The Vanishing Mosque

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Posted Date 12/2010

What if a mosque was not a building? What if it vanished into the fabric of a city? Seamless with the streets, connected directly to the pulse of daily life, and open to anyone and everyone at anytime, The Vanishing Mosquebecomes more visible, more iconic, and more integral to the spiritual and cultural workings of a community than any building with doors and walls ever could.

This design strategy was created as a "developer's tool" for integrating spiritual space within new urban developments in the Middle East. Superimposing the function of a mosque within an urban plaza maximizes the value of public spaces, increases the value of adjacent properties, and fosters a powerful sense of community for residents. While the image of The Vanishing Mosque is new and seemingly unfamiliar, its driving design principles are inspired by those that have ruled mosque-building for centuries.

Qibla (orientation to Mecca): The city grid around the mosque is disrupted by a powerful gravitational force, warping the ground plane, skewing facades, and forging aforced perspective view in the direction of Mecca.

Infinity: The Vanishing Mosque gestures to infinity with optical illusion. Diminishing column sizes and the subtle scaling of marble tiles extend the view to infinity within a finite space.

Light: White marble saw-tooth facades and floor contrast with deep arcades to create rich gradients of shadow in natural and artificial light. Retractable cloth awnings filter out harsh afternoon sun on the prayer floor.

Community: The inside of The Vanishing Mosque is its outside. Its community extends to the limits of the city at large, creating a sense of shared ownership, collective identity, and deep roots that connect spiritual life to modern urban living.

Material: Alabaster marble, Glass

Size: 5000 square meters

Designers: Russell Greenberg, Tim Kirkby, Chris Beardsley, Joyce Chang

Location: UAE Links: Competition Website

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saya cuma agak terkejut melihat sebuah masjid yang memenangi tempat pertama INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION TO BUILD A MOSQUE IN UAE. Tergerak hati utk berkongsi.

1st: concept solat dalam islam, semua orang adalah sama disisi Allah, as in tiada kasta, tapi dlam concept masjid ni bertingkat2 menaik.

2nd: concept dalam solat saf pertama adalah saf paling afdhal. kalau masjid ni segitiga terbalik( yg tirus dibelakang) masih boleh terima kerana seelok2nya seramai mungkin mendapat pahala terbesar. tapi masjid ni berapa kerat saja yg dapat berada di saf pertama.

3rd: Concept membuat masjid ditgh2 plaza orang menjual beli...

Dari ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr radhiyallahu ‘anhu, dia menyatakan:

“Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam melarang menjual dan membeli di masjid, membacakan syair, mengumumkan kehilangan, dan bercukur pada hari Jumaat sebelum solat.” (Hadis Riwayat Ahmad (2/179), at-Tirmidzi (322), dan Abu Daud (1079))

Dari Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu ‘anhu, Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam bersabda:

“Jika kamu melihat orang menjual atau membeli di masjid, maka katakanlah (kepada mereka), “Semoga Allah tidak memberi keuntungan di atas perniagaan kamu”.” (Hadis Riwayat at-Tirmidzi (1321). Dan at-Tirmidzi menghasankannya)

4th: Dalam concept masjid juga, yg paling penting ialah fungsinya sebagai tempat beribadah. Dari Anas bin Malik r.a. bahawasanya Rasulullah saw. bersabda: "Tidak berlaku (terjadi) hari qiamat sehingga umat ku bermegah-megah (dengan binaan) masjid".

H.R Abu Daud.

perbetulkan saya jika ada yang tak betul..

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HAKYM.