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Week 1: Anatomy of Innovation_24.03.2022

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Week 1: Anatomy of Innovation_24.03.2022

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Microsoft Operating System

1.      What were their Unique Value Proposition? (UVP)

Microsoft originally launched Windows in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS, the original operating system of the PC. However, in 1990, when Microsoft launched Windows 3.0, it leveraged its relationships with PC manufacturers to preinstall the operating system (rather than shipping it separately). More than 30 manufacturers agreed to include the program for free and preinstalled it with every machine. As a result, Windows rapidly gained in popularity — shipping over one million copies just two months after launch.

Once consumers had learned how to use Windows and compatible programs, most of them were reluctant to invest the time, cost, and effort to learn a new operating system and new programs. PC users effectively got themselves locked into the Microsoft ecosystem once they purchased their first Windows-equipped PC.

(1) It is multitasking, multi-user and multithreading operating system.

(2) It also supports virtual memory management system to allow multiprogramming.

(3) Symmetric multiprocessing allows to it to schedule various tasks on any CPU in a multiprocessor system.

·         A reliable market leader that provides software solutions, many of them for free.

·         Compatible apps and software on many platforms, from phones to computers.

·         A trusted source of expertise for consulting and a large user base for advertisers.

2.      What were their Pain Points? (N)

Early personal-computer operating systems were simple by today’s standards; they did not provide multitasking and required the user to type commands to initiate an action. The amount of memory that early operating systems could handle was limited as well, making large programs impractical to run. The most popular of the early operating systems was IBM’s Disk Operating System, or DOS, which was actually developed for them by Microsoft.

3.      What were their Approach in solving the need? (A)

Microsoft Windows offered a graphical user interface (GUI) for personal computer users to click on boxes rather than enter commands.

4.      What were benefits of their approach? (B)

Users familiar with earlier versions of Microsoft Windows will probably also find the more modern ones easy to work with. Besides, there is a huge selection of software and hardware available for Windows. This is both due to and the reason for Microsoft's dominance of the world market for PC computer operating systems and office software. Virtually all hardware manufacturers will offer support for a recent version of Windows when they go to market with a new product.

5.      How did they differentiate their innovations from their competitions? (C)

Microsoft has differentiated itself from its competitors by providing competitive pricing and offering flexible deployment options to its customers across different geographical markets.

Its close competitors, such as IBM, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), offer similar products with differentiated pricing strategies.

Microsoft has what Warren Buffett calls a strong moat: competitive advantages that protect it from rivals and enable its large profits. Microsoft's intellectual property—specifically, its patents and proprietary software code—contribute to the depth of its moat.

With Microsoft’s AI, IoT, and Quantum Computing focus shifting towards newer technologies to enhance its product offerings, it is likely to further improve its position in the market.

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Week 2: Forum "Pain Points in Timber Construction in Malaysia"_31.03.2022

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Week 2: Forum "Pain Points in Timber Construction in Malaysia"_31.03.2022

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https://www.facebook.com/SenibinaUPM/posts/480611333845950
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEhEl5AmqE

Timber construction is deemed to be the more sustainable solution for the looming crisis in post pandemic construction Industry. Many examples elsewhere had shown the advancement of timber construction. They are slowly making headway into the mainstream construction. However, in Malaysia, ironically, where quality timbers are exported, the timber construction sector seems rather sluggish to keep pace with development abroad.

The forum focus on critical issues such as:

Supply issues, price and quality

Certification issues

Acceptance issues

Technical issues

Other ‘pains’ encountered in the industry, locally and internationally

This forum opened up my eye and mind to the width and breadth of issues in timber in modern construction.

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Week 3: Seminar Discussion: Anatomy of an Innovation _07.04.2022

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Week 3: Seminar Discussion: Anatomy of an Innovation _07.04.2022

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Today's discussion gave me a better understanding on the method to come out with a strategized thinking process when identifying problems and solutions. 4 aspects that we need to identified: Needs, Approach, Benefits and Competitors. It is important to know your NABC, in this case when you need to sell your idea.

By this anatomy, we could quickly identify the pain points of each problem, construct a solution plans, and identify what are  the pros and cons compared to the other competitors, consequently as an innovative solution that brings more advantage to the issue.

Our group are given task to study the Microsoft Operating System, identify their pain points and what approach of achieving such success.

