The characteristics, changes and effects of building elements in the two-storey public low cost housing on the Malay culture core
The culture core of the inhabitants has been found to influence the building elements in house design, especially in creating a supportive living environment for the inhabitant's lifestyle. The changes in the culture core of the inhabitants have also been found to influence the changes in th...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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2000
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8768/1/FEM_2000_3%20IR.pdf |
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| Summary: | The culture core of the inhabitants has been found to influence the building
elements in house design, especially in creating a supportive living
environment for the inhabitant's lifestyle. The changes in the culture core of
the inhabitants have also been found to influence the changes in the building
elements. However, this is not the case in low cost housing because
generally the inhabitants have no control over the design. Studies have
shown that the low cost housing designs lack the cultural aspects of the
inhabitants. The result is that the inhabitants have to adapt their culture core
with the physical shell of the houses until modifications are done on the
houses. In this process, some of the important aspects of the culture core
were either compromised or lost. Using analytical review, content analysis
and case study, this study analyses the characteristics, changes and the
effects of the building elements on the Malay culture core in the two storey
public low cost housing. Analytical review involves a detail analysis of the
characteristics of the building elements in the traditional Malay house as the baseline. Content analysis analyses the characteristics and changes in the
building elements of the public low cost housing designs and finally six case
studies were employed to evaluate the effects of the building elements on the
Malay inhabitants' culture core. The results indicated that the characteristics
and the changes in the building elements were not congruence with the
changes in the culture core of the Malay inhabitants. The results also showed
that the inhabitants were unable to practice their lifestyle according to the
culture core. As such, the study suggested that the design of the low cost
housings be improved by including the important aspects of the inhabitants'
culture core. |
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