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This paper describes the historical process of the emergence of the campus mosque in Indonesia. Understanding of Islamic architecture and the architecture of the mosque has been formed from generation to generation over centuries. Architecture of mosques in Indonesia eventually emerged with the inherited form of tiered roof of the local architecture, and dome roofed as a result from the relation to Middle Eastern world. An architect named Ahmad Noeman with his work, Salman Mosque in Bandung Institute of Technology campus - a first technological institution in Indonesia - eventually change the tradition of old-style thinking. Radical change at that time led to the mosque without a dome, the mosque with functional minimalist look, a design breakthrough in his time that urges other architects transformed the idea of the mosque form. This paper will provide an overview of the development of the campus mosque, in the context of shape flexibility. Discussion is focused on Ahmad Noeman thinking, which in turn inspired a number of designers to explore the idea of a mosque without the shackles of tradition.