The New House of the Future; an inspiration from the house of the past.
Y5 Akmal Azhar Unit 22
Past
Present
Future
INDEX
Thread 3; The Idea of Mobility, Movements and Migration.
Possible Titles:
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De-crystallizing the ‘frozen’ vernacular architecture through new invention. Reinvigorating vernacular architecture; room for innovation for the future 2050 (thesis as a test to see the appropriateness of new invention in vernacular). The house of the future in Malaysia 2050; critical analysis from the house of the past. A new meaning of vernacular architecture; inventing for the future 2050. The future of vernacular architecture; what will happen to the scenario of Malaysia 2050? Keywords; future, cultural, vernacular, 2050, Malaysia, ethnic, innovation, adaptation, mobility, migration.
Thread 1; Vernacular Architecture.
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How the vernacular architecture changes? ‘Frozen’ idea of vernacular architecture. Not just from one place but by itself. Reading list by Paul Oliver (Oxford Brookes Uni). Books on ‘changes’ and ‘dynamic’ vernacular architecture. Vernacular can be problematic. Separated from technology, fix to a place to a particular community (yours is about dynamic idea of vernacular). Definition, term and ‘dynamic’ idea with few case studies.
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Mapping of movements. Actual mapping. Relate to your personal design process (how you incorporate the cultural influence and the type of transportation). Design dynamic and mobile architecture. Huge type of possible scenarios of movements. Mobility. Why? Because of the globalisation and industrialisation which had cultured the big city. Globalisation. Metropolitan. Ignored movement about localisation. Local to local. Cultural transfer. Translocality by Ulrich Freitag. Globalisation studies by David Harvey and Saskia Sassen. The more globalised the world get, individual locality will face the threat. The value of the local culture will be more. Value of place becomes higher. We need to reinforce the culture. Idea of place is tied to a culture. Notion of place is not from site but from the places you have visited. Good to discuss about Saskia and Harvey’s idea but ‘however my thesis would be coming from…’. People carry more culture with them. Rooted culture & mobility & nomadism. Nomadism by Rosi Braidotti. Vision of the future. Future will be nomad. Projection of the future 2050. Nodes, not very hierarchical and linear. Village becomes a bit like a city, city a bit like a village, ambiguous. Community rooted in one places. In 2050 population will all be in urban areas? Extreme scenarios of the future. Nomadism. No hierarchy of big city and small city. Different nodes and specific? Nodes (idealised modern) (globalisation). Traditional way of movement from rural to urban to seek better life. Conservative. Linear. In India people will move from village to small town to big town. Resulted to a small town becomes more prominent and important.
Thread 2; Origin & Culture (the idea of ‘dynamic’ culture).
Thread 4; Globalisation and Translocation.
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The notion of rooted culture. How culture could becomes more dynamic. The culture itself is not static. Culture becomes a fragment. Culture that is carried and left behind. People moves but always carry the idea of culture. Culture is continuously changed but the origin remains static. Each place has different influence. All of it is part of the so-called ‘origin’. But it filtered by the present. Traces of earlier lifestyle should be there but transformed into a more dynamic and active behaviour. The idea of identity. The notion of trace. Inheritance from the past. What the site has been left behind (*include this in design). Design the site that they have left, it leaves some traces as well. Sense of origins. Tribal. The dynamic idea of origin. More than origin. The idea of traces. Traces as mutual relationship. A trace is not just carried by one person but is the stuff that he leaves behind. Food culture etc. Locality and place has got something to do with ‘place based’. Vernacular etc. Designing assemblages for the new places. Collecting influences while moving and carrying traces of the past. People take place from locality.
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The notion of traces by Derrida. Traces (philosophical notion). Ecology networking by Jon Goodbun. Diagrammatic idea of less hierarchical type of settlements. Network ideas. Bruno Latour (network theory, actor, network, theory, non-human agents, things that are non-human has a major impact to human). Transnational migrants. World citizen. Localisation (domestic migrations). Internet (affecting the local area. Small town has internet. Global impact to local area). Translocality (connect point of local area). A lot of non-human shapes our life therefore they have power call ‘agents’. Read about the non-human agents (food, performance, etc). Material cultures. Other kind of thing that creates human culture. The more ecological way of living (migration from urban to village giving disaster that damages the ecology). Less hierarchical is a bit better. Globalisation. Translocality. Movement within a country from locality to another locality. Within locality. Relationship of globalisation to locality. How globalisation affects locality. How Delhi architecture is related to America. How Delhi related to small town. Connection between local areas has been ignored. Species translocation.
