Vernacular House In Keatan

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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THERMAL PERFORMANCE BETWEEN TWELVE PILLAR HOUSE AND SINGLE HOUSE IN KOTA BHARU KELANTAN

Wan Nor Aishah Bt Wan Mustafa1, Mohd Zikri Bin Zaki2
1,2Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seri Iskandar Campus,
32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA.
(E-mail: sdamisha5678@gmail.com) ABSTRACT - In this era modernization and urbanization, we are exposed by modern building and construction. Accordingly, the relics of vernacular housing become extinct and threatened. The existence of vernacular house especially in Kelantan increasingly neglected by our society nowadays.The society were exposed to modern construction and use of modern ventilation like increasingly widespread air conditioner used in hot weather climate in Malaysia. Vernacular house has its own privilege. The design of vernacular house was design with deep understanding and respect to nature. Unfortunately, this design-with-nature approach is no longer found in modern houses. The design of vernacular house in Twelve-pillar house and single house in Kelantan express the way of life of its user and was evolved based on cultures and needs over generations. Single house is a simple home made by Kelantan people who have a simple income or below average. Single house is the earliest house inhabited by people in Kelantan. Meanwhile, the Twelve Pillars House was built by rich and elite people. The complicated carving on the wall symbolizes the high status

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