Kevin Matthews
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 Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject: ArchitectureWeek No. 250 |
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Dear ArchitectureWeek Readers,
ArchitectureWeek No. 250 is now available on the Web, with these
new design and building features, and more.
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MODERN MOSQUE
by Robert Such
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"It doesn't look like a mosque," said the Muslim woman
when I asked for street directions to the Assyafaah
Mosque in Singapore. Designed by Singapore-based Forum
Architects, the mosque's architecture breaks with
tradition. "It's modern," said the woman.
The domeless four-story mosque stands in a neighborhood
of highrise residential buildings on the north side of
the island. On the morning I arrived, the temperature
and humidity were already rising. Thankfully, the
mosque is open to the elements, and a cooling breeze
accompanied me on my exploration of the interior.
Tropical climatic conditions were not the architects'
only concern when they started designing the mosque for
the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS). The
city's high population density and ethnic complexity
mean that Singaporeans "have to relate to each other in
a harmonious, or at the very least, tolerant manner,"
says Forum Architects principal Tan Kok Hiang.
"So I am interested in relieving buildings of
artificial or contrived boundaries," Tan explains. "The
architecture should provide as few barriers as possible
to the community at large. A Malay design would not
make a Chinese convert feel at home. Middle-Eastern
imagery would be too alien to our culture. Its design
had to sit comfortably in a multiracial, multireligious
country. And it also had to signal to the Muslim
community that it is a mosque."
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Plugging In Prefab
by Bill Jordan
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Michael Hardiman spent five years in London using
form-Z to design prefabricated building elements for
The Forge Company. These elements were then built full
size and applied in subsidized-housing projects,
including the Beaufort House Project for the Peabody
Trust housing association.
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