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Hikma Community Complex
Hikma Community Complex
Dandadji, Niger
Project Featured on Sep 17, 2024
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Hikma Community Complex
Dandadji, Niger
Project Featured on Sep 17, 2024
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2018
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
In the 9th century AD, Muslim scholars made remarkable contributions to the sciences and humanities in Bagdad’s Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom, a library and research center housing the world’s largest collection of books for scholars to engage both theological and scientific matters. Today’s religious climate could use such freedom to pursue knowledge alongside religious practice. With the support of local leaders, women and youth, the Hikma project re-introduces these values embedded in Islam itself, by transforming a derelict mosque into a library that shares its site with a new mosque for the village of Dandaji in Niger. The project is a culture and education hub where the secular and religious peacefully co-exist to cultivate minds and strengthen the community. To renovate the old building to its previous glory, the original masons are invited to join the project’s team. In the process, they learn about adobe-enhancing additives and erosion protection techniques. In 2017, Hikma won a Gold LafargeHolcim award for Middle East Africa. In 2018, Hikma won a global Silver LafargeHolcim award.
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