Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses
This paper aims to highlight the carving composition within a specific configuration of pattern formed according to the shape, size and layout of the carved components and its placement in the different forms of traditional houses of Kelantan and Terengganu, Malaysia. Archival research was used...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Archnet, MIT, United States
2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/3835/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3835/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3835/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3835/1/manuscript_published_in_IJAR.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper aims to highlight the carving composition
within a specific configuration of pattern formed
according to the shape, size and layout of the carved
components and its placement in the different forms
of traditional houses of Kelantan and Terengganu,
Malaysia. Archival research was used as the
principal method of data collection, which includes
an analytical review of measured drawings of the
Kelantan and Terengganu timber houses from the
Centre for the Study of Built Environment in the Malay
World at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Interviews
with two prominent woodcarvers for insightful
information on the art and craft of woodcarving were
also conducted to augment the principal method.
The study found that architectural components of
the houses like walls, doors and windows, railings,
roofs and gable ends were equipped with carvings
in different layout of patterns with distinctive features
and visual orders including horizontal, vertical and
mixed arrangement. Inasmuch the patterns of layouts
were in parallel with the functional aspects of various
carved components fabricated as perforated
ventilation panels of walls, doors and windows,
railing panels, decorative wall panels and panels at
gable ends. The patterns were in agreement with the
nomenclature of their placements within the house
fabric. |
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