Dr. Mostafa Behzadfar Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 2008-5079 12 29 2020 02 20 Locating Patterns of Regional Mosque’s lateral Uses (With Emphasis on the Compatibility of Lateral Uses With Religious Use) Locating Patterns of Regional Mosque’s lateral Uses (With Emphasis on the Compatibility of Lateral Uses With Religious Use) 229 240 103360 10.22034/aaud.2020.103360 FA Parisa Yamani Ph.D. of Architecture, Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Abdolhamid Noghrekar Associate Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Mahdi Hamzenejad Assistant Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran Journal Article 2017 10 07 Determining the spaces and locating them in the plans are among the most important steps in architectural design of buildings. Any approach to the selection of the uses and locating them in the plan can lead to a specific architectural design. The current study aims to identify various locating patterns of the regional mosques’ lateral uses. These patterns would be extracted from the opinions of those expert in mosque architecture. To achieve this objective, the lateral uses of the reginal mosques are determined. Since this pattern recognition is based on the compatibility of any use with the religious use, first the criteria of this compatibility are determined through analysis of the Fatwas issued by the Maraji’ (source to follow). In this regard, a close-ended questionnaire is designed and distributed among the statistical population including the two groups of the religious and architectural elites. The TOPSIS decision analysis method is used to analyze the questionnaires and to prioroze the degree of compatibility of the uses. In this regard, the criteria for compatibility of each use with the religious use are including no conflict with the dignity of the mosque and no inconvenience of worshipers. Based on these criteria, the lateral uses of the mosques are divided into four categories as highly compatible, compatible, slightly compatible, and incompatible with religious use. Then, for the determination of the experts’ opinions about locating the space of each use, a close-ended questionnaire is designed and distributed among 25 people expert in mosque architecture design s. The obtained responses are analyzed using the chi-square test. The results indicate that the regional mosques can be categorized into three patterns as service mosques, invocative mosques, and social-worship mosques. Regarding the type of the relationship between the locating and compatibility degrees, the desired pattern in the mosque architecture design and planning is the social-worship mosque pattern Determining the spaces and locating them in the plans are among the most important steps in architectural design of buildings. Any approach to the selection of the uses and locating them in the plan can lead to a specific architectural design. The current study aims to identify various locating patterns of the regional mosques’ lateral uses. These patterns would be extracted from the opinions of those expert in mosque architecture. To achieve this objective, the lateral uses of the reginal mosques are determined. Since this pattern recognition is based on the compatibility of any use with the religious use, first the criteria of this compatibility are determined through analysis of the Fatwas issued by the Maraji’ (source to follow). In this regard, a close-ended questionnaire is designed and distributed among the statistical population including the two groups of the religious and architectural elites. The TOPSIS decision analysis method is used to analyze the questionnaires and to prioroze the degree of compatibility of the uses. In this regard, the criteria for compatibility of each use with the religious use are including no conflict with the dignity of the mosque and no inconvenience of worshipers. Based on these criteria, the lateral uses of the mosques are divided into four categories as highly compatible, compatible, slightly compatible, and incompatible with religious use. Then, for the determination of the experts’ opinions about locating the space of each use, a close-ended questionnaire is designed and distributed among 25 people expert in mosque architecture design s. The obtained responses are analyzed using the chi-square test. The results indicate that the regional mosques can be categorized into three patterns as service mosques, invocative mosques, and social-worship mosques. Regarding the type of the relationship between the locating and compatibility degrees, the desired pattern in the mosque architecture design and planning is the social-worship mosque pattern https://www.armanshahrjournal.com/article_103360_2a0e3dc62cb357e0f78f6ee6d580110f.pdf