Empowering The Built Environment A Multidisciplinary Approach

Author: Wan Zakiah Wan Ismail, Nor Syahila Ab Rashid, Fauzun Abdullah Asuhaimi
Publisher : USIM Press
ISBN: 9786297534305
Page: 191 pp
Year: 2023
Price: RM68

This book contains nine chapters on advanced topics related to the built environment. The term “built environment” refers to human-made conditions and is often used in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, public health, sociology, and anthropology, among others.
 
These curated spaces provide the setting for human activity and were created to fulfil human desires and needs. Chapters in this book presents original work from the authors with detailed explanations of selected concepts.
 
Each chapter has its contribution which we hope will lead to a better quality of life in terms of the built environment. Interesting topics to read about include:

- The uniqueness of harmonization in colour that affects the productivity and stimulates the human satisfaction.

- The important design features of the Islamic Garden that are interpreted from the Quran.

- The exclusive relationship between shophouses and Southeast Asian countries.

- The possible strategies for alley enhancements.

- The prospect of rooftop farming for the present and future.

- The metamorphosis of shophouses in the Melaka World Heritage Site from primitive stage to fully modernised.

- The changing roles of courtyard hospitals from the medieval to contemporary time.

- The preference of people in interpreting the Historic Garden from Malay Heritage Garden perspective.

- The perception and needs regarding privacy hierarchy and design environment of a learning space or student centre.