Abstract
The growing demand on visiting Al-Madeinah Al-Monawarah and its Grand Mosque was the motive for expanding the Grand Mosque and eventually changing its surrounding urban area. The study aims to investigate the interrelationship between the Grand Mosque and its neighboring urban areas
in terms of land use, housing capacity and urban activities. The surrounding plazas act as an intermediate space between the mosque and its neighboring urban areas. They are the most livable, usable and active urban component of the central area of the city. To achieve the research objectives,
spatial analysis of the Grand Masque and its surrounding plazas in terms of uses, capacities, spatial characteristics of different components and demand during different peak times. Moreover, surrounding urban areas were investigated in terms of number of users, attracting targets and their
distant from plazas. The research concludes some urban design guidelines that govern land use of surrounding area in addition to proposals for the interaction are between the Grand Mosque and its surrounding urban (plazas) to ensure successful, livable and balanced. The analysis of relationship
between the mosque and its surrounding urban is expected to be very beneficial for developing the urban area that will be subject to big changes in its urban components, capacity and land use.