Nabilah Zainal Abidin, Fawazul Khair Ibrahim and Raja Nafida Raja Shahminan
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 25, Issue S, May 2017
Keywords: Malay culture, sustainable furniture, traditional Malay furniture, traditional Malay house, traditional Malays
Published on: 01 Nov 2017
This paper describes the culture of Traditional Malays, in particular the use of sustainable furniture inside a Traditional Malay House (TMH). The sample houses for this study were retrieved from archived reports, from the Centre for Built Environment in the Malay World (KALAM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Data collected were analysed using Componential Analysis for the presence of components (based on drawings of archival reports as well as photographic evidence from site visits). The findings showed that the Malays used a variety ofsustainable furniture in their houses. Additionally, their homes had built-in furniture, which indicated the houses were pre-designed based on its user.
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