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Locat
ion:Aradasubci
ty.
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Stabl
i
s hedyear:1908
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Area:4,656
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Owner: Gover
ment.

THE ORI GI
ONAL MODEST BUI LDING
STEMS FROM THE END OF 19TH
CENTURYANDWASTHEFI RSTMOSQUE
TO BUI LTIN NEW TOWN OF ADI SS
ABEBA.I TWASDENOLI SHEDI N2005TO
GIVEWAYFORANEWL YBUI LTMOSQUE
AT THE SAME LOCATI ON .THE NEW
MOSQUE HASTWO HI GH TOERSAND A
LARGE CENTRAL PRAYI NG HAL.ITIS
LOCATED ATOFCOMMERCI ALCENTER
OF ARADA / PI
ASSA (BENI N SEFER ,
SUMALETERA)AND I TISAN I MORTANT
PLACE I F MUSLIM WORSHI P IN THE
CITY. THE MOSUE WAS BUI LT TO
REFLECTALLGREATNESS OF I SLAMIC
ARCHITECTUREWI TH CHARACTERI ZED
DOMES, TOWERS.
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gni
fi
canceval
ue
The s econd mos que i
nAddi sAbaba ( Wal e Thesigni
f
ancevalueofAl
-Nurmosquei
sit
s
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str
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i
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m ar chi
tectwhoc amewi t
hhi sfamil
yt o
bui
ld Emper orMi nil
i
k's palac
e Then dur i
ng Regi
ousval
ue
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u'sti
me,byt act
fuleff
ortofthe t
hemos queusedforrel
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giouss er
vic
eandits
wel
lk nown Shay kh Qi
tbare,Al-Nurmos que al
so ItsbasedonI sl
amicfait
handpl aceof
wasbui l
tbetween1916and1929.Themi nar et worshi
pfort
helocalmusl
im community
of this mos que was pr ohibit
ed by t he
administr
atorofAddisAbaba.

Culturalval ue
-There ar e bas ed on the Islami cf ait
h and adher et othe
pri
nciples ofShar i
al aw.The mos que isf requent ed by
member soft hel ocalMusl i
mc ommuni ty,aswel last our
ist
s
andpi l
gr imsf rom aroundt hewor l
d.Themos quei sapl aceof
worship and communi tygat her i
ng,and i tscul turalvalues
refl
ec tt he tr adit
ions and cust oms oft he loc alMus l
im
communi t
y.
Soci ologi calval ue
-Themosquei sapopul arplacef orwor shi
pf orMusl ims
duringt hehol iday,andi tisalsous edasameet ingpl ace
forcommuni t
ymember s.Themos queisavi sibl
es ymbolof
the communi ty'sr el
igious di vers i
ty
,and i thas been a
i
mpor t
antpar tofthesoc i
alandc ulturall
if
eoft hear eaf or
manyy ear s.
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tect
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ts the mos timport
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i
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ea

Aest heticalvalue
•NurorBennii sabeaut if
ulmos quewithaunique
aesthet i
c.Themos quei smadeofwhi temar bl
eand
hasabeaut if
ulbluetileroof.Themosquei s
surroundedbybeaut ifulgardensandisapopul ar
t
our i
s tdes ti
nati
on.
Funct ionoft hebui lding
The NurorBenniMosque i n Adi
ssAbeba ar ound
Piass aser vedasapl aceofwor shipf
orthelocalMusl
im
communi ty.Iti
sli
k el
yt hatthemos queservedasaplace
ofgat heringf orthec ommuni t
y,aswel lasapl aceof
wors hip.

Impactonthesite
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sintheci
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,itsknownasa
l
andmar k.
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t aff
ected t
he s t
reet act
ivi
ti
es
surr
oundi
ngit(
s t
reetvenders)
.
-Thesi
teiseas
lyac cessed.
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t
ati
on

•Casuar
iacunninghamina Yuccaal oi
foli
aisan •Ficusbenjamina,
•Grows10-
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•Forsui
t
abl
eal t
itude 7.5m atas l
owr at
e. weepingf i
g,benjaminor
•Meanannualtemper at
ure •Foraest eti
call
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custree,andoftensoldi
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t
or efr
esht heenvironment. stor
esasj ustf
icus.
•Initsnati
verange,its
smallfr
uitarefavoredby
somebi rds.
BasicAnal ysis
-Thenurorbennimos quei nAdissAbebaaroundPi ass
a
i
sasmal l,modes tmos que.Theex teri
ori
smadeofmud
andbrick,andt her eisasmal lc
ourtyardi
nfront
.Themosquei s
i
npoorc onditi
on,andt hereissmall si
gnofaminaretoradome.
Thereisas mallroom int hebackt hatmayhav ebeenus edf
or
prayer
.
•iti
sli
kel ythatthemosquei sof
I
s l
amicor igi
n,ast hisisthe
Venti
lationsyst ems
predominantr el
igionint hearea.

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ndpat
hdi
gram

NaturalVentil
ati
oni nMosque
•Amosquei sas acredpl
acef orMusl
ims
toseektranquil
li
t
yandpeac e.Thus,iti
s
vi
taltoachieveoptimum thermalcomfor
t
i
n mos ques forthe occupants as t
hey
executethei
racti
vit
ies
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