Villeneuve-d'Ascq Grand Mosque, Islamic center in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

Villeneuve-d'Ascq Grand Mosque is a reinforced-concrete building by Roubaix architect Oussama Bezzazi, clad in red brick, the traditional material of the north. Its facades are drawn by tall, slightly pointed arches lined with bands of coloured stained glass, and a 13-metre aluminium dome carries a gilded crescent. A long hall under a rounded plexiglas canopy, decorated with coloured tiles and a fountain, crosses the building.

The first stone was laid on 29 October 2005, but work began on 11 March 2007 in the presence of mayor Jean-Michel Stievenard and architect Oussama Bezzazi. The structural shell was finished in June 2009, and the 18-metre minaret was installed on 31 July 2009. The mosque opened on 1 August 2011, the first day of Ramadan, after the safety commission gave a favourable opinion.

The mosque serves as a gathering place for believers from the area and marks the local landscape as a visible sign of Islamic life in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. Beyond prayer, it hosts events that bring together people of different generations and backgrounds.

The prayer hall covers 700 m² with a 300 m² mezzanine, and a lift serves the upper floor. The building is entered through a long hall under a rounded plexiglass canopy, decorated with coloured tiles and a fountain. The mosque stands at the corner of rue Baudouin-IX and avenue du Pont de Bois, in the La Poste district.

The center runs an educational program offering Arabic language classes and Islamic ethics instruction to pass traditional knowledge to younger generations. This teaching mission makes it more than just a place of prayer.