Impact of Space Regulation on the Multifunctional Use of Architectural Design

Analytical study of Sarsing Royal Palace at Kurdistan as a case study

Abstract

The buildings are usually designed to perform a specific function and this is the purpose of building in accordance with design style. However, these buildings are quickly exploited for various other functions for many reasons. One of these reasons is the space organization of these buildings, which provides possibility of using non-function for which the building is designed for. Because of spaces and relationships that may be suitable for performance of new functions. The problem of research was the lack of clarity of nature of relationship between characteristics of space regulation and change in use.Therefore, the study will analyze the structural characteristics of the building, which was chosen as a sample of study - the royal palace in Sarsing in Kurdistan region of Iraq - and explore the nature of relationship and its impact on the change of use of building which represents research objective through results obtained and analysis in relation to space regulation and change in use to get conclusionsand then make recommendations.