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Week 4: Discussion of Timber Pavilion Competition NABC_14.04.2022

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Week 4: Discussion of Timber Pavilion Competition NABC_14.04.2022

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ARC 5701_Group 3_Timber Pavillion NABC Presentation

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Week 4: Discussion of Sustainable Forest Viewing Tower Design Competition NABC_14.04.2022

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Week 4: Discussion of Sustainable Forest Viewing Tower Design Competition NABC_14.04.2022

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NABC Analysis / group 7/ Sustainable Forest Viewing Tower Design Competition

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Week 5:Timber Pavilion Design Input_21.04.2022

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Week 5:Timber Pavilion Design Input_21.04.2022

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Idea Brainstorm:

Proposed Site: To Be Confirmed

1. Needs / Pain Point:

Concrete jungle - high density of large, unattractive, modern buildings. Perceived as an unpleasant living environment

Creating the conditions to empower the use of collective space

2. Approach

Civic Engagement

Climate Design

Hybrid Architecture

Interactive Places

Resilient Environments

Urban Activation

Materials - To explore the history and merits of timber as a construction material, push the limits of its use, and highlight its versatility and durability

3. Benefits

Health and wellbeing - Improved emotional state, and self-expression. Improved air quality by moderating humidity, encouraging easier breathing

Peace of mind and much-needed shade

Improve environmental footprint - embodied carbon

Strategies of very low or zero energy consumption, we conceive solutions for open spaces that adapt to the climate, using available natural and cultural resources

Contribute to Social-Economy

By creating ‘physical’ spaces people can interact with, obtain information from, or even adapt to their own needs, our work contributes to the empowerment of smart citizens

Adds a new dimension to public space and broadens the experience of inhabiting the complex

Favour interaction, empowerment, and social relations

4. Competitions

Modularity - Easy assembly. To provide a large variety of uses. To create a playful and welcoming environment

Recycle Timber Material - Renewable and Recyclable, Stronger and Cheaper Engineered wood

Function to showcase an exhibition about timber as a construction material.

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Week 5: CHiMP Viewing Tower Design Input_21.04.2022

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Week 5: CHiMP Viewing Tower Design Input_21.04.2022

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Identify the needs that give special focus to the design
Eg. Renewable energy, sustainable design

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Health: This pavilion to pause, sit and stay can aid the health and emotional well-being sustainability.
Social Sustainability: providing pleasant and including playful and educational elements and inviting social interactions and engagements.
Economic Sustainability: attractive, driving the flow of people and driving the sales of surrounding businesses to increase.
Environment Sustainability: improve the quality of human life without putting unnecessary strain on the earth's supporting ecosystems. It’s about creating an equilibrium between consumerist human culture and the living world.

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Week 6: CHiMP Viewing Tower Design  Concept

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Week 6: CHiMP Viewing Tower Design  Concept

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Designed to be completely demountable and reusable, it is intended to be an exploration of the issues surrounding timber's place in the circular economy and its use in modular construction.

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Horizontal scattered  >  Vertical stacked  >  Canopy expansion  >  Growth of greens

The pavilion comprises a 'vertical maze' of scattered timber blocks and a 'horizontal maze' of stacked timber blocks allowing the public to enjoy and dive into a woodland experience that will gently stimulate your senses and leave you feeling less stressed and in a lighter mood. We have known for a long time that a walk or staying in the woods is a natural therapy that makes us feel good.

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Week 7: CHiMP Viewing Tower Concept Board

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Week 7: CHiMP Viewing Tower Concept Board

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Week 8: Timber Pavilion - Presentation Board

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Week 8: Timber Pavilion - Presentation Board

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Astaka Bukit Jalil - "The Missing Nexus"

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Week 8: CHiMP Viewing Tower - Presentation Board

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Week 8: CHiMP Viewing Tower - Presentation Board

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Reflection Day 01 - Road Towards New World

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Reflection Day 01 - Road Towards New World

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My road trip bucket list checked when the course - ARC5701 offered me the opportunity to visit the state that I wish to travel a long time ago.
I was excited few days before the trip, words can't describe my feelings. Look forward to explore a new destination, culture, crafts, food and people.
Let's the journey begin...…

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Filled with a distinctly cultural personality of Malay character, the state of Terengganu is where people come to experience a traditional Malaysia.

Terengganu holds the charms and splendor from others state in Malaysia. Despite rapid development and modernization, it is as if time has stood still as the state retains all the rustic and idyllic charms so different from other tourist destination.

As a student of Master of Architecture in UPM, the trip was fascinating and opened my eye and mind towards the charms and gems of east coast Malaysia, explored and appreciated the impressive heritage buildings, museum and artworks that are slowly forgot by the new generations.

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“唐人街” , pronounced "Tang Ren Jie" which means Chinatown in Chinese.
Terengganu Tangrenpo (Malay : Kampung Cina, Jawi: كامڤوڠ چينا , vernacular: tn̂g-lâng-pho ) is a Chinatown located in Kuala Terengganu, the capital of Terengganu , Malaysia.
Terengganu Tangrenpo is one of the earliest Chinese gathering places in Southeast Asia, and the area is full of stately old-style residences, temples, shophouses and commercial establishments. The Tangrenpo is small, but its roads are lined with colorful retro shops.

