RAHMA CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC COMPLEX

Abstract

The local community of Saudi Arabia is engaged in trading in the vicinity of the Islamic Mosque. However, these traders do not have a designated area for carrying out their business. On the other hand, the visitor to the mosque feels that the sanctity of the mosque has not been respected due to the commercial activity around the mosque. There is therefore a need to revive the glory of the original Islamic complexes, which serve as an area of trade and also as a place of worship. Hence, this work was done to propose the development of Rahma Islamic Complex at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For this work, two case studies related to the idea of Islamic complexes were analysed. Based on the case studies, for the proposed Rahma Islamic Complex, the estimated gross area is7712.7 m2. The Islamic complex was designed with few zones, which are entrance, administration, mosque, educational zone, cultural section, food court and market. In addition, two sites were proposed to develop the Islamic complex. Based on site evaluation analysis, site 2 which is located at King Abdulaziz Road with an area of 35 000 m2 was selected as the proposed development site. The Rahma Islamic Complex is expected to foster Saudi Arabia's Islamic culture and historical heritage between society and tourists and to act as a key area for local business traders.