NASIR AL-MULK MOSQUE site analysis , mosque , mosque standards

1. Prepared by: Aysha Asaad
Interior Design Studio
2017-2018
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2. Content :
-Brief explanation about the site
-Elements of desgin
• Lines
• Spacing
• Shapes
• Form
• Textures
-Decorative elements
-Standards and desgin considerations
-Reference
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3. • Location: shiraz-Iran
• architectural style: Iranian style "Qajar”
• Built: from 1876 to 1888
• The designers: Mohammad Hasan-e-Memār, an
Iranian architect, and Mohammad Rezā Kāshi-Sāz-e-
Širāzi
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6. Elements of design:
lines:
• Vertical lines are dominant.
• Vertical lines work on increasing the height to the
building and as height increases the space
spirituality increases.
• It gives the feeling of grandeur also strengthens
the space.
• Those lines Can be seen in Columns and Pillars.
• The thick lines of columns shows how rigid and
strong and dominance the space is.
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7. Spacing/ zoning
• Large and high ceiling worship halls are designed
to give the prayers the feeling of happiness
,calmness ,humbleness and how great is Allah .the
mosque has 2 loggias one in north and the other
on south, and the middle connection of the 2
loggias , two short minarets exist.
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8. Shape:
• The layout of the plan is in a rectangular shape,
• All element hired are in a geometrical shape, only
the arches are “pointed arches”, those
mechanical shapes produce a feeling of control or
order.
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9. Forms:
• Muqarnases are used widely in the interior,
those geometric Form were created by the
combining of two or more shapes. And are
enhanced by texture and color.
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10. Textures
• Actual textures or tactile are used to decorate the whole
interior ,those textures are shiny ,and with vivid colors and
smooth touch.
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11. Arabesque
(islimi)
• Arabesque designs are
biomorphic, floral patterns
representing the underlying
order and unity of nature with a
great deal of accuracy.
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12. Islamic Decorative
Elements
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13. Stained
glass:
• Stained glass is dominance for the
interior of the mosque
• sunlight shines through the colorful
glasses, it presents as exemplary
beauty to the interior of the
bedchamber, making this mosque
outstandingly aesthetical among other
mosques of Iran.
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14. Light
• Light can add a dynamic quality to
architecture, extending patterns, forms and
designs into the dimensions of time.
• And the combination of light and shade
creates strong contrasts of planes and gives
texture to sculpted stone, as well as stocked
or brick surfaces.
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15. Water Element
• Water in Persian gardens has a particularly
symbolic meaning, but it also helps to cool
the air and nourish the plants that provide
shade .
• water used in both a practical and spiritual
way;water symbolizes external purification,
and it also brings the user into ritual contact
with the architecture itself
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16. Advantages
• Some Arts are very significant at this mosque, like tiling, painting in roofs
of loggia, colorful glasses, plaster-works, turnery of columns and the
beautiful decorations of Mihrab.
• Rectangular plans are considered to be the best and the most used in
whole world .
• The middle courtyard with water helps decreasing the heat in summer
times
Disadvantages
• the columns interrupts the lines of the praying peoples, as we as Muslims
need to be in one row without breakage.
• Huge contrast makes reading Quran difficult somehow.
• The ceilings need more height ,which makes the praying person feel more
comfortable and able to hear the praying clearly without so much noise .
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18. Minimum space required for a praying person
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19. Sample ablution space
Figure 1
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25. bathrooms
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26. Reference:
• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/15/nasir-al-mulk-pink-
mosque_n_4959362.html
• http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/mosque-of-whirling-colours
• http://gravity.ir/nasir-al-mulk-mosque-in-shiraz/
• https://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/articles/water-in-islamic-
architecture/
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