Journal of Islamic Architecture
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 Architecture Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia. One volume of JIA is published in two-year calendar.
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<![CDATA[RECLAIMING OF HISTORICAL PIAZZA IN ISLAMIC CAIRO AL-HUSSEIN PIAZZA CASE STUDY ]]>
<![CDATA[Ahmed, Hassan]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 5, No 4 (2019): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology, UIN Maliki Malang ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v5i4.6326
<![CDATA[Urban public space and social interaction play an important role in the urban environment and can be a refuge from the hustle and bustle of city life. Public space refers to non-domestic physical sites that are distinguished by their relative accessibility such as parks, restaurants, cafes, the street. Al Hussein piazza is one of the oldest and largest areas in Fatimid Cairo. Many of the activities organized throughout the year periodically. In recent years, some infringements occurred formal or informal. It led to poor urban value. This study aims to evaluate the current situation of Al- Hussein piazza and redesign it from an integrated sustainable vision to reclaim it again for visitors. The methodology that was used in this study is a field survey of the piazza and do some interviews. The research shows that multiplicity causes deterioration in the region, which can be classified as physical degradation, environmental degradation, and social deterioration.]]>
<![CDATA[THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING IN SPIRITUALITY DEFINITION OF IRANIAN MOSQUES ]]>
<![CDATA[Ahmadzadeh Siyahrood, Sanaz]]>;
<![CDATA[Ebrahimi, Arghavan]]>;
<![CDATA[Ghiasvand, Javad]]>;
<![CDATA[Mahdavinejad, Mohammadjavad]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 5, No 4 (2019): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v5i4.5254
<![CDATA[Islamic mosques in Iran, similar to other Islamic nations, are reflections of visual beauties and typical examples of symbolic integration and relationship with strong beliefs and geometry. Scrutiny of these relationships provides a broader and profound perception of the design paradigm of these sacred masterpieces, which not only have been responding to the functional aspect of holy places but also represent an aesthetic model of architectural geometric perfection. This paper aims to survey this paradigm with a focus on its basic concepts and geometric origins; in this regard, it seeks to address the ensuing questions: what are the fundamental ideas in the design of mosques? How and which methods were used have been reflected in the architecture of mosques? How has the geometry assisted the architecture of mosques? What is the geometry role in the accomplishment of those basic concepts? To this end, after stating the fundamental concepts and dominant ideology in the design of mosques and the progress factors of Islamic architecture, their architectural features, spatial organization, and relations with geometry had been examined. The research hypothesis is that monotheism and divine unity are the original concepts of the architecture of mosques and this type of architectural design tries with the help of a range of abstract arts, symbolic materials, various methods, and science of geometry symbolize these ideas to create a sacred atmosphere and place which could be an intermediate spot for the human to achieve that divinity and unity.]]>
<![CDATA[EXPOUNDING PROPHETIC BUILDING PRINCIPLES ON THE SITE LAYOUT RE-DESIGN OF CONTEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ]]>
<![CDATA[Babangida, Hamza]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 5, No 4 (2019): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v5i4.6341
<![CDATA[The prophetic building principles (PBP) in this paper refer to building precedents in which the prophet of Islam applied in the construction of various building typologies. This paper went a step further to demonstrate how they could be expounded in the site layout designs of contemporary housing neighborhoods to achieve a satisfactory environment for Muslims. A triangulation of literature search and case study methods were adopted as the guiding methodology. The case study was used to demonstrate how the PBP was expounded in the redesign of the site layout of the Sardauna housing estate in Katsina. The first PBP expounded in the redesign results in the introduction of Friday mosque, daily prayer mosques, and educational institutions, while the second was achieved through overall redesign of the initial layout from the gridiron to the cluster layout concept. The third PBP of promoting a classless community was achieved by placing residents of different socioeconomic status together within a cluster. The last PBP has affected the management of the ecosystem. It was achieved through the provision of multiple sources of water to sustain wildlife and plants, provision of additional walkways, reduced walking distances, and reduced tarred roads. This study shows that contemporary site layouts of residential neighborhoods could be designed in line with Islamic values and yet achieves universally acceptable design criteria.]]>
<![CDATA[IDENTIFYING ISLAMIC VALUES ON GREEN ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO CONTENT ANALYSIS ]]>
<![CDATA[Muchlis, Aulia Fikriarini]]>;
<![CDATA[Larasati, Dewi]]>;
<![CDATA[Triyadi, Sugeng]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 5, No 4 (2019): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v5i4.7568
