Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Sinan Mohammad Talee
• Anwar Meshal Shareef

Architecture, Engineering, U. of Mosul, Mosul City, Iraq

Abstract

Traditional architecture is characterized by specific ‎configurations and elements, possessing design characteristics (formal and functional) that give ‎the products of traditional architecture their character, As in the traditional architecture of the old city of Mosul. The ‎buildings of the old Mosul city, have ‎been subjected to damage as a result of the recent terrorist events, it was necessary to document ‎and study these buildings by isolating the basic design elements that make up the building and ‎studying its properties in a detailed method. The presentation of previous studies that dealt with ‎the Mosul architecture revealed that there is a lack of knowledge specifically the Iwan element ‎and its design characteristics, which determined (the nature of the research problem) while (the goal of the research) to discover the design characteristics (formal and functional) of ‎the iwan in the architecture of old Mosul houses and extract the most important characteristics ‎prevailing in it. The research Methodology builds on the structure of a theoretical framework that ‎includes the definition of the architectural element and its design characteristics in general, and ‎the definition of the iwan and its characteristics in the architecture of Mosul in particular. The ‎analytical study of the Iwan was performed by two levels, depending on the database and ‎images that were obtained and documented:‎The first (general level): This level included collecting and documenting various pictures of ‎‎24random samples from Iwans of the Mosul houses, and‎‏ ‏application of an analytical and ‎descriptive study to discover their design characteristics.‎The second (detailed level): This level included collecting and documenting some pictures, ‎information, and detailed drawings of 10 samples (For the element iwan predominant – pointed-), which were ‎analyzed mathematically to reveal their proportions, and graphically using the AutoCAD program ‎to reveal their detailed formal characteristics to reach a more accurate database that can be ‎invested in restoring Construction of the old city.‎

Keywords

• Design Characteristics
• Elements
• Old city of Mosul
• Traditional Architecture
• Interior facades
• Iwan

Main Subjects

• Architectural Design