Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular

The paper discusses and describes a range of templates, models and variations of tropicalised modulation of facades and recesses from in the local vernacular which convey an aesthetic sense of the region, to counter the homogeneity of modern facades. These range of identified Malay-Nusantara are ab...

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Main Authors:	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings NK600 History
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77359/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77359/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77359/1/21-191-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	iium-773592019-12-20T08:52:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77359/ Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings NK600 History The paper discusses and describes a range of templates, models and variations of tropicalised modulation of facades and recesses from in the local vernacular which convey an aesthetic sense of the region, to counter the homogeneity of modern facades. These range of identified Malay-Nusantara are abstracted from elevations of mansions and palaces which convey a sense of the Classical and which were identified as a new identified substyleof the vernacular. Operationally categorised as a form of Classical vernacular, they represent a rich range of models and templates arising from the region’s past ingenuities that can also transcend the present approach of merely adorining modern structures with Nusantara roofs into a more critical approach. The paper argues that these variations can constitue an untapped resources for creating the modulations of facades in any Nusantara-themes city of the future; without reverting to cosmetic application of motifs and cut-and -paste from the vernacular This language includes key attributes such as proportioned and regular spaces of columns, recesses, projections, staircases and balustrades which are fused in various ways to present a more critical trope of local identity that can be combined and permutate into a tropical ‘facadism’ with a differentiated and dirinctive identity for the south east Asia city in general and the Malay nusantara in particular. 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77359/1/21-191-1-PB.pdf Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen and Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita and Mohd Nawawi, Norwina and Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah (2019) Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular. Cultural Syndrome, 1 (1). pp. 34-52. E-ISSN 2685-3825 doi.org/10.30998/cs.v1i1.21
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spellingShingle	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings NK600 History Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular
description	The paper discusses and describes a range of templates, models and variations of tropicalised modulation of facades and recesses from in the local vernacular which convey an aesthetic sense of the region, to counter the homogeneity of modern facades. These range of identified Malay-Nusantara are abstracted from elevations of mansions and palaces which convey a sense of the Classical and which were identified as a new identified substyleof the vernacular. Operationally categorised as a form of Classical vernacular, they represent a rich range of models and templates arising from the region’s past ingenuities that can also transcend the present approach of merely adorining modern structures with Nusantara roofs into a more critical approach. The paper argues that these variations can constitue an untapped resources for creating the modulations of facades in any Nusantara-themes city of the future; without reverting to cosmetic application of motifs and cut-and -paste from the vernacular This language includes key attributes such as proportioned and regular spaces of columns, recesses, projections, staircases and balustrades which are fused in various ways to present a more critical trope of local identity that can be combined and permutate into a tropical ‘facadism’ with a differentiated and dirinctive identity for the south east Asia city in general and the Malay nusantara in particular.
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author	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah
author_facet	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah
author_sort	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen
title	Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular
title_short	Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular
title_full	Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular
title_fullStr	Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular
title_full_unstemmed	Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular
title_sort	modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular
publishDate	2019
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Modulations of identities: a regional facade design resource from the aristocratic vernacular

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