Manifestation of Archipelagic Culture: How significant is it within the Negeri Sembilan Malay Traditional Architecture

Interpreting quality of life for the future generations to a certain extent is inexorably influence by the knowledge of cultural and built heritage environment, signifying the people's way of life, their cultural identity. The qualitative research involved comprehensive historical literature search in identifying extent of cultural influence. This paper aims to present the literature review findings. Archipelagic culture of the Malays, traced back to the prehistory, mainly refers to the maritime Srivijaya kingdom, are inseparably associated with Malay boats (perahu) was found manifested significantly in the visual representation of the roof shape, in naming the traditional architectural components and spaces.