Project

Geometric Brick Sacred Spaces

Year: 2022

Category: Religious Architecture

This AI exploration combined ideas of geometry and light to create scared spaces made from brick. Inspired by Louis Kahn and the warmth he gave the modest material that is brick. The concept was formed around the idea of using geometric forms with curated and manipulated natural light to emphasise an ethereal sacred space. This was then developed and intertwined with a gridded tensile structure to add a layered complexity to the simplicity given by the brick. This addition added a deeper layer to the image allowing aspects to lift from the surface and offer a different reading of material, structure and form. AI2022

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Triangular Skylights

An image generated using Midjourney the temple like atmosphere is rooted in the varying triangular skylights that plunge the perfect amount of natural light into the sacred space.

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Deep Geometric Ceiling

An image generated using Midjourney the tectonics between what can be described as wall and roof seem to be seamless it connects effortlessly allowing ones eye to transition smoothly between the multi-faceted space.

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Tensile Structure

An image generated using Midjourney the use of brick here fades into the background and is rooted in the hidden structure but the tensile aspect of the concept takes centre stage seamlessly switching between the transparent, translucent and opaque planes all threaded together by the strands of the tensile structure.

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Brick & Tensile Structure Tectonics

An image generated using Midjourney the connection and dialogue between the gridded tensile structure and the warm soft application of brick is clearly illustrated here. the light plays an mediates the dialogue between the two ideas bridging the structure and aesthetic of the sacred space.

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Brick Exteriors

An image generated using Midjourney the brutal and darker colour of brick is emphasised here showing various patterns and courses of brick expressing its versatility and flexibility as a material.

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Mohammad Qasim Iqbal

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