The Role of the Bonding Strategy in the Identity of Islamic Architecture

Abstract

Contemporary Islamic production varies in its connection or separation from its Islamic identity, as the models varied within the single functional style, as an instance Mosque architecture, shows more than one form and characteristic in how it represent the principles and values that must be available within its spaces, but despite the diversity, there are lines or bonds connect this product with the basis from which architecture was launched, thus the research presents the strategy of bonding by linking the product with its origins and its role in showing the identity of Islamic architecture albeit this representation depends on the type of bonging, which the research presents in two types: a differential and a consensual bonging. In both types, the identity appears on one hand as well as the creative aspects of the production, which invoke a new language, and here we should mention the knowledge gap in lacking enough studies that define the role of bonding between the contemporary Islamic product and its original and basic sources due to diversity of presenting the products and the means of dealing with it in addition to its role in providing continuity via time and space. Thus, the Islamic production must be identified via its connection with its roots which provide its Islamic identity and manifest its character as an Islamic production. In that meaning, the study propose bonding as a strategy enables connection with dynamic and statistic, while the dynamic works on revive the intellect through a new generative form, the static represent both intellectual and formal revive that entails a high symbolic formal Islamic architecture. the research also mentioned that the importance of bonding strategy manifests the importance of its present in the contemporary Islamic production partially rather in total form, and its adaptation varies depending on its presentation by the designer more than being as objective aspects in control.