A Study of Effective Indicators in the Formation of Balance in Muslim's Architecture (A Case Study: The Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān)

One of the characteristics of Muslims’ Architecture is to use balance in the total building and its components and also to find methods to achieve justice in architecture. The entity has been laid down by a capable creator who has established balance and justice among all creatures as a source of relaxation. Since human is the Vicegerent of Allah on the earth, the condition for such a vicegerency is the commitment of vicegerent to act and practice divine features. In a not long past, balance was vivid in the works of Muslim architects and this used to bring relaxation for the inhabitants and those using these architectural units and spaces. This article is pursing to find the indicators of balance in the whole unit and its components in Muslims’ architecture which had been able to create such a valuable architecture. Using case research and combinational approaches, and while reviewing the literature of the topic, the present article analyzes the effective components in the creation of balance in The building of Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān in Islamic periods. For this purpose, the main spaces of mosque have been studied and factors creating balance in these spaces have been stated. The effective indicators in the formation of balance in Muslims’ architecture can be considered in components such as symmetry, proportion and scale, hierarchy, rhythm, congruous and structure, static and natural decorations.