FORUM

ON
DESIGN
ENERGY
DESIGN
WITH
NATURE
DESIGN
DIRECTION
TRENDY
DESIGN
DESIGN
STAR
AND
MORE

michel made
rojkind wijaya

Half-Day Programme 2pm - 6pm

ORUM
ESIGN
kl convention centre

carlos worapong
andr rios changchat
esteves

Registration
Fee
Datum KL 07 Participants
RM100.00
Students
RM100.00
PAM Members, Interior
Designers and AcademiciansRM130.00
Others
RM150.00
CPD Points
2 points

Organised by Pusat Binaan Sdn Bhd Held in conjunction with

(a wholly-owned subsidiary company of PAM)
 carlos andrs rios esteves So Paulo /

made wijaya
Brazil, Carlos worked for Aflalo & Gasperini Architects in South America
Designer and author Made Wijaya has where he developed mostly high-profile multi-family residential and
been delighting us with his books and gardens for the past thirty years. commercial buildings like the 'Rochavera Plaza' building in So Paulo.
He is best known for his romantic Balinese garden designs and for his
books and films on the architecture and culture of Bali. His resort With the "Hoye Buell International Architecture Award" for the proposal
gardens are particularly famous in properties such as the Bali Hyatt, The for the Olympic Games in So Paulo, Cartlos went to London where he
Bali Oberoi, The Four Seasons Jimbarab, Bali, the Amandari, Taj completed the external degree in "Real Estate Development Economy &
Wellington Mews India, Bulgari, Bali. Currently, he is working on Design" awarded by Columbia University, USA. It was also in London
designs for the Asian Garden section of the new Naples Botanical where he met architects like Bernard Tschumi and Norman Foster.
Garden in Florida, USA.
While in Europe, he participated in the winning London Bid for the 2012
He has written five books on architecture and landscape design; one of Olympic Games and also worked in Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
which, the Tropical Garden Design has sold over 100,000 copies and
has been translated into French and Chinese. Joining Somfy's International Living Architecture Unit, he has been
responsible for the interaction with international projects, providing
At present Made Wijaya writes three regular columns: Stranger in consultancy for the design of faades and sun-protection systems for
Paradise the diary of an expatriate in Bali, for Hello Bali: Low-Res the well-being of the users, and faster return of investment.
the travel diaries of an amateur photographer for the Sunday Express,
Chennai: Frequent Flier on Maximum Alert for Travel and Leisure
magazine (Bangkok).

His latest book will be out by the end of July and advance order of the
REGISTRATION FORM
book with a 25% discount can be made after the Forum.

Made Wijayas talk will be on Post-Zen Depression.

KL DESIGN FORUM
Half-Day Programme 2pm - 6pm

warapong changchat obtained his degree from 05 July 2007 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Raugsit University, Bangkok where he majored in industrial design. His
training in industrial design finds its expressions in the exquisite details
of his interior design components.
Registration Fees
He is currently the design director at P Interior and Associates Co Ltd, RM 100.00 Datum KL 07 Participants
one of the most avant garde interior design firms in Bangkok. RM 100.00 Students

Warapong Changchat has completed projects not only in Thailand, but RM 130.00 PAM Members, Interior Designers and Academicians
also in Abu Dhabi and India. In 2003, he was the Antron Design Award RM 150.00 Others
Asia Pacific, corporate / office category for his Krungthai Card Plc.
I, ______________________________________________ wish to register for
KL Design Forum, to be held on Thursday 5 July 2007 at Kuala

michel rojkind is not yet 40, and he is only been

Lumpur Convention Centre.

designing buildings for a dozen years. (He was a rock n roll drummer for
My cheque (_________________________________________________________)
a decade before.) But he is fast gaining an international reputation that
places him in very heady competition. for RM_______________________________________________________________
made payable to PUSAT BINAAN SDN BHD, is enclosed.
Since 2002 Michel Rojkind has had his own Mexico City firm, rojkind
arquitectos, which was recognized in 2005 by Architectural Record as one
of the worlds 10 best design vanguard firms. He has built about 15 Name_______________________________________________________________
projects to date in Mexico, has multiple projects underway worldwide, and
has been short-listed in competitions in Canada and Spain. PAM Corporate/Graduate/Student/Academician

Most impressively, he was one of just five architectural firms worldwide (delete where applicable)
invited to submit designs for an enormous cultural centre in the Middle Others
East. Its a very big deal, he acknowledges. I get invited to lots of (please specify______________________________________________________)
competitions, but this one was different because of the large scale and
few entries. The other four are these monster architectural firms, so just to
be included in that circle with the big guys is such an honour. Name of Firm and Address

He was on track towards the traditional definition of success when he

stepped back and thought hard about what he really wanted. I had the
opportunity to work in a big architectural office, he says with a shrug.
But I hate conforming with what Im supposed to be. Instead he took Tel
the riskier path of launching his own firm so he could design buildings Fax
his own way.
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He delves deep into his clients lives, exploring their families, careers,
pursuits and interests to inform his designs. Its about knowing the Note:
person Im working for, he says. I want to know how the husband and Please send or fax this form back to
wife met, how they see themselves and their children in the future, what Pusat Binaan Sdn Bhd
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(Fax: 03-2693 2849 or 2692 8782) for early registration.
Michel Rojkinds visit and lecture is sponsored by AQ Technology, (Tel: 03 2693 2843)
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