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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 31-349
Full Name: Zuhairuse Md Darus
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Bangi, Selangor
Country: MALAYSIA
Tel: +60389214584
Tel prefix: +603
Fax: +60389213670
E-mail address: ujang@vlsi.eng.ukm.my
Other E-mails: zuhairuse@yahoo.com
Title of the Paper: Native regionalism in development of sustainable resort in Malaysia.
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Zuhairuse Md Darus, Siti Nurhidayah Abdul Manan, Nor Atikah Hashim, Roslan Saat, Azami Zaharim & Zaidi Omar.
Email addresses of all the authors: atiqmy@yahoo.com, azami@vlsi.eng.ukm.my
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: Current growth in the tourism industry especially in the South East Asia region has sparked the emergence of various resort amenities to cater for the tourists' needs. In vying for the influx of tourists, tourism spots and destinations such as Bali, Phuket and Langkawi and other resort locations in the region, strive to offer tourists a more culturally sensitive form of travel accommodation. These infamous tourism and resort destinations has distinctively portrayed the exquisiteness of the traditional regional architecture as its prime development concept and resort identity. This uniqueness interpreted an authentic aesthetical values and strong ethnic cultural influence which is often translated into a concept known as 'authentic regionalism'. The exquisiteness of the traditional Malay architecture, known as Malay vernacular architecture, symbolizes decades of richness of the Malays' cultural heritage, creativities and civilization. Traditional Malay designs inter!
preted strong aesthetical values and cultural influence, which are relatively patterned from the Malays' creative attitudes together with their sensitivities and intimate relationships with their surroundings. In other words, the industry strive to offer an environment as 'local' as possible without sacrificing creature comforts. This paper will cover element of regionalism, approach, issue and character in the tourism Architecture in Malaysia. It will also presents the analyses primarily in regards of construction materials adapted in the development of resorts in Malaysia as the fundamentals for sustainable development and how successful the adaptation is in representing the Malay vernacular architecture
Keywords: Tourism, Culture, Architecture, Development, Aesthetical, Regionalism, Sustainable Development
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