<![CDATA[The paper investigates to explore Islamic religious values which related to environment Maintaining environmental balance is the primary human task. Besides, religious belief is a source of ethics and morality. It is a guidance of truth for making decisions before taking action influencing humans’ behavior towards perceptions and behavior in maintaining and preserving their environment. This study employs a quantitative approach by conducting a content analysis aiming to understand every word (text) related to land, water, and air through the interpretation of the Quran. This research will produce several criteria as the basic concepts for the development of Islamic values-based green architecture.]]>
<![CDATA[THE ARCHITECTURE OF IBADI MOSQUES IN M’ZAB, DJERBA, AND OMAN ]]>
<![CDATA[Benkari, Naima]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 5, No 4 (2019): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v5i4.5813
<![CDATA[The Ibadis are a Muslim religious minority with a long history and a rich philosophical and theological literature. This research claims that the Ibadis adherence to strict and puritan Islamic principles has not only affected their individual and social behavior, but also marked their approach to architecture, and the construction of cities. This article investigates the architecture of mosques developed in the four significant regions where this network of communities has settled since the ninth century: Oman, the M'zab valley in Algeria, Djerba in Tunisia, and Jebel Nafusa in Libya. Many features distinguish the architectural style of these from the typical mosque style. Although it may appear plural in its spatial arrangement, volumes, material and construction methods, the architecture of Ibadi mosques displays an “air de Famille†that relates them to their Arab-Berber origins and Ibadi religious principles. The present research is a comparative analysis of representative samples of this architecture in all the regions inhabited by the Ibadis. The second layer of scrutiny consisted of exploring the origins of its distinctive features in the meanings of the Ibadi Fiqh that concerned the act of building. It is a pioneering investigation of the relationship between the Ibadi religious principles and the architecture of their mosques. This research has established that the Ibadi Fiqh has addressed some aspects of the design of mosques and therefore have impacted, if not produced, some of the distinctive features of this architecture.]]>
<![CDATA[A DESIGNER IN THE INTERSECTION OF ISLAMIC-OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE: THE ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT OF TURGUT CANSEVER (1920-2009) ]]>
<![CDATA[Üstün, Berna]]>;
<![CDATA[Ulusoy, F.Özge Güven]]>;
<![CDATA[Åžensoy, Gamze]]>;
<![CDATA[Kolsal, Fatma]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 5, No 4 (2019): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v5i4.5346
<![CDATA[Architects in the history of architecture try to be understood by their ideas that their designs need to be present on earth. Turgut Cansever (1920-2009) is an important opponent architect who was prized by Aga Khan Awards for architecture three times in his professional life and established his architectural understanding of the architecture of Ottoman and Islamic culture. This study aims to describe the life and work of the architect and his opinion about Islamic-Ottoman Architecture. Setting his architectural conception on a broader belief, Cansever strengthens his apprehension of architecture with his practice and literature studies. This unique approach in his works is shaped by a point of view that criticizes modernity but aims to validate it by reinterpreting in line with Islamic architecture. The references in the background of the structures of Cansever is thought to be too complex to read at a time. The understanding of Cansever's original designer perspective will be possible through the discussion of his synthesis resulted from the thoughts of Islamic architecture, Ottoman Architecture and modern architecture, and their reflections on his structures.]]>
<![CDATA[POSI BOLA OF JAMI MOSQUE AS SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION SYMBOL ]]>
<![CDATA[sutrisno, moh]]>;
<![CDATA[Sastrosasmito, Sudaryono]]>;
<![CDATA[Sarwadi, Ahmad]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 5, No 4 (2019): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v5i4.5226
<![CDATA[Palopo city space as the center of Tana Luwu cannot be separated from the significance of the oldest kingdom in South Sulawesi. The entry of the Islamic religion in Luwu was marked by the Jami Mosque, which is located at the zero points of Palopo city. The preservation of pre-Islamic heritage and after the entry of Islam in the present tends to not a dichotomy in two different meanings. The research is aimed to explore the semiotic meaning of the Jami Mosque, which has become an icon in Palopo City. The research used the ethnomethodology method within the framework of the semiotics paradigm to obtain contextual meaning as well as the application of a new approach in architecture semiotics study. The results show that the Jami Mosque keeps the complexity of meaning, which can be the foundation of conservation philosophy and planning of the built environment. The cosmos axis of Palopo city space and the territory of Luwu become the central point of religious civilization, especially in Islamic cosmology. The space transformation is represented by ‘posi bola’ (house pole). The symbolic ‘posi bola’ moves from the palace to the Jami mosque as the axis of Luwu space in the Islamic era. The horizontal slice of the pole has implications on the particular geometrical patterns of Luwu. The elements of structure and construction of buildings become a symbol of Islamic teachings.]]>
