Studio Bound envisions City as a Mosque for Islamic Arts Biennale
Design practice Studio Bound has created an installation at the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that aims to communicate the idea that all of Mecca can be considered a mosque.
Named City as a Mosque, the installation aims to build understanding about the formal and informal places of worship in the city of Makkah ? also known as Mecca.
Studio Bound designed the City as a Mosque installation at the Islamic Arts Biennale
"City as a Mosque is an ode to the sacred spaces of Makkah," Studio Bound told Dezeen.
"The work is a culmination of eight years of ongoing research into Makkah, in a quest to better understand its urban physiognomy and social makeup."
The installation contains 14 representations of mosques "The work celebrates the formal and informal spaces of worship within the city: past, present and future, underpinned by the very belief that all Makkah's ground is sacred," it continued.
"The city in all its essence is a sacred space for prayer, worship and is a mosque."
It is surrounded by a circular viewing platform
The installation consists of 14 sandstone slabs that each represent a mosque in Makkah.
Each of the slabs was milled with a 1:1 scale pattern of a prayer carpet from the mosque, along with an outline of the building.
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