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New Aswan Mosque
Location: New Aswan city, Egypt
Function: Religional - Mixed use
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Total Area: 8076 m2
Type: Academic Project for 2nd year
Year: 2018
In our society, mosques do not mean just walls, domes, and minarets combined together to just form a worship place to pray, it also can be a social, economic and educational space for all human . So, A mosque is a space which contains all humans social and spiritual activities.
For more: https://www.behance.net/gallery/102815455/New-Aswan-mosque
Main shot of Entrance
Religious philosophy Form
prayer hall was set at a depth of 5 meters under the ground, in order to achieve the ultmost levels of reverence and fear and to leave the world as if the worshiper prays his last prayer the design is a rectangle shape without adding any types of domes, and that was inspired by the design of the mosque in the early ages of the advent of Islam, as the mosque consisted of a covered courtyard and surrounded by four corridors and we added two minarets to the symbolism and also they can be used as an observatory of the city
Ground plan
Shows the Entrtances & main plaza of the mosque.
Design Aim :
-To create a destination point which will be a community center and a religious complex that attracts a variety of social, educational, and spiritual activities.
-To create distinctive landmark in a modern context in accordance with Islamic principles in mosques› architecture .
