International conference series on green building opens in Jakarta
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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.
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