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Vitality of Flats Outdoor Space

Year: 2012

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Minimum internal dwelling space of low-cost walk-up flats forces life to spill outdoor involving daily mundane activities affecting neighborhood social vitality. In design, this affordance of such ‘marginal’ outdoor spaces has been neglected. Using data derived from systematic observations in various low cost walk up flats, this paper explores the use of these outdoor near home spaces and found that they support various domestic, social and retreat activities generating liveliness in the otherwise barren low cost environment. Potentials for social encounters and casual surveillance were significantly affected by the flats layouts.

Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.044

Authors: Azhan Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Sani Ahmad, Tajul Edrus Nordin

Institutions: University of Technology Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA

Language: English

Topic: Architectural and Urban Studies

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia