1. 2 The collective spaces Muslims have built in Detroit are products of careful thought and negotiation. There are over 50 mosques in greater Detroit,

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The collective spaces Muslims have built in Detroit are products of careful thought and negotiation. There are over 50 mosques in greater Detroit, and their growth is transforming neighborhoods, business districts, and relations among Muslims and between Muslims and the larger society.

This project examines how Muslim communities and their institutions have evolved in Detroit over the last century, focusing on processes of building, inhabiting, and display.

We will explore these issues through community-based, collaborative research, which will include:

• Ethnographic and historical research• Documentation: website • Exhibition;: media union gallery, April 6 • Links with other projects now being

planned

Project Description

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• The exhibition in the Duderstadt Gallery:this part consists of 1) pictures, explanatory texts panels and artifacts2) video installations and projections3)computer models and virtual reality

• Website: pictures, mosque case studies, architectural models, semantic navigation

semantic navigation through the studied mosques: this is multidimensional presenting information and insight into the design of the mosque, their construction, their typological differences and their representation of their respective communities

Project components

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Project Website

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The General Survey of Islamic institutions in the Greater Detroit region

Each quadrilateral

can be enlarged for more

precision and detail

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The General Survey of Islamic institutions in the Greater Detroit region

Green points are linked to a page

specific to individual institution

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Details of Specific Institution

4001 Miller StDetroit, MI 482116096 DOROTHY ST,Detroit, MI 48211, USAPhone: 313-571-9502 Fax: 313-571-9502 Email: [email protected] URL: www.muathbinjabal.com view photos

American Muslim Center

Name of institution

History:

Description: The building was formerly a Protestant church. The pews have been removed, and the sanctuary is now an open prayer space. Imam Mardini preaches from what was once the rear of the church; the elevated "front" of the sanctuary, once site of the pulpit and communion table, is now a space reserved for women. An area for washing before prayers has been installed downstairs, where a social hall and classrooms are also being built. The renovation and adornment of the AMC have produced a beautiful interior that reflects, in its design, a heightened awareness of the mosque's location in America. The bright green and yellow wall paintings Qur’anic inscriptions in Arabic and English translation...

Brief history of institution

Brief architectural description of

institution

Photo sample linked to photo

archive

Basic contact information including address,

telephone, fax, email, website (if available)

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Image collection

The collection of images for the specific

institution will appear with links to the enlarged images

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Image Collection (details)

The exterior of the mosque from the adjacent street

American Muslim Center

Caption containing brief description of

image contents

Enlarged image from collection

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Image Portfolio

The portfolio will allow different

means of sorting the images

N.B. Various samples of images taken throughout initial survey

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Southwest Perspective Views

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Northeast Perspective Views

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Perspective Views

Gender

Red = Female

Blue = Male

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Plan Views

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East

North

West

South

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