AWFA Mosque — opening view

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AWFA Mosque

A serene urban mosque balancing openness, rhythm, and retreat.

Program
Mosque
Size
1,089 m2
Location
KSA
Client
Confidential
Team
Geoffrey Eberle, Magdalena Mróz, Adrien Lotz, Anup Chhetri, Elvan Gürbüztürk
Collaborators
ENTROPIC, Aldowayan Architects
Year
2025

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The project

Designed as a contemporary interpretation of Saudi architectural heritage, AWFA Mosque emphasizes simplicity, rhythm, and material integrity. Its form allows light, shade, and movement to shape the spiritual experience. The project bridges the architectural and the devotional—an urban space of stillness, connection, and reflection.

The mosque’s architectural language is defined by a rhythmic shell of vertical fins, filtering sunlight and air to create a continuously shifting play of shadows. This permeable enclosure blurs the boundary between inside and outside, transforming prayer and passage into acts of perception and contemplation. Subtle level changes, framed views, and courtyards structure a spatial journey that is both spiritual and civic.

The plan unfolds between the main prayer hall and a secondary volume for community activities, united by shaded gardens and planted corridors. Rooted in Salmani values of proportion and restraint, the design is adaptable to its unfinished urban surroundings. AWFA Mosque becomes more than a place of worship—it is a civic anchor, an urban threshold, and a haven of composure within the city.

Front Elevation
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The idea

A serene urban mosque balancing openness, rhythm, and retreat.

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Rear Elevation
Rear Elevation
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Central Courtyard and Male Prayer Hall Entrance
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Male Prayer Hall Entrance
Central Courtyard and Female Prayer Hall Entrance
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Female Prayer Hall
Courtyard
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Main Arcade

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