The serendipitious city in South East Asia—urban archetypal design principles from the morphological ‘vernacular'

• Main Authors: Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Kamaruddin, Kamariah, Abdul Latip, Nurul Syala, Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pisco Med Publishing 2020
• Subjects: NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture; NA Architecture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/83381/1/83381_The%20serendipitious%20city%20in%20South%20East%20Asia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/83381/; http://ojs.piscomed.com/index.php/ADR/article/view/890/976
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

‘Serendipitious’ has been defined as occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way. “A serendipitous encounter” thus generally means one or a series of unexpected but pleasant encounters. A city, which is serendipitious, is a physical form, which has configuration and features whic...