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Assunna Mosque (Casablanca)


History


A mosque created in 1966 in Casablanca, Morocco, by Jean-François Zevaco in the modernist architectural style It has brutalist architectural features including exposed concrete. It is situated where Boulevard 2 Mars and Boulevard Modibo Keta intersect.


It was influenced by the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi by Oscar Niemeyer at Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.

Urban and Architectural


Designed in the brtualist style, the plan of the mosque is rectangular, and the ceieling has multiple ondulations that are also visible from the elevations.


Description


the interior is naturally illuminated by honeycomb form in the windows. Also the vault ceiling allows the praying space to be whole, without any disruptio of columns. 

Unfortunately, it was set to be demolished in 2018.

References


https://twitter.com/mamma_group/status/1461385252593704963/photo/3

https://www.archnet.org/sites/20254

https://earth.google.com/web/search/Assunna+Mosque,+493%d8%ad%d9%8a+%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%ac%d8%af+%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1,+Avenue+2+Mars,+Casablanca,+Morocco/@33.56250988,-7.60903614,57.36582438a,688.89211771d,35y,-28.69264477h,3.41179163t,-0r/data=Cr8BGpQBEo0BCiQweGRhNjMyYWFkYjI4ZWQ2ZDoweGRkOTcwMjhlOWYwYTY1MTMZWwMAbOXHQEAhylQcYhdwHsAqU0Fzc3VubmEgTW9zcXVlLCA0OTPYrdmKINin2YTZhdiz2KzYryDYp9mE2K_Yp9ixLCBBdmVudWUgMiBNYXJzLCBDYXNhYmxhbmNhLCBNb3JvY2NvGAMgASImCiQJDcXnUJHMQEARQCs4UxnMQEAZCmkCKlanHsAhppK0T7yrHsA


Details

Location

Assunna Mosque, 493حي المسجد الدار, Av. 2 Mars, Casablanca 20550, Morocco

Worshippers

450 - 700 with coutryard.

Year of Build

1968

Area

1400 with the courtyard; 900 covered

Drawings

Map

History

A mosque created in 1966 in Casablanca, Morocco, by Jean-François Zevaco in the modernist architectural style It has brutalist architectural features including exposed concrete. It is situated where Boulevard 2 Mars and Boulevard Modibo Keta intersect.


It was influenced by the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi by Oscar Niemeyer at Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.

Urban and Architectural

Designed in the brtualist style, the plan of the mosque is rectangular, and the ceieling has multiple ondulations that are also visible from the elevations.


Description

the interior is naturally illuminated by honeycomb form in the windows. Also the vault ceiling allows the praying space to be whole, without any disruptio of columns. 

Unfortunately, it was set to be demolished in 2018.