Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies in Doha
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Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies in Doha
Institutional Building Development in Qatar – design by Mangera Yvars Architects
23 Nov 2017
Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
Architects: MYAA
Location: Doha, Qatar
Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
image courtesy of MYAA
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.
image courtesy of MYAA
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. Â
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images courtesy of Qatar Foundation
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.
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image courtesy of MYAA
image courtesy of Qatar Foundation
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 ...
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