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modern religion. In this vein, a cubic mosque in the Upper Bavarian town of Penzberg was built in 2005. The muezzin's call to prayer is cut into the steel sheets covering the minaret in the form of Arabic calligraphy.
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It has a breathtaking design that sets well with the architecture of its surroundings. Jasarevic arranged the prayer room, the communal and administrative rooms and an apartment under a single roof on an L-shaped ground plan. The sand-colored building has a full-height decorative blue glass faade and a minaret a column decorated with Arabic words calling the faithful to prayer. The entrance features two concrete slabs that swing out of the wall like open gates, inviting visitors into the house in German and Arabic script. The building, which is flooded with light, has a specious prayer room, a big library, two halls and classes for students. Inside, one is greeted by a classical, open-plan staircase that is flooded with daylight. To the right, the view opens up into the prayer room. The way the light falls draws attention to the ceiling and wall panels. The abstract star motifs contain the 99 Names of Allah such as "The Most Merciful" in calligraphy. In the middle of the hall, there's a second floor. This is a gallery which is reserved for women, so that men and women cannot see each other.
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The defining characteristics of the mosque led by the imam from Macedonia are the fact that sermons are also delivered in German and that it has a public kindergarten and library and maintains contact with other religious communities, schools and institutions. With its distinctive but in no way provocative or confrontational appearance, the building and its delicate tower fit into the surroundings. The architects arranged the prayer room, the communal and administrative rooms and an apartment under a single roof on an L-shaped ground plan. But, the faades, which are clad in pale stone, give a clear indication of the different functions of the rooms behind - especially the slightly recessed, full-height decorative blue glass window on the east side. The entrance f eatures two concrete slabs that swing out of the wall like open gates, inviting visitors into the house in German and Arabic script; the actual door, made of stainless steel, is open to all. In the prayer room, shoes must be removed, but anyone may enter - women are not even required to wear a headscarf.
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Idriz regards his project for a "Centre of Islam in Europe, Munich," which includes an academy for the instruction of imams, as his contribution to a genuinely German Islam, one that no longer requires endorsement from the nations where Muslims originate.
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When world religions approach each other this has also an impact on architecture. An exemplary projects can be marveled at in Penzberg in Bavaria.
Currently, there are about 3 million Muslims living in Germany, the majority of which came here during the past 50 years. Meanwhile, believing Muslims have been practicing their religion here in the third generation. This is why there was a growing need for new, integrative places of prayer. A showcase project for modern Islam in Germany is the Islamisches Forum in Penzberg in the rural district of Weilheim-Schongau in Upper Bavaria. The Muslim place of prayer and encounter in the town of Penzberg by Jasarevic Architekten has only little in common with traditional ideas of a mosque. For instance, no oriental minaret embellishes the building, only a
plain tower. This place of prayer, opened on September 18, 2005, today serves as a role-model for a modern, European Islam.
Particularly obtrusive from outside and the inside alike is the blue main window, consisting of recycled glass. When the sun shines, it bathes the room in blue light. Vice versa, the interior lighting coming to the outside through the window, paints the area in front of the mosque blue. At the center of the mosque you will find the washing rooms, which are also deliberately held functionally and without any decorations.
constructor: Islamic parish of Penzberg architect: Jasarevic Architekten status: Completion: 2005 size: GFA: 2,335 m2