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23 June, 2011 Amazing Spaces

Exeptional design for mosque

Architect Kashif Mahboub Chawdhory unveiled his basic design of the Shandogan mosque in the suburbs of Chittagong port in Bangladesh. The architect is using designs that date back to the 1500 era in an area of 1048 meters squares, while preserving the traditional role of the mosque as a place for worship for the community. He proposed two designs: one with a front porch with heavy walls with low openings to overlook the surrounding scenery and an opening at the top which resembles an eye. In the second model, the naturally-lit minaret and dome are distinct, while the openings give an open feeling and circulate air while letting light in in the morning. At night it will allow light to pass through the mosque like a minaret. Shandogan mosque will have a very distinct and unique model which takes mosque designs into a new direction, away from the usual, as this mosque is incredibly modern.