The Morphological and Syntactical characteristics of the internal courtyard (main) as a determinant of the spatial orientation of the university buildings (Case study internal courtyard in Syrian universities)

There have been numerous studies dealing with the environmental and social aspects of the type of buildings with internal courtyards, through studying the functions of the internal courtyard, environmental, utilitarian, social and formative. but these studies did not address the importance of internal courtyard in achieving the ease of spatial orientation, through its role in easy access to the space required In buildings in general, and in university buildings in particular. The research starts from the following hypothesis: The morphological and Syntactical characteristics of the internal courtyard of the university buildings affect the ease of orientation of the users, and aims to identify these characteristics that achieve easy access to the goal. For this purpose, including theoretical and practical colleges, where a special description of the morphological characteristics of the internal courtyard in the university buildings, and determinants that help the designer in the use of the internal courtyard in designing of spatial configurations of the university buildings to achieve the ease of spatial orientation.