Strategies to increase the acoustical quality of the mosques without reinforcement system

Setiyowati, Ernaning (2012) Strategies to increase the acoustical quality of the mosques without reinforcement system. Journal of Islamic Architecture, 1 (1). pp. 27-31. ISSN 2086-2636

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Abstract

One of the criteria of a good mosque is a good quality of building acoustic for some worship purposes, such as prayer and Friday speech. Mosques with medium size actually need no reinforcement system yet. Unfortunately, most of Indonesian mosques’ typological form were given very little attention about their acoustical problem. Such problems have found in almost every mosques. Therefore, some strategies are needed to fix the problem. Those strategies can be practiced on mosque’s interior surfaces such as a ceiling, walls, and floor. One of the strategies is using the absorption material on the wall and the floor, beside using the reflection material on the ceiling. The placement of those materials depends on the path of the sound. The strategy can be used in every form of a mosque with only little different treatment in each mosque’s form. With this strategy, it is expected that mosques with medium size will no longer use the reinforcement system, yet the voice still can reach all of the jamaah. Thus this strategy can be used to reduce the use of energy in these buildings.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Sound; mosque architectural form; acoustic
Subjects:	12 BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN > 1201 Architecture > 120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design) 12 BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN > 1201 Architecture > 120109 Architecture of Building for Religious and Related Purposes > 12010901 Mosques and Minaret
Depositing User:	Ernaning Setiyowati
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2016 12:47

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