Piazza roofing of the prophet's mosque

26 m parasols

Medina, SA

Client

SL-Rasch GmbH

Contract type

Unterauftrag SL-Rasch GmbH

Architekturbüro Rasch + Bradatsch

Scope

structural design, form-finding, optimisation

Covered area

145000 m²

Length

26 m

Width

26 m

Height

16 m

Planning period

2006 - 2008

Completion

2010

#Membrane structures

#Convertible structures

#Simulation

#Culture

#Canopies

#Membrane

The outside areas of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina are spanned by 260 parasols

The total spanned area amounts to 145,000 m². The height of the parasol constructions, when open, is 21.70 m – whereas the size of the pre-stressed parasol membranes is 26 x 26 m each.