Madrasa-Mausoleum of Sultan Qalā’ūn // EGYPT
Cambridge Architecture Year 3 Studio 1 //////
Our programme for this year consists of a mosque and associated cultural / social complex.
Mosques have a long tradition of being intensely engaged with their urban contexts through both physical fabric - the intimate connection of Rustem Pasha in Istanbul with the Spice Market which it sits within and above, for example - and economic imperative - the tradition of mosque complexes integrating shops to help fund the charitable activities of the mosque itself.
The tradition of the ‘Kulliye’ - a word, derived from the Arabic kull (the whole), which was used in Ottoman times to designate larger religious, social and charitable complexes (which often combined a congregational mosque, one or more madrasas, a soup kitchen, a hospital, baths etc.) – likewise offers a clue to the rich hybrid of programmes with which we will be working.
Despite the often caricatured versions - replete with dome and minarets - which are prevalent in both popular perception and recent building, the mosque as a building typology is also characterised by an incredible diversity across the spectrum of its geography and history. We aim to explore what might constitute an appropriate language and form for a contemporary British mosque, set within a particular part of London.
Our programme for this year consists of a mosque and associated cultural / social complex.
Mosques have a long tradition of being intensely engaged with their urban contexts through both physical fabric - the intimate connection of Rustem Pasha in Istanbul with the Spice Market which it sits within and above, for example - and economic imperative - the tradition of mosque complexes integrating shops to help fund the charitable activities of the mosque itself.
The tradition of the ‘Kulliye’ - a word, derived from the Arabic kull (the whole), which was used in Ottoman times to designate larger religious, social and charitable complexes (which often combined a congregational mosque, one or more madrasas, a soup kitchen, a hospital, baths etc.) – likewise offers a clue to the rich hybrid of programmes with which we will be working.
Despite the often caricatured versions - replete with dome and minarets - which are prevalent in both popular perception and recent building, the mosque as a building typology is also characterised by an incredible diversity across the spectrum of its geography and history. We aim to explore what might constitute an appropriate language and form for a contemporary British mosque, set within a particular part of London.
October 27, 2011
October 22, 2011
A X O / / S e l i m i y e M o s q u e / / E d i r n e / / T U R K E Y
October 21, 2011
