L’islam sans les ambiances. Reflexions à partir de deux mosquées à Nantes

Anne Bossé (1)

1 CRENAU - Centre de recherche nantais Architectures Urbanités

The analysis of two mosques built in the last fours years in Nantes reveals the effects of public policy on urban forms and expressions. Building a mosque implies inserting a new type of building in the city, a “foreign” type, more or less desired. Interpretations of the law, uses of regulations and municipal views of public space intertwine to shape a building that is most often split into two (with a religious and cultural part) and located far from the centre or residential neighbourhoods. These mosques provide a primarily symbolic anchoring for the Muslim community, as their atmospheres in public space are actually very limited.

Mots clés: Islam; visibilité; mosquée; règle urbaine; espace public; neutralisation

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Anne Bossé. L’islam sans les ambiances. Reflexions à partir de deux mosquées à Nantes. Ambiances, tomorrow. Proceedings of 3rd International Congress on Ambiances. Septembre 2016, Volos, Greece, Sep 2016, Volos, Grèce. p. 739 - 744. ⟨hal-01404441⟩