Situated in a mixed-use zone abutting the state highway in Chunangamvely in Aluva, the location and its context provide the project an identity to connect with different levels of the city. With porous street edge profile delineated by tree canopies, the street frontage is characterized by low rise...

Designed to embrace the traditional and contemporary, the mosque is a beautiful amalgam of both styles. The conventional elements like domes and minarets are introduced into the design with a modern twist.

The Design programme derives its idea of spaces and their functions from the ideals of Salafi community to develop a secular and communal space responding effectively to its context. The design aims to connect the structure to the street, along with creating a peaceful environment for religious...

The lighting with a monotonous interior colour palette forms the sole element dictating the spatial quality to develop the space into more than mere walls and openings. With the varied lighting, the calmness offered by the light colours interiors, the design aims to transcend the space into an...

Accessed directly from the street level, the staircases leading into prayer hall adds in character to the structure. The narrow passage forming the stairs lined with plain walls on both sides is derived from the circumambulatory path of the ancient Indian religious believes.

The monotony of the building envelope is broken down with the introduction of voids, openings, varying textures and colours.