Talk [CLOSED]: "Building with the Mountain"

 TECHNICAL TALK ON  

"Building with the Mountain"

Date             :  05 Sep 2020 (Sat)

Time             :  12.30-2.30pm  (refreshment will be served)

Venue           :  Bayview Hotel

                          Sri Mas Ballroom, Level 4
                          Farquhar Street, Penang

Synopsis

“There is a lot of apprehension when it comes to building on slopes and mountainous terrain. In certain places there are limitations and even prohibition for varied reasons. So how to overcome this?

Our speaker, Dr. Peter A. Wyss, grew up in the highly mountainous country of Switzerland where he experienced, why, apart from Tourism, building Villages and even part of agglomerations on steep terrain have become the bread and butter for the construction industry. 

In Malaysia, he was commissioned as the chief planner of the Gunung Machinchang Masterplan and the designer of the Langkawi cable car and the iconic Skybridge, which are crowd pullers, attracting over 1.2 million visitors per year. Dr. Wyss will share with us some of the pertinent design and construction points to understand when building on steep terrain, including movie clips of how the Langkawi project came to life.”

Speaker’s Profile

Dr. Wyss holds a Master degree of Architecture and a Dr. of Technical Science (Urban Planning), both from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.

Professionally he has over 55 years of experience worldwide, (with a strong footing in Asia) as an Architect, City- and Transport-Planner for private companies, the United Nations and also as a lecturer at various Universities and international conferences.

He is a longstanding member of the "Swiss Institute of Architects and Engineers" (SIA), is the founding Director of Wyss Planning Consultants (www.wyssplan.com), and has contributed to the wider community as President of various organizations (Swiss Club Colombo, Sri Lanka, Swiss Club Singapore, Rotary Club Singapore and Swiss Malaysian Business Association, now known as Swiss Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (SMCC).

 R E G I S T R A T I O N 

• Closing Date: Registration should reach us latest by 02 Sep 2020 or when registration is full, whichever is earlier.
• Last minute registration will NOT be accepted.
• Registered member participant shall attend the seminar himself/herself personally. In the event a representative has been sent to attend, the representative must be a member of the same grade, otherwise the difference in registration fee must be paid before admission is allowed.
• Attendance by representative will not be issued with the Certificate of Attendance.
• Fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
• If fail to attend the event, the fee paid will not be refunded.

Registration with Payment: on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis.

 R E G I S T R A T I O N    F E E S 

Payment Mode

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