Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono

This paper presents the initial findings of a study on the spatial modifications of fifty houses by homeowners in the Klang Valley area. Using a standardised format, various attributes consisting altered spaces and features were compiled and examined. It appears that certain features of the houses i...

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Main Authors: Omar, Erdayu Os’hara, Endut, Esmawee, Saruwono, Masran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29774/
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description This paper presents the initial findings of a study on the spatial modifications of fifty houses by homeowners in the Klang Valley area. Using a standardised format, various attributes consisting altered spaces and features were compiled and examined. It appears that certain features of the houses including kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms were desperately altered. People have used their creativity in altering the spaces beyond the original intentions of the architect. To some extent, the findings indicate that the current model for providing houses has shortcomings in addressing the need to satisfy the aspirations of individual family to living.
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spelling uitm-297742022-12-28T07:00:25Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29774/ Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono ajebs Omar, Erdayu Os’hara Endut, Esmawee Saruwono, Masran TH Building construction Maintenance and repair Buildings: Construction with reference to use.Including public buildings, dwellings This paper presents the initial findings of a study on the spatial modifications of fifty houses by homeowners in the Klang Valley area. Using a standardised format, various attributes consisting altered spaces and features were compiled and examined. It appears that certain features of the houses including kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms were desperately altered. People have used their creativity in altering the spaces beyond the original intentions of the architect. To some extent, the findings indicate that the current model for providing houses has shortcomings in addressing the need to satisfy the aspirations of individual family to living. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2017-01 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29774/2/29774.pdf Omar, Erdayu Os’hara and Endut, Esmawee and Saruwono, Masran (2017) Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono. (2017) Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asian_Journal_of_Environment-Behaviour_Studies.html>, 2 (2). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2514-751X https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/173
spellingShingle TH Building construction
Maintenance and repair
Buildings: Construction with reference to use.Including public buildings, dwellings
Omar, Erdayu Os’hara
Endut, Esmawee
Saruwono, Masran
Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono
title Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono
title_full Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono
title_fullStr Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono
title_full_unstemmed Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono
title_short Adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the Klang Valley area / Erdayu Os’hara Omar, Esmawee Endut and Masran Saruwono
title_sort adapting by altering: spatial modifications of terraced houses in the klang valley area / erdayu os’hara omar, esmawee endut and masran saruwono
topic TH Building construction
Maintenance and repair
Buildings: Construction with reference to use.Including public buildings, dwellings
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29774/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29774/