Papers by Banush Shyqeriu
2013 UBT International Conference, 2013
The congregation Mosque, Masjid (from Arabic, sujúd = prostration to God) is one of the most impo... more The congregation Mosque, Masjid (from Arabic, sujúd = prostration to God) is one of the most important institutions of Muslim world, also the predominant built form of Muslim architecture. Having a basic spatial configuration to create "shelter" for prayer, it is evoking how the simple space bears meaning that generates symbolism. This paper tries to de-construct and reconstruct the Mosque as a representative built form. By using our Design Proposal for the Central Mosque of Prishtina as Case Study , we emphasize an "organic" approach towards Mosque design through a methodology of integral contextualization and conception as the new "typology", by re-interpreting the traditional symbolic repertoire of structural and spatial elements / grammar of Mosque, towards novel spatial scenarios and narratives in the realm of phenomenology of architecture. Generating meaning which connects the tradition and contemporary perception is the ultimate goal of this approach, aside a higher spatial, structural and energetic performance of the Mosque as built form.
2013 UBT International Conference, 2013
The congregation Mosque, Masjid (from Arabic, sujúd = prostration to God) is one of the most impo... more The congregation Mosque, Masjid (from Arabic, sujúd = prostration to God) is one of the most important institutions of Muslim world, also the predominant built form of Muslim architecture. Having a basic spatial configuration to create “shelter” for prayer, it is evoking how the simple space bears meaning that generates symbolism. This paper tries to de-construct and re-construct the Mosque as a representative built form. By using our Design Proposal for the Central Mosque of Prishtina as Case Study , we emphasize an “organic” approach towards Mosque design through a methodology of integral contextualization and conception as the new “typology”, by re-interpreting the traditional symbolic repertoire of structural and spatial elements / grammar of Mosque, towards novel spatial scenarios and narratives in the realm of phenomenology of architecture. Generating meaning which connects the tradition and contemporary perception is the ultimate goal of this approach, aside a higher spatial,...
Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its g... more Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its genesis, its worse times and its new frontiers. This paper will be presented through a methodology which employs historical, theoretical and cultural implications of ornament in Architecture, as well as the present interest and developments on it, in the scope of advances in design and emerging technologies. A key figure in this discourse is the 19 th century German architect Gottfried Semper. His interest in ornament, textile and tectonics through searching the origins of Art and Architecture, provides us with crucial facts for the new frontiers of ornament in relation to structure. The theoretical background that Semper laid will be used to scrutinize the elaboratio n and the importance of textile and patterning in the articulation of Architecture as cultural performance. Following this line, an interesting theoretical and aesthetic approach will be set in the cultural meaning and use o...
2018 UBT International Conference, 2018
2012 UBT International Conference
The congregation Mosque, Mesjid (from Arabic, sujud = prostration) is one of the most important i... more The congregation Mosque, Mesjid (from Arabic, sujud = prostration) is one of the most important institutions of Muslim world also the predominant architectonic built form of Muslim architecture.The initial aim of this paper is to scrutinize the Mosque as an institution and architectonic space through generative concepts, principles and criteria derived from the eternal idea of the Mosque as a Synergic Space: A place for Worship, a place of Education and a Community centre. By finding a Generic Mosque from an initial and eternal idea derived out of the main Islamic sources, it is possible to deliberate the discourse on Mosque design in the scope of socio-cultural changes as well as advances in design and emerging technologies. Moreover, the dynamics of change in Muslim societies found the mosque discredited, leading to structural metonyms of Muslim identity and putting the Mosque in a 'crisis' as institution, space, visual expression, symbolism and (un)acceptable as such in a delicate cultural, socio-political and economical Western environment At final, this paper will scrutinize the development of design principles for reframing Mosque visual grammar and language through the use of Islamic patterns as universally legible elements, by transforming them into 3D components and through modularity, dispersion, population, multiplication, deformation, association, dissolution, blending and scaling, creating structure, space and skin as systems that act upon each other. Where structure ends and ornament begins is blurred and a new spatial, structural and cultural performance is revealed. Both constrains on space and visual language of the Mosque tend for giving tangible solution to the Mosque 'crisis' as institution and representative architectural built form, blended together as Synergic Spaces.
2012 UBT International Conference, Nov 2, 2012
Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its g... more Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its genesis, its worse times and its new frontiers. This paper will be presented through a methodology which employs historical, theoretical and cultural implications of ornament in Architecture, as well as the present interest and developments on it, in the scope of advances in design and emerging technologies. A key figure in this discourse is the 19 th century German architect Gottfried Semper. His interest in ornament, textile and tectonics through searching the origins of Art and Architecture, provides us with crucial facts for the new frontiers of ornament in relation to structure. The theoretical background that Semper laid will be used to scrutinize the elaboratio n and the importance of textile and patterning in the articulation of Architecture as cultural performance. Following this line, an interesting theoretical and aesthetic approach will be set in the cultural meaning and use of patterning and ornament in the Islamic Architecture and its potentials for new frontiersornament becoming autogenic. The new biological paradigm on advanced design, sees building components as systems that act upon each other, where; material, structure, form, function and surfac e articulation / ornamentation are interconnected, similar to natural / biological systems with high performative energies. This paradigm provides new insights on ornament as structure itself, ornament as outcome of form, function and materialisation, far away from a mere superficial decoration. Further, natural/ biological systems grow highly hierarchical and optimized structures by using brittle and cheap materials, where the patterning of this structure serves their overall energetic performance. Finally, this paper scrutinizes that the role of cutting-edge computational and production technologies is extremely evident in the materialisation of patterned and ornamented aesthetics and in the increased effectiveness of transfers of patterns from nature and biology into engineering and architecture. As a result, the significant emphasis on the structuring logic of tectonic is resulting in a ‗new structuralism' in design, which, in turn emphasizes the role of performative cultures and energies of structuring architecture.
