An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation

This paper presents an overview on identifying key components related to preservation practice of Malay traditional houses and its architectural components that is prevalent in different places of Peninsular Malaysia. The trends of the studies revealed that the preservation practice of Malay traditi...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, Norhafizatullakmar, Kamaruddin, Zumahiran
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/48503/1/48503.pdf
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author Sulaiman, Norhafizatullakmar
Kamaruddin, Zumahiran
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Kamaruddin, Zumahiran
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description This paper presents an overview on identifying key components related to preservation practice of Malay traditional houses and its architectural components that is prevalent in different places of Peninsular Malaysia. The trends of the studies revealed that the preservation practice of Malay traditional houses is still not well exposed and presented in order. In the past decades, there are man researches on the Malay vernacular architecture especially on traditional houses. The overall review was derived from more than 50 studies of past researchers related to cultural heritage and heritage building preservation focusing on Malay traditional houses. The component of the traditional Malay houses comprises of the architectural elements and types of carved components. These include the aesthetical elements of wood carvings at the traditional houses which promote the uniqueness of the houses that is worth to be preserved. The reviews of the research conclude that there is no significant preservation guideline for Malay traditional houses that have been documented. The finding highlighted the relationship between architectural component, cultural heritage and heritage preservation and also the potential of Malay traditional houses in Peninsular of Malaysia.
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spelling iium-485032021-06-21T07:45:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48503/ An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation Sulaiman, Norhafizatullakmar Kamaruddin, Zumahiran NA Architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture This paper presents an overview on identifying key components related to preservation practice of Malay traditional houses and its architectural components that is prevalent in different places of Peninsular Malaysia. The trends of the studies revealed that the preservation practice of Malay traditional houses is still not well exposed and presented in order. In the past decades, there are man researches on the Malay vernacular architecture especially on traditional houses. The overall review was derived from more than 50 studies of past researchers related to cultural heritage and heritage building preservation focusing on Malay traditional houses. The component of the traditional Malay houses comprises of the architectural elements and types of carved components. These include the aesthetical elements of wood carvings at the traditional houses which promote the uniqueness of the houses that is worth to be preserved. The reviews of the research conclude that there is no significant preservation guideline for Malay traditional houses that have been documented. The finding highlighted the relationship between architectural component, cultural heritage and heritage preservation and also the potential of Malay traditional houses in Peninsular of Malaysia. 2013 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48503/1/48503.pdf Sulaiman, Norhafizatullakmar and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran (2013) An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation. In: International Conference on Architecture and Built Environment 2013 (ICABE2013), 7th-8th Nov. 2013, KAED, IIUM and Putrajaya, Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://icabe2013.blogspot.my/p/programme-s.html
spellingShingle NA Architecture
NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture
Sulaiman, Norhafizatullakmar
Kamaruddin, Zumahiran
An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation
title An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation
title_full An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation
title_fullStr An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation
title_full_unstemmed An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation
title_short An overview of Malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation
title_sort overview of malay traditional houses: the relationship of architectural components, cultural heritage and heritage preservation
topic NA Architecture
NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/48503/1/48503.pdf