Chief Architecturalist & Managing Director, [SA]²
Past President, Malaysia Green Building Confederation (MGBC)
Member of Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia

"Throughout my judging journey, it’s has been giving me a lot of learning and experience where I can meet a lot of young and talented people in the industry, to see what’s design coming up to the industry and even some of the participants were work together with me as a colleagues, and this is really meaningful to me. I would like to encourage students to join AYDA even if you don’t think that you are a good designer like there is a say, you are the sum of 10 people around you, by mixing with people who are better than you or creative than you, it will push you further. That is why it is important to be a sort of a competition so that you can benchmark yourself and look at this a self-reflective by look through yourself where you are and where you heading to."

Principal, Arkitek JazSidhu
CEO, DesignWerkz Asia
Editor, Designscape
President, Association of Consulting Architects Malaysia (ACA:M)

Principal Lecturer, TARUC
Editor-in-Chief, Architecture Asia
Member, GBI Accreditation Panel

"From judging, I learn a lot from looking on student's work and learn from each other on how we should access student's work. It show us that the level of student from different university and even for my teaching career, I will know where and how I should teach my students to which level. AYDA has been a rewarding experience for me in able to keep up-to-date on standard of design from various student around Malaysia also learning for myself as a feedback. I would like to tell students to see the opportunity and grab to participate. Surely not blindly take part and participate, learn from winning participates and compare your design with winning entry, find out your shortfall and where you can learn from so you can see how you can improve and how actually you can perhaps, see how your next submission could be improve and get closer to winning entry level and standard."

Principal, PI Architect
Member of PAM
Past President and Advisor of Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA)

Principal Director, Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn.
Member of LAM
Member of PAM
Vice President, Malaysia Green Building Confederation (MGBC)

"Asia Young Designers Award or AYDA gives the opportunity for young designers to challenge and express their design at an International level.This design award is unique in that it's not just a competition to evoke futuristic and sustainable design but with AYDA there is a cross-boundary platform to exchange ideas and the opportunity for these ideas to take flight."

Principal, ADJ Architecture Sdn. Bhd.
Past Honorary Secretary, ARCASIA
Vice President of Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia