Strategic Explanation of the Components of Spirituality in Iranian Mosques Architecture

Mahdi Nejad, Jamal-e-Din; Azemati, Hamidreza; Sadeghi HabibAbad, Ali

Strategic Explanation of the Components of Spirituality in Iranian Mosques Architecture

Volume 20, Issue 78
Summer 2019

Pages 77-94

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Jamal-e-Din Mahdi Nejad ¹

Hamidreza Azemati ²

Ali Sadeghi HabibAbad ³

¹ Associate Professor in Department of Architecture, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University Tehran, Iran

² Professor in Department of Architecture, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

³ Ph.D. candidate in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Spirituality has a history as long as the creation history for human, as God created human from both material and divine aspects, and gave the originality to the spirituality aspect. Architecture is no exception to this. The mosque is for God and a vivid symbol of divine mercy and a symbolic language of spiritual notions. The study tried to examine the physical components (decorations, materials, form, and proportions) and their effects on understanding the "spiritual sense" in the internal architecture of the mosques. The population was the students entering the public universities of Tehran in 2017 in architecture and restoration. The sample size was determined using Cochran method as 169 people. Data analysis was done in the SPSS₂₁ and AMOS software and the path analysis test. The results showed that decorations, form and proportions have a significant effect on spiritual perception, but there was no significant relationship for materials.

Keywords

Iranian mosque architecture

Spirituality

Physical components