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This key space incorporates both light and ventilation properties. The open cavity created in the key ventilation probe is translated into the oblique geometry in the light probe. The result of this is a creation of a compositional void combining the oblique and the rectilinear.

An overall visual porosity is evoked around the void where dining and serving areas coexist. While vertical connections are facilitated by the second level that is wrapped around the void.

The diagonal geometry is transformed into a lightwell, where the leftover spaces from the geometry are manipulated to craft public (workshop) and private (prayer) spaces.

The geometry of the void creates opportunities for two contrasting axes (rectilinear and oblique) to direct the workshop and prayer circulations respectively, where they will meet along the central lightwell as a shared space. Volumes are sunken down at one side to craft more public workshop spaces on the upper level, while the taller volumes evoke the internal and quiet nature of the prayer hall.