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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Main Authors:	Kamarudin, Zumahiran, Said, Ismail
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Archnet, MIT, United States 2011
Subjects:	NA2835 Details and decoration NK1700 Interior decoration. House decoration
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spelling	iium-38352012-07-02T00:35:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3835/ Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses Kamarudin, Zumahiran Said, Ismail NA2835 Details and decoration NK1700 Interior decoration. House decoration 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. Archnet, MIT, United States 2011-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3835/1/manuscript_published_in_IJAR.pdf Kamarudin, Zumahiran and Said, Ismail (2011) Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses. IJAR International Journal of Architectural Research, 5 (1). pp. 7-21. ISSN 1994-6961 http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR/ http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=11463
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spellingShingle	NA2835 Details and decoration NK1700 Interior decoration. House decoration Kamarudin, Zumahiran Said, Ismail Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses
description	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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author	Kamarudin, Zumahiran Said, Ismail
author_facet	Kamarudin, Zumahiran Said, Ismail
author_sort	Kamarudin, Zumahiran
title	Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses
title_short	Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses
title_full	Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses
title_fullStr	Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses
title_full_unstemmed	Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses
title_sort	configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in malay timber houses
publisher	Archnet, MIT, United States
publishDate	2011
url	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
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Configuration of carved components and its layout patterns in Malay timber houses

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