Architecture Asia Special Issue - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2020

JURY CITATION
The project presents an interesting way of what roles religious architecture
should play in a modern community. As a communal mosque, the project
choose accessibility rather than monumentality to create a humble but still
peaceful space for the Muslims to gather and pray. It inspires the rethinking
of what religion as a succession of tradition means in modern society and how
would it impact modern life. As the architect says, "if the mosque becomes just
an idol, it will be empty." The essence is to provide a space of self-belonging
and attract the youth and elderly of the neighborhood, which leads to the provision
of facilities. The architect interprets the idea that the mosque is a house
of God, should also be a house of humanity, reinventing itself as social spaces to
serve the livings. The structure and form show elegance and sophistication with
a geometrical three-tiered roof and steel columns and beams. It not only responds
to its idea of modern religious architecture for humanity, but also adapts
well to the climate in tropic region.
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