Papers by Rahinah Ibrahim
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Characteristics of children’s paintings have been suggested considered for application in public ... more Characteristics of children’s paintings have been suggested considered for application in public art since they are known to positively evoke a sense of well-being when people see them. This study aims to understand the impact of artistic features from children’s drawings on people’s well-being; then analyzing the adaptive design principles of 3D public art featuring children’s paintings on people’s happiness; and finally, exploring the influence of 3D public art featuring children’s paintings on improving public spaces and enhancing people’s well-being. The results lead to proposing a conceptual framework for public artworks in public spaces for improving people’s happiness. The proposed conceptual framework recommends that, by applying the visual and thinking features of children’s paintings to public art, artists can design high-quality artworks suitable for a city, which could improve people’s happiness in public spaces. This study recommends further research into how public art...
Internet Interventions
Background: This study presents a protocol for a mixed method study on the development and evalua... more Background: This study presents a protocol for a mixed method study on the development and evaluation of the effectiveness of mobile phone-based intervention for enhancing career competencies of managers in the Malaysian public service. Career competencies, being central to the self-management and development of one's career, are necessary for proactive management of careers; they help to guide the individuals towards subjective career success which subsequently leads to organization success. However, there is a lack of career competencies intervention practices in the Malaysian public service. Therefore, this study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a user and expert centric mobile phone-based career intervention program of career competencies among Malaysian public managers. In this study, the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) is adopted as the framework to develop mobile phone-based intervention for career competencies. Method: This is a sequential exploratory mixed method study which involves, in Phase 1, a qualitative approach: reviewing of literature and interviewing experts and public servants who are users of mobile phones so as to obtain their perspectives regarding the components in the career intervention module and mobile phone application features. A quantitative approach is implemented in Phase 2 that evaluates the mobile phone-based career intervention program. Validation will be conducted to meet the objectives of (i) the usability of the mobile communication career intervention application (survey), and (ii) evaluation of the effectiveness of the intervention program for career competencies delivered through mobile phone application (randomized controlled trial). The career intervention program consists of five modules through which development is based on reflective, communicative and behavioral dimensions. Outcome: The primary outcome of this study is career competencies. The career competencies score will be compared between participants in the intervention and control group at the baseline, and follow-ups at week four and week 12 respectively, using mixed design ANOVA. Discussion: The results from this study will indicate the effectiveness of the career intervention program for career competencies in the reformation of public services management. The intervention can serve as a new modality to enhance career competencies among public managers in Malaysia if its effectiveness is proven.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Industries & Creative Culture, DESIGN DECODED 2021, 24-25 August 2021, Kedah, Malaysia
There is a need for unique packaging designs using a green packaging approach which would help en... more There is a need for unique packaging designs using a green packaging approach which would help encourage multiple usages. In order to reuse an up-cycled packaging product, the up-cycled packaging design must meet the users' aesthetic preferences. This paper attempts to document the key green aesthetics fundamentals for upgrading recycled packaging products. The purpose is in merging the green packaging concept with a suitable user's aesthetic, thus, formulating the unique packaging transformation. This paper presents the initial study that is based on a selection of literature reviews in order to capture the influencing factors that designers could consider in guiding unique packaging approaches; it describes the results of the literature survey on unique packaging, user aesthetics, appropriate aesthetics, and the current concepts of green packaging. This research proposes that applying innovative design concepts for green packaging and combining green aesthetic requirements for customers could encourage acceptance among the customers in the upgrading and transformation of unique packaging. The results of this study are recommended for the future development of a green aesthetics approach for a green product packaging process. The proposed approach is expected to guide designers to embrace up-cycling techniques, thereby contributing in reducing waste in the post fabrication life cycle.
