Tags:Al-Masjid AlHaram, Place attachment, Placemaking, Sacred image, Spiritual experience and Spiritual identity
Abstract:
Placemaking is an approach that provokes individuals to commonly rethink and reexamine places as the center of each community. It reinforces the connection among individuals and places they use. Religious placemaking is considered an action that intends to shape the sacred image of a place and enrich the spiritual experience. This study is aims to confirms the relationship between spiritual place, place attachment and spiritual identity through analyzing the tool of placemaking in the case of "AlMasjid AlHaram in Makkah". To achieve this purpose, A framework is presented relaying on analytical approach to define urban spiritual sites, suggesting that the surrounding urban environment affects people’s sense of spirituality in religious spaces. It also endorses placemaking model to analyze human experience and response. It concludes the results with a model to improve the level of spirituality in Al-Masjid AlHaram urban space.
The Role of Placemaking in Elevating Spiritual Experience