Kinaki Mich
EDUCATION
Master in City Resilience Design & Management,
Universitat Internacional Catalunya Barcelona,Class of 2019
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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Architecture,
Taylor's University, Class of 2015
OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Cofounder of Duduk Rumah Artists
Project Leader of Time to Rice
Ex-Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Malaysia
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PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
• Residence Artist at Villa Capri, Mallorca (2023)
• Corporate Training Trainer:
Road to Sustainability: Getting to know ESG, ESG series for Accountants & Financial Professionals (2022)
• 100 Youth Ambassadors for Climate Action(2021)
• IAAC Delegate and simultaneous interpreter for Shenzhen Town planners (2019)
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SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
• Design for Vulnerable: Architecture, Infrastructure, Security and Urban Planning Roundtable (2022)
• Healthcare Sustainability Program Summit(2022)
• Green Architecture Symposium - ‘Vision 2050 for Our Living spaces’ (2022)
• City Expo Malaysia -‘Vision 2050 for Our Cities’(2021)
• Shah Alam City Forum ‘The Key of Sustainable Urban Transportation: The First and Last Mile’(2021)
• Podcast interview - Collaborative Community Resilience: Urban Mobility for All (2021)
• REFSA Youth roundtable on Post COVID-19 Urbanism (2020)
• Organizer & Speaker at Co-creating Roadmaps towards Sustainable Urban Mobility’ Networking Event, Malaysia Urban Forum (2020)
• Bengkel Buluh: Kesedaran dan Kemahiran Struktur Kental untuk Menghadapi Banjir (2015)
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AWARDS
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Grant Recipient for ‘Communicating Science for Climate Action’
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Grand Prize for Culture Smart City Connections Open Call
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1st Runner-up in Futures Thinking & Strategic Planning for Imagine The World Anew: Malaysian Youth Open Call 2021
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PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES
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Selected Entry for Publication 100 Camino 100 Relatos(2024)
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Selected Entry for Publication ‘Global Contest to Rethink Our Habitat from the Body to the City. 8th Advanced Architecture Contest’(2021)
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Kristin Tovaas, Ralf Brand, Zhi Xin Hoo, Saydrina Govender & Julia Dick. (2020). How to make inclusive mobility a reality: 8 principles and tools for a fair(er) transport system. Rupprecht Consult- Forschung & Beratung GmbH.
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Articles on Lanaizine
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EXHIBITIONS
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'Year of Pilgrimage: Kinaki's 40 Postcards' Personal Art Exhibition and Sharing Session (2024)
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ASM ArtScience: Art Science Lens on Planetary Health (2023)
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Projek 555: Small Observations of an Ongoing Pandemic, Ilham Gallery Kuala Lumpur (2022)
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Tracing Latencies, Goethe Institut Singapore (2022)
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Chibi Art, The National Cartoon Gallery @The Bunker, New South Wales (2015)
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PAM Annual Architecture Students Works Exhibition (2014)
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Bok Tjuv Art Exhibition, Malaysia (2012)
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International Students' Visual Art Contest cum Exhibition of Hong Kong (2011)
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Trained as an architectural & urban designer, my childhood dream was never about fancy buildings, but arts, cosmology, and literature. Having these unfulfilled dreams, I always strive to integrate my different interests into my creation. But there's one thing that hasn't changed - the love of bringing people together and building more inclusive and equitable societies.
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I bring with me the most valuable skill sets from architecture school - design thinking and problem solving, and gradually expanding my work scope in different areas: disaster risk reduction, sustainable urban mobility, corporate sustainability, and climate actions. I did not choose this path in the first place, but it turns out to be the less taken, scenery path that allowed me to embark on a lifelong journey of constantly learning about the world.
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And that is where I see my strength and interests converge - With my professional experiences transcending multiple disciplines, coupled with my core skills, I am designed to fill in the gaps, to be the broker that holds and binds creative minds from different fields together.
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The extroverted intuitive side of me is ideally suited for the role of strategist/consultant that provides creative solutions, while the introverted side of me enjoys research, writing, and creating arts. Project management comes as one of my core skills, as I am a goal-oriented person, who likes efficiency, at the same time values stakeholder engagement.
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My vision is to raise collective awareness and responsibilities toward our built environment and to create healthy, safe, and inclusive cities for all!
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