Hindu
Buddha
Muslim
religion crafts
traditional Malay house
music
architecture
culture
Chinese courtyard shophouses
food
Design Hypothesis The house of the future in Malaysia 2050 will integrate a multiracial community under one roof with a mixture of different aspect of life.
Malay
language
leisure sports
Chinese
Indian
games
Potential Sites
India
China
Malaysia = Malaysia = China = South India
Climatic Condition The warm season lasts from April 8 to June 7 with an average daily high temperature above 33°C. The hottest day of the year is May 13, with an average high of 34°C. The cold season lasts from November 11 to January 12 with an average daily high temperature below 32°C. The coldest day of the year is January 11, with an average low of 24°C.
The probability that precipitation will be observed at this location varies throughout the year. Precipitation is most likely around November 2, occurring in 85% of days. Precipitation is least likely around July 22, occurring in 64% of days. Over the entire year, the most common forms of precipitation are thunderstorms and light rain. Thunderstorms are the most severe precipitation observed during 85% of those days with precipitation most likely around March 19, when it is observed during 75% of all days. Light rain is the most severe precipitation observed during 11% of those days with precipitation most likely around December 22, when it is observed during 12% of all days.
During the warm season (April 8 to June 7), there is a 73% average chance that precipitation will be observed at some point during a given day in the form of thunderstorms (90% of days with precipitation have at worst thunderstorms) and light rain (8%). During the cold season (November 11 to January 12), there is a 79% average chance that precipitation will be observed at some point during a given day in the form of thunderstorms (80% of days with precipitation have at worst thunderstorms), light rain (14%), and moderate rain (5%).
The relative humidity typically ranges from 54% (mildly humid) to 96% (very humid) over the course of the year, rarely dropping below 44% (comfortable) and reaching as high as 100% (very humid). Over the course of a year, the dew point typically varies from 21°C (muggy) to 26°C (oppressive) and is rarely below 19°C (muggy) or above 27°C (very oppressive).
Over the course of the year typical wind speeds vary from 0 m/s to 5 m/s (calm to gentle breeze), rarely exceeding 7 m/s (moderate breeze). The highest average wind speed of 2 m/s (light breeze) occurs around August 29. The lowest average wind speed of 1 m/s (light air) occurs around January 9. The wind is most often out of the north west (17%), north (14%), south (12%), and west (11%).
Political Incfluences
The NEP had the stated goal of poverty eradication and economic restructuring so as to eliminate the identification of ethnicity with economic function. The initial target was to move the ratio of economic ownership in Malaysia from a 2.4:33:63 ratio of Bumiputra, Other Malaysian, Foreigner ownership to a 30:40:30 ratio. This was to be done by redistributing the wealth to increase the ownership of enterprise by Bumiputras from the then 2.4% to 30% of the share of national wealth.
National Economic Policy
Alongside this redistribution of wealth was the goal of increased economic growth. This economic growth would allow the non-Bumiputra share of the economy to decrease, while permitting the growth of non-Bumiputra business interests in absolute terms. In some quarters, this was referred to as “expanding pie theory”: the Bumiputra share of the pie would increase, without reducing the size of the non-Bumiputra slices of the pie.
Wawasan 2020 or Vision 2020 is a Malaysian ideal introduced by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir bin Mohamad during the tabling of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1991. The vision calls for the nation to achieve a self-sufficient industrialized nation by the year 2020, encompasses all aspects of life, from economic prosperity, social well-being, educational worldclass, political stability, as well as psychological balance. In order to achieve Vision 2020, Mahathir lamented that the nation required an annual growth of 7% (in real terms) over the thirty-year periods (1990–2020), so that the economy would be eightfold stronger than its 1990 GDP of RM115 billion. This would translate to a GDP of RM920 billion (in 1990 Ringgit terms) in 2020.
Vision 2020
The goal of the NEM is to transform the Malaysian economy to become one with high incomes and quality growth by 2020. At the time of the plan’s unveiling in 2010, per capita annual income in Malaysia stood at 23,100 Malaysian ringgit, approximately $7,000 in US currency; the plan’s stated goal is to reach RM49,500 (US$15,000).
National Economic Model
2013
The keys to the plan are high income, sustainability and inclusiveness. The goal is to stimulate economic growth by improving worker productivity across all sectors of society, in part through an improved system of affirmative action, with an eye towards sustainability. Among other reforms meant to accomplish this goal, the Najib administration have also claimed that the NEM is to empower the private sector and to reduce fiscal disparity between the wealthiest and poorest of Malaysians.
