ARCHITECT REGIONAL COUNCIL ASIA (ARCASIA)

ARCHITECT REGIONAL COUNCIL ASIA (ARCASIA) 

 

ARCHITECT REGIONAL COUNCIL ASIA (ARCASIA) is an association of professional architects throughout asia. An association  of professional architects Indonesia regionally in Asia. Released in 1967 in New Delhi, India. began formed in 1970, be unveiled as ARCASIA in 1979 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia pioneered as Observer since 1970. ARCASIA now consists of 19 professional associations of architects from various Asian countries, including IAI from Indonesia.

ARCASIA Membership is divided into three zones, namely Zone A, B, & C. Indonesia joined in Zone B with Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippine, and Vietnam. The management of the organization called the Office Bearer (OB), consisting of personnel from various countries. OB convene periodically in various countries.

Member of ARCASIA

Country Zones

ARCASIA has 5 Committee as follows:

A. ACAE (ARCASIA Committee on Architectural Education = architectural education committee)

B. ACPP (ARCASIA Committee on Professional Practice = professional practice committee)

C. ACGSA (ARCASIA Committee on Green & Sustainable Architecture = green & sustainable architecture committee)

D. ACSR (ARCASIA Committee on Social Responsibility = social responsibility committee)

E. ACYA (ARCASIA Committee on Young Architects = committee of young architects)

and then, ARCASIA has two main activities:

- ARCASIA Forum, held in odd-numbered years.

- ARCASIA Congress, held in even-numbered years.

In ARCASIA it held the principal events as follows:

- ARCASIA Meetings, consisting of OB Meeting (core committee meeting), Council Meeting (plenum), Committee Meetings (meetings of committees).

- Asian Congress of Architects (large seminar), held in even-numbered years only.

- Student Jamboree (Jamboree students of architecture), held in even-numbered years only.

ARCASIA Main activities as, Forum in 2015 and Congress in 2016. 

Implementation of ARCASIA Forum and Congress done alternately, through the process of selecting host democratically.

In addition to the main event, ARCASIA also often hold additional events, for example:

- Student Design Competition

- Travel Prize

Indonesia (IAI) ever held elected ARCASIA Congress & Student Jamboree in 2012, held in Bali.

ARCASIA Congress 2012, Bali, Indonesia.

ARCASIA Student Jamboree 2012, Bali, Indoensia.

(Source : ARCASIA Presentation by Gede Arista, ST., MM. IAI AA at Architecture Chapter on Konstruksi Indonesia 2016)