 Ridzwa A Fathan B. Architecture Chicago, MSAAD New York  Ridzwa brings along extensive architectural & urban design experience from the Far-East, Mid-East and the UK. Spending most of his early years of architecture in America, Ridzwa was trained under Arthur Takeuchi at IIT Chicago, Hani Rashid at Columbia University and at Asymptote Architecture New York soon after. Formerly Design Director at T.R. Hamzah & Yeang Kuala Lumpur, a renowned ECO-architectural practice headed by Dr Ken Yeang, his notable works include the GREEN Mark Award National Library Board Building of Singapore completed in 2004, the Putrajaya Boulevard Masterplan competition proposal and the Jabal Omar & Shamiyah Masterplan competition proposals for Makkah, Saudi Arabia in 1999, among others. As a director at TP Bennett in London between 2006 to 2012, Ridzwa analysed the London Bridge quarter as part of the Network Rail team of consultants designing the new London Bridge Station. The big aim for him was to enhance the potential of regeneration towards London as a compact city. Currently as director at CITYLAB PROJECTS Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, Ridzwa is determined to realise architecture for future generations via creation of meaningful public centric projects and sustainability; this through cross pollination of his vast industry experience accumulated over 20 years. Ridzwa is fascinated by the evolution of CITIES...its growth towards hyper-density, its natural systems & mutation of architectures as projection of intelligent forms. Using design as a tool, he conducts critical analysis of demands and designs collectively to form an array of NEW spatial typologies & hybrid conditions. These are spatiality’s that extend the environments and landscapes we work, live and thrive in. Current Director CITYLAB PROJECTS sdn bhd Architecture & Urban Design 2011 – Present Director AKA Architecture & Urban Design 2011 – Present Director PROTOTYPE CITIES design & cities 2011 – Present Director PROTOTYPE GALLERY ART & lifestyle 2014 – Present Past Director citylab design studio Architecture & Urban Design 2005 – 2011 tp bennett LLP Architecture & Planning industry March 2005 – Present Director asia design forum, ADF Management, Kuala Lumpur Architecture & Planning industry 1999 – 2004 (5 years) Director tr hamzah & yeang Architecture & Planning industry 1997 – 2004 (7 years) Designer asymptote architecture Architecture & Planning industry 1995 – 1997 (2 years) Teaching Assistant Columbia University Architecture & Planning industry 1995 – 1996 (1 year) Teaching Assistant to Hani Rashid   Bandar Malaysia Library Terminal - proposal 2010 |
Visiting lecturer at University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury. Unit tutor with Sam Jacoby for VSP Programme at the Architectural Association, London. Bachelor of Architecture (Hons), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA Masters of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (Hons), Columbia University, New York, USA Exhibition
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2014 – present prototypeCITIES, kuala lumpur 2012 – present citylabprojects, kuala lumpur 2004 – present citylabstudio, kuala lumpur Luxury Residence, Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur BAT Flagship store; Façade as Urban Interface, Kuala Lumpur AQUARIA @ KLCC, KLCC Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur Al-Reemscraper, Tamouh Tower , Abu Dhabi, UAE Al-Reem Resi-Towers, Mixed –use complex, Abu Dhabi, UAE Al-Hafeet Resort Masterplan, Al-Ain, UAE Emirates Tower, Astana, Kazakhstan 2006 – present tp bennett, london Transport + Regeneration London Bridge Station & Masterplan Designs for London Bridge Station reconstruction to include Thameslink 2000 interchange HUB + air-rights development + regeneration of the London Bridge quarter. New structures to enable optimization of renewable energies up to 25%!, creation of flow diagram and new economic HUB. t Public Building Brent Civic Centre, Wembley Brent is an incredibly rich and diverse Borough, with a multicultural population that challenges the traditional preconceptions of how best a town hall should serve its public. The new Civic Centre, located at the heart of the new masterplan for the Wembley Regeneration Area, is envisaged to reflect this society and be able to adapt and change to meet the current and future demand of the people, economy and the environment. TP Bennett’s scheme absorbs this context and transforms the Town Hall into a new transparent environment which is truly a building for the public Education Haringey Council, Heartlands High New build design for a secondary school. Design proposal will be extruded alongside NEW School Curriculum, ecological strategies, extreme site constrains, BSF requirements, Media Arts Specialism. Haringey Council, Haringey BSF White Hart Lane & St Thomas More 160,000 sq ft scheme design for redevelopment of secondary schoolsFurther exploration to integrate the community into the schools and development of the collaborative corridor as an accelerator for interaction between users. City University, Islington A new student and consulting facility for the campus. The concept extends the student centre doubling as a marketing space as the University re-position itself in the higher education marketplace. Islington Council, Crouch Hill Community Park 50,000 sq ft competition entry for new build primary school, nursery and community buildings within a park land. The scheme requires programme for dual-use; students and community where teaching and learning environments are distributed into the adjoining parkland. Yorkon Health JV Design analysis on Yorkon’s modular building components resulting in their new marketing campaign. Arrangement of tapered and straight module to enable possibilities for organic forms. Foremarke Hall, Repton School Invited design competition for a 3 phase new teaching facilities on an existing campus in Repton, Derbyshire. Urban Design London Bridge Masterplan Proposals for London Bridge Masterplan regeneration will connect Tooley Street and St Thomas Street. The proposal will potentially transform the train viaduct into a linear front towards