HONEYCOMB HOUSINGversusCONVENTIONAL HOUSING…

…20 timesmore potential buyers for Honeycomb

UPMSURVEYAT FRONT OF STATEGOVERNMENT OFFICEJOHOR BARU,11-14 SEPTEMBER, 2006

Mohd Peter Davis, Bukryman Sabri and Nurizan Yahaya Universiti Putra Malaysia and Mazlin Ghazali Arkitek M. Ghazali

UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

HONEYCOMB HOUSINGCONCEPT

Report Published 29 September 2006

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The UPM Survey Team at work at front of stategovernment officeJohor Baru,11-14 September, 2006.

HONEYCOMB or CONVENTIONALHOUSING?

UPM SURVEY atFRONT OF STATEGOVERNMENT OFFICEJOHORBARU, 11-14SEPTEMBER 2006

Honeycomb® is a unique Malaysian housing invention

(international patents pending)

and gaining wide acceptance from potential house buyers in consumer surveys and from housing professionals in exhibitions and seminars. It has beenrecently adopted by the Sarawak Government for the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

“Thermal Comfort Honeycomb Housing:

the Affordable Alternative to TerraceHousing

” is the title of a UPM popular science book (2006) and describes how thisinvention was developed over many years by Kuala Lumpur based Arkitek M. Ghazaliin collaboration with the Cool House research conducted by Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Honeycomb housing

differs dramatically from terrace housing by clustering cool,modern houses with their own garden around small shady parks. This town planningdesign slows the traffic without speed humps and recreates a safe outdoor environmentreminiscent of Malay kampungs and rural towns. The Honeycomb concept offers a newurban lifestyle fostering three generation friendly neighbourhoods where children are

IN BRIEF

Contact:

Mohd PeterDavis,

Visiting Scientist,

Institute ofAdvancedTechnology,Universiti PutraMalaysia.

Off: 603-8946-7564H/p:012-335-1938

mohd_peter@hotmail.com

U N I V E R S I T I P U T R A M A L A Y S I A

M o h d P e t e r D a v i s , B u k r y m a n S a b r i a n d N u r i z a n Y a h a y a a n d M a z l i n G h a z a l i , A r k i t e k M . G h a z a l i

the concern of the whole community.Even very young children are free onceagain to play outdoors together, cyclesafely to school and the shops andindependently explore and enjoy theworld around them as they get older,liberating their ‘taxi driver’ parents.

This consumer survey

of mainly Johor State Government employees marks abreakthrough. It reports for the first timethe response to a complete range of 8types of Honeycomb apartments andHoneycomb houses priced from RM42,000 to RM 250,000 and compareseach of them to identically pricedconventional apartments, terracehouses and semi-Ds.

The survey reveals

an overwhelmingpreference for the Honeycomb range of apartments and houses and proves theyare affordable to 100% of potentialhome buyers. Should Honeycombhousing now be implementedthroughout Malaysia?We think so but let the evidence belowand in the detailed report speak for itself:-