2020
2030
2040
2050
Population Projection
28.6
30.5
32.4
34.3
36
37.4
38.6
Population Projection In 2010, Malaysia’s population is 28.6 million and is projected to increase by 10 million (35.0%) to 38.6 million in 2040. However, the annual population growth rate decreased from 1.8 per cent in 2010 to 0.6 per cent in 2040. This situation is in tandem with the targeted decline in fertility rate and international migration. Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
= 1 millions
High-rise Housing
Semi-D House
Terrace House
Traditional House
Bungalow/ Detached House Town House
An Observation to Malaysia Housing Typology
Focus Communities
= Kampung Panggau, Perlis
= Georgetown, Penang
= Ladang Sogomana, Perak
= Malay
= Chinese
= Indian
2020
2013
2015
2010 0.2
0.3
2.3
2020
2.4
6.4
14.3
3.4
2.5
6.6
15.5
3.7
6.8
16.7
4
2.3
8
7.1
17.9
4.3
2.7
2.6 2.3
2.2
7
6.9
0.5
0.4
2.6
2.5
19 4.6
2050
2040
2035
0.4
2.2
2.1
2040
2030
2025 0.4
0.3
2
1.9
2030
20.8
20 4.9
5.1
On the whole, all ethnic groups are expected to record an increase in the total population. The Malays recorded the highest increase of more than six million people from 14.3 million (2010) to 20.9 million (2040). This is followed by Other Bumiputera and Chinese with an increase of 1.8 million and 0.7 million respectively. Indians and non-Malaysian citizens, however, increased by 0.4 million, while the Others posted a low of 0.2 million for the same period. Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia
Vernacular Architecture Thread 1
Thread 1; Vernacular Architecture.
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How the vernacular architecture changes? ‘Frozen’ idea of vernacular architecture. Not just from one place but by itself. Reading list by Paul Oliver (Oxford Brookes Uni). Books on ‘changes’ and ‘dynamic’ vernacular architecture. Vernacular can be problematic. Separated from technology, fix to a place to a particular community (yours is about dynamic idea of vernacular). Definition, term and ‘dynamic’ idea with few case studies.
New & Old
Traditional Malay House
Verandah
Floor jointing
Roof jointing
Palm thatch
Dowel
Roof jointing
Bolt and nut
Concrete footing
Traditional Malay House
Roof jointing
Floor jointing
Present owner
Full length window
Main door
Roof jointing
Roof decoration
Exterior
Traditional Malay House (with colonial influence)
Verandah
Balcony
Present owner
Original owner
Internal stairs
Exterior
Jointing
Ceiling decoration
Chinese Influences
Malacca Courtyard Houses
Chinese Shophouses
Facade of Chinese Shophouses
Indian Influences
Indian Estate Houses
Shared communal backyard
Floor decorations
Indian Temple in Kuala Lumpur
Street painting
Origin and Culture Thread 2
Thread 2; Origin & Culture (the idea of ‘dynamic’ culture).
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The notion of rooted culture. How culture could becomes more dynamic. The culture itself is not static. Culture becomes a fragment. Culture that is carried and left behind. People moves but always carry the idea of culture. Culture is continuously changed but the origin remains static. Each place has different influence. All of it is part of the so-called ‘origin’. But it filtered by the present. Traces of earlier lifestyle should be there but transformed into a more dynamic and active behaviour. The idea of identity. The notion of trace. Inheritance from the past. What the site has been left behind (*include this in design). Design the site that they have left, it leaves some traces as well. Sense of origins. Tribal. The dynamic idea of origin. More than origin. The idea of traces. Traces as mutual relationship. A trace is not just carried by one person but is the stuff that he leaves behind. Food culture etc. Locality and place has got something to do with ‘place based’. Vernacular etc. Designing assemblages for the new places. Collecting influences while moving and carrying traces of the past. People take place from locality.
