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Mosque layout design: An analytical study of mosque layouts in the early Ottoman period
Date Added
08/07/2019
Content Type
Documentary
Category
Researches
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Subject Area
Architecture
Author
Faris Ali Mustafa and Ahmad Sanusi Hassan
Publisher Name
Elsevier B.V.
Year of Publication
2013
1. Introduction 1.1. Single dome layout (nuclear dome layout) 1.2. Earing layout (pendentive layout) 1.3. Multiple dome layout 1.4. Duplication dome layout (rectangular layout) 1.5. Courtyard dome layout 1.6. Earing dome courtyard layout 2. Space syntax and mosque layouts 3. Functional efficiency of mosque layouts 4. Space syntax method for interpreting mosque layouts 4.1. Space syntax analysis of mosque layouts 4.2. Space syntax indicators and measurements 4.2.1. Indicator of degree of integration (real relative asymmetry) 4.2.1.1. Calculating MD 4.2.1.2. Calculating the integration value of space (relative asymmetry) 4.2.2. Difference factor of space (H*) 4.2.3. Indicator of the spatial system (space-link ratio) 4.2.4. Indicator of space type (degree of spaciness) 5. Results and discussion 6. Conclusions
Description
This study attempts to quantify the influence of spatial configuration on the functional efficiency of mosque layouts in the early Ottoman period. The literature review consists of two parts. The first part is a theoretical study of the relationship between spatial configuration and functional efficiency of mosque layouts. This part highlights the key syntactical characteristics and effect of spatial configuration on the level of functional efficiency using space syntax theory.
The second part is an analytical comparative description of the changes and transformations in the configurations of mosque layouts. The architectural styles are classified into six types based on layout designs. The main benchmarks and indicators involved in measuring the functional efficiency of mosque layouts are analyzed using the A-graph 2009 software program, which provides numerical results.
This analysis compares entire samples of mosque
layout designs for each category. The numerical results indicate the effect of
spatial configurations and the functions of mosque layouts. This study shows
that mosques with courtyard layouts are accessible, efficient, and flexible in
terms of function because of their distinct syntactical and morphological
spatial structures.