EX: Exclusiv

The Opening Night "Exclusiv" was held on 7th October 2011 at our very own FSPU Courtyard, where the attendees witnessed the launching of Archifest "EXPRESSION" organized by Khazanah Studio, as well as Archikite "Tharek-Tharek" by Quixotic Studio.

Let's recap the event!




The crowd started to gather around the FSPU courtyard from 8.00 pm. The ceremony started around 08.30 pm, once the master ceremonies announced the arrival of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Masran Saruwono, the Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying. MC welcomed the crowd with a pantun and preview of event montage prepared by the organizers.

After a doa recital delivered by Mohamad Afiq Tajul Ariffin, the President “Expression 2011”, Mohd Nurhuari Yahya was then invited forward to deliver his opening speech. Next, a pre-recorded video message of President Archikite “Tharek-Tharek” 2011, Mohd Syazni was played. The Archikite organizers; Quixotic Studio unfortunately were not able to attend the launching event as it conflicted with their studio trip to Bangkok.

Then, it's time for the real business, the event launching. Prof. Masran Saruwono was invited by MC to deliver his speech. The dean consecutively officiated the event of Archifest “Expression” and Archikite “Tharek-Tharek” 2011 by putting his signature on an EX glass board.

Dean speech and event launching

After the grand launching, MESTIKA is invited to performed two songs, Gemuruh and a UiTM architecture classic, Lagu Senibina. MESTIKA is an angklung ochestra group of UiTM architecture students which consisted of BSc. 01 students and managed by BSc. 03 students. In the meantime, the crowd were invited to have a feast while enjoying the performance.

Performance from MESTIKA

Food preparation and serving

Apart from the initial aim to launch Archifest Expression 2011, the ceremony was also held to celebrate the students who had managed to achieve excellent results in previous semester. Associate Prof. Dr. Masran was accompanied by Mr. Zaidi Abu Yazid to give out the awards to the respective students, from BSc. 01 to B.Arch 04.

Dean’s List Award Ceremony

Each semester, Archifest Short Movie Competition highlights the fresh talents of movie making by the UiTM Shah Alam Architecture students. The MC then presented the submitted movie teasers from the studios B.Sc 01 to B.Arch 03. The full movies would be shown during Movie Night, the “Golden Ticket’. Then, a lucky draw session was held by having some of the lecturers giving out prizes to the lucky students.

At around 10.30 pm, the MC announced the end of Exclusiv, the launching ceremony of Archifest “Expression” dan Archikite “Tharek-Tharek” 2011.