Mosque layout design criteria in Malaysia
List of Authors
  • Edelin Hussein , Siti Nur Nadhirah Rani

Keyword
  • mosque, design layout, criteria, guidelines

Abstract
  • Mosque is an important place for all Muslims around the world as it is a place to perform religious activities. However, the design layout of some mosques nowadays is not suitable for some user mostly in the rural area where most of the user is older. This is due to lack of any standards and guidelines, mosques are being designed and built as per personal wisdom of the architects, financiers and individuals or groups responsible for its execution. Hence, this paper has identified the mosque layout design criteria is in according to the guideline, standard and requirement of a mosque via observation checklist. The data in this research are collected using observation checklist according to the guideline, and requirement of a mosque and two mosques are involved in this research which located in Perak Tengah District. The result from this research shows that the mosques has followed the requirement but there were a few regulations that were not properly enforced and planned by the mosques which would affect the satisfaction level of user toward the mosque layout design. These findings could help all parties involved in building a mosque to properly plan the mosque design layout to avoid the occurrence of poor design.

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