Resumo

This study investigates how the cultural values embedded in Balinese and Thai traditional houses can be analytically extracted and maintained within contemporary residential design through the lens of spatial ethnomathematics. Drawing on D’Ambrosio’s ethnomathematics and Bishop’s pan-cultural activities of locating and designing, the research treats vernacular dwellings as operational diagrams of cultural cosmology, foregrounding proportion, modularity, orientation, and spatial hierarchy rather than ornament alone. The analysis is operationalized through the IMO(E) framework – Inner (cosmology), Middle (social practice), Outer (geometric form), and (E)xperimental (transformation) – extending Leong and Clark’s three-tier model of culture-based design. A practice-based qualitative methodology combines literature review, observation, typological-morphological reading, and design experimentation across two cases: the Balinese karang governed by Tri Hita Karana, Sanga Mandala, and Tri Angga; and the Thai ruean structured by hwang modularity, chan mediation, and stilt-based vertical cosmology. Findings demonstrate that spatial ethnomathematics, coupled with IMO(E), provides a methodological bridge that sustains cultural values not by replicating form but by maintaining the spatial-cosmological logic that form materialises. Applied to a contemporary two-storey residential proposal, the protocol shows how abstraction, substitution, and recombination carry Inner cosmology and Middle practice into Outer geometry while remaining responsive to present-day inhabitation.

Dados da obra

Tipo
Artigo
Periódico
Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, v. 50, n. 2, p. 127-142
Editora
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Ano
2026 (2026-09-15)
Idioma
en
Palavras-chave
spatial ethnomathematics; IMO(E) framework; Balinese traditional house; Thai traditional house; cultural values; vernacular architecture; Balinese traditional houses; traditional dwellings; Tri Hita Karana; Tri Angga; stilt houses; spatial hierarchy
Temas
Etnomatemática, Geometria
DOI
10.3846/jau.2026.25451
ISSN
2029-7947, 2029-7955, 1392-1630, 1648-3537
Licença
cc-by
Acesso
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Fontes
DOAJ — Directory of Open Access Journals; OpenAlex
Na Biblioteca desde
01/10/2026 · verificada em 03/10/2026

Como citar

ABNT
HALIM, Erwin Ardianto et al.. Applying spatial ethnomathematics to maintain the cultural values of Balinese and Thai traditional houses. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, v. 50, n. 2, p. 127-142, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/jau.2026.25451.

APA

Halim, E. A., Joneurairatan, E., Malai, V., Sawatmongkhonkul, K., Royandi, Y., & Suhanjoyo, S. N. (2026). Applying spatial ethnomathematics to maintain the cultural values of Balinese and Thai traditional houses. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 50(2), 127-142. https://doi.org/10.3846/jau.2026.25451

BibTeX
@article{halim2026,
  author = {Halim, Erwin Ardianto and Joneurairatan, Eakachat and Malai, Visuwat and Sawatmongkhonkul, Klawkanlayaphon and Royandi, Yudita and Suhanjoyo, Shirly Nathania},
  title = {Applying spatial ethnomathematics to maintain the cultural values of Balinese and Thai traditional houses},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of Architecture and Urbanism},
  volume = {50},
  number = {2},
  pages = {127-142},
  publisher = {Vilnius Gediminas Technical University},
  doi = {10.3846/jau.2026.25451},
  language = {en}
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Halim, Erwin Ardianto
AU  - Joneurairatan, Eakachat
AU  - Malai, Visuwat
AU  - Sawatmongkhonkul, Klawkanlayaphon
AU  - Royandi, Yudita
AU  - Suhanjoyo, Shirly Nathania
TI  - Applying spatial ethnomathematics to maintain the cultural values of Balinese and Thai traditional houses
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of Architecture and Urbanism
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
SP  - 127
EP  - 142
DO  - 10.3846/jau.2026.25451
LA  - en
ER  - 

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