UMN Architecture Student Team Successfully Passed the 2022 Student Creativity Program

TANGERANG – Congratulations! With the innovative idea, ​​“PVC Pipe Waste Management for Green Facade Architectural Elements,” a Multimedia Nusantara University (UMN) Architecture student team successfully passed the Student Creativity Program (Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa/PKM) and won an incentive of IDR 5,000,000. This innovative idea is the second idea from the UMN Architecture student team that successfully passed the PKM.

Also read: Mharlinda, UMN Architecture Student Gets Incentives from the Student Creativity Program.

As previously reported, PKM was initiated by the Directorate General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi, Riset, dan Teknologi – Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi/Ditjen Diktiristek) to realize the implementation of the Tridharma of Higher Education and encourage creativity and innovation of Indonesian students.

Continuing to excel, the team leader and one other UMN Architecture student team member who successfully passed the PKM were also known to win in a different competition. They won first place in the H-7 Architecture Competition (Sayembara Arsitektur H-7), themed “Re-Greeneration Space”, from Podomoro University. Here are the team members and their batches:

1. Halim, UMN Architecture (2019).
2. Winny, UMN Architecture (2019).
3. Vanessa Gratia, UMN Architecture (2019).
4. Hani Kristiana, UMN Architecture (2018).

Also read: Two Teams of UMN Architecture Students Win in the Architectural Competition.

“So the Directorate General of Higher Education opens a kind of program for all Indonesian students and every student who participates will provide a design proposal for an innovation,” Halim explained.

This team of UMN Architecture students brought the innovative idea of ​​“PVC Pipe Waste Management to Green Facade Architectural Elements.” Halim explained that the concept idea refers to the constant occurrence of environmental problems, namely plastic waste that affects environmental quality and global warming. PVC plastic was chosen because it is one of the most difficult types of plastic to recycle.

Citing a Greenpeace report, PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) is the most damaging plastic to the environment. The PVC life cycle (production, use and disposal) releases toxic chlorine-based chemicals. These toxins build up in the water and the food chain, which can cause severe health problems, including cancer, impaired immune system, and hormonal disorders.

“We created a ‘back to zero’ concept where the plastic that causes problems must be the ones that solve the problem,” explained Halim.

In the Halim team’s innovation idea, PVC plastic will be recycled into building facade elements that are green eco and can filter dirty air thanks to the plants that grow in the pipes. Halim team’s PVC pipe design can reduce solar heat in the room.

“We hope that in the future, public awareness of environmental sustainability will be better and in terms of architecture, we can take advantage of basic environmental issues as an answer to the basic concepts of adaptive and responsive design,” Halim concluded.

Congratulations and all the best to Halim, Winny, Vanessa, and Hani!

By Levina Chrestella Theodora | UMN News Service

English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora

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