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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