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_Mohammad Rasul-Allah Mosque

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Most of Iran’s traditional mosque is planned with the concept of transformation that this idea is reflected in philosophy, wisdom, and vision. In traditional mosque always architect has considering to keep the connection of outdoor spaces with indoor one to make a bold the differences between spaces. The dome’s form of this mosque is designed to reach the concept of transformation with specific openings in the crust of dome. This design was successful to nurture of mind in a holy condition of praying and also reaching to the natural light for indoor space. This issue has resulted to provide a unique condition for prayer in their enter time to face with a specific atmosphere to leave their daily life and being closer to the holy world. The façade of this mosque is another issue that defined a new challenge for the designer which how it could be possible to keep both sides of tradition and modernism that this issue has resulted to chosen of simple white stone. The use of heavy and white stone among the sidewalk’s trees could provide a soothing scene for prayers that are going to the mosque. It mean’s this contrast was helpful in the issue of invitation with facing to the emotional condition from the street view. This contrast was continued to the dome of the mosque, where the dome is covered by plates of copper. This point was planned to collect the attention of pedestrians to function in this place by historical definition of minaret and dome. As a conclusion, the simplicity of architectural elements of mosque such as form, material, and geometry is defined in this project with respect to traditional principles of mosque design. This project with the establishment and combination of different subjects has planned to translate the historical points and frames with the concerns of modern daily life.

The architect was asked to design a mosque with the maximum capacity for prayers in the area of the old prayer hall at the site, being surrounded by 70-year-old trees and the hospital’s main streets. The primary idea was formed on four challenges; the maximum capacity for prayers, preserving the trees, proximity to the main axis of the pavement and the old prayer hall. In the first step, considering the project conditions, the pattern of a mosque without court was chosen where the whole area between the trees was regarded as the designing area. Considering the oldness of the prayer hall as part of the site’s history, its plot plan formed the plan of the new mosque’s dome.

Regarding the access of Patrons, two entries were designed for the mosque. The two entries are connected together by the linking element of Riwagh, which is traditionally considered as an important element in designing Persian mosques. In addition to creating Visual communication, the openwork wall of Riwagh organizes the association of mosque with the northern crowded passage. Beside the entries, two minarets have been designed in a rotating configuration. The minarets have contributed to the invitation of the entries and the symbolic icons of the mosque, two minarets on both sides of the dome. Nevertheless, this image would change as you move around the building, diversifying the observer’s vision.

The prayers would pass from an open space towards a semi-open space as they enter the mosque which is a common pattern in Iran’s traditional architecture. This form allows us to open an orifice against the southern half of the sky so that the sun irradiate the dome through it at noon time all year round. The façade of the mosque is covered with stone to demonstrate a heavy, strong, and simple face among the trees at the site creating an appropriate contrast in association with the copper coating. The simplicity of the form, material and geometry along with employing spatial patterns of historic mosques and traditional details such as openwork walls and indoor epigraphs represents the general approach in designing the mosque, i.e. paying attention to Islamic traditions in building mosques and expressing it by the modern language.

References

https://www.archnet.org/sites/21282

 

https://architizer.com/projects/mohammad-rasul-allah-mosque-2/

 

 

Mosque Data

Architect

Paya Payrang Architectural Group

Type

Local

Country

Iran

Owner/Founder

Namazi Teaching Hospital

Year

2016

Area

2750 m2

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Mosque Data

Architect

Paya Payrang Architectural Group

Type

Local

Country

Iran

Owner/
Founder

Namazi Teaching Hospital

Year

2016

Area

2750 m2

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