Elephant and Castle regeneration framework. Aditum, Vosstaniya Square, St Petersburg 860,000 sq ft new build underground shopping centre linking various monuments by the main train station. The proposal includes view-cones as ‘urban samplings’ from above ground to extend public spaces to the underground mall. Fantasy Island, Al-Reem, Abu Dhabi Fantasy Island is a reclamation masterplan proposal off the coast of Al-Reem Island, Abu Dhabi for Tamouh LLC. The proposal, includes over ground and underwater accommodation, artificial ‘reef’ developments + scuba diving wrecks to make it a scuba diving and resort attraction for the region. Extensive greening over the island integrated with accommodation layout will give the island a unique overall experience. Facilities such as hotel, serviced residences, aqua theatre, extreme sports complex and multifunction theatre are located in clusters to achieve a natural blend between landscape and buildings. Blyth Council, Blyth Port New build urban design proposal for Blyth waterfront regeneration Proposal to include research on renewable energies from NAREC and GREENING strategies as connection to the waterfront. Minerva Plc, Young’s Brewery Regeneration Master Plan New build scheme design for mixed use regeneration master planDesign features distribution of public/semi public spaces connecting horizontal and vertical planning. Thyssen Krupp Campus headquarters design for international competitionThe campus design features practical and careful distribution of office blocks, GREENS and renewable planning integrated with public zones with galleries for product prototypes. Corporate BP Alternative Energy 26,000 sq ft fit-out in former County Hall with specific emphasis on sustainability and environmental issues. Competition ideas propose to exploit ethos of the company by utilizing low energy concept while creating a ‘converted warehouse’ corporate atmosphere. O2 Slough Headquarters 250,000 sq ft new build and refurbishment new headquarters campus. A new link, between two existing buildings, will house the main entrance.  re-imagining KL: retro-FUTURING | 1997 – 2004 tr hamzah & yeang, kuala lumpur Residential + Lifestyle Environments TA2 Condominium, Kuala Lumpur Peel Avenue Luxury Villas, Penang Residence at Antilia, 25 storey residential tower, Mumbai, India High end residential units at 24 Cantonment Road, for M/s Cherry Homes Sdn Bhd, Penang TTDI – 6D3, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur TTDI – 6D1, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur Elephant & Castle Towers, London Fathil Ismail’s Residence, Mines Country Resort, Selangor Office Buildings + Commercial Al-Ghorfa, Mixed use complex, Kuwait City, Kuwait Muliara Mesiniaga Penang Miri Marina Park, City Council and Aquarium complex, Sarawak New National Library Board Building, Singapore Business Advancement Technology Centre, missed use complex, Kuala Lumpur San Francisco Community Centre, San Francisco, California, USA Jakarta Telkom Towers, Jakarta, Indonesia Sime Darby Headquarters Complex, Shah Alam, Selangor CAAG, Contemporary African Art Gallery, Deptford Creek, London Trump Centre Stuttgart Competition, Stuttgart, Germany Design Proposal for 163 Castlereagh Street, Australia Greensquare Town Centre, Sydney, Australia Mewah Oils Headquarters Building, Northport, Klang, Selangor BB Park, Bukit Bintang Precinct for Low Yatt, Kuala Lumpur Urban Planning + GREENING Al Ain NEW World Destination master Plan, UAE Shamiyah Redevelopment masterplan, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Putrajaya Landscape master plan, Putrajaya Taipei theatre District Subscraper, Taipei, Taiwan FNWI development, Watergraafsmeer, for the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Parramatta Road Urban Design Competition to the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Sydney, Australia Commercial Landscape Guidelines, Alor Setar, Kedah Jabal Omar Towers, mixed use complex, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Beijing World Science & Trade Cetnre Competition for Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning & Design, Beijing, China Taipei Capital Plaza International Design Competition, Taipei, Taiwan Concept Plan Competition for the development of an Integrated Arts, Cultural and Entertainment District at the West Kowloon Reclamation, Hong Kong Hotels Al-ghorfa Tower, Kuwait Boutique Hotel, Concept Hard Rock Hotel, Port Dickson Putrajaya Business Hotel, Putrajaya Jabal Omar towers, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Ajyad Hotel and Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Institutional LimKokWing University, Cyberjaya, Selangor Millennium Library Project Queensland Cultural Centre, Precinct, Brisbane, Australia The Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel New National Library Board Building, Singapore SPECIAL Structures Gentry Billboard for Big Tree at Sungai Besi and Shah Alam, Selangor Proposed national Millennium Monument at Taman Persisiran Warisan Preceinct 2, Putrajaya for Perbadanan Putrajaya Interior Design Interior Design of Aquarium KLCC Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur Interior, fit-out and renovation of Australian Trade Commission Office at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, Kuala Lumpur Interior, fit-out and renovation of German Embassy, Tan & Tan Building, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Kuala Lumpur 1995-1997 asymptote architecture, new york Kyoto Business Park, Kyoto, Japan Univers Multimedia Theatres, Aarhus, Denmark Architexture, Urban Design, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995-1996 columbia university, new york Teaching Assistant to Hani Rashid 1994-1995 advanced architectural design, new york
Masters of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (Hons), Columbia University, New York, USA1989-1994 architecture, chicago Bachelor of Architecture (Hons), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA 1987-1988 AAD Programme @ KPP Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia MCKK, kuala kangsar 1982-1986 Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia   |
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