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Located in the beautiful New Forest National Park on the south
coast of England, the Wessex Institute is a unique organisation
serving the international scientific and industrial communities.

ISLAMIC HERITAGE
ARCHITECTURE
2016

The overall aim of the Wessex Institute is to develop a series

of knowledge transfer mechanisms, particularly directed
towards the exchange of information between academics and
professional users within industry.
This is achieved through the following core activites:
Specialist Research within the areas of Computational Modelling, Damage Mechanics,
Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Information Technology and Industrial Research.
International Conference Programme that is constantly evolving in both size and scope.
This has brought international renown to the Institute.
Publishing: WIT Press is the publishing arm of the Institute, which produces numerous
scientific books, monographs, journals and edited works as well as the proceedings from the
Institutes conference programme.
Software: The software arm of the Institute continues to develop and maintain the Boundary
Element Analysis System, which was originated by the Director of the Wessex Institute.
Services: The organisation provides support to industry in areas such as aerospace, offshore,
naval and automotive, as well as specialised fields such as biomedicine, electromagnetics and
fracture mechanics.

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The aim of this Journal is to inform its
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includes subjects ranging from social to
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focuses on the concepts of sustainable
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Location
Situated on the eastern coast of Spain,
Valncia is the third largest city in Spain
and has one of the biggest ports on the
Mediterranean, famous for having recently
hosted the Americas Cup. A large historic
city centre makes Valncia a popular tourist
destination with many ancient monuments,
museums and sights of interest. Traditionally,
visitors have been drawn to the region for its
food, with Paella having originated from
the city. In recent years the city has seen an
increase in tourism due to The City of Arts
and Sciences, project designed by Valncias
own Santiago Calatrava. The structure houses
an IMAX cinema, Europes largest aquarium,
interactive educational exhibits in the Prncipe

Felipe Science Museum and the avant-garde

opera house. Furthermore, the impressive
lAssut de lOr bridge and the Agora the
main venue of the Valncia Open 500 tennis
tournament.

Conference Venue
The TRYP Valncia Oceanic Hotel is situated
near the centre of Valncia. Only a short
distance from the City of Arts and Sciences,
the harbour and downtown, the hotel is close
to most that the city has to offer. With 200
rooms all with high speed internet access, a
24 hour fitness centre, pool, sauna, bar and
restaurant, the hotel has all the amenities
guests may require.

1st International Conference on

Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art

17 19 May 2016
Valncia, Spain

Submission Information
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted as soon as possible.
Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, results and conclusions of the work to be
described in the final paper. Final acceptance will be based on the full-length paper, which if
accepted for publication must be presented at the conference.

Conference Secretariat
Irene Moreno Millan
imoreno@wessex.ac.uk

Wessex Institute, UK

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Benefits of Attending
Publication of Papers Papers presented at Islamic
Heritage Architecture 2016 will be published by WIT
Press in Volume 159 of WIT Transactions on the Built
Environment (ISSN: 1746-4498 Digital ISSN: 1743-3509).
WIT Press ensures maximum worldwide dissemination
of your research through its own offices in Europe and
the USA, and via its extensive international distribution
network.

The Conference aims to highlight the importance of Islamic Heritage

Architecture and Art to the world and its influence across different
regions.
The Meeting will deal with the design of
many types of buildings in Islamic countries,
including not only the better known public
buildings such as mosques, mausolea, citadels
and forts, but also houses and gardens,
engineering works such as bridges and dams,
irrigation systems and many others which have
also had a profound impact on society.
Islamic Architecture has enriched design with
a wide variety of structural shapes, including
among others, unique arches, a wide variety of
vaults and domes which allow for new forms
to be developed. The influence that these
structural forms have in non-Islamic countries
will be one of the themes of the Conference.
There is much to learn from past experiences
to arrive at solutions which are environmentally
sound and sustainable in the long term. As
conventional energy resources become scarce,
the Islamic design heritage can offer invaluable
lessons on how to deal in an efficient manner
with cases of hard and extreme environments.
Traditional architecture and urban environment
in most Islamic countries is now being eroded
by overemphasis on global type of architecture
and city planning. As a consequence,
many regions are losing their identity.
The Conference will aim to review these
developments in the light of what the classical
Islamic urban designs and architectures have
to offer modern society.
An equally important part of the Meeting will
analyse the materials employed and the types

of structural elements, particularly those

unique to Islamic architecture. Associated
topics of discussion will include music, textiles
and ceramics, which are essential parts of
the architectural fabric. The Conference will
encompass papers on construction materials,
including not only stone and brick but also
more perishable materials such as adobe,
wood and reeds.
Preserving that Heritage also requires the
development of appropriate conservation
techniques in response to the different
materials used and the ways structural forms
work, including under extreme conditions,
such as earthquakes.
Papers relevant to the influence of Islamic
architecture on the development of new
structural form, shape and design in the
Western countries are particularly welcome.
The Meeting will be of interest to all
researchers, practitioners and government
employees actively involved in the topic of
Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art.

