Morocco again8 Casablanca The mosque Hassan II Ceilings
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Casablanca is home to the Hassan II Mosque, designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau, situated on a promontory on the Atlantic. Its minaret is the world's tallest at 210 metres. The mosque is also the largest in North Africa, and the third largest in the world. The prayer hall is built to a rectangular plan of 200 metres length and 1,000 metres width, with three naves. The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca was completed in 1993 after great expense and artistic labor
The central hall is undulating with a succession of numerous domes from which glass chandeliers (50), imported from Murano, are hung
Ornately carved Atlas Mountain cedar adorns the ceilings. The ceilings are made of cedar wood because it is the best wood to use on a building beside the sea. Cedar is used for most items, from carved jewellery boxes and picture frames to hefty carved chests, doors and ceilings. There are intricate designs carved into the wood. Coverings marble and granite Moroccan origin represent 50 hectares in size with an average thickness of 14 cm
The prayer hall is topped with a mobile roof 3400 m2 and 1,100 t, which can move in five minutes through a rotation system drive, illuminating the hall with daytime sunlight and allowing worshippers to pray under the stars on clear nights
The roof covering required the installation of 300,000 tiles
specially made, mimicking the clay
roof tile glazed traditional Fez, but
four times lighter. These tiles
have made a weight gain of 65%
compared to traditional tiles with
much higher reliability
performance
Mohamed V
Cedar wood carved ceiling
Domes cedar were fixed on frames made with 971 tons of stainless steel and suspended from the reinforced concrete structure
Hassan II
For finishing and religious objects, artisans throughout the kingdom helped cover over 53 000 m2 of carved and assembled more than 10,000 m2 zellij representing 80 original patterns. Carved and painted plaster was completely worked on site by 1500 maâlems over 67,000 m2
When the roof is closed, the prayer hall is illuminated by 50 chandeliers
and sconces of Venetian
Murano. The most impressive
measure six meters in
diameter, ten feet high and weigh
1,200 kilograms. Speakers and
lights were designed with the
assistance of Philips
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