Location: Surat
Status: Completed
Area: 7200 sqft
Client: Gulshan Ahmed Trust
Year: 2017
Programme: Institutional

The project explores traditional Islamic geometric patterns with a range of differentiated scales of perforations to create striking light and shadow patterns. The access to the plot is from the east and the service core is positioned one the north-east direction to facilitate ease of transition into the prayer hall facing westwards.

The opaque prayer hall is wrapped by mashrabiya creating a slender circumambulatory zone. This skin also protects the building from the intense summer heat. The mashrabiya is cast in Glass reinforced concrete and explores a range of varied perforations. In the north there are louvers that protects the building from heat while giving a proper ventilaton to the jamat khana which is double heighted.

The architectural program includes spaces for prayer, social functions and service zones.

Sutania Mosque - Yellow Studios
Sutania Mosque - Yellow Studios
Sutania Mosque - Yellow Studios