Contemporary Strategies and Approaches in 3-D Information Modeling, 2018
Building information modelling is further globalizing architecture, engineering, and construction... more Building information modelling is further globalizing architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professional partnerships. However, little is known on the effect of cultural and human factors on BIM-enabled visualization applications. This desktop study examined the extant literature on factors relating to application of BIM-enabled visualization technologies as a process that can improve, leverage, and conduct visual communication for coordination during implementation of global projects. It identifies BIM-enabled visualization having the capability in facilitating knowledge flows in complex discontinuous working environment of a property development's life cycle, and supports designers' understanding in its early working phases. This chapter presents the development of a theoretical proposition for embedding local work culture etiquette in BIM-enabled visualization application for augmenting dynamic knowledge transfer among discontinuous members in a building proje...
Interactive participatory design in landscape design process in Malaysia is very momentous as its... more Interactive participatory design in landscape design process in Malaysia is very momentous as its technique will support communities to bring about shape their residential. The paper is to examine the appropriate of interactive participatory technique namely as 3D Participatory Design that might enhance of neighbourhood design. Case study has been applied for this research strategy. A proposed site for staff quarters residential area in Universiti Putra Malaysia campus is selected. Direct observation has been used specifically to understand the continuing behaviour of the experts group and participants (local community), and the process and unfolding of the 3D participatory design exercise. The most contributions of this research are to accentuate the implementation of 3D Participatory Landscape Design in the urban landscape development process will help in achieving a sustainable community. The urban dwellers will become sensitive to their living environment and its technique recog...
Community-based management practices stakeholder inclusivity is claimed to be the panacea in over... more Community-based management practices stakeholder inclusivity is claimed to be the panacea in overcoming problems and dilemmas in governing ecotourism. Kampung Kuantan Fireflies Park (KKFP) in Kuala Selangor faced several complaints from tourists which were hypothesised to be associated with governance of the park. Social network analysis was utilised to identify the key stakeholders within the governance network of managing ecotourism and in understanding the interests and roles of these stakeholders. The network metrics used were number of edges, density, geodesic distance, and degree and betweenness centralities. The network metric and map obtained suggested that the local community boatmen had the highest degree and betweenness centralities in the KKFP social network. Inclusivity, particularly in the fireflies observation boat ride and tour services, had occurred but involvement in the management decision-making held by the district office could be improved. Possible explanations...
This study examined the personal resources that influence the research performance of academics a... more This study examined the personal resources that influence the research performance of academics at the Malaysian Research Universities (MRUs). This study adopted a correlational design, and proportionate stratified random sampling was used to select 377 samples of academics at MRUs. A questionnaire survey was employed, and the descriptive statistics and multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. The results show that individual efforts significantly influence research performance. This study is essential for the university’s management and Human Resource Development practitioners to identify factors and outline efficient strategies and interventions to enhance academics’ research performance.
Urban development and overpopulation have created a serious issue towards food security in the ur... more Urban development and overpopulation have created a serious issue towards food security in the urban area. One of the potential solutions to solve this problem is by bringing food production nearer to the cities. In the past decade, vertical farming has caught our attention as an innovative system to produce food in a high amount with little land space. However, the existing systems are only limited to a certain type of crops. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential vertical farming systems for cultivating the climbing food plants using hydrophobic green material. This is a review article presenting selected literature investigating vertical farming capability, natural fiber-based hydrophobic green material, and potential manufacturing processes of hydrophobic green materials. The results include determination components on the vertical farming systems for climbing food plant, potential natural fiber based on the hydrophobic green material preparation, and potent...
One of the problems causing a threat to public health is the sanitation system of timber houses b... more One of the problems causing a threat to public health is the sanitation system of timber houses built in water. The sanitation systems of these houses unfortunately dispose wastes directly into the natural water bodies, since the houses are not actually equipped with the proper sanitation system for disposing wastes from the toilets. The centralization of the waste disposal system is not used widely at tourist areas constructed on water due to technical and financial difficulties. This research requires gathering relevant data from various sources. Moreover, this project will utilize qualitative data collection tools, but is rooted in a qualitative epistemological position that signifies the importance of locating the research within a particular social and cultural house settlement. This paper surveys the literature on problems that arise from raw sewerage disposed into natural water bodies before any sanitation is proposed to solve the problem and how an individual sewage treatmen...
