Piazza roofing of the prophet's mosque
26 m parasols
Medina
Client
SL-Rasch GmbH
Contract type
Unterauftrag SL-Rasch GmbH
Architecture
Architekturbüro Rasch + Bradatsch
Scope
structural design, form-finding, optimisation
Covered area
145000 m²
Length
26 m
Width
26 m
Height
16 m
Planning period
2006 - 2008
Completion
2010
The outside areas of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina are spanned by 260 parasols
The total spanned area amounts to 145,000 m². The height of the parasol constructions, when open, is 21.70 m – whereas the size of the pre-stressed parasol membranes is 26 x 26 m each.
