Curriculum Vitae

DR. NAJAH BINTI MD ALWI

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Architecture
    Faculty of Built Environment
  • 0133783882

BIOGRAPHY

Najah Md. Alwi is a Senior Lecturer trained in New Zealand, the UK and Malaysia.  Her research areas focuses on sustainability, green building and social spaces with special interest architecture is inclusivity agent within urban contexts. Having international education and experience in architecture firms allows exposure and opportunity to have several certification in a variety of sustainable design approaches for buiding design. Najah has strong belief in the transformative power of architecture to shape environments that could foster harmony between people, nature, and the environment. 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • URBAN STUDIES
    Public Space, Social Space
  • BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
  • BUILDING DESIGN
  • URBAN SOCIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY STUDIES

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Dip.Arch(LAM +RIBA Part 1), (Architecture)
    Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm)
  • B.Arch (LAM +RIBA Part II), (Architecture)
    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, (Architecture)
    University of Nottingham
  • M.Arch (Sustainable Design), (Architecture)
    University of Auckland

MEMBERSHIPS

  • CERTIFIED GREEN BUILDING INDEX FACILITATOR, MEMBER
    2024 to 2024 (National)
  • ACADEMIC MEMBER MALAYSIAN GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2024 to 2024 (National)
  • GRADUATE ARCHITECT, MEMBER
    2024 to present (National)
  • GRADUATE TECHNOLOGIST, MEMBER
    Since 2023 (National)
  • ACADEMIC MEMBER MALAYSIAN GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (National)
  • GRADUATE ARCHITECT (LAM PART II), MEMBER
    2023 to 2023 (National)
  • GRADUATE ARCHITECT (PAM), COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2023 to 2023 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Architect Fellowship as Speaker for Manifesto Relay Copenhagen Architecture Festival 2023
    Union of International Architects, 2023 (International)
  • Education Innovation Award
    Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, 2022 (International)
  • Best Presenter of Paper
    Taylor's University, 2022 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Alwi, N. Story 34. Burns, T., Desire, J., Gordon, J., McDonald, P. and Sinfield, S. (eds.) (2022) Say it with a story. The #creativeHE Annual 2022. Creativity for Learning in Higher Education Community, #creativeHE, DOI: 10.25416/NTR.21806085
  2. N H Anuar, M I Tharazi, Y Mohd Faudzi & N Md. Alwi (2022), The Devil in the Details: Analysing the Ethno-Cultural Blending in Malaysian Museum Buildings, Journal of Urban Culture (Vol.25)101-113. DOI:10.14456/jucr.2022.23
Books
  1. Alwi, N. M. (Ed.). (2023). 40 Under 40: Malaysian Emerging Architects. Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia. ISBN: 978-967-5264-37-5. (Paperback)
Chapter in Books
  1. Alwi, N. M. & Mazlan, I. M. (2023). Architecture and the Everyday: Analysing Malaysian Cross-Cultural Coffee Spaces. In N. Peng & U. Sonet (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Inclusive and Innovative Architecture and the Built Environment (pp. 340-353). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8253-7.ch018
  2. Anuar, N. H., Alwi, N. M., Hanafi, N. N., Mohamad, J., & Nasir, S. N. (2023). Re-Imagining Kedai Pati: Local Third Places, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. In N. Peng & U. Sonet (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Inclusive and Innovative Architecture and the Built Environment (pp. 354-367). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8253-7.ch019
  3. Nasir, S. N., Ariffin, N. H., Alwi, N. M., Aziz, S., Amin, N. ., & Maharimi, M. F. (2023). Pragmatic Consideration on Eco-Friendly Building Materials for Healthy Homes. In N. Peng & U. Sonet (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Inclusive and Innovative Architecture and the Built Environment (pp. 319-338). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8253-7.ch017
Article in Proceeding
  1. Mohamad, J., Hanafi, N. N. H., Anuar, N. H., Alwi, N. M., & Nasir, S. N. C. M. (2023). Reshaping History: Modernising Heritage Timber Buildings through Adaptive Reuse - Lessons from Istana Jahar.
  2. N M Alwi et al 2023 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1205 012043 DOI 10.1088/1755-1315/1205/1/012043
