The museum was inaugurated recently
Chaired by the General Authority for museums in
the State of Qatar
Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, daughter of
the Emir of Qatar
The Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar, a museum of
the Islamic world
Its abundant collection of antique and precious.
Building the most unique and exciting in the world in
terms of design engineering
Interestingly, the building that part of it is under
water and the other part above the ground, and
therefore requires access to him walking on a
bridge built over the water.
This unique design done by the designer museums
worldwide called 'IMP', an American of Seine-old is
now in excess of 90 years.
Enjoy the 'IMP' long experience in the design of
museums, where he designed the expansion of
engineering the famous Louvre Museum, and
designed the Bank of Shanghai is unique in China,
as well as having designed Miho Museum in Japan.
As for the interior decoration of the museum, was
designed by the famous French Wilmot, who also
designed the exhibition, which will include the
museum's holdings, in addition to Fterinat designed
to offer which will be presented by the acquisitions.
Eng Walid Nashwan head the engineering
department at the museum that the idea of
designing the Museum of Islamic Art is based
mainly on Islamic architecture, American contestant
Valeng age he studied architecture in Islam for a
period of 6 months prior to proceed in the
implementation of the idea of building design
museum, where he does not know on Islamic
civilization anything
During the pre-design, the 'IMP' tour of several Arab
and Islamic states and foreign countries, where he
visited both Turkey and Spain, Egypt and Syria to
the knowledge of Islamic architecture to be able to
get out to see the specific engineering applied at
the Museum of Islamic art.
The inspiration for 'IMP' Ultimately, the idea of the
design of the venue for the ablution in the mosque
of Ibn Tulun in Egypt, where this was a component
in the form of cubes on each other, and when
completed the vision he has designed the body of
the museum based on the cubes.
The designer often stop at the reflection of light on
the corners of the cubes, so the design took into
account the issue of shade and the sun.
The Museum of Islamic Art consists of seven floors,
five above ground and two basement is under
water.
Cellar to all electrical and mechanical services that
serve the museum, while the ground floor contains
the main entrance of which the provisional offer,
and the second and third floors of an understanding
of the permanent exhibitions, while the fourth floor
contains lecture halls and small rooms for display,
while the fifth floor is devoted to some of the
administrative offices of senior administrators, The
floor is also equipped with a restaurant on the latest
models.
Nashwan Al talked about another part of the Islamic
Museum, a branch of education that contains
lecture halls and a library equipped operating rooms
that enhance the visual aspects of education and
research in Islamic art since the museum will not be
limited to the supply and visits only.
For the museum gardens and green roofs "said Al
Nashwan that designs developed by the 'IMP'
himself, where he designed the main park of the
museum which amounts to 250 thousand square
meters, has been planted with palms, which shows
the strengths and stepping up, along with
agriculture Flats includes green water surface
The company called Turkey 'are calling for' the
implementation of the main building of the museum,
a joint venture with the United Arab Emirates
Aerlndep called 'Maevn DIBE' implementation of
international exhibitions and showcases furniture
has been refurbished build one specially CAZENAC
Italian company.
It contains the Islamic Museum in Qatar
Collectables Islamic civilization throughout the
ages, also includes the latest technology used in
the fields of computer, elevators, security and safety
and fire departments.
n this technology - Eng Nashwan - the Museum of
Islamic Art in Qatar Islamic art museum in the world
view of the design and
processing.
And these are some pictures of the inside..
Includes museum education center designed to
complement activities, providing support to schools
and provide facilities for research and studies inside
and outside Qatar, the Center also includes a
ground-floor reading room for equipment to serve
topped with young readers. The engineering design
of the building Vmistohap of the foundations of
Islamic art.
It contains the permanent galleries of the museum,
a Qatar National Islamic art, which includes a
significant set of ceramics, metalwork, jewelry,
woodwork, glass, carpets and other items
manufactured in different parts of the Islamic world
that stretches from Spain in the west to Central Asia
and India in the east
Items include the Islamic Museum is also a large
group of ivory and silk back some life to more than
600 years has maintained in large part on the forms
and colors.
They belong to the luxury art Islamic art school,
because it contained inscriptions and symbols of its
roots in the Arts nations and empires, where Islam,
dating to the thirteenth century down to the
eighteenth century AD.
The Islamic Museum which will be held in Qatar for
the quality of a gesture to return to read the Art of
Islamic civilization that left its imprint in the human
civilization today, date back some pieces of ivory to
the Middle Ages, which represents some of the
beautiful models of the funds and horns and other
pieces busy precision and craftsmanship replay.
Images of the possessions of the Islamic Museum
and still these pieces together, are impressive
works of art the artist has put the old core of the
aesthetic experience to carve out the shapes and
the manufacturing of some attractive configurations,
has been used in the manufacture of these pieces
special tools and although Bdaiitha but they attest
to the patience of the capacity of artists in those
times and energy to produce works of art is
beautiful and amazing.
The silk had diversified its sources and uses of the
other visitors to the museum and watch a piece of a
tent filled with silk empire and wrote verses of the
Koran by some stones and robe woven with silk and
gold, and rugs woven of silk and gold as well, In all
of these pieces seem to accuracy in the
composition of forms inspired by nature and the
aesthetic and color magic
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