MIRAS CULTURAL CENTER

Abstract

Cultural centers are critical part any community. Whereas, the previous culture of any country is an important role of the country being ranked. The Saudi Arabian culture is huge due to the improvements we are living in at the moment. Raising the cultural background around the world using cultural centers is an ideal idea to raise the world public opinion of Saudi Arabia, and by that the center will introduce our culture to native and non-native visitors. The aim of the project is to gather different people with different cultural backgrounds for exchanging cultures, group activities, social support, public information, and many other cultural purposes. Miras cultural center aims to introduce the Saudi Arabian culture to build a greater community, whereas the identity of any community is symbolized by its culture. Therefore, combining the present with the past to expand the future culture is one of the visions. Not to mention that such projects focuses on the site selection criteria. And the chosen location for Miras cultural center is in Jabal Al-Noor, Makkah, Saudi Arabia due to its value to the Islamic world. This study covered three different cases that study each of the following site criteria, concept, program analysis, and the advantages and disadvantages of each project. The cases are similar to the project in a way that standardized the needed functions in such centers and what to avoid and what to adapt from these cases.