A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition

Mosques as a symbol of Islamic cities have a significant place in Islamic Architecture and it prompts architects to create admirable, magnificent buildings. While several studies have done on features and prototypes in this field but mainly it leaded to exaggerate dominance of dome as inseparable co...

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Main Authors: Osman, Mubarak Mohamed, Hassanpour, Badiossadat, Nangkula, Utaberta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Trans Tech Publications 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43607/
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author Osman, Mubarak Mohamed
Hassanpour, Badiossadat
Nangkula, Utaberta
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Hassanpour, Badiossadat
Nangkula, Utaberta
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description Mosques as a symbol of Islamic cities have a significant place in Islamic Architecture and it prompts architects to create admirable, magnificent buildings. While several studies have done on features and prototypes in this field but mainly it leaded to exaggerate dominance of dome as inseparable component of mosques. Although dome construction is costly, it is not that much adaptable to different climates and even it is not a good culture indicator of different countries, still there is a strong insist on presence of dome in mosques everywhere. This paper aims to study African mosque example which deeply relied on vernacular architecture. Various styles of design in Mali as case study investigated in terms of material, design concept, to arrive at concrete results.
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spelling upm-436072016-07-21T09:26:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43607/ A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition Osman, Mubarak Mohamed Hassanpour, Badiossadat Nangkula, Utaberta Mosques as a symbol of Islamic cities have a significant place in Islamic Architecture and it prompts architects to create admirable, magnificent buildings. While several studies have done on features and prototypes in this field but mainly it leaded to exaggerate dominance of dome as inseparable component of mosques. Although dome construction is costly, it is not that much adaptable to different climates and even it is not a good culture indicator of different countries, still there is a strong insist on presence of dome in mosques everywhere. This paper aims to study African mosque example which deeply relied on vernacular architecture. Various styles of design in Mali as case study investigated in terms of material, design concept, to arrive at concrete results. Trans Tech Publications 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43607/1/A%20study%20on%20African%20vernacular%20mosque%20A%20lesson%20from%20tradition.pdf Osman, Mubarak Mohamed and Hassanpour, Badiossadat and Nangkula, Utaberta (2015) A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 747. pp. 157-160. ISSN 1660-9336; ESSN: 1662-7482 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.747.157
spellingShingle Osman, Mubarak Mohamed
Hassanpour, Badiossadat
Nangkula, Utaberta
A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition
title A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition
title_full A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition
title_fullStr A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition
title_full_unstemmed A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition
title_short A study on African vernacular mosque: A lesson from tradition
title_sort study on african vernacular mosque: a lesson from tradition
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43607/
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