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Basuna Mosque, Basuna, Sohag, Egypt, Africa (2019)

Artist/Designer: Dar Arafa Architecture

Project Location: Basuna, Egypt

Figure 1 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 2 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 3 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 4 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 5 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 6 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 7 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 8 ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 9: Roof plan ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 )
Figure 10: Mezzanine plan ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 )
Figure 11: Ground plan ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 )
Figure 12: Lower floor plan ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 )
Figure 13: Exterior ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )
Figure 14: Exterior ( Source | Accessed : August 19, 2023 | Photographer: Essam Arafa, Tariq Al Murri )

Style/Period(s):
No Style/Period Assigned.

Primary Material(s):
Stone

Function(s):
Religious Building

Related Website(s):

ArchDaily Post | Accessed : August 19, 2023
Mosqpedia Page | Accessed : August 19, 2023
Post | Accessed : August 19, 2023

Significant Date(s):
2010-2019, 2019

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:


Additional Information:
The main hall is multi-use for prayer, but also so communal events can happen in the space for Muslims and non-Muslims.

Project Description:
The mosque is located in a busy place and needed to be tranquil. To do this they only inserted one window, with skylights providing most of the light.

Building Address:
MJF3+8MV, Aqsas, El Maragha, Sohag Governorate 1723263, Egypt

Supporting Designers/Staff:
Waleed Arafa - Lead architect
Client - Dr. Usama al-Azhari
Engineering - Hisham Negm + Ahmed alHadary Amr Haggag Waleed Samir + Bishoy Nagy
Consultant - Dr. Ahmed Moustafa
Collaborator - Nisreen Moustafa

Significant Dates:
2019 - Completed

Associated Projects:

Tags:
Mosque, Religion, Basuna, Sohag, Egypt, Africa

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