{"id":8756,"date":"2025-09-17T11:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.coeng.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=8756"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:02:49","slug":"college-of-engineering-at-the-university-of-baghdad-discusses-a-masters-thesis-on-expressive-form-and-structure-in-islamic-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.coeng.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=8756","title":{"rendered":"College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad Discusses a Master\u2019s Thesis on Expressive Form and Structure in Islamic Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"670\">The College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad held the public defense of <strong data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"326\">Master\u2019s student Adhba Turki Khalaf<\/strong> from the Department of Architectural Engineering for her thesis entitled:<br data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"403\" \/><em data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"505\">\u201cExpressive Form and Structure in Islamic Architecture: Abbasid Architecture in Iraq \u2013 A Case Study\u201d<\/em> on <strong data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"532\">Tuesday, 02\/09\/2025<\/strong>, at <strong data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"563\">Mohammed Makkiyah Hall<\/strong>, under the supervision of <strong data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"632\">Asst. Prof. Dr. Fawziya Arheem Hussein<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"667\">Dr. Ahmed Khidr Abdul Reda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"1159\">The main objective of this research was to analyze and interpret the expressive relationship between form and structure in Islamic architecture, aiming to uncover the constructional, formal, and symbolic mechanisms that enable a building to function as an expressive medium conveying meaning and embodying identity. 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