Abstract
The main intention of this study is to contribute some thoughts on why the tradition of wood carvings in traditional Malay architecture was discontinued at the rise of modern and post-modern architectural works in Malaysia. Although the tradition of wood carvings more or less came to a stop in public architectural works with the development of colonial architecture, this study seeks to clarify the modernistic and post-modern arguments on the problem or issues of ornamentation. Although modernism mainly or seemingly rejected the use of ornaments, there was still a strong strand of its development in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. The western post-modernist architects such as Michael Graves and Charles Jencks went on to develop a discourse on ornamentation under the area of architectural meaning and linguistics. It is expected that this critic paper can segragate and analyse issues and problems of Malay wood carvings and start a further discussion on the development of this traditional heritage which can contribute and reconstruct a better framework for the Architectural Identity of Malaysia.
Highlights
The paper is divided into three main parts
The main intention of this study is to contribute some thoughts on why the tradition of wood carvings in traditional Malay architecture was discontinued at the rise of modern and post-modern architectural works in Malaysia
It is expected that this critic paper can segragate and analyse issues and problems of Malay wood carvings and start a further discussion on the development of this traditional heritage which can contribute and reconstruct a better framework for the Architectural Identity of Malaysia
Summary
Reinterpreted into the modern context (Hassanpour et al, 2012). The ‘semangatkayu’ of wood carvings comes. We hope to ornamentation as a valid and professional discourse so that show that the idea of ornament went through important we could create a more meaningful architecture for our changes in form, motif, materials and philosophy. The society in this part of the world. The issue of ornament in architecture is directly related to the idea of political governance in a western conception of democracy and constitution. We will suggest how much of the discourse in architecture and ornament directly relates to the ideas of political governance
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