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Daily Mosque, Msheireb (formerly Heart of Doha)
The new Jumaa Mosque is within the Mohammed Heritage Quarter one of the most historic parts of inner Doha. Close to the original Doha coastline, the area, and its immediate surroundings have always been the anchor of religious and political power serving the indigenous population.
 
JMP have sought a fusion of highly elegant Modernism with a historically familiar arrangement of volumes, spaces, and thresholds whose strong sense of presence is made even more resonant by the use of specifically Qatari materials and architectural details. We have rejected pastiche. Our design concept is about a meeting of architectural cultures in which contemporary design is inflected with resonant marks of locality and deeper Islamic history.
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Our concept has evolved from the traditional Qatari Mosque and follows the principles of simplicity, functionality and spirituality, combined with a modern interpretation of materiality and order.
 
White stone provides a strong and robust front, clean lined and perfectly made; the building, a perfect cube. Metal Islamic gates enclose the entrance pavillion and support spaces including retail and Imam accommodation. Within the prayer hall an explosion of golds and ochres fill the space - the walls are gilded with motifs. A colonnade of stone wraps the courtyard on both sides framing a perfect courtyard square. In its centre a pond and rhyll give a sense of calmness and comtemplation before the entrance to the Prayer Hall.

Stone, simplicity, warmth. local materiality, solidity and permanence are in keeping with the overall masterplan and feel of this prominent site and surrounding heritage buildings.

  • Type

    Buildings

  • Sector

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  • Location

    Doha, Qatar

  • Description

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  • Client

    Msheireb Properties

  • Size

    1,400 sqm

  • Cost

    Confidential

  • Team

    John McAslan + Partners, Architect

  • Status

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