Reinventing Traditional Malay House for Sustainable Housing Design: Obstacle and Proposed Solution
Traditional Malay House design has the key of energy efficiency dwelling to create a sustainable housing. Today, modern houses are massively built replacing the Malaysia’s heritage house. Despite of this rapid development, the owners are aware on the drawback of this type of houses. Therefore, thi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UTM Press
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10722/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10722/1/NO%20103%20Reinventing%20traditional%20malay%20house%20for%20sustainable%20housing%20design%20%28abstract%29.pdf |
| Summary: | Traditional Malay House design has the key of energy efficiency dwelling to create a sustainable housing.
Today, modern houses are massively built replacing the Malaysia’s heritage house. Despite of this rapid
development, the owners are aware on the drawback of this type of houses. Therefore, this study is
conducted to investigate factors of developers reluctant to build the Traditional Malay House and correct
the public misconception toward the housing perception. Survey questionnaire and in-depth interview
were conducted. The results indicate that costing is the major problem for housing developers to construct
Traditional Malay House. |
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