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6. Place the location of The location of the building of the house is adapted to the
the building location of the sun (falak), usually the two main poles of the
sun, which are the rising sun and the setting sun.
7. Plants in the front The house is planted with trees such as maja, canang lime,
durian tree, menseta tree, lime tree, ramunggi tree, shrubs,
yard
cermai tree, pauh tree, star tree, cape tree.
8. Wells Excavated around the courtyard of the water source.
9. Looking for a house The site of the house is divided into 16 sites in a row, each site is
site that breaks up the given its own name that has a certain meaning.
plot of land
10. Door The door should be made based on the direction of the rising
sun and the setting sun, and the location should be north and
south.
11. Day and month of According to the manuscript, to build a house, you must choose
building a house. a specific month.
The best time to build a house is when the sun starts to rise
from 8 am to 12 noon and at night.
12. Prayer of safety The four pillars of the house are placed with a prayer:
a) West - prayer of Sayyidina Ali Ibnu Abi Talib r.a.
b) North - the prayer of Sayyidina Usman Ibnu Affan r.a
c) East- prayer of Sayyidina Umar Ibnu Khattab r.a
d) South - the prayer of Sayyidina Abu Bakar r.a
e) West - prayers of Abu Bakar Assidiq and Elias r.a
f) North - prayer of Ali Ibnu Abi Talib r.a
g) East – the prayer of Umar Ibnu Khattab r.a
h) South - the prayer of Usman Ibnu Affan r.a.

Light is crucial in our experience of space; in a lack of light, it is impossible to evaluate spatial
relationships. The essence of space and phenomenon can be altered by light. It generates shadows that
contrast our mental perception while illuminating objects and changing up the dullness of space. Sufficient
sunlight is the one key component of building a healthy and comfortable home. According to Arjmandi et
al., 2010 cited by Faezeh Nabavi, Yahaya Ahmad and Ai Tee Goh, (2013) due to its lower cost and
permanent the natural world, natural light is usually employed as the primary source of illumination in
houses.

Physically, understanding of illumination in traditional Malay houses can be seen in the making of
the ventilation panels. The light is depending to the natural light source (e.g sun and moon) which
illuminate the house space through the wall panel that carved with beautiful ornamental pattern. Tebuk
Tembus technique the wood carvings of the traditional Malay houses for several reasons, e.g. ventilation,
day lighting and visual satisfaction. As for the ventilation concern, the masters provided an effective natural
system by considering the local climatic environment.

The local’s tebuk tembus technique produce an effective air vent. Besides that, the number of
voids/hollows provided would also contribute to quality visual impact also unique and was well-executed
(Jamilah Othman, Noor Hanita Abdul Majid, 2017).The technique contributes effective natural ventilation
and day lighting placed above a door or a window component for air vent or lighting purposes. Traditional
homes have different spaces that response uniquely to daylight and this sequence employs the

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