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Local architecture studio Candalepas Associates<\/em><\/a> has completed a mosque with a decorative concrete-vaulted roof in Sydney, Australia. Located in the suburb of Punchbowl, the religious building provides space for 300 men and women worshippers to congregate.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe studio<\/em><\/a> designed the mosque with a rectangular layout that has two adjoined but separate courtyards. These provide segregated gender-specific routes to perform required ablutions before prayer. <\/p>\n\n\n\nOnce inside, the worshippers face a sculptural, stepped wall of ornamental vaulting on the prayer space’s south and west walls, orienting them towards Mecca. The 102 half-domed forms of the cast in-situ pattern allude to honeycomb structure of muqarnas \u2013 ornamented vaulting seen in traditional Islamic architecture. Streams of daylight extrude through a 30-millimetre hole in the centre of each of the concrete muqarnas. These are designed to illuminate the space throughout the day for the five prayers. Above the prayer hall, a plywood clad dome with an oculus feeds daylight into the space. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSplit into multiple phases over more than 20 years, the second construction phase will include a school for up to 175 students and offices around the larger courtyard. The Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) is a community based organisation, established in 1973 and based in Sydney, which fundraised to pay for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\nv<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhotograph is by Brett Broadman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Brett Broadman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Brett Broadman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nAll Rights reserved to Candalepas Associates<\/p>\n\n\n\nvia dezeen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local architecture studio Candalepas Associates has completed a mosque with a decorative concrete-vaulted roof in Sydney, Australia. Located in the suburb of Punchbowl, the religious building provides space for 300 men and women worshippers to congregate. The studio designed the mosque with a rectangular layout that has two adjoined but separate courtyards. These provide segregated…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":56877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-07-03T07:03:30Z","apple_news_api_id":"9dd322bc-6b8e-4ce4-ab87-c6bb88644b4e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-09-23T10:08:31Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AndMivGuOTOSrh8a7iGRLTg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[\"https:\\\/\\\/news-api.apple.com\\\/sections\\\/24b71e3a-500b-317b-a39f-8cec7c93bdd8\"]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[35024,8499],"tags":[14530,14189,25980,11731,26914,7726,26916,16197,19166,11671,7729,14528,11739,26884,11695,10984,22357,26886,26888,26978,16129,23141,26882,15805,7110,13959,7113,11803],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nPUNCHBOWL MOSQUE | WeVux<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n
The studio<\/em><\/a> designed the mosque with a rectangular layout that has two adjoined but separate courtyards. These provide segregated gender-specific routes to perform required ablutions before prayer. <\/p>\n\n\n\nOnce inside, the worshippers face a sculptural, stepped wall of ornamental vaulting on the prayer space’s south and west walls, orienting them towards Mecca. The 102 half-domed forms of the cast in-situ pattern allude to honeycomb structure of muqarnas \u2013 ornamented vaulting seen in traditional Islamic architecture. Streams of daylight extrude through a 30-millimetre hole in the centre of each of the concrete muqarnas. These are designed to illuminate the space throughout the day for the five prayers. Above the prayer hall, a plywood clad dome with an oculus feeds daylight into the space. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSplit into multiple phases over more than 20 years, the second construction phase will include a school for up to 175 students and offices around the larger courtyard. The Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) is a community based organisation, established in 1973 and based in Sydney, which fundraised to pay for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\nv<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhotograph is by Brett Broadman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Brett Broadman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Photograph is by Brett Broadman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nAll Rights reserved to Candalepas Associates<\/p>\n\n\n\nvia dezeen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local architecture studio Candalepas Associates has completed a mosque with a decorative concrete-vaulted roof in Sydney, Australia. Located in the suburb of Punchbowl, the religious building provides space for 300 men and women worshippers to congregate. The studio designed the mosque with a rectangular layout that has two adjoined but separate courtyards. These provide segregated…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":56877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-07-03T07:03:30Z","apple_news_api_id":"9dd322bc-6b8e-4ce4-ab87-c6bb88644b4e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-09-23T10:08:31Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AndMivGuOTOSrh8a7iGRLTg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[\"https:\\\/\\\/news-api.apple.com\\\/sections\\\/24b71e3a-500b-317b-a39f-8cec7c93bdd8\"]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[35024,8499],"tags":[14530,14189,25980,11731,26914,7726,26916,16197,19166,11671,7729,14528,11739,26884,11695,10984,22357,26886,26888,26978,16129,23141,26882,15805,7110,13959,7113,11803],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nPUNCHBOWL MOSQUE | WeVux<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n
Once inside, the worshippers face a sculptural, stepped wall of ornamental vaulting on the prayer space’s south and west walls, orienting them towards Mecca. The 102 half-domed forms of the cast in-situ pattern allude to honeycomb structure of muqarnas \u2013 ornamented vaulting seen in traditional Islamic architecture. Streams of daylight extrude through a 30-millimetre hole in the centre of each of the concrete muqarnas. These are designed to illuminate the space throughout the day for the five prayers. Above the prayer hall, a plywood clad dome with an oculus feeds daylight into the space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Split into multiple phases over more than 20 years, the second construction phase will include a school for up to 175 students and offices around the larger courtyard. The Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) is a community based organisation, established in 1973 and based in Sydney, which fundraised to pay for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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