Updated Outline

1.0        Introduction

1.1          What is Utopia of Malaysia? The places and the people affected.

1.2          Brief background on Indigenous people around the world and Malaysia

1.3          Aim, objective and hypothesis.

2.0       Orang Asal Background

2.1          The different tribes of Orang Asals, Who Orang Asal? Where are they from? What are their culture and lifestyle?

3.0       The issue and problem new development and displacement of Orang Asal.

3.1          Globalization and development of an area, affects the Orang Asal’s settlement and their lifestyle.

3.2          Land ownership, affects the settlement and the placement of Orang Asal

3.3          The affected areas and people. Who are the people causing it and why?

4.0       Traditional & Vernacular Architecture VS the modernized houses of Orang Asal

4.1          The form and shape of their houses based on different tribes.

4.2          The materials and technology on constructing the houses

4.3          The function of each area used by Orang Asal. Fully utilized or not?

4.4          The culture and lifestyle which goes along with the houses they lived in.

4.5          Humanity project by NGOs and Government, redesigning and rebuild new houses for the Orang Asal.

5.0       Conclusion

5.1          Does the new architecture change the local culture or does it shapes according to its existent believe?

5.2          Does government and designers are helping the Orang Asal to adapt to the changes and keep pace with the world, or merely destroying their culture bit by bits by introducing new culture? Or do they want to keep to their own culture and not moving forward in the same pace?

5.3          Recommendation and solution. Does providing a transitional architecture of both traditional and modern architecture helps the Orang Asal to keep their culture with the same time develop and move forward towards development of Orang Asal Welfare.