Thesis Book - Seeds of Hope

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The new location of the Islamic Religious and Cultural Centre
is precisely its complete lack of ‘specificity’ – an area that is
near the city centre, but abandoned and forgotten, in a fragile
undeveloped state, with an uncertain urban future. The cultural
center consists of a religious school building, a cultural and
office program, an apartment building for the employees of the
community, a restaurant, as well as a mosque, which is the first one
to be built in Slovenia.
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NAME ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL CENTER
ARCHITECT BEVK PEROVIC ARHITEKTI
LOCATION SLOVENIA
YEAR 2020
BUILDING TYPE CULTURE CENTER
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project features a mosque and a center for cultural and
social activities, a space that promotes constructive dialogues.
The commission is more than a space for worship. It hosts an
integration hub where people can discuss and share their ideas. The
idea of an educational facility was borrowed from the traditional
configuration of mosques where during the day it “used to be spaces
for educational purposes for children, where they learn writing
and reading”, and transforms during the night into “a forum to
discuss cultural and social affairs, where the people of the society
gather”.
NAME ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER
ARCHITECT WAFAI ARCHITECTURE
LOCATION TORINO, ITALY
BUILDING TYPE CULTURE CENTER
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