Islamic Cultural Center, New York, Architect, Prototype, Image, Design, Project
New Center for Islamic Cultural in New York
Islamic Cultural Center in New York ? design by Büro Koray Duman Architects
Jul 15, 2017
Islamic Cultural Center
design: Büro Koray Duman Architects
Location: New York, USA

ASMA (American Society for Muslim Advancement) and Büro Koray Duman is working on a new cultural center prototype that will aim the full integration of American Muslims to the society while promoting and enriching their religious identity. The new center will be in New York City and is currently in fundraising process to acquire the land.

There are approximately 800,000 Muslims living in NYC. A majority of the gathering places for Muslims are Mosques that focuses on Religion as Practice which does not leave enough room for developing Religion as Culture. In 2015, ASMA and Büro Koray Duman embarked a research and design project to develop the first Muslim-sponsored multi-faith community center, promoting progressive change, inter-religious coexistence and cultural exchange. The new center will provide recreation, culinary, art, education, retail and office spaces with a total of 100,000 square feet.
Inspired by historic Islamic Cultural Centers – Kulliyes, the design implements the horizontal experience of inner alleys connecting various civic functions of a Kulliye into a vertical typology in NYC. The design studies the idea of a vertical public landscape. The public la...