Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science (Jul 2017)

The light screens and effectiveness in the interior space Islamic architecture

  • Mohamed Abdel Hafiz,
  • Geyhan Zahran,
  • Rania Adel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12816/0038043
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 7
pp. 418 – 439

Abstract

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The slots are linked to the element of the light that is considered one of the intellectual constants affecting the philosophical to Muslim architecture The holes of the most important influences in the design of the mosques of the happy moments with others linked to the Islamic doctrine, there is always the windows employs the situation philosophical ideological linked to the source of the light that is considered one of the most prominent elements of restructuring, it had an effect on the elements of the visual forms put to the service of suggestions and psychological and symbolic matter within the vacuum both in religious architecture specifically as well as in civil architecture The light played an important role in influencing the decorative formations.The designer noted impact of sunlight on foreign decorations and extend its influence with artificial lighting the interior decorations, reflecting the Islamic decorations integrated with different lighting where derived from the clarity of the decorations and their impact of opposes light and shadow with plastic values architectural elements of visibility and depth The problem of the research and the lack of sufficient studies on the utilization of the slots architecture and aesthetic elements of the most important ways invented Muslim architecture to enter to the light inside the concept of light curtains aesthetic elements showing the slots boards light within the architectural language more innovative and more interesting contributed to highlighting the aesthetics of elements interior decorations with the variety of colors deems their case of spirituality and harmony between the same vacuum and predominately internal vacuum The importance of research to study the effectiveness of the light curtains influential element functionally equivalent to the constituent elements of internal vacuum and its role in creating the impression of the psychological all a vacuum and benefit from it in the modern architecture The objective of the research emphasis on functional values, aesthetic and art light curtains and its role in the internal architecture of the Islamic buildings for inclusion under one of the most important architectural vocabulary, which drafted the plastic language Islamic architecture