Going Places - Malaysia Airlines in-flight Magazine September 2011 Edition Text by Richard Nelson Sokial Photos by Richard Nelson Sokial and Rabani Ayub (scroll down for the Arkitrek bit) Related posts %RELATEDPOSTS%

Arkitrek Camp - Blog series by Richard Nelson Sokial (Part 5 of 5) Original post can be found at the Sabah Architectural Heritage Blog Just a typical morning on Mantanani island... We had two days left to finish the MCP Learning Centre (the official name for Albi's Chicken House). It was crunch time - we knew it and everyone had their pokerface on as we silently ate our breakfast. The Arkitrekkers had put up the roof the night before. Today, we had to finish the bottle wall, slanting bamboo wall elevation, floors and the massive...

Arkitrek Camp - Blog series by Richard Nelson Sokial (Part 4 of 5) Original post can be found at the Sabah Architectural Heritage Blog Little by little, the Marine Conservation Programme Learning Centre building (the Arkitrekkers refer to it as Albi's Chicken House) starts to take shape. The absence of sporadic BUUURP! sounds around the vicinity of Camp Mantanani was an indication that Ian Hall had gone back to Kota Kinabalu on official business for a few days. Meanwhile, I returned to the island with two gappers from...

Arkitrek Camp - Blog series by Richard Nelson Sokial (Part 3 of 5) Original post can be found at the Sabah Architectural Heritage Blog Camp Mantanani needed an architecturally inspiring new building as their marine conservation centre-cum-learning centre-cum playground for the kids of Mantanani island. The Arkitrekkers had a little over 2 weeks to come up with a building that satisfied that brief. Here's our project site. (click on photos to enlarge) Over the next several days, the participants designed, brainstormed...

Arkitrek Camp - Blog series by Richard Nelson Sokial (Part 2 of 5) Original post can be found at the Sabah Architectural Heritage Blog It was barely daybreak when the bus came to pick us up from Kipouvo village. I followed Ian into KK city to tie up a few loose ends before joining the others as we took to the road in the direction of Kuala Abai, where a speedboat was awaiting our arrival.   We were joined by Melanie Chu, General Manager at Camp Borneo. Also on the trip was Aida Rahman, the rasta-haired Camp Manager...