Zeynep Fadillioglu – perhaps the first female architect to design a mosque, now on her third. In buildings where men and women are traditionally separated for worship, and women are often given a smaller space, Fadillioglu “purposely placed the women’s section in one of the most beautiful parts of the light-flooded dome” in Istanbul’s Sakirin Mosque. McKenzie concludes that although “Fadillioglu might have made a name for herself designing mosques, you don’t needn’t be religious to admire their beauty.”

 “A mosque isn’t for a certain type of person, or certain type of area. It’s supposed to be used by anyone and everyone”

 

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In the UK a new multi-million pound Eco-Mosque has opened in the centuries old university of Cambridge. Billed as Europe’s first such green mosque, its an inclusive space for prayer, learning and debate.

“We have something called an air pump which extracts warmth from the surrounding air which also helps us with electricity bills. We have a photovoltaic array (solar panels) so that we generate our own electricity from the light that – sometiems the sun does shine in Cambridge – falls on the roof here” – Tim Winter, Chair of the Board of Trustees at New Cambridge Mosque.

Architects Marks Barfield designed the site on the theme of calm oasis. Its Islamic garden has a water feature and 20 cypress trees. Not just this, the Mosque has no minarets.

Learn more: https://www.thequint.com/news/world/cambridges-new-eco-mosque-to-host-1000-muslims

 

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