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Title:	Environmental adaptability of the traditional Arab house form in Tripoli
Authors:	Salem Muftah Sharif (P45937)
Supervisor:	Muhammad Fauzi Mohd. Zain, Prof. Dr.
Keywords:	Architecture Domestic -- Tripoli (Libya) Architecture Domestic -- Environmental aspects Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	30-Aug-2012
Description:	Man has always been struggling to organize his residential environment to fit his physical and social needs, thereby adapting his setting fully. To achieve these ends, he makes spatial changes within his technical and material means in response to the dictates of his social realm. Nevertheless, his natural environment is a crucial factor that determines his choices. Generally, the typical traditional house form is influenced by physical, social, and psychological factors. Human choices within the physical realm relate to local climate, technology, and basic types readily available. Arab spatial identity crisis manifests in the relocation of elites to urban fringes. Other modifications of culture specific extend family residential pattern to rental accommodation for migrants. Cumulatively, these elements represent the challenges of adaptability to modernization and urbanization. The objective of this research is to determine the adaptability of indigenous Arab house typology to its physical and social environments in core Tripoli neighborhoods. It also links physical and social determinants of local setting. A qualitative case study research approach is used to evaluate the 21st century adaptability determinants of traditional Arab residences in core Tripoli neighborhoods. In line with post positivist epistemology, emergent grounded theory is used to triangulate quantitative evidence and field observation. Qualitatively, traditional Arab housing adaptation pattern defines domestic space, which in turn determines behavior through territoriality, privacy, and personal space based on respect for Islamic legislative principles (e.g., Ijti’had, which refers to the consensus of public opinion). Quantitative analysis results are as follows: first, adaptation of the traditional Libyan Arab house (TLAH) to site correlates with its physical features. Second, user fitness to TLAH correlates with its social setting. Third, TLAH neighborhood characteristics afford user privacy; and user physical environment correlates with the social environment. Physical attributes of climatic responsiveness, residential physical characteristics, and typology impact on housing fitness to its locale. Social order is achieved through spatial segregation. The establishment of tradition Arab house (TLAH) typology adaptation features has led the thesis to recommend housing guidelines for Muslim environments for environmental considerations and peaceful social coexistence. Here, a compact housing system adapts to user values of shared facilities and physical hierarchy of spaces through innovative private route over the public pathway.,Certification of Master's / Doctoral Thesis" is not available
Pages:	232
Call Number:	NA7117.5.S533 2012 3 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment / Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Alam Bina

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