MALAYBIM LIBRARY: WEB-BASED PLATFORM DATABASE FOR HISTORICAL MALAY BUILDINGS

Abstract

This article aims to promote utilising the MalayBIM library as a newly developed web-based platform of digitalised historical Malay buildings. The article focuses on the growing interest in cultural-based BIM libraries and the process and the interface of the developed MalayBIM library. The research has two (2) objectives: to digitalise historical Malay buildings using BIM and design a web-based platform (library) for the digitalised historical Malay buildings. This explorative research has successfully modelled ten (10) historical Malay buildings and 201 components using the BIM approach utilising Autodesk Revit software. The outcome is the MalayBIM library, which is a collection of historical Malay buildings that have been modelled into the BIM environment. The output can be utilised by students, educators and designers. The research would benefit the effort of preserving Malay architecture as a platform of digitalised cultural-historical buildings has been established