MOSQUE
16 November 2014
DESIGNED AT CHALABI ARCHITECTS AND PARTNERS
‘R3’ MOSQUE
The mosque is located in the heart of the residential cluster. It is organized as a spiral ribbon with modulating heights. Perceived from the outside as a geometrical primitive the full structure is revealed only from the central prayer space. The beam segments systematically self-intersect resulting in a quasi dome structure.
client: AWPR, Sheikh Zayed
location: Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
building area: 2.500 sqm
program: mosque and commercial units
status/phase: schematic design
team: Talik Chalabi, Jaafar Chalabi, Karin Leeb,
Maja Ozvaldic, Sophie Luger, Jan Klaska
tasks: design, parametric model, drawings
date: 2009-10, Chalabi Architects and partners, Vienna