Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled programs for a new mosque and Islamic local community centre in Denmark’s capital city.
The Islamic Community Centre and Mosque by Henning Larsen Architects will be created in Dortheavej, an spot in northern Copenhagen. The two,890-square-metre developing, which will feature a series of interlocking domes, was commissioned by The Islamic Society of Denmark.
“The new community centre and mosque at Dortheavej is a present day, Nordic interpretation of Islamic architecture, and brings this meeting of Nordic and Islamic developing traditions to Denmark for the 1st time,” explained the architects.
The building will sit opposite The Rentemestervej Library, completed by Danish architects COBE and Transform in 2011, which the architects explained had presently contributed to the regeneration of the area.
It will be formed from a network of domes that will raise to various heights over diverse parts of the space to create “a dynamic roof silhouette from the exterior and a captivating ceiling-scape within.”
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“Composed volumetrically of a variety of domes, the interior is experienced as a single room,” said the studio. “The big and centralised inner court brings with each other the building’s two functions of local community centre and mosque.”
An arched passageway will lead straight from the street into the neighborhood centre, which will also include a cafe, library and bookshop, as properly as classrooms, offices and underground parking for vehicles and bikes.
An outside seating area will be set into a nook by the entrance – a characteristic that is intended to invite passersby into the creating.
Site program
“The openness of the facade fluctuates from close to-opacity to transparency at street level, in a welcoming gesture of openness to the neighborhood around it,” explained the architects.
The mosque will be oriented in direction of Mecca and characteristic a smattering of geometric openings across the facade that are inspired by conventional Islamic ornamentation.
The irregularly shaped openings are designed to offer various degrees of daylight dependent on the perform of the area.
A prayer hall will occupy the centre of the developing below the high vaulted ceiling, which will feature fluted detailing.
Area
“Two domes are merged in the centre of the creating to form the prayer hall,” explained the studio. “This a lot more intimate and holy interior room has no opening and is indirectly lit from the spaces to either side.”
A massive circular lightwell and pool of water in one area will be surrounded by a glass wall, whilst smaller skylights will illuminate other regions.
The domes will be supported by a series of white columns dotted during the room. Arched doorways dotted all around the periphery wall of the central area will lead into auxiliary rooms.
Work is anticipated to get started on the task in 2017 and it is due to total in 2019.
