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Congregation space, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Adolf Bereuter

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Congregation space, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Adolf Bereuter

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Entrance elevation, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Adolf Bereuter

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Wooden ornament, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Bernardo Bader

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Prayer room, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Marc Lins

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Courtyard, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Adolf Bereuter

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Cemetery, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Adolf Bereuter

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General view, Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria.

AKAA / Marc Lins

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Islamic Cemetery

Award Cycle: 2011-2013 Cycle

Status: Award Recipient

Country of origin: Austria

Location: Altach, Austria

Client: Altach Municipality, Gottfried BrÊndle Mayor

Architect: Bernado Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria

Design: 2008-2011

Size: Ground floor area: 4235 m2 - Total site area: 8415 m2

Completed: 2011

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The Cemetery serves Vorarlberg, the industrialised westernmost state of Austria, where over eight percent of the population is Muslim. It finds inspiration in the primordial garden, and is delineated by roseate concrete walls in an alpine setting, and consists of five staggered, rectangular grave-site enclosures, and a structure housing assembly and prayer rooms. The principal materials used were exposed reinforced concrete for the walls and oak wood for the ornamentation of the entrance facade and the interior of the prayer space. The visitor is greeted by and must pass through the congregation space with its wooden latticework in geometric Islamic patterns. The space includes ablution rooms and assembly rooms in a subdued palette that give onto a courtyard. The prayer room on the far side of the courtyard reprises the lattice-work theme with Kufic calligraphy in metal mesh on the qibla wall.


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