Towards a digital representation of vernacular architecture - The traditional Malay houses in perspective

• Main Authors: Said, Suzana, Embi, Mohamed R.
• Format: Article
• Published: Assoc. Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research Asia 2007
• Subjects: NA Architecture; NC Drawing Design Illustration
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11711/; http://apps.isiknowledge.com/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper focuses on an effort to represent the form and style of the traditional Malay houses (TMH) in a digital form to enable proper coding and compilation of the various built forms in a computing environment. In order to develop the data structure to code the form and styles of the houses, the...