4th ASEAN Post Graduate Seminar in Built Environment
14th – 16th April 2009, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wan Srihani Wan Mohamed and Yahaya Ahmad Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya ABSTRACT There is nothing new about prefabricated system. It has been used extensively in many developed and developing countries in meeting the demand to provide low cost housing. There have been many case studies that actually took the advantage of prefabricated system as part of self help approach in house construction. It showed that in certain situation, prefabricated system in self help housing proved to be cost effective, provide employment opportunities, utilise low skill levels and maximise local natural resources. Malaysia, being one of the developing countries, is also promoting prefabricated system to be used in low cost housing provision. There are obstacles to implement such technology into the conventional construction industry that has been employed for years. How would it be possible to really support such idea of prefabricated system in Malaysian scenario? This paper investigates the possibility of adapting local resources into prefabricated components as a mean to promote not only modular coordination concept but also promote self build approach among the community at a lower skill labour. It is not an immediate solution to housing issues yet it provides alternatives to house the low income group and contribute to increase the supply of housing. Keywords: prefabrication, self help housing, low cost housing, industrialised building system.
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SUSTAINABIITY IN SELF BUILD HOUSING IN RURAL AREA OF KEDAH, MALAYSIA.
Wan Srihani Wan Mohamad1 and Prof. Madya Dr. Yahaya2 1PhD Candidate, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya, Lecturer, Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia [email protected]; 2Dean, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya [email protected] ABSTRACT Communities face enormous challenges as their social, economic, and environmental resources are depleted and destroyed. Sustainable development represents a holistic way to achieve recovery and enhanced the quality of life for everyone in these communities by developing local assets to revitalize economies, limiting waste and pollution, improving the status of disadvantaged people, conserving natural resources, and promoting cooperation and efficiency. By employing self help approach to build houses, it actually facilitates the planning and actions by these stakeholders and become effective agents to achieve sustainability. This paper demonstrated simple approaches of utilising local materials for self help housing that was able to house poor people as well as developed further the meaning of community empowerment in the context of developing countries. Although some materials are available in the market and some are produced locally and specifically for certain housing projects, there are evidence that what is categorised as affordable construction materials may not be a simple straightforward construction. Hence, the need for government involvement in terms of providing sufficient workshops or road shows about self help housing would encourage the current generation in rural area of Malaysia to consider the alternative approach of home-ownership. Keywords: sustainable conservation, self help housing, recyclable, community empowerment |
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