Year: 2008
Type: report
Abstract: Historic buildings basically represents the single most visible aspect of our past\nhistory and culture. Like most other countries in the world, Malaysia has a rich legacy of\nhistoric buildings with outstanding craftsmanship and architecture quality. They form an\nimpressive historic features and heritage of the past work of man. It is important to conserve\nand preserve historic buildings because they provide a sense of identity and continuity in a\nfast changing world for future generations. However some of these buildings are at risk from\ndefects and are not being well cared for due to lack of technical knowledge and high cost of\nrepair and maintenance. The purpose of this paper intends to highlight the existing conditions\nof historical buildings in Malaysia with the main focus on the conditions of building defects and\nconservation approach to these buildings. To do so, a pilot survey has been conducted on\nseveral heritage towns and cities based on the existing heritage trail in Malaysia. The broad\nobjective of this pilot survey is to examine the level of building defects and the location of\nbuilding defects that normally occur at various types of historical buildings in Malaysia. At the\nsame time, it will also look into the conservation approaches that has been done to these\nhistorical buildings either the method are acceptable according to the basic principles and\nphilosophy of building conservation. It is expected that this paper could contribute some\nbenefits to the owners, consultants, contractors, conservators, various government agencies,\nheritage body and by all those who concerned with the care and conservation of historic\nbuildings in Malaysia.
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2134714575