Social Sustainability of neighbourhood masjid development in Malaysia
Date Added
26/06/2022
Content Type
Dissertation
Category
Ph.D.
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Subject Area
Mosques
Author
TASSADUQ ABBAS MALIK
Publisher Name
TASSADUQ ABBAS MALIK
Year of Publication
2018
Description
Attendance in mosques has been observed to be seriously low in recent times.
It is rare to find any mosque being more than 5% occupied to its capacity except
during Friday congregational prayers and during other celebrations in the Islamic
calendar. The current mosque setting differs from the concept adopted by the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh), during which time the mosque was used as an ummah
development centre. Matters relating to the performance of the congregational
prayers is the only role reflected in the present-day mosque design and functions.
Importance should be given to the mosque as a community building and platform for
community assimilation. Therefore, this study is aimed at proposing a socially
sustainable assessment model that provides for social sustainability in neighbourhood
mosques, with a view to informing architectural design decisions. Accordingly, a
pragmatic phenomenological approach was adopted to elicit data on social
sustainability criteria correlated to mosque social functions. This was achieved
through (1) intensive literature review and content analysis, (2) interview with 20
experts, (3) field observation, case study and scrutiny of architectural drawings of
existing neighbourhood mosques, (4) survey questionnaire administered to 300
respondents, (5) analysis of data using thematic content analysis and descriptive
statistics. The result shows that social sustainability is an integral component of
mosque design and implementation of its criteria is inevitable in neighbourhood
mosque design. The study revealed mosque social functions and identified their
importance. The study further identified the spaces requiring design attention for
mosque social functions. Consequently, analytical interpretation of the findings
identified the core socially sustainable activities, mosque zoning and spatial
considerations as the design indicators required to inform design decisions. The
revealed assessment indicators were used for the development of assessment model.
Expert validation was conducted to validate the developed socially sustainable
assessment model for mosque development in Malaysia. This leads us to rethink how
a neighbourhood mosque design can be restructured to allow for social sustainable
criteria. Ultimately, based on this evidence-based approach, a socially sustainable
assessment model for mosque development in Malaysia suggests that a redefined
socially sustainable mosque typology is therefore achieved.
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TASSADUQ ABBAS MALIK
Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia
2017