The Ramadan Pavilion is the world’s first-of-its-kind purpose-built architectural structure. A biennial showpiece of creative art, design and architectural experimentation inspired by the holy month of Ramadan. The Ramadan Pavilion is presented alongside a series of public programming focusing on arts and creativity, including events, workshops, performances, and Open Iftars.
Ramadan Pavilion 2025
Commissioned by Ramadan Tent Project and Bradford 2025 UK City Of Culture
Designed by Artist Zarah Hussain and
Architectural Designer Fatima Mejbil
Ramadan Pavilion 2025 is presented for the first time in Bradford, Centenary Square.
This year’s Pavilion is a double-archway structure that draws on diverse architectural traditions: from the elegant colonnaded courtyards often seen in sacred and civic spaces, such as those surrounding the holy sanctuary at Mecca, to the pointed and ornate forms of Venetian Gothic architecture, as seen in Bradford’s own City Hall.
The theme of Ramadan Festival 2025 is ‘Connection’ – profound and multi- faceted – it is a force that unites people across cultures, environments and backgrounds, fostering community, empathy and understanding that offers a shared sense of community. Ramadan Pavilion 2025 symbolizes the holy month of Ramadan, representing community, togetherness, a connection to oneself, a connection to place, and spiritual connection with the divine.
About the Pavilion
The aim of the biennial Ramadan Pavilion is to celebrate the lived experiences of Muslims across the UK and globe during the holiest month of the Islamic calendar, and to bring attention to the core values and traditions of Ramadan through architectural expression, experimentation and an associated public arts and culture programme.
Every Ramadan Pavilion is accompanied by a vibrant arts and cultural programme that is open to the public and woven into the story and theme of the structure. The Pavilion serves as a gathering place for individuals of diverse communities, faiths, cultures, and backgrounds to come together and connect. These will include working with community-based artists, educators, curators, and cultural organisations.
Architectural Design and Cultural Legacy
At Ramadan Tent Project we believe that our innovative and dynamic programs, which
blend traditional and contemporary Islamic arts and architecture, will foster greater
outreach, representation, conversation, and diversity. Structures like the Ramadan
Pavilion play an integral role in helping to illustrate the power of representation when it
comes to Islam and British Muslims in the public realm, and how important it is to question
the framing of how different people are represented.
The biennial commissioned designs for the Ramadan Pavilion will present an interpretation each year linked to the wider theme of the annual Ramadan Festival, inviting the global community into a dynamic space to
pause, reflect, learn, and exchange.
We invite and welcome designs and concepts for the Ramadan Pavilion from artists, architects, and designers
of all backgrounds and levels of experience who share a passion for interdisciplinary traditional and
contemporary Islamic interpretations and practices.
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