Prevention through Design (PtD) is a process to prevent and control any potential injury occurrences, illnesses, and fatalities by “designing out” or minimizing hazards and risks early in the designing building. It is a process that incorporates related safety-design strategies during the design phase. Due to an overwhelming number of construction industry accidents in recent years, early attention to safety precautions in the design process has been of very deep concern. The lack of PtD knowledge among designers could be a barrier to implement the PtD concept, from improving the life-cycle of the project to considering safety matters that start from the design stage. Especially in Malaysia, architecture-based programs are generally focused on their design goals at the institutional level, and they aim towards accomodating end-user safety. However, there is no space for a new PtD-centric course to be introduced. Although there have been previous studies on the introduction of PtD, specific studies on the presence of PtD education in architecture programs are still lacking. This paper, therefore, seeks to obtain constructive feedback on prevention through design and its awareness among architecture students. The ideal period of PtD exposure is by scholastic interference to further express the importance of safety concerns in an early design process. Thus, a total of 60 respondents were selected among third-year to fourth-year architecture students in Universiti Teknologi MARA Seri Iskandar Campus in Perak. The findings showed that educational engagement strengthened students’ views on the causality of accidents and promoted safe design thought at the initial design process. However, in the design course, insufficient emphasis on PtD proves to be a challenge for students to consider in the design project application. Further studies are therefore deemed necessary to identify the method of incorporating PtD sentience through scholastic intervention as an initiative to promote PtD in university degree programs to enhance awareness of safety issues.
One of the mosque component or elements is mimbar. Mimbar is a place where khatib giving khutbah or speech. This research is about a study of mosque mimbar entrance. The aim of study is to identify mosque mimbar entrance typology. This study through observation of Mosque mimbar around Kota Setar district. Data collected by taking photograph and site visit. As a result, based on data collected shows that there are several type of mosque mimbar entrance which is entrance from front, side and from back. Most of the mosque mimbar entrance is from the front which is facing qiblat.
Since 1998, the Construction Development Industry Berhad (CIDB) has been long promoting Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Malaysia. However, the use of IBS has not achieved an impressive number which only 10% and 50% have widely used in the past said CIDB in 2006. This research study focused on why IBS practice is still in an unconvincing market state of use and how sustainability in its cost perspective influences the use of IBS in each project. A questionnaire has been developed consists of four sections and has been distributed to 30 respondents in different IBS projects within the Selangor area in Malaysia. The data has been analysed using SPSS 23 software to determine the descriptive statistics and rank regarding the issues of implementing of IBS in the industry based on a cost perspective. The research study determined the level of understanding of IBS acceptance and awareness among the Malaysian construction industry. The findings encountered the main problems by constructions player while implementing IBS. In conclusion, strategies and recommendations are also suggested.
Architects must have an adequate and relevant understanding of Prevention through Design (PtD) to execute essential design decisions during the early design stage.The understanding of PtD as a proactive safety intervention throughout the design process has been supported in various studies, but there has been little research incorporatingPtDin design practices by the architectandprovisionalarchitectural safety design parameter on the Occupational Safety andHealth (OSH)matters, thus, leadingto the gap in this study.ConsideringthePtD concept as part of the sustainablestrategy into thearchitecturalearly design stages may significantly enhance the building's life cycle and safety performance, particularly during the operational and maintenance phase of the buildingprojects. Therefore, thesystematicreview was motivated by the belief that the early architectural design stage is one of the key factors improving safety performance in the practice of PtD.This review begins by analysing literature from 2011 to 2021 with relevant keywords related to the architectural design aspect that contributes to building safety performance, followed by characterising the safety aspect atthe early architectural design stage. The findings were identified and clustered into the following five categoriesof the architectural design parameters: 1) Site planning, 2) Space Planning, 3) Building envelope, 4) Design for Visibility, and 5) Environmental DesignParameters. This finding is hope to be able to providean architectural frame of reference on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) matters, allowing future researchers and practitioners to addresssustainable aspectof safety in the early architectural design practicesof PtD while optimising building safety performance across the building life cycle projects.
The notion of Prevention through Design (PtD) has been used extensively to mitigate any potential hazard and minimize residual risks during the early design phase. However, there are hurdles in implementing the PtD concept, such as lack of enforcement in terms of legislation and guideline, thus decreasing architects’ responsibilities towards implementing PtD in the design and planning stage. Therefore, the review was motivated to highlight the PtD concept and the architect’s responsibility to build safety performance throughout its entire lifecycle. The finding of this paper reveals the themes that influence the role of architects towards adopting the PtD concept, which in turn affects the safety of the whole building lifecycle. Since this paper focuses solely on the role of architects, further development of the topic can be aimed towards other roles of consultants.
The growing role of sustainability in the construction industry must be considered in the entire lifecycle. Therefore, green building is an important factor in managing the cycle from its design and construction, through operation and maintenance until the demolition. Furthermore, a systematic literature review was performed. The perspective of clients is crucial since decisions made will influence the overall green design of the project. This study focused on the main criteria of current green building in construction, the advantages of the implementation of green building in the construction industry, and the selection of green building elements based on the client perspective. Most of the buildings are involved in waste reduction and use local resources. The green building should be developed due to save resources, decrease pollution and energy consumed reduction. The data collected mentioned that reluctance to adopt the new sustainable technologies is one of the client’s viewpoints in selecting green buildings compared to conventional buildings. Therefore, the discussion revealed and reviewed the data collected from the 12 previous research articles
A module of producing and playing board games was piloted to increase students’ interest towards an architecture history class. Five classes adopted the module but only one class was studied for student engagements, the collaboration between peers and the presence of critical thinking. The investigation was collected through a questionnaire survey, in-depth interview and observation. The study concluded students were more active and engaging towards the class and outside of class. It was found the students to build and appreciate the collaborations developed between their classmates. The students were also observed to promote a creative synthesize of the subject on the product of the board game. It was concluded a board game module is able to trigger the interest of students towards a dense informative class. Keywords: student engagement, collaboration, critical thinking, history class, board game
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