An information model for the traditional long-roof typed malay houses

An information model has been developed for the study of traditional Malay houses (TMH) of the bumbung panjang type that is capable of being implemented in a computing environment. The information model consists of interpretive and generative sub-systems. The interpretive sub-system utilizes the for...

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Main Authors: Embi, Mohamed Rashid, Said, Suzana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Built Environment, UTM 2008
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/8268/
http://eprints.utm.my/8268/1/MohamedRashidEmbi2008_AnInformationModelForTheTraditional.PDF
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Summary:An information model has been developed for the study of traditional Malay houses (TMH) of the bumbung panjang type that is capable of being implemented in a computing environment. The information model consists of interpretive and generative sub-systems. The interpretive sub-system utilizes the formal approach of shape grammar in the analysis of the forms and spaces of the TMH while the generative sub-system utilizes the construction knowledge of the TMH to create the shapes of the TMH. This information model is implemented in a scene-graph modeling package which allow the users to modify design parameters such as type of spaces and length of timbers to either recreate an existing TMH or create a new TMH. The prototype implementation of the information model is currently limited to the timber-frame structure of the TMH.