Analytical Study of Muqarnas Formations in Islamic Architecture According to Digital Simulation

Abstract

The history of Islamic architecture gives great features to the rich Islamic heritage through muqarnas, which formed interior spaces with their intricate and brilliant architectural ornaments. Muqarnas plays a central and vital role in aesthetic architecture, an element, which belongs to architecture and ornamentation. The geometric and ornamental analysis of Islamic art raises new interest in digital and algorithmic modeling, as well as new horizons in muqarnas formation. Muqarnases incorporate among their elements harmonious blocks and lines, and mathematical design, which perform a specific architectural function and an aesthetically ornamental role. The research seeks to link the originality of the past and the modernity of the future, in addition to studying the role of digital design, algorithmic systems, and various generative geometries in the evolution of the muqarnas, which is one of the progressive features of Islamic architecture. This study attempts to translate it into a modern language with innovative patterns and the effectiveness of their connection with digital and algorithm architecture. The paper presents an analytical study of traditional muqarnas patterns in Islamic art and their evolution by determining the logic and rules of muqarnas patterns using digital algorithms through digital design. In addition to controlling classical ornamental patterns of muqarnas by coding and programming in computational design. Thus, overcoming the gap between classical ornamental patterns and the flow of the digital design. The main concern is digital software which can be used to facilitate the design process and visualization of virtual models of muqarnas.

Keywords

• islamic architecture
• islamic culture
• islamic pattern
• muqarnas
• parametric modelling