The Role of Minimizing Residential Plot Area and Width in Characteristics of Spatial Organization for Urban House Spaces in Mosul City

Abstract

The increasing costs of providing a residential unit is the main reason behind the residents well of minimizing the area of the plot which forms the big burden within the total cost. This change of the dimensions and area of the residential plot is expected to influence the functional plan of the residential unit . It is necessary to study this expected effect in creating some diversities on the functional pattern of the residential unit as a matter of fact ,which is known to be well-established with the bigger areas of the residential unit. These patterns could form new adaptations for living style towards the change in proportions and dimensions of the residential plot. Although some specialized studies have provided diverse functional patterns for functional organization following the variations of residential plot dimensions, the research points out that there is no full competence of the functional view created from the real effect of such variations, therefore the research problem is set to be" there is no clear theoretical imagination of the effects of minimizing the dimensions of residential plot on the spatial organization plans of actual residential units. The aim of the research is to limit the spatial organizations expected to emerge in actual residential units because of the variations of the dimensions of a residential plot and its ability to provide more economically appropriate models within the minimum areas the residential plot. The research hypothesizes that minimizing the width and the area of the residential plot leads to spatial organizations which form new adaptations of social needs for residents.. These six models represent the reliable areas and proportions adopted in dividing the city within applied partitions. The research the smaller residential plots, which were evaluated according to a scale to correspond with achieving the social needs within the concept of affordable residential unit.