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An attap dwelling is traditional housing found in the
Normand-Prunieres, Helene. 'Malaysian Dwellings', ''Proceedings of ENHR International Housing Conference 2004'', (Cambridge: University, 2004)
House types Architecture in Indonesia Architecture in Malaysia Architecture in Singapore {{house-type-stub
An attap dwelling is traditional housing found in the kampong
A kampong (''kampung'' in Malay and Indonesian) is the term for a village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "port" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of the indigenous people, and has also been used ...
s of Brunei
Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by th ...
, Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
, Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
and Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
. Named after the attap palm, which provides the wattle for the walls, and the leaves with which their roofs are thatched
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...
, these dwellings can range from huts to substantial houses. Until the nineteenth century even significant public buildings such as temple
A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
s were built in this manner. The attap dwelling was used as the inspiration for the natural cross ventilation system for Newton Suites
Newton Suites is a residential skyscraper in Newton Road, Singapore designed by WOHA Architects. It has a height of 120 metres with 36 floors. Each floor has two two-bedroom and two three-bedroom apartments. The top floor contains two penthouses ...
, by WOHA
WOHA is a Singaporean multinational architectural industrial design firm. First established in 1994 by Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, its name is derived from the initial letters of the founders’ surnames. Based out of Singapore, ...
Architects, Singapore.
References
Sources
Normand-Prunieres, Helene. 'Malaysian Dwellings', ''Proceedings of ENHR International Housing Conference 2004'', (Cambridge: University, 2004)
House types Architecture in Indonesia Architecture in Malaysia Architecture in Singapore {{house-type-stub