Malaysian Architecture Crisis Within By Mohammad...

‘Malaysian Architecture: Crisis Within’ by Mohammad Tajjudin Haji is an analysis and critique of the struggle to develop a Malaysian architectural identity. His introduction mentions the peculiarity of such a search; since one must first either not have an identity, or has lost his/her identity, in order to begin such a quest. Whether this is a conscious effort by the people and the government, or a colonial progression that does not confront any architectural conscious resistance, the author attempts to classify the different perspectives applied for the development of an architectural Identity (Mohammad Rasdi 2005). ‘Identification of Malay vernacular spatial features within vernacular houses’ by Ghaffarian Hoseini is an analysis of the third International Conference on Arts in Society. The use of local building materials to construct housing that makes such good use of passive energy that almost no extra energy is required to maintain the housing is another remarkable feature of vernacular architecture. In other words, vernacular architecture provides the local inhabitants with a comfortable living environment while at the same having minimum impact on the natural environment. Quantitative assessment of indoor vernacular thermal environment Many vernacular housing environment employ passive technology that was developed for such purposes as safety, hygiene, health or comfort using the limited technical resources available in the days before modern technology