Student Work Showcase

Celebrating exemplary student design projects that demonstrate sustainability, creativity, and critical thinking.

This archive showcases outstanding student work from my sustainability-focused design and theory courses, particularly ARC5630: Sustainable Development Issues. Each featured project demonstrates clarity, depth, and a thoughtful integration of environmental strategies in architectural design.

The Master of Architecture program at Universiti Putra Malaysia began in 2016, building on the foundation of the Bachelor of Architecture, first offered in 2004. Since then, the program has grown in strength and depth under the Faculty of Design and Architecture (FRSB), with a strong emphasis on sustainability, contextual responsiveness, and design innovation.

These works celebrate student creativity and critical thinking, illustrating how sustainability can shape—and elevate—architectural innovation from the outset.

Explore the collections below, organised by academic year:

Academic Year 2024/25

Theme: Designing with Climate, Rooted in Subang
This showcase highlights how architecture can respond intelligently and sensitively to the challenges of a rapidly urbanising, transit-oriented district. Set within the context of the Subang Airport redevelopment zone, each student project explores how environmental design strategies—such as passive cooling, daylighting, water management, and ecological integration—can drive innovation at both the building and urban scale. The selected one-board submissions reflect a place-based approach to sustainability, where climate, context, and community are treated not as constraints, but as creative potential.

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Academic Year 2023/24

Theme: Architecture of Happiness – Design for Urban Resilience in Bukit Nanas
This showcase presents student design proposals that reimagine Bukit Nanas as a catalyst for urban regeneration and collective well-being. Through diverse programmatic responses—ranging from learning centres to community markets—these works explore how architecture can heal, connect, and revitalise the forest–city edge. Set in one of Kuala Lumpur’s most ecologically and culturally significant landscapes, the projects demonstrate how thoughtful design can bridge environmental sensitivity with social purpose.

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About the Assignment

The Green Design Proposal is an assessed assignment under ARC5630, requiring students to integrate a minimum of 12 sustainable strategies—across transportation, stormwater management, passive cooling, solar design, ecological diversity, and material use—into their final studio projects. As a key exercise in applying integrated environmental strategies in studio projects, each board reflects the student’s ability to turn environmental knowledge into architectural action.

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