Asian Architecture (ARC 2234 / ARC60403) Project 1: Case Study PaperTopic & Issue Proposal (10%) Due Date: 11 October 2016Prepare a two-page type-written proposal, including a concept mapping, a summary of the topic and/or issue to be explored, some of the questions you hope to address, along with a title, and an annotated bibliography of sources.

Student name and ID: CHONG YI QI (0304898)

CHOW HONG DA (0318571)CLEMENT CHEN KIT SEONG (0319574)JAMES TAY JIA CHUEN (0322210)JANICE LEE JUEN YUNG (0318695)KONG XHIANG LYNN (0317730)

Tutor: MR NICHOLAS NG

Solutions to Passive Cooling in Wooi Residence Using Elements from Traditional Rumah Melayu in Response to the Climate in

Wooi Residence, Shah Alam.

Research Question(s):

1. How does the openings affect the ventilation in term of type, size, position and orientation in Wooi's

residence?

2. In term of site context, how does the surrounding building affects the ventilation of Wooi's residence.

3. Compare Malay vernacular architecture and Wooi's residence in term of ventilation.

4. In term of contextual climate, what issues are encountered by applying this design approach in

Wooi's residence?

5. What are the building components which promote ventilation in Wooi's residence?

Summary of the topic:

Contextual architecture is an architecture whose design inspiration comes from

acknowledging not only the immediate, but the larger context of the building. Being in Malaysia,

a country of the tropics, we are exposed to constant rain, sunshine and heat. Therefore, the

need of passive design elements are vital to compensate with the hot and humid weather

conditions of our country.

The building chosen is Wooi Residence, the brainchild of Malaysian Architect Wooi Lok

Kuang. Born in a small Malay kampong in Alor Setar, he is inspired to create a truly Malaysian

House from implementing traditional Malay vernacular architecture. Instead of taking Malay

building elements at face value, he reads into the practical reasons for the building elements

which is influenced by the context of the building. He then reinterprets it with modern ideas and

materials, creating an experimental yet fittingly Malaysian Architecture.

This paper will be exploring the solutions to passive cooling in Wooi Residence using

elements from traditional Rumah Melayu in response to the climate in Wooi Residence, Shah

Alam. Ventilation in a tropical climate such as in Malaysia has many natural factors for Ar. Wooi

to consider. Factors such as openings, site context, building form and building components are

influential to the design of the building. For Wooi Residence, experimentation by Ar. Wooi has

made the house an example of passive cooling done right for Malaysian Architects designing

for local climate.

Annotated Bibliography

1. "Contextual Architecture." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture . .

Retrieved October 09, 2016 from

Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/education/dictionaries-thesauruses-

pictures-and-press-releases/contextual-architecture

2. Givoni, B. (1994). Passive and low energy cooling of buildings. New York: Van

Nostrand Reinhold.

3. Santamouris, M., & Wouters, P. (2006). Building ventilation: The state of the art.

London: Earthscan.

4. Etheridge, D. (2012). Natural ventilation of buildings: Theory, measurement and

design. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley.

5. Tugnutt, A., & Robertson, M. (1987). Making townscape: A contextual approach to

building in an urban setting. London: Mitchell.

6. Hassan, A. S. (2009). Contextual issues of the built environment in Malaysia. , Pulau

Pinang: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.

7. Richardson, V. (2001). New vernacular architecture. New York: Watson-Guptill

Publications.

8. Asquith, L., & Vellinga, M. (2006). Vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century:

Theory, education and practice. London: Taylor & Francis.