Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula
Malay houses have a great variation in construction systems despite their consistencies. With the coding method shown in this study, construction elements and their relations are presented in both words and symbols. In this study there are 95 house cases that have been coded and studied according to...
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| author | Chen, Yao Ru Ariffin, Syed Iskandar Wang, Ming Hung |
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| description | Malay houses have a great variation in construction systems despite their consistencies. With the coding method shown in this study, construction elements and their relations are presented in both words and symbols. In this study there are 95 house cases that have been coded and studied according to their construction processes. The study shows that the construction systems of Malay houses are composed of the house and its encroachment, and each house is composed of supports and a roof. The two major systems of support are the “bridge” and “box”. Their roof variation generates five sub-systems of house construction. Encroachments can be divided into encroached semi-house (Es), encroached house (Eh), and encroached selang (Esg). There are 15 Es, 3 Eh, and 2 Esg in the 95 cases studied. The completion of house construction coding facilitates the description of the house construction, comprehension of uniqueness and limitation of house forms, along with the establishment of Malay house construction systems. The evolution and adaptability of the Malay house construction system can thus be understood more precisely. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-579812021-12-14T08:47:08Z http://eprints.utm.my/57981/ Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula Chen, Yao Ru Ariffin, Syed Iskandar Wang, Ming Hung NA Architecture Malay houses have a great variation in construction systems despite their consistencies. With the coding method shown in this study, construction elements and their relations are presented in both words and symbols. In this study there are 95 house cases that have been coded and studied according to their construction processes. The study shows that the construction systems of Malay houses are composed of the house and its encroachment, and each house is composed of supports and a roof. The two major systems of support are the “bridge” and “box”. Their roof variation generates five sub-systems of house construction. Encroachments can be divided into encroached semi-house (Es), encroached house (Eh), and encroached selang (Esg). There are 15 Es, 3 Eh, and 2 Esg in the 95 cases studied. The completion of house construction coding facilitates the description of the house construction, comprehension of uniqueness and limitation of house forms, along with the establishment of Malay house construction systems. The evolution and adaptability of the Malay house construction system can thus be understood more precisely. Architectural Institute of Japan 2015 Article PeerReviewed Chen, Yao Ru and Ariffin, Syed Iskandar and Wang, Ming Hung (2015) Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 14 (2). pp. 225-232. ISSN 1346-7581 http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.14.225 |
| spellingShingle | NA Architecture Chen, Yao Ru Ariffin, Syed Iskandar Wang, Ming Hung Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula |
| title | Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_full | Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_fullStr | Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_short | Bridge and box: a typological study on the construction systems of Malay houses in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_sort | bridge and box a typological study on the construction systems of malay houses in the malay peninsula |
| topic | NA Architecture |
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