Performance
Healthcare
Malay
Chinese
Education
Indigineous
Gastronomy
Sanitation
Indian
Iban
Malay
Decontextualise
Malay
Decontextualise
Show Screen/Partition
Facade Opening Mechanism
Natural Amplifier
180’
0’
Additional Features
Traditional Malay Wood Carvings
Natural acoustic made of paddy husk
Detailings & Jointings
Wheels
Floor boards
Hinges to connect the opening facade
Show screen
Bamboo rods
Chinese
Decontextualise
Chinese
Decontextualise
Chinese
Decontextualise
Indigineous
Decontextualise
Indigineous
Decontextualise
Decontextualise
Indigineous
Prototype
Arduino Uno
Sunlight
LDR
0’
180’
Servo motor
Humidity
Precipitation
Wind direction
Sun orientation
Indian
Decontextualise
Indian
Decontextualise
Indian
Decontextualise
Iban
Decontextualise
Mobility, Movements and Migration Thread 3
Thread 3; The Idea of Mobility, Movements and Migration.
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Mapping of movements. Actual mapping. Relate to your personal design process (how you incorporate the cultural influence and the type of transportation). Design dynamic and mobile architecture. Huge type of possible scenarios of movements. Mobility. Why? Because of the globalisation and industrialisation which had cultured the big city. Globalisation. Metropolitan. Ignored movement about localisation. Local to local. Cultural transfer. Translocality by Ulrich Freitag. Globalisation studies by David Harvey and Saskia Sassen. The more globalised the world get, individual locality will face the threat. The value of the local culture will be more. Value of place becomes higher. We need to reinforce the culture. Idea of place is tied to a culture. Notion of place is not from site but from the places you have visited. Good to discuss about Saskia and Harvey’s idea but ‘however my thesis would be coming from…’. People carry more culture with them. Rooted culture & mobility & nomadism. Nomadism by Rosi Braidotti. Vision of the future. Future will be nomad. Projection of the future 2050. Nodes, not very hierarchical and linear. Village becomes a bit like a city, city a bit like a village, ambiguous. Community rooted in one places. In 2050 population will all be in urban areas? Extreme scenarios of the future. Nomadism. No hierarchy of big city and small city. Different nodes and specific? Nodes (idealised modern) (globalisation). Traditional way of movement from rural to urban to seek better life. Conservative. Linear. In India people will move from village to small town to big town. Resulted to a small town becomes more prominent and important.
Ethnic Distribution and Proposed Journey
= Original destination
= Final destination
Focus Communities
Chinese
Indian
Malay
Indigineous
Iban
Contextualise
Contextualise
Contextualise
Contextualise
Contextualise
Contextualise
Contextualise
Canopies open
Canopies close
Innovation 1 ‘Openable Canopies’: • •
Dual behaviours of design Transformation from solid to a more porous enclosure
Overall form
Group 1: Umbrella Structure Akmal & Xiao Ying Canopy close to provide a solid enclosure
Canopy open to give a permeable enclosure
Frames
Canopies
Innovation 1 ‘Openable Canopies’: • Dual behaviours of design • Transformation from solid to a more porous enclosure Innovation 2 ‘Expandable Nest’: • External structures to represent the internal programs • Establishing dialogues between inside and outside Innovation 3 ‘Foldable Platforms’: • Simple mechanism that could change the programs extensively • Minimum interface between artificial and natural
Detailings
Innovation 3 ‘Foldable Platforms’:
Innovation 2 ‘Expandable Nest’: • •
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External structures to represent the internal programs Establishing dialogues between inside and outside
Nest move up and down
Nest shrink
Facade detailings
Simple mechanism that could change the programs extensively Minimum interface between artificial and natural
Configuration 1: Suitcase
Nest expand
Configuration 2: Food stall
Lightings
Overall form
Detailings
Configuration 3: Dining table
Configuration 4: Sleeping tent
Overall form
Detailings
Globalisation and Translocation Thread 3
Thread 4; Globalisation and Translocation.
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The notion of traces by Derrida. Traces (philosophical notion). Ecology networking by Jon Goodbun. Diagrammatic idea of less hierarchical type of settlements. Network ideas. Bruno Latour (network theory, actor, network, theory, non-human agents, things that are non-human has a major impact to human). Transnational migrants. World citizen. Localisation (domestic migrations). Internet (affecting the local area. Small town has internet. Global impact to local area). Translocality (connect point of local area). A lot of non-human shapes our life therefore they have power call ‘agents’. Read about the non-human agents (food, performance, etc). Material cultures. Other kind of thing that creates human culture. The more ecological way of living (migration from urban to village giving disaster that damages the ecology). Less hierarchical is a bit better. Globalisation. Translocality. Movement within a country from locality to another locality. Within locality. Relationship of globalisation to locality. How globalisation affects locality. How Delhi architecture is related to America. How Delhi related to small town. Connection between local areas has been ignored. Species translocation.
Catalogue of Design Iterations
Catalogue of Design Iterations
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