Mosque layout design : An analytical study of mosque layouts in the early Ottoman period

This study attempts to quantify the influence of spatial configuration on the functional

efficiency ofmosquelayoutsintheearlyOttomanperiod.Theliteraturereviewconsistsof

two parts .The first partisatheoreticalstudyoftherelationshipbetweenspatialconfiguration

and functional efficiency of mosque layouts . This part high lights the key syntactical character-

istics  and effect of spatial configuration on the level of functional efficiency using space syntax

theory.Thesecondpartisananalyticalcomparativedescriptionofthechangesandtransfor-

mations in the configurations of mosque layouts .The architectural styles are classified into six

types basedonlayoutdesigns.Themainbenchmarksandindicatorsinvolvedinmeasuringthe

functional efficiency ofmosquelayoutsareanalyzedusingtheA-graph2009softwareprogram,

which providesnumericalresults.Thisanalysiscomparesentiresamplesofmosquelayout

designs foreachcategory.Thenumericalresultsindicatetheeffectofspatialconfigurations

and thefunctionsofmosquelayouts.Thisstudyshowsthatmosqueswithcourtyardlayoutsare

accessible, efficient, and flexible in terms off unction because of their distinct syntactical and

morphological spatial structures

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