Spatial Organization Characteristics and Their Impact on Determining the Strategies for the Reconstruction of the Old City of Mosul (Legibility in the District of al-Jami' al-Nuri al-Kabir as a Model)

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Nowadays, the old city of Mosul is witnessing large urban movements aiming at reconstructing the traditional city after the destruction it suffered during the war against ISIS. So to come up with suitable suggestions and solutions for the urban renewal of the city of Mosul in a way that maintains the morphology of the old city, and hence, preserving its urban and cultural legacy, This paper investigated the organizational aspects of Mosul’s old city, " al-Jami' al-Nuri al-Kabir " area in particular. As, the degree of legibility, area of integration, segregation and degrees of connectivity were determined using space syntax. The practical part of the study included the spatial system of the area, which was analyzed using ArcView 3.3 software. As a result, the research determined high integration, segregation, connectivity, weak control, degree of legibility of the city in general, and the factors affecting it. The research came out with a set of conclusions and recommendations that are recommended to be taken in the rehabilitation of the archaeological buildings and their neighborhood in the region. Where the research came out with a set of conclusions and recommendations that are recommended to be taken in the rehabilitation of the archaeological buildings and their neighborhood in the region. the research recommends studying the overall spatial structure of the city in order to give way for sound design judgments that help maintain the original physical aspects of the city and stop morphological alterations to the city.