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NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE AND MATHEMATICS IN AN IRANIAN MOSQUE
Islamic architecture, particularly mosques architecture, has mainly been the focus of many architectural exhibitions in Muslim-majority countries. Recently, it has been influenced by novelty architecture and has been evolved into elaborate structures. Quds mosque in Tehran, Iran, is a picturesque architecture feat of a modern outlook that came under a lot of criticism for abandoning the traditional symbols of Islamic architecture. This study observes the Quds mosque from a mathematical standpoint using fractals as the method. Fractals are geometric constructions that exhibit similar or identical characteristics by order of magnitude. Rescaling a prominent architectural pattern is also a noticeable subject that considers Quds mosque from this point of view. This study shows that the Quds mosque used fractal principles; self-similarity and congruency. Those are applied in the roof form by using a triangle form on each side.
NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE AND MATHEMATICS IN AN IRANIAN MOSQUE
Islamic architecture, particularly mosques architecture, has mainly been the focus of many architectural exhibitions in Muslim-majority countries. Recently, it has been influenced by novelty architecture and has been evolved into elaborate structures. Quds mosque in Tehran, Iran, is a picturesque architecture feat of a modern outlook that came under a lot of criticism for abandoning the traditional symbols of Islamic architecture. This study observes the Quds mosque from a mathematical standpoint using fractals as the method. Fractals are geometric constructions that exhibit similar or identical characteristics by order of magnitude. Rescaling a prominent architectural pattern is also a noticeable subject that considers Quds mosque from this point of view. This study shows that the Quds mosque used fractal principles; self-similarity and congruency. Those are applied in the roof form by using a triangle form on each side.
NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE AND MATHEMATICS IN AN IRANIAN MOSQUE
Behnamian, Sara (author) / Behnamian, Saman (author) / Fogh, Fatemeh (author) / Pashaei, Firooz (author) / Saran, Malihe Mahin (author)
2020-06-09
doi:10.18860/jia.v6i1.5508
Journal of Islamic Architecture; Vol 6, No 1 (2020): Journal of Islamic Architecture; 7-12 ; 2356-4644 ; 2086-2636
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Fractal , Mosque , Architecture , Mathematics
DDC:
720
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