Hidden Rhythm in Residential Units with the Everyday Human Activity Residential Units in Aadhamiyah as A Case Study

  • Authors

    • Nada Azzam Mahmood
    • Asmaa Mohammed Hussain
    2018-11-28
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.20.25914
  • Arrhythmic rhythm, Hidden rhythm, Interactive spaces, Isorythmic Eurhmia rhythm, Ready made models.

  • Abstract

    Meaning of home has been changed through time in relating human connection to his environment. We can notice the gap from the traditional models of housing to the modern models regarding the concept of house. The research aims and trying to explore the nature of this relationship and the transformations took place in changing the meaning of home. As a result, the main research problem has been identified as "lack of knowledge regarding the relationship between daily life rhythm and residential spaces today and the effect of physical space on human rhythm and its relation with the environment ". The research goals aim to identify residential spaces raises according to daily life experience and daily rhythm to get environments that sustain space feeling and continuity of residential units with the humanity of today, the research hypotheses addressed as:

    Hidden rhythm of daily life reinforces human being with his environment through sustaining interactive spaces.  The research suspected two types of rhythms: the first is Isorythmic Eurhmia rhythms that sustain interactive spaces; the second is Arrhythmia rhythms that lead to repellant unlivable spaces. The research finds traditional modes of sheltering corresponded with nature’s rhythms at the same time, evoked rich patterns of social rhythms with healthy interactive spaces reaching to Isorythmic Eurhmia rhythms by  harmonious synchronization of different rhythms interact with the environment, dilvers locality, identity and social interaction. While modern houses fail to accommodate changing needs producing arrhythmia rhythms with isolation and disinterest behaviors contradicting with nature's rhythm, have spatial control that achieves universality and restrict relationship between time space and human activities inside the space.

     

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    Azzam Mahmood, N., & Mohammed Hussain, A. (2018). Hidden Rhythm in Residential Units with the Everyday Human Activity Residential Units in Aadhamiyah as A Case Study. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.20), 134-141. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.20.25914

    Received date: 2019-01-15

    Accepted date: 2019-01-15

    Published date: 2018-11-28