Users’ Perception on Application of Ornamentation Motif between Excessive and Minimal Decorated Praying Hall of Community Mosque

摘要

Most of the prominent elements of decorating the interior of the mosque is the application ornamentation motif on the surface. Some of the mosques are highly decorated and some are minimally decorated.All those decorations are created by people to people. However, very few paid attention to what people perceive about it. The decoration in the interior of the mosque will affect the people inside it especially their feeling. Therefore, this paper will discover the users’ perception towards the application of ornamentation motif in the interior of the mosque. Data was collected by using survey and questionnaire as main method. The survey has been done at two different mosques which is different in term of the intensity of application of ornamentation motif in the interior space.