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

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Project Description

• 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

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Project components

• The exhibition in the Duderstadt Gallery
• this part consists of 1) pictures, explanatory
  texts panels and artifacts
• 2) video installations and projections
• 3)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

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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
Name of institution
Basic contact information including address,
telephone, fax, email, website (if available)
American Muslim Center
4001 Miller St Detroit, MI 48211 6096 DOROTHY
ST, Detroit, MI 48211, USA Phone [phone]
Fax [phone] Email muath48211_at_yahoo.com
URL www.muathbinjabal.com
Photo sample linked to photo archive
Brief history of institution
view photos
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 Quranic inscriptions in Arabic and
English translation.. .
Brief architectural description of institution
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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)

Enlarged image from collection
American Muslim Center

Caption containing brief description of image
contents
The exterior of the mosque from the adjacent
street
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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
West
North
South
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