General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Mosque Congress center Dormitory / student housing facilities Library University building tower: Minaret |
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Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 600 m | |
| gross floor area | 370 000 m² | |
| gross cubic volume | 1 768 000 m³ | |
| minaret | width | 26.8 m |
| height | 265 m | |
| number of floors (below ground) | 2 |
Quantities
| structural steel | 14 300 t | |
| concrete volume | 445 000 m³ | |
| reinforcing steel | 71 000 t |
Design Loads
| max. lateral acceleration | 6.5 m/s² |
Materials
| minaret |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
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Case Studies and Applied Products
500 years earthquake protection for Great Mosque of Algiers
The Great Mosque of Algiers (Djamaâ El Djazïr) will be the third biggest in the world and has to last for at least 500 years – at least theoretically. Consequently it has to be protected against earthquake which has to be expected in thi ... [more]
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Djamaa el Djazaïr (Arabic: جامع الجزائر), also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers (French:Grande mosquée d'Alger), is a mosque in Algiers, Algeria. It houses the world's tallest minaret and is the third-largest mosque in the world after the Great Mosque of Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi of Medina in Saudi Arabia.
History
The construction of the mosque began in August 2012 after the Algerian government's contract, for 1 billion euros, was won by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation. The design was done by German architects KSP Juergen Engel Architekten and engineers Krebs und Kiefer International and was completed by April 2019. The mosque faced construction delays owing to budgetary concerns due to the falling prices of oil. Around 2,300 workers from China, Algeria and other African countries were deployed to work on the project. The construction of the mosque was seen by many to serve as a symbol of the reign of long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Architecture
The mosque sits on a site covering 400,000 m² (4,300,000 sq ft) and overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The prayer hall has a capacity of 37,000 worshippers, while the structure including the compound can house up to 120,000 worshippers and has parking space for 7,000 cars. The complex also houses a Koranic school, a park, a library, staff housing area, a fire station, a museum of Islamic art, and a research centre on the history of Algeria.
The mosque also has a 265 m (869 ft) tall minaret, which makes it the tallest building in Africa. It also houses an observation deck atop the minaret, which has 37 floors. The mosque is designed to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 and the structure has been specially processed to resist corrosion. The main prayer hall has 618 octagonal columns serving as support pillars and 6 km (3.7 mi) of calligraphic writing engraved with a laser system. The dome of the prayer hall has a diameter of 50 m (160 ft) and rises to a height of 70 m (230 ft).
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Djamaa el Djazaïr" and modified on August 14, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten
- Jürgen Engel (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2015): Djamaâ El Djazaïr—The Great Mosque of Algeria. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 25, n. 2 (May 2015), pp. 224-229.
- (2015): Die Große Moschee von Algerien - ein Monument im Starkbebengebiet. In: Bautechnik, v. 92, n. 1 (January 2015), pp. 57-64.
- (2015): Das Minarett der Großen Moschee von Algerien - Ein Tragwerk der besonderen Art. In: Stahlbau, v. 84, n. 1 (January 2015), pp. 25-37.
- (2015): Monument in Rekorden - Die Große Moschee von Algerien. In: (2015): Ingenieurbaukunst 2016. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 9783433031261, pp. 114-121.
- (2008): Zentrum kultureller und religiöser Einrichtungen. Der Entwurf für die Moschee von Algier. In: [ Umrisse ], v. 8, n. 5 ( 2008), pp. 30.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20043407 - Published on:
04/02/2009 - Last updated on:
14/08/2020
