Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia
Heritage buildings were generally constructed without regard for fire risks or the requirements for fire protection, as are obligatory in new constructions. When a heritage building undergoes a change to its original function, improvements to the building’s fire safety are necessary to meet the n...
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| description | Heritage buildings were generally constructed without regard for fire risks or
the requirements for fire protection, as are obligatory in new constructions. When a
heritage building undergoes a change to its original function, improvements to the
building’s fire safety are necessary to meet the needs of possible increases in occupancy
loads and to account for fire risks related to the new usage. This research focuses on fire
safety risks, fire protection and safety systems as well as the rules and regulations that an
adaptive reuse heritage shop house is bound to when transitioning to a sleeping
accommodation, which, in this case, means becoming a hotel. In this research, six heritage
shop houses were chosen as case studies. The objectives of this research were to evaluate
current fire emergency plans as well as to identify and assess possible fire hazards created
by adaptive reuse of heritage shop houses to sleeping accommodations in Penang through
a series of observations and interviews. The results of the research show that most of the
buildings were provided with inadequate fire safety systems. |
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| spelling | usm-391312018-02-22T08:58:46Z http://eprints.usm.my/39131/ Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia Mydin, M.A.O. Arminda, W. Sani, N. Md. TH1-9745 Building construction Heritage buildings were generally constructed without regard for fire risks or the requirements for fire protection, as are obligatory in new constructions. When a heritage building undergoes a change to its original function, improvements to the building’s fire safety are necessary to meet the needs of possible increases in occupancy loads and to account for fire risks related to the new usage. This research focuses on fire safety risks, fire protection and safety systems as well as the rules and regulations that an adaptive reuse heritage shop house is bound to when transitioning to a sleeping accommodation, which, in this case, means becoming a hotel. In this research, six heritage shop houses were chosen as case studies. The objectives of this research were to evaluate current fire emergency plans as well as to identify and assess possible fire hazards created by adaptive reuse of heritage shop houses to sleeping accommodations in Penang through a series of observations and interviews. The results of the research show that most of the buildings were provided with inadequate fire safety systems. EDP Sciences 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/39131/1/Fire_Risk_Assessment_of_Adaptive_Re-Use_of_Historic_Shop_Houses_for_Sleeping_Accommodations_in_Malaysia.pdf Mydin, M.A.O. and Arminda, W. and Sani, N. Md. (2014) Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia. MATEC Web of Conferences, 17 (01011). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2261-236X http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20141701011 |
| spellingShingle | TH1-9745 Building construction Mydin, M.A.O. Arminda, W. Sani, N. Md. Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia |
| title | Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop
Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia |
| title_full | Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop
Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop
Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop
Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia |
| title_short | Fire Risk Assessment of Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Shop
Houses for Sleeping Accommodations in Malaysia |
| title_sort | fire risk assessment of adaptive re-use of historic shop
houses for sleeping accommodations in malaysia |
| topic | TH1-9745 Building construction |
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