Vogosca Mosque

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Architect: Client: Built Area: Cost:

Kemal Zukic Vogosca Islamic Community 853 m US$ 870000

Vogosca is a suburb of Sarajevo built to house factory workers. Like most communist-era developments in the former Yugoslavia, it was planned without provision for religious life. In those years some 30 per cent of Bosnias mosques were lost: the 1992-1995 conflict destroyed 80 per cent of what was left. The new mosque in Vogosca is a symbol of the revival of one towns spiritual and religious life. Funding came from many small individual donations. The construction deploys the few materials that are readily available in post-conflict Bosnia: reinforced concrete structure, concrete slabs, beams, columns and stairs, brick infill.

3140.BOS 2007 Award Cycle

Vogosca Mosque

Vogosca - Str. Izeta Delica 1 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Architects Kemal Zukic Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Vogosca Islamic Community Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991 1991 - 1991 2000 - 2005 2005 2300 m2 349 m2 853 m2 US$ 870000 Vogosca is a suburb of Sarajevo built to house factory workers. Like most communist-era developments in the former Yugoslavia, it was planned without provision for religious life. In those years some 30 per cent of Bosnias mosques were lost: the 1992-1995 conflict destroyed 80 per cent of what was left. The new mosque in Vogosca is a symbol of the revival of one towns spiritual and religious life. Funding came from many small individual donations. The construction deploys the few materials that are readily available in post-conflict Bosnia: reinforced concrete structure, concrete slabs, beams, columns and stairs, brick infill.

Clients

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