POST 3 | MALAY HOUSES
Hey
guyssss, I’m here again. I had shared the Malaysian Vernacular Architecture in
my previous post, so today I’ll going to share with you the Malay traditional architecture
which is Malay house.
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| Malay Traditional House (Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumah_Melayu) |
The
Malay house is most commonly found in West Malaysia and is the traditional
house form of the Malay race in Malaysia. Due to Malaysia weather which is
sunny, hot and humid, the Malay houses are ideally suited to tropical condition
such as high-pitched roofs and large window for cross-ventilating which craved
with intricate organic which represent their style. The Malay houses’ roofs are
very steep because of the heavy monsoon rains in Malaysia. They also used
timber stilts to elevate the building above the group level to prevent the
flooding in some places.
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Design strategies of traditional Malay house
(Image Sources: http://www.slideshare.net/aalliance/tropical-architecture-aadi)
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Since
Malaysia has a tropical climate, building materials for traditional Malay house
such as tree roots, rattan, timber, bamboo and leaves are easily to get from
the tropical forests. Malay house used timber as the building structures,
rattan and tree roots are used for tieing up the joints whereas bamboo and
leaves are used for floors and walls. In addition, a beautiful example can be
seen in the Istana Lama Seri Menanti in Negeri Sembilan, which was built around
1905.
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Example of material for Malay house
(Image source: http://www.slideshare.net/huiyuteoh/asian-architecture-presentation-slides)
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In conclusion, the traditional Malay housing process is highly autonomous, controlled by the user largely. It designed to fulfill the particular's needs and wants, and provided an understanding of the nature of architecture continuities.
So, that’s all for today,
hope you enjoy it. I will talk about Sarawak longhouses for for my coming post. Stay tuned! ;)
References:
Ahmad,
G. (no date) MALAY VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE. [Online] Available at: http://www.hbp.usm.my/conservation/malayvernacular.htm (Accessed: 3 June 2016).
Hays,
J. (2013) CULTURE, ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN MALAYSIA. [Online] Available at:
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Malaysia/sub5_4f/entry-3157.html#
(Accessed: 3 June 2016).
Sim,
S. (2010) ‘A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
Degree of Master of Architecture’, Redefining the Vernacular in the Hybrid
Architecture of Malaysia, , pp. 18–28. (Accessed: 3 June 2016).
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