Since we announced that the international architecture competition to design the Central Mosque of Prishtina, Kosovo had not (yet) turned out a clear winner, we have received many, many mosque design entries, some of which we have published here on Bustler.
Another entry well worth featuring is this design collaboration between Portuguese firms OODA and AND-RÉ with AFA CONSULT / Rui Furtado as the engineering partner.
— bustler.net
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two things i like about well..most mosques. first is the dynamic overlap between the orientation towards the kibla and the building's positioning within its immediate setting. grounds for a lot of creativity.
second is the correpondence between structture and the module of the prayer matt, the module of the praying individual.
i don't see this here. not that thats a criticism in itself but add that to this craze everyone has with mashrabiyah-derivatives ...and when is the tortoise going to come out its shell?
however, i do like that the outer rims act as a shelter above an in-between space...which is important when its too crowded inside and people have to pray outside. but...!...how will they know to direct their prayers if their reference is a semisphere?
@tammuz: haha, look at where everybody else is facing towards.
Some of the... memorable... prayer spaces I've been in were at airports, behind a cafe, at the top floor of a densely populated apartment, under a large staircase, etc. They are memorable not necessarily in term of the design, but the atmosphere it produces and the close proximity people get to each other. Somehow you feel a greater sense of solidarity among the attendants than large, spacious mosques which are usually empty except during Friday afternoon.
Just not very inspiring as a mosque..more like a convention space!
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