Citations When referencing papers

presented at this conference please
ensure that your citations refer to Volume
159 of WIT Transactions on the Built
Environment as this is the manner in
which papers appear in the indexing
services.

Conference Chairmen

Conference Topics

C A Brebbia
Wessex Institute, UK

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Islamic Heritage Architecture
2016. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.

A M Boquera
Politechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Architectural heritage

Earthquake resistant structures

Archaeological studies

Calligraphy, painting and patterns

Historical aspects

Architectural conservation

The Islamic urban environment

Structural rehabilitation

Mosques and minarets

Repairs and maintenance

Mausolea

Data and documentation

Indexing and Archiving Papers presented at Wessex

Institute conferences are referenced by CrossRef
and regularly appear in notable reviews, publications
and databases, including referencing and abstracting
services such as SCOPUS, Compendex, Thomson
Reuters Web of Knowledge and ProQuest. All
conference books are archived in the British Library and
American Library of Congress.

A Al-Ballam
Kuwait University, Kuwait

Schools

Risk assessment and management

M Ali
University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign,
USA

Citadels and fortifications

Baths and caravansereis

Oman and Eastern Saudi Arabian

architecture

Digital Archive All conference papers are archived

online in the WIT eLibrary (www.witpress.com/elibrary)
where they are easily and permanently available to the
international scientific community.

J M Barrios Rozua
Universidad de Granada, Spain

Conference Proceedings Delegates will have the

choice of receiving the conference book as either hard
cover or digital format on a USB flash drive.

Open Access Open Access allows for the full paper to

be downloaded from the WIT eLibrary archives, offering
maximum dissemination. Authors who choose this
option will also receive complimentary access for one
year to the Transactions of the Wessex Institute.
Journal Papers After the conference, presenters
at Islamic Heritage Architecture 2016 will be invited
to submit an enhanced version of their research for
possible publication in the International Journal of
Sustainable Development and Planning published by the
Wessex Institute.
Reviews Abstracts and papers are reviewed by
members of the International Scientific Advisory
Committee and other experts.
Networking Participants can present their research and
interact with experts from around the world, becoming
part of a unique community.
Reduced Fee for PhD Students The Wessex Institute
believes in the importance of encouraging PhD
students to present and publish innovative research at
their conferences. As a result, the Institute offers PhD
students a much reduced conference fee.

International Scientific Advisory

Committee
G Abada
Ain Shams University, Egypt
A Agir
Istanbul Technnical University, Turkey
I Aktug Kolay
Istanbul Technnical University, Turkey

A Alraouf
MMUP, Qatar
J Awad
Ajman University of Science and
Technology, United Arab Emirates

K El Harrouni
cole Nationale dArchitecture, Morocco
A El Habashi
Menoufia University, Egypt

Markets and public spaces

Palaces
Houses and gardens
Bridges and dams
Cisterns and qunats
Earth-sheltered architecture
Irrigation systems
Climate adaptability

The upper Gulf (Kuwait and Basra)

The central Gulf (Bahranian and Qatar)
The lower Gulf architecture
The Persian coast and islands
The Trucial coast (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and
the Northern Emirates)
Classical Ottoman architecture
Ottoman Istanbul

D El Kerdany
Cairo University, Egypt

Arches and vaults

Turkish architecture in the 18th and 19th

centuries

J E Chapapria
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Wind towers

The Balkans legacy

Wind and water mills

The Baltic and Caspian Sea legacy

Domes and squinches

Islamic architecture along the Silk Road

Double shell dome

Islamic architecture in China

Geometry and orientation

Other Eastern countries

N Fukami
Waseda University, Japan
M Hejazi,
University of Isfahan, Iran
B Kazimee
Washington State University, USA

The use of light

Afghanistan

F Matero
University Of Pennsylvania, USA

Design and nature

F Mehdizadeh Saraj,
University of Sheffield, UK

Vernacular architecture

Islamic architecture in the ex Soviet

republics

O Ozcevik
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Construction materials
Masonry and mortars

Architecture in Malaysia and Indonesia

The Indian continent

Wood and wooden roofs

Islamic architecture in El Andalus and

other Spanish regions

Metals

Influence in the Americas

Tiles

F Vegas
University of Valencia, Spain

The Mediterranean region

Stone including roofs

The East African coast

S S Zubir
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Adobe constructions

New cities and the search for

authenticity

K Sanusi
Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
N Thakur
School of Planning and Architecture, India

Structural analysis