Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences (BIoHS) Journal
Vol 2 No 2 (2020): Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences, June

Changes of Form of Malay Traditional Houses in Medan and Surroundings

Imam Faisal Pane (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara Indonesia.)
Hilma Tamiami Fachrudin (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara Indonesia.)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jun 2020

Abstract

Malay Architecture is one of the architectures that developed in Medan City and its surroundings. Malay ethnicity has existed and developed in this area marked by the presence of the Deli Malay Sultanate whose Kingdom capital is in Medan. With the existence of this Sultanate, the existence of Malay architecture is getting stronger and influencing the community, especially for the Malay community. This article aims to look at the development of Malay architecture nowadays with various influences that come from everywhere. This influence is certainly related to the form of this building which changes follow the times. Observation locations are in Medan and its surrounding areas, namely Langkat and Serdang Bedagai. Qualitative methods are used to see physical facts in the field which are corroborated by the questionnaire as a form of respondents’ expressions. The results obtained are some changes to the building caused by the variety of activities owned by residents of the house so that it requires space that affect the changes in the form and function of the building. Overall, the building owner still maintains the characteristics of Malay traditional architecture, especially the use of ornaments or decoration on the building.

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Journal Info

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biohs

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Subject

Religion Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Environmental Science Social Sciences

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BIoHS-Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published in February, June and October by BIAR Publisher. BIoHS Journal welcomes research paper in humanities: language and linguistics, history, literature, performing art, philosophy, religion, visual arts. Social sciences: economic, anthropology, ...