Investigation On The Effectiveness Between A Residential Modern Roof Design And Traditional ‘Malay-Style Kampung’ Roof Design In Malaysia To Accommodate Rainwater Drainage

Azman, Abdul Muizz (2018) Investigation On The Effectiveness Between A Residential Modern Roof Design And Traditional ‘Malay-Style Kampung’ Roof Design In Malaysia To Accommodate Rainwater Drainage. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Malaysia receive heavy rain throughout the year, around 2030 mm of rain. The distribution of rainfall in Malaysia is irregular from month to month and from one place to another due to affecting factors such as the wind blow, clouds coverage and geographical factor. It is necessary for the Malaysians to own a house in order to protect them from the heat of the sun and heavy rain. Thus, for the structure of the house, roof plays a vital role, however, newly built houses nowadays had undergone modernization to which they neglected the importance of the roof itself where it should be able to sustain the rainwater flow by choosing the roof material and angle of the roof. At the same time, the additional large burden put onto the roof, the humidity of the building materials and fungal growth and decay, would eventually cause damage. In this research. The objective is to compare between a few types of modern and traditional roofs and to observe the effectiveness of these types of roof to flow rainwater. Four different types and roof angle was tested using the model structure. Later, the result are recorded and compared for the purpose of analyzation. The expected result would show the recommendation of suitable angle for each type of the roof.

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