Enhancing the quality of life by maintaining the cultural values and vernacular functional spatial features of Malay vernacular residences

• Main Authors: GhaffarianHoseini, AmirHosein, Ibrahim, Rahinah, Dahlan, Nur Dalilah, Baharuddin, Mohd Nasir
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17924/

The quality of contemporary residential functional spaces has been mostly based on style and modernity rather than the tradition of particular regional context. This has led to new buildings which are not based on the tradition of their own regional context. In view of the rapid modernization of Mal...