Islamic al-Andalus, positioned at the crossroads of Eastern and Western intellectual traditions, fostered one of the most dynamic encounters between philosophy and the arts. Within this milieu, Ibn Rushd (Averroes), as a rationalist philosopher and exegete of Aristotle, developed a coherent epistemological system that resonated across both Islamic and Latin intellectual spheres. Though he did not formulate an explicit theory of architectural aesthetics, his commentaries—particularly on Aristotle’s Poetics—articulate foundational concepts that can be analytically extended to the domain of visual and spatial arts.

This study adopts a conceptual and discourse-analytical approach to explore the extent to which Ibn Rushd’s aesthetic thought may have exerted an indirect influence on the architectural language of the Almohad period. It identifies five core philosophical components in his writings—realism, structural cohesion, proportional balance, ethical intentionality, and guided imagination—and examines their potential analogues within the formal and symbolic dimensions of Almohad architecture.

By situating these elements within the sociopolitical and intellectual context of the Almohad Caliphate—a period marked by transition from doctrinal austerity to expressive formalism—the paper assesses the plausibility of a discursive convergence between philosophical and architectural vocabularies. The findings indicate that Ibn Rushd’s aesthetic paradigm may have contributed, indirectly yet meaningfully, to shaping architectural practices of his time and beyond. Rather than implying a linear transmission, this influence is construed as an epistemic affinity, wherein philosophical rationalism and spatial form coalesce within a shared cultural and conceptual framework.