Journal of Islamic Architecture
Vol 3, No 3 (2015): Journal of Islamic Architecture

Tunis’s New Mosques Constructed Between 1975 and 1995: Morphological Knowledge

cherif, imen (Unknown)
Bouhoula, Najla Allani (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Jun 2015

Abstract

The mosque has always been a prominent unit that used to structure the old Islamic cites. Its architecture through the Muslim world has always aroused the interest of many researchers. Actually, mosques are still built while undergoing the changes which occurred on the modern societies. However, only few research who have been interested in the new mosques. This paper targets the architecture of mosques built in Tunis governorate between 1975 and 1995. Through a morphological analysis of 24 mosques we were able to determine their identity and their morphological structure. According to their form and position, we discovered classes of specimen and classes of segments. Our corpus presents several constants and variations that we can explain though the introduction of some extrinsic attributes. In fact, these architectural objects possess some morphological specifications related to some urban, functional and historical factors.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JIA

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Subject

Arts Humanities Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture

Description

Journal of Islamic Architecture (JIA) is a scientific publication for widespread research and criticism topics in Islamic architecture studies. JIA is published twice a year in June and December since June 2010 by International Center for Islamic Architecture from the Sunnah (CIAS), Department of ...