International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 2020
The Malaysian government has been promoting the use of industrialized building system (IBS) and B... more The Malaysian government has been promoting the use of industrialized building system (IBS) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Productivity Thrust of the Construction Industry Transformation Program CITP2016-2020. However, the rate of BIM adaptation is hampered when the AEC industry still relies very much on traditional drawings and management practices. The clash management becomes one of the major problems affecting 25%-30% of contract value and 10% project cost. This study is part of a larger study aiming to propose an automated clash management system that supports integration of local IBS products in a BIM process. This paper reports the documentation of the underlying traditional practices for clash detection and resolution in industrialized projects. This study used case study research methodology involving a design-build construction team of an industrialized hospital project. In-depth interviews were conducted on the management team including the project manager...
Indoor and Built Environment, 2019
Inappropriate architectural lighting exposures in workplaces are causing light-induced health and... more Inappropriate architectural lighting exposures in workplaces are causing light-induced health and performance-related problems among healthy, urban individuals. This paper presents part one of an integrated tropical architectural lighting design framework for improving dayshift individuals’ psychophysiological wellbeing in windowless workplace in Malaysia. The paper discusses five architectural lighting factors, namely intensity, spectrum, timing, duration, spatial distribution. The daytime lighting characteristics that influence individuals’ psychophysiological wellbeing indicators (IPWI) were analysed. Findings indicated a dearth of literature in the lighting characteristics to support IPWI in the tropics, as evidence was predominantly from seasonal climate contexts. This motivated a critical discussion on the lighting factors and recommendations of alternative design consideration for a tropical Asian context. Potential daytime architectural lighting characteristics likely to sup...
Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, 2016
Construction projects usually encompass numerous disciplines, requiring the integration of knowle... more Construction projects usually encompass numerous disciplines, requiring the integration of knowledge from civil, mechanical, electrical and other engineering domains. Some researchers contend that the integration of construction knowledge and experience at the early design phase would improve the overall project performance. Domination of tacit knowledge during design phase of building projects is the major source of knowledge flow problems between involved professionals. Therefore, this study intends to explicate the required mechanical and electrical knowledge which has to be considered during the conceptual design phase of a green building project. To fulfil this goal, a case study has been conducted to specify the entity of the required mechanical and electrical knowledge. The primary method for the data collection here is observation. Furthermore, this study employs the triangulation method in order to validate the collected data. The results contain the required mechanical and...
International Journal of Green Economics, 2014
The Malaysian government has selected kenaf as a new commodity and natural fibre to be given supp... more The Malaysian government has selected kenaf as a new commodity and natural fibre to be given support and priority, but the expected progress in kenaf cultivation was not met. The objectives of this study are (a) to identify which stakeholders within the Kenaf development ecosystem to be given attention to enact change and (b) to determine the critical factors influencing this stakeholder's participation in the kenaf industry. For the first objective, social network analysis has been used to map and identify the most vital stakeholder. Following this finding, factor analysis is applied to determine the critical factors influencing the participation of this stakeholder in Kenaf development. The farmers were identified as most important in fostering the growth of the kenaf industry. Six significant factors influencing farmer's participation in Kenaf cultivation were recognised. The government should focus its extension efforts on farmers especially in encouraging their participation in the industry.
The urban development process displays regressive tacit-dominant knowledge areas and their tacit ... more The urban development process displays regressive tacit-dominant knowledge areas and their tacit level would impede their movements during multi-level knowledge transfers among stakeholders. The accuracy of a knowledge may be distorted when recipient stakeholders fail to understand a specific knowledge for its purpose. Earlier studies by the authors had highlighted complex yet dynamic environmental operating environment in most planning approval procedure. The paper presents a recent completed doctoral study which attempted to apply the Malaysian One-Stop Centre planning process for the city of Accra, Ghana. It centres on the Discontinuity in Organizations (D-I-O) theory which proposes “Knowledge” as the seventh Contingency Factor in managing knowledge flows in such operating condition. The theoretical foundation describes how four dynamic operating characteristics which—when combined and not well-mitigated—could lead towards organizational performance failures hence the projects’ s...
