A relook at visual privacy: definition and factors influencing Muslim visual privacy (MVP)
Past literature has indicated a lack of visual privacy in the design of terrace housing in Malaysia, especially for Malay Muslim families, owing to specific Islamic regulations and principles governing the modesty of self, family, and house. The main objectives of this paper are to analyse the de...
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
2019
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| Summary: | Past literature has indicated a lack of visual privacy in the design of terrace housing in
Malaysia, especially for Malay Muslim families, owing to specific Islamic regulations and
principles governing the modesty of self, family, and house. The main objectives of this
paper are to analyse the definition of visual privacy from Islamic perspective or Muslim
visual privacy (MVP), and to determine the factors that influence its perception among
Malay Muslim communities who are living in terrace housing development in the Klang
Valley, Malaysia. The study involved a survey interview of 441 respondents and 10 case
studies. Findings indicate that in adapting to the contemporary urban environment of
today’s terraced housing, Malay Muslim families are shifting away from the traditional
Malay as well as previous Islamic concept of visual privacy. Analysis indicated that the
Malay Muslim families required a balance between visual exposure and visual access in
order to achieve an optimum level of visual privacy to enhance daily comforts, while still being informed by Malay culture and Islam.
It is the balance between visual exposure
and visual access which influences the
four identified factors influencing Muslim
visual privacy which are protection of
aurat, security, community interaction and
hospitality to guest |
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