p/s : Do visit his blog. Totally cool !
So , This is my question .
Assalamualaikum bro , could you simply explain every single things to do for every single semesters in Gombak for architecture students .
What reading materials should i look for regarding architecture ?
How to be a islamic architecture students , i mean , i heard the rumors that most of the architecture students are very undisciplined and very social ( unacknowledged about the limit between men and women ). Can you give me tips to be a discipline architecture student?
Lastly , does architecture really need drafting skills ? I mean , i’m a little bit weak in drafting ,and are there a lot of subjects require drafting skills ? because i heard we can use CAD program .
Your answer will inspire me , thank you .
Zain Al-Asyraf Zukifli
And , thanks god , he replied my question.
Waalaikum salam wbt, asyraf.
Great question indeed!
1. From what I understand based on your question, you were asking about education don’t you? Well, I couldn’t tell much about the education for every semester here, since it will take a long script for me to write and note it down here. Briefly, here, we’re not really different like other schools of architecture, but our niche is the islamization of the knowledge.
2. Reading materials differs from the preference of some students. I always look for more theoretical books compared to graphical books which doesn’t tell much. Okay, good news for you is, we can buy any books about architecture and we can use them until we embark on the real practice. Oh, on top of that, you need to know by hook or by crook we have to buy certain must-buy-books that we need for references (like details of construction, the green techs, etc).
3. You can’t be an Islamic architecture student by just adapting the Islamic approaches in architecture or any theories of Islamization in architecture. The thing is we have to be prepared, careful, because this is not an easy life. Especially when we’ve been in a long period of tarbiyah, because the social environment is not really islamic (well that is to tell the truth). Get some friends that keep us from unhealthy lifestyle and the best remedy is yourself. Time is your best friend and might be your best enemy.
4. I get what you mean. Well, for architects, its not the drafting skill we need. Because in drafting, everyone could do that. In fact I admit that even myself at first, couldn’t draft like others who studied technical drawings in high school. But the fact is, it is really easy. The essential skill is SKETCH. You can sketch or deliver your ideas through drawing, that is what good architects always do.
Remember, architecture is not about how you can make a building. It is about how you interpret the context, society, lifestyle, time, and all sort of narration into architectonic design. If you think being an architect to simply create a building, lets just be a civil engineer instead 
About the CAD thingy, yes, its one of the most important realization of architecture we do need nowadays. But in IIUM Gombak, you will need to do all in manual in the 1st and 2nd year. The third year everyone will start using computational renderings (AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, etc)
Bro. Akmal Hakim bin Abdul Khalik
Thank bro for replying my question :)
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