The architect who designed this mosque named Rizal Muslimin this. The main building of the Great Mosque of West Sumatra consists of three floors with an area of about 40,343 square meters that can accommodate about 20,000 worshipers. Not only that, the mosque is designed to withstand earthquakes up to 10 SR at the same time shelter evacuation site in case of tsunami. The ground floor of the mosque can accommodate 15,000 worshipers, the second and third floors of about 5,000 worshipers.
