Madrasa Architectural Designs

The mosque or masjid is recognized as the first Muslim educational space for formal and informal learnings, for children and adults alike. Although the mosque remained as one of the primary centres of Islamic studies in various disciplines to this day, the Muslim cities from the Middle Ages onward have witnessed the emergence of specific institutions for Islamic education. Kuttābs or maktabs were primary education institutions often small scale but, in some instances, housed in a specific building consisting of a large, domed, unadorned hall in which all the pupils sat cross-legged on mattresses in a rough semicircle, usually next to low desks. Such buildings were generally erected by philanthropists and informed by the traditional architecture in form and structure. AARCO architects utilized classic Persian architecture with its internal garden, formerly used extensively in Persian style mosques, to design madrasah buildings. AARCO Architects design madrasahs like any other architectural structure of the Islamic world was informed by Islamic rules and principles and reflects the social, political, and economic values of the Muslim society. AARCO architects consider the diversity of the architectural typologies among various Islamic societies, such principles have resulted in the formation of common spatial qualities in Islamic educational spaces. Let’s design Madrasa Islamic educational spaces together.