Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal (AREJ)

Abstract

Abstract
Within the discipline of domestic Architecture, the relationship between areal determinations and design attributes of the traditional residential units represents a variable that lacks adequate research endeavors.
Accordingly, this study hypothesized the existence of a relationship between areal determinations and design attributes, in traditional residential units in Mosul city.
The first stage of solution was to select a purposive sample of 50 units, measuring its variables, and finally a statistical analysis was made.
A number of findings were obtained, explaining the relations between the design attributes of the residential units and their areal components.

Key words : Areal Analysis ,Domestic Architecture , Traditional Residential Units .