Atikah, Baliyon, Elssen, Nicole // Student Design Award

Atikah, Baliyon, Elssen, Nicole
Space Design Concept
The Veil

Dissecting and analyzing the most prominent building in Islamic architecture, the mosque, into its simplest and basic geometrical shapes. The 4 main geometric shapes and it’s symbolic meanings. By fusing the geometrical shapes in a hierarchical order, it allows us to come up with a architecture that aims to portrays the reserved nature of the people. Hence, the exprience through space signifies how one would begin to unveil the inner conscience within oneself.