The Mutual Influence of the Mamluk Interior Architecture and Urban Planning in Damascus

What is it about?

During the Mamluk era, Damascus was again the capital of the Levant area and the main passage for the Hajj convoys that traveled from all of the countries in the east to Mecca. This research establishes a study of the relationship between Mamluk political and religious concepts concerning the distribution of the main Islamic buildings in Damascus, the impact of this distribution on the urban planning of the city and, finally, the impact of all these factors on its interior design.

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Why is it important?

The aim of this research is to know the effect of the urban design on the Mamluk interior architecture of the buildings with special architectural style, and know the reasons of not following this style in many buildings whether in terms of re-constructing the design or completely creating other new form which corresponds to the location of the streets. Also, this research aims to know the architectural ability to keep the requirements of the traditional style and elements and what could be abandoned or re-constructed with respect to its functional or formal importance and as per the changes in the urban planning of the city and its effect on the change of the original design of the historical buildings.

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