<![CDATA[REVIVING ISLAMIC VALUES IN CONTEMPORARY ARAB ARCHITECTURE |CASE STUDY ]]>
<![CDATA[Alqub, Heba]]>;
<![CDATA[Mellin, Robert]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 6, No 1 (2020): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v6i1.7848
<![CDATA[Contemporary architecture in the Arab-Islamic World is facing the challenge of finding a distinctive character that combines both the heritage of the regional building traditions and the modern society lifestyle. Since few apparent attempts aim to articulate an identity for regional architecture, this research investigates the work of the Jordanian architect, Ayman Zuaiter. Their jobs attempt to integrate the cultural values and traditions with the contemporary Arab-Islamic architecture and seek to express and represent the spirit, values, and underlying principles of the regional heritage. This study aims to offer a deeper understanding of design as both method and production, contributing in turn to understanding regional and socio-economic considerations behind forms. This study will be based on the analysis of one of Zuaiter's residential buildings, Al-Tabba'a House. The research method is mainly exploratory, which combines a review of the project primarily in terms of cultural context; responding to the site itself (understanding regional and socio-economic considerations behind forms); concepts and how techniques helped them appear the way they are; multiple personal interviews with the architect aiming to understand his design strategies to revive traditions; and the external influences that affect the design process. This study shows that Islamic Values could be delivered through each design feature in Ayman Zuaiter’s work of contemporary Arab architecture.]]>
<![CDATA[DOME OF BAYT AL-MAL IN THE ISLAMIC MOSQUES: COMPARATIVE AND ARCHITECTURAL STUDY ]]>
<![CDATA[Enab, Mohammed]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 6, No 1 (2020): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v6i1.6735
<![CDATA[Bayt al-mal is one of the important architectural innovations that characterized the Islamic civilization. It represents the treasury of the Islamic State, which preserves the various financial resources of the State. The Bayt al-mal appeared in the era of the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), and its layout was simple reflects the simplicity of Islam. Its location was inside the mosque or adjacent to it. Bayt al-mal developed with the expansion of the Islamic State and the Islamic conquests, and it has a special called Diwan Bayt al-mal. Domes were built in mosques as one of the branches and sections of the Bayt al-mal. These domes were dedicated to preserving the different funds of the endowments and places. The location of these domes was in the great mosques' courtyard. They rise from the courtyard's surface and based on eight columns. These domes appeared especially in Umayyad mosques in Syria and Palestine. Then they spread in most countries in the east and west of the Islamic world. This research deals with the concept of the Bayt al-mal; its names, origin, architectural development, and the reasons to build them. This research also studies the dimension of jurisprudence in the building of these domes. It used an analytical study of the architectural shape of these domes and studies the impact of functional dimension on the form and plan of these domes. This study shows the remaining examples of these domes in Islamic mosques and mentions some examples of the extinct ones.]]>
<![CDATA[TRANSITION ZONE IN SELJUQ DOME CHAMBERS ]]>
<![CDATA[Moradi, Amin]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol 6, No 1 (2020): Journal of Islamic Architecture ]]>
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DOI: 10.18860/jia.v6i1.7488
<![CDATA[Architecturally, the Seljuqs' dominion makes a significant shift from the Pre-Islamic Sassanid squinches into a sophisticated transition mechanism employed to change the walls of a square chamber to an octagonal base to set a dome. It initiated a new construction methodology to hybridize the previous experiences of Sassanid domes with new architectural tendencies since the prior understanding of the transition zone was a makeshift in quality. It is not consistent enough for future architectural adventures in creating larger structures. Although a cursory investigation of transition zones of Seljuq dome chambers in some respects reveals a relatively homogeneous framework, it has never meant the stagnation of architectural creativity in different parts of the Seljuk territory. On the other hand, the typology and local schools of Seljuq transition zones of dome chambers have not been thoroughly considered by geographical centralism in Iran. For a better understanding of the standardization of various techniques considered in Seljuq architecture between the 11th and 12th centuries to span the cubic structure to a circular plan, this project is aimed to clarify three different schools of architectural articulation concerning transition zone in the Seljuq dome chambers. A structural analysis was conducted assuming several scenarios over Seljuq domes to clarify its geographical characteristics as well as static behaviors in different parts of Iran. This study shows that no dome has a regular mechanism of a transition zone, no two regions share the same approach, and three different empirical attitudes towards the transition zone would be enough to consider three architectural schools encompassing Northwest Iran, Alborz, and Central Iran, in which the difference lies in the basic elements of the construction of the transition zone rather than proportions.]]>
