Architectural styles of Al- Hilla Heritage houses (Field Study)

Authors

  • Amira Jalil Ahmed University of Babylon Faculty of Engineering Department of Architecture
  • Mazen Mohammed Hussein جامعـــة بابـــل /مركز بابل للدراسات الحضارية والتاريخية
  • Alaa Abdul Alddayim Zobaa University of Babylon Babylon Center for Cultural and Historical Studies
  • Iyad Mohammed Hussein University of Babylon Babylon Center for Cultural and Historical Studies
  • Ali Abdul Al-Hamza Lazem University of Babylon Babylon Center for Cultural and Historical Studies

Keywords:

Architectural style , Heritage Houses ,Formal characters , Perennial thought , Accumulated thought , Prevalent conceptions

Abstract

Historical documentation studies are very important and fundamental  in architectural to evaluate the  architectural production , which  is suffered from neglect and vandalism for decades and didn’t further confirmation in a previous studies. This research is an attempt to study these styles of Heritage houses To cover the overall  knowledge in this field of architectural styles   on thinking and application levels. Where there was a lack in  extensiveness knowledge in holistic search about architectural style in Al- Hila Heritage houses  ,  so  it has  been identified  the mean search problem ( Can we consider the formal characteristics of Al- Hila Heritage houses  are an original style  ? , and can we considered this style is an extension of the Babylonian style, by adopting the same  philosophical   conceptions?)

Published

2022-11-08