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Courtyards Design Variants and Its Functions in Malaysian Hospitals
The Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies
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Courtyards Design Variants and Its Functions in Malaysian Hospitals
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Almhafdy, Abdulbasit
Ibrahim, Norhati Sh. Ahmad, Sabarinah Yahya, Josmin |
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The courtyard becomes a vital element that commonly applied in tropical buildings for its environmental, social and therapeutic potentials. However, effort to examine its usage and design variants is limited. This paper focuses on the application of courtyards in the context of Malaysian hospitals. Thirty-two courtyards were inventoried. Besides the courtyard functions, design variants were recorded in terms of its form and aspect ratio, courtyard orientation and physical features. The results revealed that the courtyards in the Malaysian hospitals buildings are creatively manipulated. The paper concludes with an outline of means to optimize a courtyard’s microclimatic and healing performances.2398-4295 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Courtyard function; design variants; hospitals; environmental aspect
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e-International Publishing House (e-IPH) Ltd., UK
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Research Management Institute (RMI), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia |
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2016-05-01
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/25
10.21834/ajbes.v1i1.15 |
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Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies; Vol 1, No 1 (2016): May/Jun (Maiden); 1-11
2398-4295 10.21834/ajbes.v1i1 |
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eng
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https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/25/115
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Copyright (c) 2016 Abdulbasit Almhafdy, Norhati Ibrahim, Sabarinah Sh. Ahmad, Josmin Yahya
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