DESIGNING EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX IN THE CITY OF QOM IN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Today, due to large challenges existing in Islamic architecture, various and in part contradictory views
and attitudes grounded on this topic of interest can be seen. Some people know Islamic architecture as
form mimic manner and applying the elements of the past architecture in today’s architecture. Others
know today’s architecture embedded in meanings, and others found in drawing attention to the general
form of the architecture, seemed that designing educational complex in Islamic perspective required
today, and taking steps further required for this purpose. In this regards, this study intends to find a
response to this question “what are the architectural characteristics and/or principles to design
educational complexes in Islamic perspective?” sought to find a response to designing an Islamic
educational complex across Qom city. Iran is a Muslim country in which the Islamic perspectives used
to see all areas of life including school environment. According to Islamic practices, human breeding,
as one component of creation, takes place in conjunction with other components over time. Hence,
architects as designers at educational complexes play a major role in breeding humans in next
generation, causing the present study addresses designing educational complex from Islamic
perspective regarding the new practices issued by Ministry of Education. This complex consists of
primary, secondary and high school courses for Boy students in a land with area of 9000 m4
. It should
be noted that this project is executive, and can be a little step to improve educational complexes
regarding new educational practices issued by education ministry besides drawing attention to Islamic
architecture around educational complexes. In this study, data are analyzed using logical reasoning,
and applied in a case study. Hence, followed by designing issues on education system and Pathology
of the status quo, proposed patterns in deigning educational complexes are defined, and theoretical
foundation aiming at access to principles of designing educational complex in Islamic perspective is
proposed. In this study, identity and architecture of educational complexes, geometry and symbols in
educational complexes and role of environmental psychology at educational complexes followed by
proposing topic, are proposed. In the end, strategic principles for designing educational complexes in
Islamic perspective are extracted, thereof addressing standards.