study, all
students have the opportunity to major in one of a number of optional
programmes, each dealing with a particular emphasis on Architecture, Interior Design, Urban and Regional Planning,
Building Technology, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying and Building
Surveying.
Studio
projects are the keystone of the curriculum providing the essential creative
exercises by which all students, no matter their individual programmes, learn
to integrate the many diverse skills and forms of knowledge that comprise the
total field of housing, building and planning. Studio projects also provide
the most important objective test of each student’s proficiency and
creativity. Further integration is provided by the special treatment given to
the teaching of theory and methodology in the School. Rather than treating theory and methodology
as separate from each other and from other subjects, the School takes the
position that all subjects have a theoretical and a methodology component, to
be dealt with as an integral part of each subject area. Both theory and practice are therefore
identified in the curriculum as mutually inter related components, cutting
across and occurring at all levels of the curriculum.
These
theoretical and practical components are grouped in the curriculum according
to the following categories:
1.
Courses in theory and methodology
2.
Studio projects
3.
Laboratory projects
4.
Practical/Industrial training
5.
Research
Appendix D shows the summary of curriculum in the Bachelor of Science (HBP) programme
2. Study Path at The
School of HBP (Architecture)
The study path of
students from undergraduate (Architecture – B.Sc HBP (Arch) and B.Arch) to
postgraduate level at the School of HBP is summarised as below:
  
(Intake
into ARCHITECTURE,
Quantity Surveying and Interior Design through interview)
  
3.
Bachelor of Architecture Programme
The
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Programme in the School of HBP is unique
among courses offering LAM Part II accreditation. This is a continuation
of Bachelor of Science HBP (Architecture) or a similar Degree from other
local universities or abroad with LAM Part I or equivalent. In
addition to training future architects to be competent in exploring the
design process and related skills vital to a professional architect, it also
provides opportunities for students to conduct a special area of study
touching on contemporary issues such as sustainability, special technologies,
conservation or other areas of special interests.
The course
comprises of two years where the first year aims at exposing students to a
housing design of unique nature as a human settlement concept and also multi-storey building design with emphasis
on technological aspects, as the two major projects. Students are also expected to explore
smaller projects of different variety, sites context and scale.
In the
final year students are expected to do an independent design thesis study of
a challenging typology that suits their interest and touches on wider
architectural issues. An important
element of the design is the energy efficient consideration as one of the
objectives to produce future designers who are energy conscious, forward
thinking and sensitive at exploring architecture design within an array of
contemporary issues and styles.
The pre-requisite to enter the course is to have
undergone a total duration of 6 months practical training (can be in two
consecutive training – 3 months & 3 months). The path to Bachelor of
Architecture that is offered by the School of HBP is as shown below:
4.
Unit
Requirement
The school’s requirements for students to at the School
of HBP are summarised as follows:
4.1 Core Courses (72 Units)
These
courses are mandatory for all students and they have to obtain a pass. These
courses contain the fundamental topics of the School's curriculum and are
coded 'T'.
4.2 Elective Courses
(36 Units)
Elective
courses are alternative courses offered by the School. Students who have chosen to major in one of
the programmes, are required to take certain related electives that are
classified as priority. When this requirement is satisfied, the student may
register for any other electives of their own choice. Code to be used is 'Y'.
4.3 Practical Training
All
B.Sc. (HBP) students are required to undergo Practical Training for a period
of 12 weeks during their long term vacation in their second year. Practical training carries 6 units out of
72 units of core courses.
Candidates undergoing
B.Arch. programme are required to fulfill a practical training requirement of
12 weeks at suitable places during their third year long vacation.
Unit
requirement for graduation in architecture as required is as follows:-
(A) Bachelor of
Science (Housing, Building and Planning with Honours - Architecture)
(3 years)
B.Sc.
(HBP) (Architecture) Programme Units
Core
Courses 72
Elective
Courses 36
University
Courses 19
Total 127
(B) Bachelor
of Architecture (Additional 2
years)
The
programme is an additional 2 years course from the normal HBP course which
stream-line towards the degree of Architecture.
B.Arch. Programme Units
Core Courses 53
Electives
Courses
16
Additional remedial
courses of 12 units required
(for non-BSc HBP
(Architecture) graduate)
Total 69
5. Course
Duration
Period B.Sc. (HBP) B.Arch.
Minimum
semesters 6* 4*
Maximum
semesters 10* 6*
*Each Semester
has 14 study weeks, 1 revision week and 3 examination weeks.
6. Academic Calendar
7. Studio Courses
Studio courses are mandatory
for all students to pass, i.e. with achievements of Grade C and
above. Students obtaining Grade C- and
below will be required to repeat the course.
CORE
COURSES (14 Units)
Code Title
RUS 104/7 - Integrated Studio I
RUS 106/7 - Design
Studio
BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE HBP (ARCHITECTURE) (28 Units)
Code Title
RAS 203/7 - Architecture Studio 1
RAS 204/7 - Architecture Studio 2
RAS 305/7 - Architecture Studio 3
RAS 306/7 - Architecture
Studio 4
BACHELOR
OF (ARCHITECTURE) (40 Units)
Code Title
RAS 403/8 - Architecture Studio 5
RAS 404/8 - Architecture Studio 6
RAS 503/12 - Architecture Studio 7
RAS 504/12 - Architecture
Studio 8
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