Areal analysis of the traditional residential unit’s components in Mosul city, its relationship with their design attributes.

AbstractWithin the discipline of domestic Architecture, the relationship between areal determinations and design attributes of the traditional residential units represents a variable that lacks adequate research endeavors.Accordingly, this study hypothesized the existence of a relationship between areal determinations and design attributes, in traditional residential units in Mosul city.The first stage of solution was to select a purposive sample of 50 units, measuring its variables, and finally a statistical analysis was made.A number of findings were obtained, explaining the relations between the design attributes of the residential units and their areal components.Key words : Areal Analysis ,Domestic Architecture , Traditional Residential Units .