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La Mezquita, Córdoba, Spain View Large flash animation
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Umayyad, Damascus, Syria View Large flash animation
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Arabic and Islamic Architecture

  • Site: Spain, Egypt and Syria
  • Time: From 2005
  • Program: Spatial analysis and concepts
  • Project type: Ongoing research

Studies of the spatial structure in traditional mosques related to bodily movements in this space.

With the support of DanishArts (Statens Kunstfond) and the Danish Institute in Damascus, Syria I have travelled and studied several mosques. Especially:

- La Mezquita (784-) in Córdoba, Spain

- Al-Azhar (982-) in Cairo, Egypt

- Umayyad (784-) in Damascus, Syria

Lectures on Arabic Architecture: Mosques and Palaces:

Feb. 3, 2015 in Aarhus

Feb. 4, 2015 in Herning

PDF Filesize 17 mb) Presentation: Arabic Architecture: Mosques and Palaces

PDF Article: "Bevægelses mønstre i traditionelle moskéer" in: Vinterberg, Dorte & Klint, Lars (2011): På Skrift :2011. Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation - School of Architecture.

PDF Rapport to the Danish Institute in Damascus July 23, 2010.