This study examines the smart mosque as a concept, developed
through innovations in materials and technologies adopted to
provide thermal comfort conditions and energy- efficient
environments, in order to promote a sustainable mosque. The
paper first provides a theoretical underpinning of the smart
solutions applied in historical mosques with a critical review
of its philosophical and practical framework. Second, it will
examine the efforts made by the Gulf states authorities in the
last decade to pursue smart mosque projects in the region, by
reviewing a number of possible smart solutions which can be
applied to the mosques in order to achieve sustainability in
design. Although this concept is relatively new, this paper will
argue that there are many historical mosques in the Arabian
Gulf, in addition to many examples drawn from the various
Islamic regions, that responded to the prevailing environmental
conditions, within the technological and scientific
advancement at the time, and had the ‘smart design concept’
rooted in its design through its architectural and interiors
programs.
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