Rooting a modern building to its Islamic character elements- Al-Madinah Al-Monawara Haramain High-s

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Al-Madinah Al-Monawara Haramain High-speed Railway Station Rooting a modern building to its Islamic character elements Saleh Saad BinShuail 435104101 History of Islamic architecture Dr. Imad Outahbachi 2018/1439

Contents: Research content Research goal Research results Architecture information About Site plan Faรงade (Arches) Faรงade (Pattern) Faรงade (Color) Chandelier Roof Corridor The Mosque Minaret Conclusion References

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Research Content: Research in the history of Islamic architecture It was built in the five decades Past architecture has formed a unique phenomenon. Building techniques and materials selected all these factors Spread the diversity and richness of the architectural image and these building Mixed with traditional Islamic architecture and character Modern architecture.

Research goals: The research helps students understand better methods and techniques of Islamic construction and components.

Research results: This study investigates the architectural elements of this Building in an attempt to understand the originality of the elements and the architecture, and as an example of the form and function, modernity has influenced the general aspects and changed them compared to Islamic architecture, the facades, the Islamic inscriptions and the building strategy.

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Al-Madinah Al-Monawara Haramain High-speed Railway Station Architects: Foster + Partners Location: Al-Madinah Al-Monawara, Saudi Arabia Area: 147,000 m2 Project Year: 2011 - 2015

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About: The modular approach to the stations' design is complemented by variations in color, which signify the four cities while remaining symbolic of the HHR system. The terminal station of Medina and Makkah are characterized by a rich color palette: Madinah Station's vivid green color draws inspiration from the Mosque of the Prophet. a futuristic blue and silver, representative of its role as a modern new city. Drawing on Islamic architecture, the design concept takes the traditional gateway arch form as the basis for its roof design.

The design, common to all stations, features a sequence of 25-metre high arches rising from the concourse, complemented by smaller 9metre high arches at platform level. Supported by freestanding structural trees, repeated on a 27meter square grid, the arches connect to form a flexible vaulted roof.

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Site plan: The building site took a rectangular shape and it looks similar to the courts of the two mosques showing below Mosque of Ibn Tulun and Alhakim bi'amr allah Mosque.

But in my opinion it took this shape for more functional reasons because it is a rail-way station And in one of the most visit countries by muslims.

Mosque of Ibn Tulun Cairo, Egypt The Ayyubids architecture

Alhakim bi'amr allah Mosque Cairo, Egypt Fatimid Architecture

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Faรงade (Arches) : In the faรงade the designer used the Fatimid arch which was inspired from the Fatimid architecture mosque and the most famous are : Mosque of Ibn Tulun and Alhakim bi'amr allah Mosque in Cairo, Egypt.

Drawing on Islamic architecture, the design concept takes the traditional gateway arch form as the basis for its roof design.

In my opinion the designer succeed to reflect the fatimid architecture in the arches.

Mosque of Ibn Tulun Cairo, Egypt The Ayyubids architecture

Alhakim bi'amr allah Mosque Cairo, Egypt Fatimid Architecture

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Faรงade (Patterns) : In the faรงade the designer used the Islamic geometric patterns in the wall and the vivid green roof, the pattern looks similar to the tiles in the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia.

In my opinion the designer succeed to reflect the Islamic geometric patterns in a simple modern way.

The Great Mosque of Tunisia (Mosque of Uqba) Kairouan, Tunisia.

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Faรงade (Color) : In the faรงade the designer used the vivid green in the roof, The color draws inspiration from the Mosque of the Prophet and silver, representative of its role as a modern new city. .

In my opinion the concept of the connection is great but the result did not came as expected because the color did not look the same, but the color define the city station.

Mosque of the Prophet.

Al-Madinah Al-Monawara, Saudi Arabia

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Chandelier: The chandelier is the main lighting element in the rail-way station and the chandelier was inspired from the Islamic chandelier, and one of the most elegant and beautiful in the world is Mosque of Mohammed Ali as shown below.

In the chandelier the designer made a geometic design and took the geometric pattern to an 3D form.

Mosque of Muhammad Ali. Ottoman architecture Cairo, Egypt

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Roof: The vivid greed roof have a small opening to provide natural lighting and it looks similar to the old windows in the domes or in the upper side of the walls, the designer succeeded in reflecting the same feeling of the Stained Glass in the Old mosques in a modern way possible,

in the example shown below Mustafa Pasha Mosque and it shows the roof and how they used the stained glass in the upper side of the building.

Mustafa Pasha Mosque.

Ottoman architecture Macedonia (FYROM)

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Corridor: The Entrance of the station is a 27m roofed corridor from the plaza in front of the station to the station doors, this technique used in Alhakim bi'amr allah Mosque, The size of the corridor is huge according to the similar corridors in the mosques but maybe it designed that huge because of the huge number of people expected to be entering the station in the same time.

Alhakim bi'amr allah Mosque Cairo, Egypt Fatimid Architecture

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The Mosque Minaret: In the minaret of the small mosque next to the station we can see clearly the similarity between the minaret and the Ottoman minarets in the Suleymaniye mosque ( Pencil minarets ) The minaret cap also took the same color as the station roof.

SĂźleymaniye Mosque Ä°stanbul, Turkey Ottoman Architecture

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Conclusion : The Designer kind of succeeded to reflect the Islamic architecture character in this building in many ways and in many elements, but maybe it fails at some points because the building I more functional and the function is more important then trying to reflect historic architecture,

Although he succeeded to give the people a building that anyone can define it as a muslims building.

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