Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world

Mosque is one of the major establishment within a Muslim community in countries with Muslim majority as well as countries where Muslims are minority. It is almost inevitable that every Muslim community would have at least one mosque within the locality. For most of the cases in Muslim major count...

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Main Authors: Utaberta, Nangkula, Asif, Nayeem, Z., Hamzah
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Language:English
Published: Department of Architecture of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and The Association of Malaysian Malay Architects Entrepreneurs (ARKIM) 2016
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Asif, Nayeem
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description Mosque is one of the major establishment within a Muslim community in countries with Muslim majority as well as countries where Muslims are minority. It is almost inevitable that every Muslim community would have at least one mosque within the locality. For most of the cases in Muslim major countries, there are more than one mosque to be found in any locality. These carries the sign of different ideologies and isms of architecture according to their contextual variance. In contemporary world, where environmental issues are given high priority, identifying sustainable approach for designing mosques are strongly recommended. This paper aims to analyze the principles of Islamic teachings toward attaining a balanced built environment and its implication on developing a sustainable language for mosque architecture in contemporary world. It analyzes the indigenous characteristics of the Prophet's (pbuh) mosque and draws lessons from therein. It also presents discussion on the contemporary Polder Mosque in Netherlands and its innovative sustainable features. Recommendations are made consequently regarding sustainable approach of mosque design in the contemporary world at the end of this paper.
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spelling iium-740432021-06-23T15:49:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74043/ Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world Utaberta, Nangkula Asif, Nayeem Z., Hamzah NA2000 Study and teaching. Research Mosque is one of the major establishment within a Muslim community in countries with Muslim majority as well as countries where Muslims are minority. It is almost inevitable that every Muslim community would have at least one mosque within the locality. For most of the cases in Muslim major countries, there are more than one mosque to be found in any locality. These carries the sign of different ideologies and isms of architecture according to their contextual variance. In contemporary world, where environmental issues are given high priority, identifying sustainable approach for designing mosques are strongly recommended. This paper aims to analyze the principles of Islamic teachings toward attaining a balanced built environment and its implication on developing a sustainable language for mosque architecture in contemporary world. It analyzes the indigenous characteristics of the Prophet's (pbuh) mosque and draws lessons from therein. It also presents discussion on the contemporary Polder Mosque in Netherlands and its innovative sustainable features. Recommendations are made consequently regarding sustainable approach of mosque design in the contemporary world at the end of this paper. Department of Architecture of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and The Association of Malaysian Malay Architects Entrepreneurs (ARKIM) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74043/18/74043%20%20Evaluating%20Possible%20Innovative.pdf Utaberta, Nangkula and Asif, Nayeem and Z., Hamzah (2016) Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world. Journal Design + Built, 9. pp. 56-61. ISSN 1985-6881 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jdb/article/view/230
spellingShingle NA2000 Study and teaching. Research
Utaberta, Nangkula
Asif, Nayeem
Z., Hamzah
Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world
title Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world
title_full Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world
title_fullStr Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world
title_short Evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world
title_sort evaluating possible innovative and sustainable approach of mosque in contemporary world
topic NA2000 Study and teaching. Research
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