A mihrab commonly takes the form of a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque, indicating the Qibla, or the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. The Einheit Mihrab is designed to encourage visitor participation in its construction, turning this traditionally sacred and indispensible component of the mosque into a communal and unifying piece. Visitors to the exhibition find stacks of perforated bristol board along with instructions for folding. The resultant unit is evocative of the muqarnas, a type of corbel employed as a decorative device in traditional Islamic architecture. Visitors are then invited to hang their module on piano wire hooks.

The mihrab emerges through the ceremonial act of participation.

Project team: Joel Lamere, Visitors to Architekturforum Oberösterreich