Abstract
Islamic planning principles offer guidance for designing home spaces. Islam as a code
of life provides view points for designing houses and human interaction within these
dwellings. The teachings of Sunnah and Shari‘ah help in creating righteous and
healthy individual, community and ultimately creating a healthy society. All such
grooming principles originate from a home, whereas the structure and design of a
house is given a form by considering local context, and human needs and different
phases of planning and designing. One can observe many distinguishing examples of
customary architecture of Islamic houses, in different Muslim and Arab countries.
The objective of this research is to study the assimilation of Islamic housing concepts
in different cultural settings by analyzing the contemporary house designs in Saudi
Arabia and Pakistan. The research methodology is based on literature review and
typological analysis of house designs of similar dwelling type. The analysis has
further divided into different sections of house planning and design in light of Islamic
teachings and cultural backgrounds. The paper scrutinizes the presence of
architectural expression of Islamic perspective which administrated the design
concept of the Muslim houses in said countries. Furthermore, it highlights the unique
Islamic characteristics of residential designto provide a complete picture of current
housing pattern adopted by Muslims of different geographical context.
Sana Malik, Beenish Mujahid. (2016) PERCEPTION OF HOUSE DESIGN IN ISLAM: EXPERIENCES FROM SAUDI ARABIA AND PAKISTAN, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Volume VI, Issue 2.
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