The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Johor Johor Bahru, in the state of Johor, is located at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia and considered to be one of the most rapidly developing cities in Asia. The land resources of Johor Bahru is financially attractive to both local or foreign investors because of its emergent economic corr...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Noordin, Muhammad Faiz, Abdullah, Fadzidah, Asif, Nayeem
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA Architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA4170 Public buildings
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spelling	iium-787352020-02-25T08:09:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78735/ The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia Mohd Noordin, Muhammad Faiz Abdullah, Fadzidah Asif, Nayeem NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA Architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA4170 Public buildings Johor Johor Bahru, in the state of Johor, is located at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia and considered to be one of the most rapidly developing cities in Asia. The land resources of Johor Bahru is financially attractive to both local or foreign investors because of its emergent economic corridor, that is being led by the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA). The impacts of rapid development in this economic corridor has affected some of its Indigenous community groups, especially the Orang Seletar community. The Orang Seletar people, sea nomads of the Tebrau Strait shores, have been particularly exposed to cultural decay due to the surrounding rapid urbanization. This paper aims to consider the Orang Seletar’s culture and housing typology preferences to inform options for their future housing design consideration and to ensure their cultural sustainability. The first objective of the research is to examine culture and daily activities that were and continue to be practiced by the Orang Seletar, who used to live in houseboats and thus integral to their sea nomadic lifestyle. The second objective is to investigate the typology of the housing settlement patterns of the Orang Seletar community, and the third objective is to assess the housing settlement preferences of the Orang Seletar community. This research uses both qualitative and quantitative approaches, where content analysis of literature is utilised to achieve the first objective. Field observation and survey questionnaires techniques were used to achieve the second objective, and a structured interview was carried out to achieve the third objective. Three types of houses were identified in eight selected villages studied including: single storey landed brick houses that are built on the land by government; houses on stilts that are made of timber; and, lastly, raft houses that float on sea and reverine water. Based on this comparative study, it is concluded that the Orang Seletar people preferred to continue to live on raft houses. 2020-02-04 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78735/1/SRBE%20presentation%20-%20Fadzidah%20Faiz%20Nayeem.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78735/2/Final%20schedule%20for%20srbe%202020-04022020%20-%20dj.pdf Mohd Noordin, Muhammad Faiz and Abdullah, Fadzidah and Asif, Nayeem (2020) The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. In: 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Rural Built Environments 2020, 4th-6th February 2020, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) https://www.srbe2020.com/
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spellingShingle	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA Architecture NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA4170 Public buildings Mohd Noordin, Muhammad Faiz Abdullah, Fadzidah Asif, Nayeem The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
description	Johor Johor Bahru, in the state of Johor, is located at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia and considered to be one of the most rapidly developing cities in Asia. The land resources of Johor Bahru is financially attractive to both local or foreign investors because of its emergent economic corridor, that is being led by the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA). The impacts of rapid development in this economic corridor has affected some of its Indigenous community groups, especially the Orang Seletar community. The Orang Seletar people, sea nomads of the Tebrau Strait shores, have been particularly exposed to cultural decay due to the surrounding rapid urbanization. This paper aims to consider the Orang Seletar’s culture and housing typology preferences to inform options for their future housing design consideration and to ensure their cultural sustainability. The first objective of the research is to examine culture and daily activities that were and continue to be practiced by the Orang Seletar, who used to live in houseboats and thus integral to their sea nomadic lifestyle. The second objective is to investigate the typology of the housing settlement patterns of the Orang Seletar community, and the third objective is to assess the housing settlement preferences of the Orang Seletar community. This research uses both qualitative and quantitative approaches, where content analysis of literature is utilised to achieve the first objective. Field observation and survey questionnaires techniques were used to achieve the second objective, and a structured interview was carried out to achieve the third objective. Three types of houses were identified in eight selected villages studied including: single storey landed brick houses that are built on the land by government; houses on stilts that are made of timber; and, lastly, raft houses that float on sea and reverine water. Based on this comparative study, it is concluded that the Orang Seletar people preferred to continue to live on raft houses.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Noordin, Muhammad Faiz Abdullah, Fadzidah Asif, Nayeem
author_facet	Mohd Noordin, Muhammad Faiz Abdullah, Fadzidah Asif, Nayeem
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title	The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
title_short	The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
title_full	The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
title_fullStr	The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
title_sort	study of housing preferences of the seletar community in johor bahru, malaysia
publishDate	2020
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The study of housing preferences of the Seletar community in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

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