Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1121130 Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2012 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

The aim of this paper is to seek an understanding of the spaces considered to have spiritual meaning for Muslims, and how these spaces build its spiritual meaning. Spiritual values are considered important since it can evoke the spirit that affects the balance of life. At the first place the study was conducted through a qualitative approach to 17 people from the faculty group and 10 people from the muslim's women reading Al Quran group. The results of the analysis is used to build a basic understanding of a questionnaire. Of the 200 questionnaire, only 59 returned, 56 can be used. The result is a mosque as the dominant choice and its physical attributes, spatial meaning and emotional significance to complete it.

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