First-Year Graduate Architecture Students Visit Mosque for Project

First-year graduate architecture students and design studio Professor Michael J. Crosbie recently visited mosques as part of research for a design studio project to design an Islamic Center for Greater Montreal on a site in Canada.

Earlier this month, the six students and Crosbie attended a prayer service at the Berlin Mosque in Connecticut. Over the weekend, the students and Crosbie traveled to conduct site research in Montreal. While in the city, they visited the Islamic Centre of Quebec and had a chance to spend time with Imam Syed Fida Bukhari to discuss mosque design and the history of the building (which is the oldest purpose-built mosque in the province).

Pictured in front of the Berlin mosque are students Damoy Porteous, John Turner, Adriana Ricciardi, Theo Bading, Clara Gerlach, and Samir Djeddar. The students are pictured inside the Berlin mosque with Crosbie, in front of the qibla wall, which orients toward Mecca, the direction in which Muslims pray. The students are also shown visiting with Imam Bukhari at the Islamic Centre of Quebec.