Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review

Malay traditional architectural and construction vocabulary and its terminologies have arisen from centuries of use and evolution from local folk and vernacular structures, artisanal traditions and methods. While challenges in universalising these terms are faced due to the extreme diversity of the...

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Main Authors:	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Ali, Maisarah, Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Mustafa, Muhammad Hadi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	NA100 Architecture and the state TH4021 Buildings. Construction with reference to use.
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spelling	iium-681632018-12-18T07:49:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68163/ Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Ali, Maisarah Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Mustafa, Muhammad Hadi NA100 Architecture and the state TH4021 Buildings. Construction with reference to use. Malay traditional architectural and construction vocabulary and its terminologies have arisen from centuries of use and evolution from local folk and vernacular structures, artisanal traditions and methods. While challenges in universalising these terms are faced due to the extreme diversity of the Malay archipelago region and its cultural and ethnic variations, there are also acute challenges that are faced due to rapid modernity in this region, from which past vernacular terminologies can no longer cope with the complexity and hybridity of architectural language. The Malay societies and states since the 1400s, Malay architecture and its elements have encountered syncretism and absorption of external influences and ideas. The paper attempts a review of the relationship between Malay architecture and its language used to describe its elements as a social practice. There is also a current need to find adequate terms and words used to describe Malay architecture in English, regarding composition and aesthetics are key to the infusion of identity in current public buildings. These may have somehow contributed to its lack of uptake in the modern building as its descriptions and representation need to respond to urbanised development and modern growth. As one debate about Malay architecture, one must describe it more than merely past timber forms, and techniques, but modernised elements rooted vernacular concepts and past practices ―as these must now directly and reflect the ways Malays have been thinking and living in urban spaces and buildings. This paper attempts to report on the effort to relook at the vocabulary of Malay architecture, its compositional potentials, weaknesses and strengths, local and regional variations. It attempts and aims towards a thorough examination of the complex relationship between architecture and language as intricate social practices. A vocabulary of key terms are investigated; including links between language and CAD measured drawing; and the need for universal semantic elements that go beyond its vernacular or folk traditions. 2018-10-25 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68163/1/Edit%20006ASSUBMITTED%20REVISED%20ICCSLABMAISARAHDRPSSEPT2018%20%281%29.edited.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68163/7/68163_Compositional-cultural%20evolutions%20-%20tentative.pdf Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen and Ali, Maisarah and Mohd Nawawi, Norwina and Mustafa, Muhammad Hadi (2018) Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review. In: International Conference on Language, Culture and Society 2018 (2018), 24th-25th Oct. 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) http://www.iium.edu.my/ICLCSAB2018/index.php/commitee/
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spellingShingle	NA100 Architecture and the state TH4021 Buildings. Construction with reference to use. Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Ali, Maisarah Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Mustafa, Muhammad Hadi Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review
description	Malay traditional architectural and construction vocabulary and its terminologies have arisen from centuries of use and evolution from local folk and vernacular structures, artisanal traditions and methods. While challenges in universalising these terms are faced due to the extreme diversity of the Malay archipelago region and its cultural and ethnic variations, there are also acute challenges that are faced due to rapid modernity in this region, from which past vernacular terminologies can no longer cope with the complexity and hybridity of architectural language. The Malay societies and states since the 1400s, Malay architecture and its elements have encountered syncretism and absorption of external influences and ideas. The paper attempts a review of the relationship between Malay architecture and its language used to describe its elements as a social practice. There is also a current need to find adequate terms and words used to describe Malay architecture in English, regarding composition and aesthetics are key to the infusion of identity in current public buildings. These may have somehow contributed to its lack of uptake in the modern building as its descriptions and representation need to respond to urbanised development and modern growth. As one debate about Malay architecture, one must describe it more than merely past timber forms, and techniques, but modernised elements rooted vernacular concepts and past practices ―as these must now directly and reflect the ways Malays have been thinking and living in urban spaces and buildings. This paper attempts to report on the effort to relook at the vocabulary of Malay architecture, its compositional potentials, weaknesses and strengths, local and regional variations. It attempts and aims towards a thorough examination of the complex relationship between architecture and language as intricate social practices. A vocabulary of key terms are investigated; including links between language and CAD measured drawing; and the need for universal semantic elements that go beyond its vernacular or folk traditions.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Ali, Maisarah Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Mustafa, Muhammad Hadi
author_facet	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Ali, Maisarah Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Mustafa, Muhammad Hadi
author_sort	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen
title	Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review
title_short	Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review
title_full	Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review
title_fullStr	Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review
title_full_unstemmed	Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review
title_sort	compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review
publishDate	2018
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Compositional-cultural evolutions as variations of Malay architectural and constructional vocabulary- a review

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