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AZRA AKSAMIJA


Azra Aksamija és artista, arquitecta i historiadora de l’arquitectura, i viu a Cambridge (Estats Units). Actualment estudia un doctorat al Departament d’Arquitectura del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) i treballa en la seva tesi sobre les mesquites contemporànies de Bòsnia-Herzegovina.
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24 CRITICAL DESIGN, 2007

AZRA AKSAMIJA
Generic mosque

Generic mosque

The concept of the “Generic Mosque” investigates the representation of contemporary Islamic practice in a secular context. It explores the idea of a mosque as a multifunctional space, through so-called Generative Design Principles, a set of conceptual design guidelines that I derived from my study of Islamic architectural history.

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