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Chapter 5: Conclusion

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CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION House, a shelter is one of the basic needs of a man. It not only protects us physically, and it also provides us with family love and warmth, supports us emotionally. As a people aged, he needs to face lots of challenges from different aspects. House which acts as a support is playing an important role in leading a man to overcome these challenges.             However, it is sad to hear that the current housing design are unable to meet the people especially the elders’ needs. Besides, due to the urbanisation of the country, it is common for younger generation to migrate to urban area for the sake of better quality of life. The family bonding is weakened as the relationship are more distant.             In order to sustain the Asian tradition of multi-generational living, strategies and solutions are being modified to promote this practice as the future housing plan in Malaysia. Pre-survey are being done with different age groups of people to understand th
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Feedback Survey Form I am in the process of writing my dissertation on Proposing Multi-Generational Living as Future Housing Plan in Malaysia. Here comes some proposed ideas and I would like to receive some valuable feedback from you. Please help me out with just 5 minutes on this feedback form. Your help is highly appreciable. Thank you so much. Click the link below: Feedback on Multi-Generational Living Ideas Stay tuned on the dissertation.
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Chapter 4: Independence Unit Layout Design (Updated on 22/11/2017)

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Chapter 4: Independence Unit Layout Design Neighborhood atmosphere is important in remaining one to be social active. However, maintaining appropriate social boundaries is essential for a person to relax and feel at ease. Space and privacy is important for a people to be alone as it helps to avoid one from the psychological burden. Therefore, the idea of independence unit to be built within the social co-housing is aimed to create and highlight the private boundary to the users besides keeping the ease of socialization with people around.             This idea is inspired from the development of traditional Chinese courtyard house, Siheyuan. It was designed occasionally for the extended family system, typically with three generations. Houses in Siheyuan are independent for the each family group, bringing the means of privacy and freedom. It is built within an enclosed compound with the inward-facing houses at four sides. Figure 26 shows the spatial planning of the traditional C
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