Users’ Perception on Application of Ornamentation Motif between Excessive and Minimal Decorated Praying Hall of Community Mosque

Abstract

Most of the prominent elements of decorating the interior of the mosque is the application ornamentation motif on the surface. Some of the mosques are highly decorated and some are minimally decorated.All those decorations are created by people to people. However, very few paid attention to what people perceive about it. The decoration in the interior of the mosque will affect the people inside it especially their feeling. Therefore, this paper will discover the users' perception towards the application of ornamentation motif in the interior of the mosque. Data was collected by using survey and questionnaire as main method. The survey has been done at two different mosques which is different in term of the intensity of application of ornamentation motif in the interior space.

Mosque Morphological Analysis: The Impact of Indoor Spatial–Volumetric Visibility on Worshipers’ Visual Comfort

“…Visibility analysis conducted in numerous studies of mosque architecture on its relationship to social and emotional responses is a criterion for establishing an effective relationship between visual comfort and typo-morphological design. Among the most effective social receptive parameters examined in multiple studies were visual integration and visual entropy, calmness and serenity [24][25][26][27], individual soul [28], sense of place [29,30], oneness and unity, impressiveness and stimulation [31], psychological perception [8,32,33], and indoor visual comfort [34].…”

“…Numerous studies have focused on the physical components and how they improve worshipers' heart vigilance using a descriptive approach. For example, Abbaszadeh and Zamani examined contemporary mosques in Iran, focusing on the prayer hall and dome, and demonstrated how their mathematical systems provide a strong sense of the sacredness of the space [27]. In addition, the golden ratio method was used to examine the prayer hall's dimensions and shape over time to determine whether the human scale and proportionality were taken into account to attain beauty and serenity in Erbil's historic mosques [26].…”