2012 UBT International Conference
The congregation Mosque, Mesjid (from Arabic, sujud = prostration) is one of the most important i... more The congregation Mosque, Mesjid (from Arabic, sujud = prostration) is one of the most important institutions of Muslim world also the predominant architectonic built form of Muslim architecture.The initial aim of this paper is to scrutinize the Mosque as an institution and architectonic space through generative concepts, principles and criteria derived from the eternal idea of the Mosque as a Synergic Space: A place for Worship, a place of Education and a Community centre. By finding a Generic Mosque from an initial and eternal idea derived out of the main Islamic sources, it is possible to deliberate the discourse on Mosque design in the scope of socio-cultural changes as well as advances in design and emerging technologies. Moreover, the dynamics of change in Muslim societies found the mosque discredited, leading to structural metonyms of Muslim identity and putting the Mosque in a 'crisis' as institution, space, visual expression, symbolism and (un)acceptable as such in a delicate cultural, socio-political and economical Western environment At final, this paper will scrutinize the development of design principles for reframing Mosque visual grammar and language through the use of Islamic patterns as universally legible elements, by transforming them into 3D components and through modularity, dispersion, population, multiplication, deformation, association, dissolution, blending and scaling, creating structure, space and skin as systems that act upon each other. Where structure ends and ornament begins is blurred and a new spatial, structural and cultural performance is revealed. Both constrains on space and visual language of the Mosque tend for giving tangible solution to the Mosque 'crisis' as institution and representative architectural built form, blended together as Synergic Spaces.
2012 UBT International Conference
Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its g... more Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its genesis, its worse times and its new frontiers. This paper will be presented through a methodology which employs historical, theoretical and cultural implications of ornament in Architecture, as well as the present interest and developments on it, in the scope of advances in design and emerging technologies. A key figure in this discourse is the 19 th century German architect Gottfried Semper. His interest in ornament, textile and tectonics through searching the origins of Art and Architecture, provides us with crucial facts for the new frontiers of ornament in relation to structure. The theoretical background that Semper laid will be used to scrutinize the elaboratio n and the importance of textile and patterning in the articulation of Architecture as cultural performance. Following this line, an interesting theoretical and aesthetic approach will be set in the cultural meaning and use of patterning and ornament in the Islamic Architecture and its potentials for new frontiersornament becoming autogenic. The new biological paradigm on advanced design, sees building components as systems that act upon each other, where; material, structure, form, function and surfac e articulation / ornamentation are interconnected, similar to natural / biological systems with high performative energies. This paradigm provides new insights on ornament as structure itself, ornament as outcome of form, function and materialisation, far away from a mere superficial decoration. Further, natural/ biological systems grow highly hierarchical and optimized structures by using brittle and cheap materials, where the patterning of this structure serves their overall energetic performance. Finally, this paper scrutinizes that the role of cutting-edge computational and production technologies is extremely evident in the materialisation of patterned and ornamented aesthetics and in the increased effectiveness of transfers of patterns from nature and biology into engineering and architecture. As a result, the significant emphasis on the structuring logic of tectonic is resulting in a ‗new structuralism' in design, which, in turn emphasizes the role of performative cultures and energies of structuring architecture.
2012 UBT International Conference
The congregation Mosque, Mesjid (from Arabic, sujud = prostration) is one of the most important i... more The congregation Mosque, Mesjid (from Arabic, sujud = prostration) is one of the most important institutions of Muslim world also the predominant architectonic built form of Muslim architecture.The initial aim of this paper is to scrutinize the Mosque as an institution and architectonic space through generative concepts, principles and criteria derived from the eternal idea of the Mosque as a Synergic Space: A place for Worship, a place of Education and a Community centre. By finding a Generic Mosque from an initial and eternal idea derived out of the main Islamic sources, it is possible to deliberate the discourse on Mosque design in the scope of socio-cultural changes as well as advances in design and emerging technologies. Moreover, the dynamics of change in Muslim societies found the mosque discredited, leading to structural metonyms of Muslim identity and putting the Mosque in a 'crisis' as institution, space, visual expression, symbolism and (un)acceptable as such in a delicate cultural, socio-political and economical Western environment At final, this paper will scrutinize the development of design principles for reframing Mosque visual grammar and language through the use of Islamic patterns as universally legible elements, by transforming them into 3D components and through modularity, dispersion, population, multiplication, deformation, association, dissolution, blending and scaling, creating structure, space and skin as systems that act upon each other. Where structure ends and ornament begins is blurred and a new spatial, structural and cultural performance is revealed. Both constrains on space and visual language of the Mosque tend for giving tangible solution to the Mosque 'crisis' as institution and representative architectural built form, blended together as Synergic Spaces.
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