The role of minimizing residential plot area and width in characteristics of spatial organization for urban house spaces in Mosul city

Abstract EN

The increasing costs of providing a residential unit is the main reason behind theresidents well of minimizing the area of the plot which forms the big burden withinthe total cost.

This change of the dimensions and area of the residential plot isexpected to influence the functional plan of the residential unit.

It is necessary tostudy this expected effect in creating some diversities on the functional pattern of theresidential unit as a matter of fact, which is known to be well-established with thebigger areas of the residential unit.

These patterns could form new adaptations forliving style towards the change in proportions and dimensions of the residential plot.

Although some specialized studies have provided diverse functional patterns forfunctional organization following the variations of residential plot dimensions, theresearch points out that there is no full competence of the functional view createdfrom the real effect of such variations, therefore the research problem is set to be"there is no clear theoretical imagination of the effects of minimizing the dimensionsof residential plot on the spatial organization plans of actual residential units.

Theaim of the research is to limit the spatial organizations expected to emerge in actualresidential units because of the variations of the dimensions of a residential plot andits ability to provide more economically appropriate models within the minimumareas the residential plot.

The research hypothesizes that minimizing the width andthe area of the residential plot leads to spatial organizations which form newadaptations of social needs for residents.

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These six models represent the reliableareas and proportions adopted in dividing the city within applied partitions.

Theresearch the smaller residential plots, which were evaluated according to a scale tocorrespond with achieving the social needs within the concept of affordableresidential unit.