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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies in Doha, Qatar by MYAADecember 14th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: v2com The Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), is located on the Education City Campus, Doha. The scheme provides world class teaching and faculty space and the Education City campus mosque. QFIS is based on the Islamic ‘Kulliyya’ or ‘place where all knowledge is sought’ and the building provides a progressive learning environment which places the institution at the forefront of contemporary Islamic pedagogy countering the pejorative image of Islamic education.  The Garden of Islamic Arts, Image Courtesy © MYAA
 Elevation, Image Courtesy © MYAA The Kulliyya implies that knowledge and faith are interwoven but that all knowledge ultimately comes from faith. This relationship is explored in QFIS through the infinite spiral building plan and multiple routes that bind faculty to mosque. Uniquely for the Muslim World, the scheme gives male and female students parity by providing co-educational, non-hierarchical space where men and women have equal consideration. The layout places the large volume of the mosque at one end, with the library, classrooms and faculty offices in the middle, culminating with two 90m high minarets symbolizing ¨knowledge and light¨.  Aerial View, Image Courtesy © Qatar Foundation  Aerial View, Image Courtesy © Qatar Foundation The mosque is lifted by the ‘five pillars of Islam’ inscribed with Qur´anic verse referring to Hajj, Fasting, Charity, Prayer and Belief and the pillars provide a cool undercroft leading to the student entrance. Teaching accommodation is both formal and informal while including the use of corridors, lounges, and learning in the landscaped Islamic garden. The faculty is symbolically separated from the mosque by a four story ablution cascade wrapped around an undulating stair acting as point of meditative calm before entry into the scared space of the mosque.  Elevation, Image Courtesy © MYAA  The Mosque Courtyrad, Image Courtesy © MYAA The scheme is intrinsically sustainable; the large south facing mosque self-shades the scheme. The undercroft is a tempered shaded space. Classroom are provided with cool courtyards and the ceramic cladding reduces solar heat whilst permitting natural light. Elevations incorporate a two skin modulated façade that changes around the buildings to mitigate solar radiation. The Islamic garden creates microclimates enabling outdoor learning for nearly 5 months in a year. Native planting uses little water and is irrigated using grey water from the mosque ablution.  The Classrooms, Image Courtesy © MYAA  The Prayer Hall, Image Courtesy © Qatar Foundation QFIS has rapidly become a focal point not only for students but for the wider community, enabling the building to break down barriers of class and social-status. In a troubled world, QFIS suggests that an Islamic space can be contemporary, progressive and inclusive but, above all, can act as a beacon of hope in opposition to nihilistic conflict that has gripped the Middle East region.  Faculty Offices, Image Courtesy © MYAA  The Ablution Stairwell, Image Courtesy © MYAA  The Calligraphy Facade, Image Courtesy © MYAA  The Calligraphy Facade, Image Courtesy © MYAA  Calligraphy to be Wall Mounted, Image Courtesy © MYAA  The Five Pillars of islam, Image Courtesy © MYAA  The Library, Image Courtesy © Qatar Foundation  The Qibla wall & Mihrab, Image Courtesy © Qatar Foundation  The Ablution Stairs, Image Courtesy © Qatar Foundation
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