Vogosca Mosque

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Architect: Kemal Zukic

Client: Vogosca Islamic Community

Built Area: 853 m²

Cost: US$ 870’000

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 Bosnia’s 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 town’s 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

Clients Vogosca Islamic Community Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Commission 1991 Design 1991 - 1991 Construction 2000 - 2005 Occupancy 2005 Site 2’300 m2 Ground Floor 349 m2 Total Floor 853 m2 Costs US$ 870’000 Programme 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 Bosnia’s 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 town’s 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.

Building Type 14 2007 Award Cycle 3140.BOS 3140.BOS

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