Persepsi Pengguna terhadap Kontena Sebagai Alternatif Bangunan Komersial di Malaysia I: Kerangka dan Kaedah Kajian

Abstract

On an overall scale, this study was conducted to identify the perception of users towards containers as an alternative choice to commercial buildings in Malaysia and also the environmental design criterias that could contribute towards the thermal comfort of a container. This paper, which is the first of two parts, focuses on the development of the research framework and approach used for the techniques and methodologies to conduct the research. It describes the development of the research methodology which brought to the adoption of mixed methods as the appropriate method to answer the objectives of the study. Based on this method, the research technique begins with the development of a closed-ended questionnaire which will then be distributed to guests and users of the selected locations to identify user perceptions. This is followed by the second step, which was to develop a series of case studies based on the three selected locations. Subsequently is the third step, which is also the final step; a brief observation and analysis of the findings taken from the data collection from all three locations. This process ultimately aims to identify environmental design criteria that can contribute to the thermal comfort of a container. This research framework will later guide the data collection and analysis process for this study and the results are expected to function as a reference in understanding user’s perception of thermal comfort in containers as well as designing the container environment as a commercial building space suitable for tropical climate.