New 

Vernacular 

Grounds 

The International Forum for Architecture Thesis Design in Taiwan & Southeast Asia was started in 2019 to promote mutual interaction, discourse and understanding between architecture graduates, academics and practitioners. The annual event comprises (1) an exhibition of graduate works, (2) mutual project reviews, (3) a forum of talks, and (4) roundtable discussions. Through the event, it is hoped that participants may mutually appreciate the specificities and characteristics of Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries, and to direct these forward as we strategize in relation to the future of the education and practice of architecture.

The theme for this year's forum is New Vernacular Grounds. As the world emerges from dealing with the pandemic, we deem the term “vernacular” as a vital consideration for a way forward. It is presently used variously to mean “domestic, native, indigenous, and local,” with people across the world focused on available materials, methods and resources within their reach, including in urban design and architecture. We convene this year to think through and discuss how we may proceed as environmental designers based on these new vernacular grounds. Join us in the first week of December 2022 at RexKL and at UCSI University.

ABOUT

Annabelle Tan Kai Lin

Present, Past and Post-Tropicality

Alya Hasna

The Architecture of Vibration:
Form Follows Resonance!

Cheng Han Hsun

Clothes City

Elvin Kee

Redefining the Earthen Fabric

Muhammad Barkah

Patches! Urban Acupuncture in Braga Village

Julian Cedric S. Malto

The Underground Corridor

Jeff Ong Seng Peng

Reclaiming Kampung Sembulan

Emmerson Juliano Santosa

The Essence of Absence: Komodo Observatory

Graduates

Gabriela Torres

The Coast is Clear

Hein Min Thaung

“A Home”

Hsieh Tsung Yuan

Modern Primitive

Ou Tsung Han

De/Re-coding of the μ Port

Teoh Ling Sin

The Jugra Tourism Hub

Chan Jian Jin (Nigel)

REimage Place: Pudu Market Redevelopment

Jaffar A Kutty

Kenetic Panaderia

Tien Jun Xiang

Unchartered Ark

Chen Yun-Chen

Museum Visionary

Chawin Chantharasuphit

The Karen Diaspora Refugees Camp

Zuo Yuchen

The Moving Market

Hsu Chia Ho

Symbolism of Arch- legal architecture

Evelyn Lim Zia Huei

Reimagination of Longhouse

Huang Chen Chieh

Freedom within Machinery

Min Yen Liu

Renew, Renovate, and Rebirth

Kal Sukan Kongam

Agricultural Resilience Center For Community Doi Tao Chiang Mai

Chen Tsung Wen

The Rebel of the Operational Landscape

Tajuddin Rasdi

UCSI University

Keynote Speaker

Rodolfo P. Ventura

University of Santo Tomas

Forum Panelist

Ling Hao

Linghao Architects

Forum Speaker

Chuta Sinthuphan

Creative Economy Agency

Forum Speaker

Chang Yong Ter

Chang Architects

Forum Speaker

Mohammad Cahyo Novianto

IAAN (Indonesia Architecture Archive Network)

Forum Speaker

Lee Youngil

AUA (Asian United Architecture) Association

Forum Speaker

Guo-Chou Chen

Shih Chien University

Forum Speaker

Teoh Chee Keong

UCSI University

Forum Moderator

Lai Chee Kien

Forum Moderator

Jeanne Lee

Ming Chuan University

Forum Moderator

Speakers

Ivan Man Dy

Forum Speaker

RSVP Forum link NVG 2022

Chittawadi Chitrabongs

Chulalongkorn University

Achmad Deni Tardiyana

Institute of Technology, Bandung

Baktiar Amir

UCSI University

Hsueh Cheng-Luen

National Cheng Kung University

Carlos Romelle Hernandez

University of Santo Tomas

Chen Hsuan Cheng

Chung Yuan Christian University

Liu BoSheng

Feng Chia University

Ferdinand Isidro de la Paz

De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde

Delegates

Felia Srinaga

Universitas Pelita Harapan

Wang Chun-Hsiung

Shih Chien University

Leonido M. Gines Jr.

University of the Philippine

Nazmi Anuar

Taylor’s University

Kemas Ridwan Kurniawan

University of Indonesia

Jeanne Lee

Ming Chuan University

Liu Hui-Fang

Chinese Culture University

Poon Khuansuwan

King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang

Jerome Ng Xin Hao

Bartlett School of Architecture

Wei Tseng

Tunghai University

Rattapong Angkasih

Chiang Mai University

Tsuto Sakamoto

National University of Singapore

Yeo Kang Shua

Singapore University of Technology and Design

Wu Yao Ting

Shih Chien University

Lin Ching-Chuan

National Taipei University of Technology

Hwang Cheng-Chun

National Cheng Kung University

Huat Lim

UCSI University

Wu Yao Ting

Shih Chien University

Organizing Committee

Teoh Chee Keong

UCSI University

Lai Chee Kien

Singapore

Wang Chun-Hsiung

Shih Chien University

Gwendolyn Chan Mei Yee

UCSI University

Chen Yu Ning

Shih Chien University

Cheng HanHsun

Shih Chien University

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VENUE

REXKL

80, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

No. 1, UCSI Heights, Jalan Puncak Menara Gading, Taman Connaught, 56000 Cheras, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

UCSI University

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