阿布扎比大清真寺

阿拉伯聯合酋長國

建設單位：阿布扎比市農業部

建筑設計：Spatium Architects

執行建筑師：Halcrow

照明設計：Speirs + Major

攝影：? Allan Toft & Speirs + Major

Client: Department of Municipalities and Agriculture, Abu Dhabi

Architect: Spatium Architects

Executive Architect: Halcrow

Lighting Designer: Speirs + Major

Photography: ? Allan Toft & Speirs + Major

阿布扎比大清真寺是一座非常特殊的建筑，特別重視光的象征意義。我們需要為建筑物創造出一個整體照明形象，包括室內和室外。我們的設計對城市具有里程碑意義，展現出文化深厚的意蘊及宗教內涵。伊斯蘭歷法基于28天的月運周期，因此月亮的圓缺周期成為了照明設計的靈感源泉及統一元素。就像月亮對潮汐的影響一樣，我們希望月亮也以相同的方式影響著建筑。

這種想法源于滿月給人們留下的詩意印象，隨著月運周期的推移，幾縷浮云緩緩飄落在圓月前，清真寺也隨之變幻。滿月時，建筑物籠罩于冷白色的光芒之中，光照映射出其表面的凹凸紋理，隨著月亮在周期中漸虧，每兩個晚上顏色都會發生變化，燈光逐漸變為藍色，且愈來愈深。到了第十四個晚上，清真寺被映照在最深的藍色燈光之中，這象征著黑暗——然而觀眾卻永遠無法察覺出建筑顏色的變化。

室內照明使復雜的建筑與室外保持一致，相得益彰。19,000個燈具創造出明亮的空間并突出建筑特色。燈具大多被隱藏起來，被融合至穹窿、壁龕、壁架中，musharabia (有雕刻的木格)背后也隱藏著很多光源，建筑本身看起來宛如自然發光。

The Grand Mosque of Abu Dhabi is an extraordinary building that attributes particular symbolic importance to light. We were approached to produce an entire lit vision for the project, inside and out, and the result we delivered provides a huge landmark impact for the city, as well as deep cultural and religious sensitivity.

With the Islamic religious calendar based on the 28-day lunar cycle, we looked to the moon as our source of inspiration, and this became a unifying element in the lighting design. In much the same way as the moon in fl uences the tides, we wanted the moon to shape the experience of the building.

Starting with the poetic impression of a full moon with wisps of cloud moving across its face, as the lunar cycle progresses, so the building also alters in character. Fromthe textured cool white of the full moon, there is a subsequent shift in colour every two evenings, growing gradually bluer as the moon wanes. By the fourteenth evening, the mosque is lit in deepest blue to signify darkness - and yet the viewer is never able to perceive the building changing from one colour to the next.

Internally the lighting lends coherence to the complex architecture. Nineteen thousand luminaires are used to light the space and highlight the special individual features. These are mostly concealed, integrated into coves, niches, ledges and behind musharabia (carved wooden latticework) details, creating the impression that the building itself is glowing with natural luminance.