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Masjid Abidin -  one of the landmark located nearby our accomodation, Hotel YT Midtown. It is also located within 10 minutes walk distance from Chinatown

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Reflection: Day 02 - Exploration of East Coast

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Reflection: Day 02 - Exploration of East Coast

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We are getting to explore the beauty of hidden gems in Terengganu, led by Dr. Zaky, is a wonderful journey that I manage to enjoy the scenery of "Kampung" that's is peaceful and calm, motive behind every buildings and fantastic craftsmanship behind every arts and crafts.

The roads towards each destination is fascinating, K.T. is not a well developed city as if Kuala Lumpur which every destination that we approaching are surrounded by the beauty of nature. Leading us towards a new gem of nature at the east coast area.

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Surau Langgar Rindu - A Poem Translation to Express Admiration for the greatness of Allah SWT

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Surau Langgar Rindu - A Poem Translation to Express Admiration for the greatness of Allah SWT

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Langgar Rindu, a unique surau located on the main road Kuala Terengganu-Merang in Kampung Rhu Tapai. Its uniqueness is able to amaze anyone who sees the structure.
This wooden-structure surau are made by tembusu and cengal wood, which were fundamental building materials in the past. Without referring to any sketch plan, En. Abdul Karim Embong progressively building it alone since 2014 with the intention to be a house of worship for local community and travelling prayers.

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Akademi Nik Rashiddin, Galeri & Muzium Warisan Langkasuka

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Akademi Nik Rashiddin, Galeri & Muzium Warisan Langkasuka

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ANR is located on a 6 acre land nearby a beach at Kampung Kandis, Bachok. It was surrounded by fisherman village and local farmers that plant vegetables, watermelon, sweet potatoes and catch fishes as their main source of income.

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Akademi Nik Rashiddin, Galeri & Muzium Warisan Langkasuka

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Akademi Nik Rashiddin, Galeri & Muzium Warisan Langkasuka

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ANR is a tradition, knowledge and heritage centre of Malay wood carving initiated by the late Allahyarham Nik Rashiddin Hj. Nik Hussein. The art of wood carving is being applied to wooden house, keris, and old palace furniture. The 190 year old Rumah Tiang 12 is still well maintained and served as museum and research purposes.

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Reflection: Day 03 - Towards the End of the Trip

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Reflection: Day 03 - Towards the End of the Trip

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The last day of the trip, heavy hearted yet keep surprising me. Understanding the importance of traditional culture and art inheritance, innovative steps taken to appreciate and preserve the culture that getting disappear. The great vision to preserve and advocate the restoration of Malay classic, wooden house.

The heritage buildings in Terengganu are well preserved and appreciated by the locals. Great appreciation towards their effort on keeping this precious heritage building in a well condition, we're able to study and being inspired by the spirit, determination, workmanships of the craftsman in the olden days when technology is not advanced during that time.

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Conservation Rumah Tiang Kembar dan Rumah Limas (PSMS)

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Conservation Rumah Tiang Kembar dan Rumah Limas (PSMS)

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The magnificent two-storey Limas house in Jalan Tok Lam, Kuala Terengganu was built in the 1920s, during the reign of Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Shah (1920-1942). Originally, this house and the White Mosque were located in Kampung Dalam which is part of Istana Maziah. It has long been known by the local community as the 'Twin Pillar House' because its porch pillars are built in a row of five pairs in twins.

The conservation of this heritage building was implemented by the National Heritage Department, Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture in 2009-2010. There are structures and building elements that have been buried or replaced and modified. Among the effects of significant changes can be seen during the initial recruitment for conservation work is in the verandah on the top floor where brick walls and nako mirrored windows have been built. The same goes for the addition of a toilet block at the front. While on the ground floor, a similar situation has occurred where the same space has been made new walls and windows. Among the conservation work carried out is to tear down the new elements and return them to the original elements. During the execution of the work, a well was found buried in the bottom of the house.

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The Haji Su Heritage House -  Beauty of the Mixing Elements of Dutch and the Bujang Berpeleh Kembar Tiga Home

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The Haji Su Heritage House -  Beauty of the Mixing Elements of Dutch and the Bujang Berpeleh Kembar Tiga Home

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One of the traditional Malay mansion in Kuala Terengganu. The heritage house featuring design of the Dutch and the Bujang Berpeleh Kembar Tiga home which is closely related to the Terengganu state, taking into the suitability of the environment and the life of the Malay community as well as the Islamic religion. The restoration work were carefully done by Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Terangganu.

