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SANTOSA, Mas. Change and continuity in sustainable settlement: a case study in a tropical region. In: CONFERENCE ON PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY ARCHITECTURE, 16., 1999, Brisbane. Anais... Brisbane: PLEA, 1999. p. 333-339.
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Abstract

The paper attempts to look at the linkage factors between the sociocultural and physical phenomena, and spatial formation in the settlement of a tropical region. Four types of house form in low and high density settlements, namely the traditional, the colonial and the modern, were selected as the case studies. The first part of the paper will address the unique set of socio-cultural-physical phenomena which affect the spatial formation of traditional settlement. The paper will then look at the change and constancy of some traditional values in the development of the settlement and house forms from traditional to modern. Using a computer simulation, the thermal performances of the houses are calculated and analysed according to the linkage factors between the physical phenomena and the spatial formation. The second part of the paper analyses the change and continuity of the values in each case study. In the traditional house, its forms are mainly generated by the belief and value systems which are embedded in socio-cultural life of the inhabitants. However the house form can also be considered as having a good climatic adaptation. On the contrary modern houses tend to respond only to modern life styles and construction techniques but are unsuitable for the prevailing climatic conditions. The colonial house solutions are generally thermally heavy weight structures with massive walls, resulted a better thermal condition than the modern house which has a similar structure.
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