digital media: autocad, sketchup, lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe indesign
Elgin, popularly known as the "City in the Suburbs" is a historically rich city located in Northern Illinois, and roughly 35 miles Northwest of Chicago. Four main faiths of it's residents include Christianity, Catholicism, Islam and Judaism.
Of these four faiths, there is a varying level of adequate worship spaces for it's believers. For Islam, there are a few worship spaces that are almost always repurposed residential or commercial buildings, but nothing that really portrays the Islamic faith in terms of Architecture in the city of Elgin and other surrounding cities.
FLOOR PLAN
SITE PLAN
The site provided by the city for this project lies in the middle of a residential neighborhood and bordering the site at the west is the DC Cook/ Lovell Area Historic District. This Mosque complex is a more contemporary take on Mosque design and it translates traditional Islamic elements throughout the building.
Worship Space and Adjacent Spaces in Plan
North Entry
Lobby Space
Qibla Wall
North Elevation
East Elevation
