Friday, October 16, 2009

Putra Jaya Steel Mosque

Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque aka Putra Jaya Steel Mosque
located at Presint 3, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Started the construction in April 2004 , completed on August 2009.
total capacity of 20,000 people


the waters features surrounded the mosque


a view taken from the mosque


main enterance gate

very artistic


the islamic pattern


Architectual Wire Mesh-zoom in view


the Architectual Wire Mesh or Anyaman Masyrabiah


main solat gallery


the mihrab, back ground is glass panel 13 m hight imported from Germany


inside the dome

The Facts:
The mosque was designed based on the 3 concept, wind, simple and transparent. Approximately 6,000 tons of steel used for construction, which represents about 70% while the rest is concrete.

The Steel mosque has its own privileges because there is no fans or air-conditioning equipment in it, it use the refrigerant gas (gas district cooling or GDC). In addition, the mosque also use Architectual Wire Mesh or Anyaman Masyrabiah imported from Germany and China (also installed in the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid and the French national library, known Bibliothèque nationale de France located in Paris).
The main gate used glass reinforce concrete (GRC) to enhance the integrity of a glass and crystal structure and to make the mosque looked white from a distance.