Title of article
Reinventing Traditional Malay House for Sustainable Housing Design: Obstacle and Proposed Solution
Author/Authors
Ibrahim, S.H Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering, Malaysia , Liew, A.A.H Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering, Malaysia , Nawi, M.N.M Universiti Utara Malaysia - School of Technology Management and Logistic, Malaysia , Yusoff, M.N Universiti Utara Malaysia - College of Law, Government and International Studies, Malaysia
From page
97
To page
102
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Traditional malay house , sustainable home , modern house , malay house evolution
Journal title
Jurnal Teknologi :F
Journal title
Jurnal Teknologi :F
Record number
2716952
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