  3. Nasir, S. N. C. M., Ismail, W. O. A. S. W., Aziz, S., Anuar, N. H., Alwi, N. M., & Razali, N. H. M. (2023). Eco living An effective interior spatial planning as an intervention towards healthy living environment - IOPscience. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1205(1), 012084. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1205/1/012084/meta.
  4. N. Md Alwi. (2018). Culture and Identity in Public Green Spaces: The Story of Suropati and Menteng Park in Central Jakarta, Indonesia - the IAFOR Research Archive. ISSN: 2432-8642 U2013 the IAFOR International Conference on Sustainability. Energy & the Environment U2013 Hawaii 2018 Official Conference Proceedings. https://papers.iafor.org/submission39085/
Other Publications
  1. Md. Alwi, Najah. (2023, December). 40 Under 40 FEATURE. Architecture Malaysia, Vol 35.4 (Quarterly), 70–82. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Green Building & Sustainability (Materials, Building Construction, Land Use)
  • Post Occupancy Evaluation (BIPV, automation, smart systems)
  • Social Spaces (Culture, Human experience, Third space, Land Use)
  • Study of sensory spaces (POE, Environmental psychology, the play of light, or the ambient soundscape)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2024, UM Living Labs @ UMSDC
    Green Infrastructure Networks: Designing Interconnected Urban Green Spaces for Enhanced Biodiversity Within Lingkungan Budi, Universiti Malaya ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2024 - 2024, UM Living Labs @ UMSDC
    Striving for Sustainable Campus : A Focus on Green Building Principles at Universiti Malaya ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2024 - 2024, UM Living Labs @ UMSDC
    Strategies for Balancing Heritage Authenticity and Sustainability Heritage Buildings in UM Upon Rehabilitation ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2020 - 2022, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    COMPARING POLICY INTERPRETATION OF LIVEABILITY WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Climatic adaptation: Design and Simulation in the Tropics , Design and Simulations in the Tropics, University of Costa Rica (International) (31 May 2021 - 01 Jun 2021)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Energy transitioning school buildings in Peninsula Malaysia: A case study on the potential of photovoltaic power, 4th International Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (International) (03 Oct 2022 - 04 Oct 2022)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Towards-an-indigenous-guardianship-of-resources, World Architecture Congress, Union of Architecture (International) (04 Jul 2023 - 07 Jul 2023)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2023) Design Studio Semester 5 for Bachelor's of Architecture in Taylor's University, International, (External Assessor)
  2. (2023) Sustainable Green Building Initiatives in Malaysia: Issues in Implementation, International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2023) Adaptation of Machine Learning in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Project Planning: a Bibliometric Analysis Using Bibliometric R-Tool, International, (Reviewer)
  4. (2023) Utilisation of Cost-Effective Design Alternatives for Optimal Lecture Rooms Acoustic Performance, International, (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2023) 40 Under 40 Book Editor, National, (Expert Advisor)
Contribution to event
  1. (2023) Main Rapporteur, International, (Panelist/Moderator)
Media appearance
  1. (2023) Cakap Cakap Graduate Architect in Council Election 2023, National, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2023) Building of Chinese City Brands: A Study on the Design and Promotion of Cultural and Creative Products about Chinese Traditional Architecture on Social Media Platforms, PENG YAN
  2. (2022) Mediating Impact of Biophilic Architecture in exploring the relationship between Human Nature Development (ND) and Community Interaction, Human Social Resilience (HSR): Empirical Evidence from Urban Sector of Karachi, Quratul Ain (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan)
  3. (2021) Healthy Home using an intelligent system to enhance living, Siti Nuratirah binti Che Mohd Nasir (Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (Unisza))

PATENT/IPR

  • MEASURED DRAWING OF AULA BARAT INSTITUTE TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG (1TB), JALAN GANECA NO.10 LB, SILIWANGI KOTA BANDUNG, JAWA BARAT 40132 INDONESIA
    Copyright (International)