Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia

The atmosphere of a learning environment is crucial in stimulating the design students in producing creative works. Preserving the green, retaining most of part the topography and balancing with the climate is the core of sustainable design, which is the vital life principle for all humankind. The r...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Haikal Hazman, Denan, Zuraini
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
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description The atmosphere of a learning environment is crucial in stimulating the design students in producing creative works. Preserving the green, retaining most of part the topography and balancing with the climate is the core of sustainable design, which is the vital life principle for all humankind. The research attempts to investigate the importance of preserving the natural environment of design schools, based on the analysis of observation and questionnaire surveys. For a preliminary study, the research analysed three samples of design schools in Selangor, Malaysia. Findings indicate that students prefer having natural environment in surrounding, and it can stimulate the students’ creativity process.
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spelling iium-395432023-03-22T03:48:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39543/ Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia Hashim, Haikal Hazman Denan, Zuraini H Social Sciences (General) The atmosphere of a learning environment is crucial in stimulating the design students in producing creative works. Preserving the green, retaining most of part the topography and balancing with the climate is the core of sustainable design, which is the vital life principle for all humankind. The research attempts to investigate the importance of preserving the natural environment of design schools, based on the analysis of observation and questionnaire surveys. For a preliminary study, the research analysed three samples of design schools in Selangor, Malaysia. Findings indicate that students prefer having natural environment in surrounding, and it can stimulate the students’ creativity process. Elsevier 2015-01-27 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39543/1/39543_Importance%20of%20preserving%20the%20natural%20environment.pdf Hashim, Haikal Hazman and Denan, Zuraini (2015) Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia. In: Asian Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies, 25th - 27th August 2014, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815000427 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.027
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Hashim, Haikal Hazman
Denan, Zuraini
Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia
title Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia
title_full Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia
title_fullStr Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia
title_short Importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in Malaysia
title_sort importance of preserving the natural environment in the design schools in malaysia
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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