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Terrapuri Heritage Village - New Face of the Forgotten

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Terrapuri Heritage Village - New Face of the Forgotten

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Terrapuri - The Land of Palaces is a holiday getaway resort that is built along the conservation and restoration lines of Terengganu's Malay Classic, Wooden House. It features 29 restored, antique heritage villas that are over 100 years old, with its design inspired by the 17th century palaces of Terengganu.

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Although we now have advance technology such as 3D laser cutting technology, wood carving machines that are still in use from the past, it is still not comparable with the traditional wood carving method which every piece of art is born uniquely that the spirit of the craftsman left remarkable in every piece of their masterpiece.

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Kedai Fyra -  An Innovative Woodworking Workshop

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Kedai Fyra -  An Innovative Woodworking Workshop

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This innovative woodworking workshop owned by En. Haji Burhan Ashari with the concept of promoting affordable decoration and furniture made by cengal wood. Innovation in terms of finishing and decoration of the wooden product, i.e. coloring medium, modern carving pattern and production in bulk.

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Boat Maker @ Pulau Duyong -  To Keep Boatbuilding Heritage Alive

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Boat Maker @ Pulau Duyong -  To Keep Boatbuilding Heritage Alive

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Wooden boat and yacht building industry was thriving several decades ago. With the intension to uphold this traditional heritage alive through the world tourism map, the boat maker En. Abdillah Abdul Ghani still remains his boatyard in Kampung Pulau Duyong.
The local villagers are proud of Pulau Duyong's world-class boatbuilding industry which at one time drew the attention of boat and yacht enthusiasts from all over the world, thanks to the skills of artisans who used neither blueprints nor nails to make the handcrafted wooden boats.

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Week 15: Timber Pavilion Competition - Website Design

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Week 15: Timber Pavilion Competition - Website Design

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https://oddaudworking.wixsite.com/arc5701-website

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The pavilion comprises a 'vertical maze' of scattered timber blocks and a 'horizontal maze' of stacked timber blocks allowing the public to enjoy and dive into a woodland experience that will gently stimulate your senses and leave you feeling less stressed and in a lighter mood. We have known for a long time that a walk or staying in the woods is a natural therapy that makes us feel good. Designed to be completely demountable and reusable, it is intended to be an exploration of the issues surrounding timber's place in the circular economy and its use in modular construction.

Timber + Installation performance (Competitions)

Installation: Horizontal scattered > Vertical stacked
> Canopy expansion > Growth of greens

Modular construction is simple to set up, adaptable to any person or community, easy to change into any shape or size, and easier to move and rebuild for each exhibition or event.

Material: renewable and recycled timber- cross-laminated timber- engineered wood

To create solutions for open spaces that adapt to the climate of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reduce urban noise and offer a much more low energy consumption.

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The pavilion comprises a 'vertical maze' of scattered timber blocks and a 'horizontal maze' of stacked timber blocks allowing the public to enjoy and dive into a woodland experience that will gently stimulate your senses and leave you feeling less stressed and in a lighter mood.

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Week 15: CHiMP Viewing Tower - Website Design

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Week 15: CHiMP Viewing Tower - Website Design

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https://maxumazyoona.wixsite.com/group7

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NABC approach

Need of the tower is to:-
- Provide an optimal solutions when the key priorities are responsible use of available space.
- Create an affordable and cost-effective solution for eco-tourism.
- Maximize the flexibility of viewing tower.
- Create a construction systems that are flexile, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing.

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Approach:-
- Use modular construction designs which are versatile and offer huge potential, despite the serial production methods and standardized architectural concepts.
- To design a vernacular tower that relates to context and is open to all sides to maximize the good views.
- Perform eye-catching design to attract visitors.
- To to have low carbon design which needs low maintenance.

Benefit:-
- Modular construction is much easier than other types of construction and also the labor cost is lower.
- Durable and needs less maintenance because it is fire resistant and moisture tolerant.
- It offers breathtaking panoramic views which attract more visitors and tourists to the area.

Competition:-
- To create a durable structure and cost efficient viewing tower.
- A shelter that can adapt to all time usage (shelter during drizzle, platform for star-gazing/bird watching, photoshoot, etc.)
- Modular construction is cheaper and faster, hence making the construction less complex. At the same time the tower can be disassembled and reassembled as required.

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Home | Group 7 (Sustainable Forest Viewing Tower Design Competition)

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NABC approach Need of the tower is to:-- Provide an optimal solutions when the key priorities are responsible use of available space.- Create an affordable and cost-effective solution for eco-tourism.- Maximize the flexibility of viewing tower.- Create a construction systems that are flexile, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing.