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A Generative Technique for Mamluk Madrasa Buildings Design

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     Mamluk architecture is widely recognized for its unique and creative designs. This paper explores one possible way - A design Strategy – through which Mamluk architect produced Madrasa building design. From analyzing Mamluk architecture the research problem emerges as a question that the research will try to answer: What is the generative technique (if any) for the design of Madrasa Buildings?. As no textual or graphic evidence explains the ways in which the architects transformed the two-dimensional drawings of building design into three-dimensional forms, the research will concentrate only in the process of plan generation. The research depended mainly in one hypothesis which is "There is a systematic technique the mamluk architect dependd on it to generate the design of the Madrasa buildings". The research aims to enriching our knowledge of historical design methods, beside explains our current understanding of design. In this paper, monuments from Mamluk periods will be examined in order to understand Mamluk theories of design and their builders' methods. the authors also observes that, "often the design units remain disconnected, as if to offer the reader the opportunity to interpret the design in several possible ways."

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10.21608/jur.2018.88628

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Generative technique, Islamic Architecture, Madrasa, design methods, design units

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Ismail

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Amer

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Ahmed

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Minia University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Architecture department.

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Ahmed

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Gaber

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Ali Ahmed

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Minia University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Architecture department.

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29

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13292

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2018-07-01

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2020-05-12

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2018-07-01

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127

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166

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2090-0694

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2682-4515

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Journal of Urban Research

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A Generative Technique for Mamluk Madrasa Buildings Design

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22 Jan 2023