International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR, 2016
This paper attempts to help designers to turn a building into media facade as an attractive landm... more This paper attempts to help designers to turn a building into media facade as an attractive landmark for people’s urban night life. The literature survey points towards being dynamic and interactive with observers as the two quality dimensions for implementing this emerging lighting technology. Based on a survey of eleven selected media facades using video films to 250 students and staff at a public university, results identified twelve attributes for these two qualities. However, item analysis and exploratory factor analysis of the results determined only ten attributes actually support people’s attention towards media facade. The attributes of unique landmark, different nocturnal appearance, dynamic colour, informative lighting, artistic lighting performance, on going process, and dynamic advertisement could be categorized under the visual quality dimension. On the other hand, attributes of covert interaction, overt interaction, and predesigned interaction could be categorized und...
Jurnal Teknologi, 2016
Although applying industrialization methods on the construction industry is well-documented as on... more Although applying industrialization methods on the construction industry is well-documented as one of the best solutions of high housing demands, implementation progress of industrialized building system (IBS) rather slow is picking up due to barriers associated with complexity of its design stage. The paper presents an extant literature survey focusing on application of modular design process on IBS projects to benefit from abstraction of design process of these projects in order to facilitate the industrialization process of the construction industry. Results indicate that designing based on modularization could assist design process of IBS projects so that it prevents emerging conflicts in IBS life span that is rooted in IBS design stage. The study is presently expecting to improve awareness in various phases of IBS projects regarding the significance contributions of Modular Design Method as a respond to the complexity of IBS design method.
Advances in Environmental Biology, 2015
Article history: Background: An artefact usage experience is able to provide a tremendous input o... more Article history: Background: An artefact usage experience is able to provide a tremendous input on behavioural research. This paper presents about a computational methodology of eye tracking to lead designers and behavioural researchers to construct an effective procedure ensuring the excavation of user knowledge. Objectives: Our research highlights the potential for designers and behavioural researchers on using eye tracking test on for capturing user"s knowledge of functional aesthetic as cognitive and behavioural ergonomic data for the said artefacts. The eye tracking instrument was introduced to capture the aesthetic experience knowledge of Malay cultural artefact for defining artefact behavioural experience (usage) based on the user"s eye movements. Results: Results from a qualitative case study was performed demonstrated the use of eye tracking on studying the traditional Malay curvy weapon known as Lawi Ayam through the identification of the syntactic properties. Re...
ALAM CIPTA, International Journal on Sustainable …, 2007
Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) implementation requires a systemic operational approach fro... more Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) implementation requires a systemic operational approach from conceptual design to implementation. In doing so, ensuring the movement of knowledge amongst the team members for a timely and within the budget implementation is a major concern because it impacts the long-term sustainability of the completed project. This study attempts to relate recent international findings to the Malaysian context, which recommended the need to look at the life span of property projects and proposing the development of tools and methodologies that could mitigate the knowledge-loss phenomenon. It found some similarities between housing development projects in USA with those of the local public projects. At the conclusion of this paper, it supports the recommendation for a systemic review of the local IBS delivery process by integrating 3D-CAD modelling during the housing development design process. The systemic IBS process is expected to promote a seamless transition towards 4D technology in the building phase.
Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2015
Significant changes in the world population demand interior design approach to be more usable and... more Significant changes in the world population demand interior design approach to be more usable and accessible for all people. However, the lack of awareness and misinterpretation on the “real user” during interior design process discourage the integration of Universal design (UD) in the built environment. For that reason, this study employed literature survey to identify how UD principles could support diverse users in the built environment. Then, we recognize how UD can be employed in the interior design process to meet this purpose. The results of this study contribute in recommending the integration of UD as a green interior design approach for accommodating diverse user in the Malaysian built environment.
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