Metrology and geometry in the mosque of Agadir Tlemcen

MERZOUG Noureddine Abdellatif; OUISSI Mohammed Nabil; BOUSMAHA Saïd; CARRIÓ Juan Monjo; BELMOKADDEM Sarra

MERZOUG Noureddine Abdellatif Faculty of Architecture, University of Tlemcen Algeria
OUISSI Mohammed Nabil Faculty of Architecture, University of Tlemcen Algeria
BOUSMAHA Saïd Laboratory ETAP/IAU, IAU/University of Blida 1, Algeria
CARRIÓ Juan Monjo Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain
BELMOKADDEM Sarra Faculty of Architecture, University of Tlemcen Algeria

Keywords: History, different eras, North Africa, proportionate, harmonious

Abstract

This article retraces the history of the Mosque of Agadir, based on metrology and geometry used by the different eras the mosque has lived through. Each of these eras has made modifications and added elements that correspond to their philosophy and way of doing things. This mosque is counted among the first places of Islamic worship introduced by Muslims coming from the Arabian Peninsula in the early days when Islam set foot in North Africa. The area where the mosque was built is today known for its historical richness even before the arrival of Islam. It was occupied by Romans, which added interesting peculiarities to this mosque, were the materials used inherited from the passage of different civilizations and at the same time, all its elements enrich the metrology and the complex work done to have this proportionate and harmonious mosque.

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