The Grid in Classical Islamic Urban Design and Its Application in Modern Planning
| dc.contributor.advisor | Taylor, Laura | |
| dc.contributor.author | Butt, Usama | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-21T01:54:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-21T01:54:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper, reconstructs the earliest urban environments in which Muslims lived with a particular focus on the central (jami) mosque. The term Jami, according to Mohmmed Makki Sibai, is a derivative from either the Arabic verb jama, which means ‘to gather,’ or from the Arabic proper noun juma which means Friday (1987:8), implying in both instances a place where people pray. Yet in early Islam, the central (jami) mosque was more than just a communal prayer space, it was the “veritable hub” (Collins, 2011:17) of the community, addressing their social, political, and educational needs, as I will repeatedly highlight below. Through a morphological analysis of the early Islamic cities such as Medina, Al-Basrah, Al-Kufa, and Al-Fustat, I assess the spatial influence of the central (jami) mosque in early Muslim settlements. Specifically, I analyze the institution’s influence on the orientation of neighbourhoods, layout of streets, and location of the marketplace. In doing so, I highlight the socio-religious significance and importance of the institution for not only the traditional but contemporary Muslim communities as well, who seek to replicate the mosque-based neighbourhood design feature, in the Canadian urban landscape. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Major Paper, Master of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/38344 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests. | |
| dc.subject | Islam | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ecological Knowledge and Consciousness | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sustainable Urban Planning | en_US |
| dc.title | The Grid in Classical Islamic Urban Design and Its Application in Modern Planning | en_US |
| dc.type | Major paper | en_US |