Project Planning

Design Issues: Actual example of the architecture of orang asli homes.

Treatment: Research on existing orang asli homes, study the architecture, materials, and locations of the homes. Illustration skills need to be improved. Lots of visuals need to be gathered.

Mind Map:



Precedence Studies:



Flow Chart & Navigation:



Gantt Chart & Timeline:



Research & Data Gathering Planning: A visit to orang asli settlement in belum forest, a visit to the orang asli museum in gombak, interviewing the folks at the orang asli settlement though i haven't decide on which questions to ask just yet.

Change of proposal.

As to the previous one, I decided to focus more on the birth, marriage and death in orang asli culture.

Introduction: "Are we aware that there are about 147,412 orang asli in our country and the majority of them reside in 869 villages in Peninsular Malaysia?

Most of them are divided into three major ethnic groups – Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Malays –and Pahang tops the list of having the most number of Orang Asli with 54,293 while Kedah has the least with only 232.

Within the groups, they are sub-divided into several clans, which we Malaysians do not know much about." (from The Star)

Objectives: To provide information regarding the rituals and celebration on birth, marriage and death in the orang asli community.

Target Audience: Young adults and adults.

User Task: To interact with the interface of the cut out view of orang asli houses.

Detail Description: An interactive application about the celebration and rituals during birth, marriage and death of the Orang Asli in Malaysia. The application will be more into how, what, where, when, and who during the rituals and celebrations. It will be focusing more on their culture, but still something in common with any other races.

Concept: Illustrations of orang asli homes in their settlement, in a cut out/see through view.

example of a house in cut out view

Project Proposal: Orang Asli Settlement

Introduction: "Are we aware that there are about 147,412 orang asli in our country and the majority of them reside in 869 villages in Peninsular Malaysia?

Most of them are divided into three major ethnic groups – Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Malays –and Pahang tops the list of having the most number of Orang Asli with 54,293 while Kedah has the least with only 232.

Within the groups, they are sub-divided into several clans, which we Malaysians do not know much about." (from The Star)

Objectives: To provide information regarding orang asli settlement such as the brief information about their background, types of shelters, weapons, handcrafts, how they scout for a location for a new settlement and an image gallery for users to view on.

Target Audience: Anyone above 16 years old who is interested to learn more about the Orang Asli. Reason is, by the age of 16, majority of students in local high school have learned how to read topographical map during geography class in school.

User Task: To interact with the interface of the topographical map to view the content. Interactive buttons may be the topographical elements on the map (examples: river, highland, valley)

Detail Description: An interactive application about the Orang Asli in Malaysia. Some topics that will be covered is their background, the nature of their settlement, workmanships (weapons, handcrafts, huts) and a few snapshots for the image gallery. The mood and feel of the application will be more towards the sense of geographical + travel adventure. References for mood of application: National Geographic

Concept: Topographical Map of Orang Asli settlement in Malaysia

An example of topographical map design. Actual design proposed for the interface of application will be based on actual malaysian topographical map.