Project Details
- Project Name
- Islamic Cultural Center
- Architect
- Büro Koray Duman
- Project Types
- Cultural
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Size
- 100,000 sq. feet
- Shared by
- Madeleine D'Angelo
- Project Status
- Concept Proposal
Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Buro Koray Duman was selected to research a new typology of cultural center and design a 100,000 sq ft prototype in the United States. The institution will provide recreation, culinary, art, education, retail, and office spaces with a total of 100,000 square feet.
Research on historic Islamic Cultural Centers (Kulliyes) as well as contemporary religious centers (JCC, YMCA, etc) provided us with the idea of a vertical public landscape to create an open, transparent and welcoming space. The public landscape wraps around the solid, stacked volumes inside, carving at necessary public volumes; auditorium, library, galleries etc. thus creating a new kind of cultural center.
Project Credits
Project: Islamic Cultural Center
Architects: Büro Koray Duman
