The Integrated Design Concept Of Wholes By Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture today is more focusing on aesthetic instead of the surrounding environment. In the result, the importance of the relationship between architecture and environment have been neglected and forgotten. Figure1.1: Falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright, an example of showing the harmony between the environment with architecture itself.

Nowadays, the importance of the relationship between the residents’ satisfaction and the residential housing design is getting more concerned than ever before. There are many design principles of residential architecture; one of them is W.B.D principles.

The concept of "wholes" starts at 1926, Jan Christian Smuts, a South African Prime Minister and philosopher, coined the term "holism". He insisted that

In the Integrated design approach, each of the design objective is significantly important in any project, yet a truly successful one is where project goals are identified early on and held in proper balance during the design process; and where their interrelationships and interdependencies with all building systems are understood, evaluated, appropriately applied, and coordinated concurrently from the planning and programming phase. A high-performance building cannot be achieved unless the integrated design approach is employed.

There are some elements that need to be considered in concern and in balance with each other,

1. Accessible: Pertains to building elements, heights and clearances implemented to address the specific needs of disabled people.

2. Aesthetics: Pertains to the physical appearance and image of building elements and spaces as well as the integrated design

Sustainable: Pertains to environmental performance of building elements and strategies. Figure 1.2: Diagram for concept of Whole Building Design

Whole Building Design provides the strategies to achieve a true high-performance building: one that is cost-effective over its entire life cycle, safe, secure, accessible, flexible, aesthetic, productive, and sustainable.

In this research project, relationships of architecture and environment will be explored and discussed, especially regarding the residential architecture, this will be observed & analysed on how buildings exist within one space, climate, and culture. Furthermore issues on how does architecture benefit or affect towards to its environment. Nevertheless, the importance of the welfare aspects of housing was considered as one of the residential context. Residents in Bandar Utama residential area in Bandar Utama responded to a self-developed questionnaire. It was about the access to educational, recreational, and public services in their neighbourhood, also the existence of various architectural and environmental characteristics in the single houses based on the inhabitants’ requirements. Also, the residential satisfaction in relation to these components was