Shahed Saleem designs replicas of London mosques for Venice Architecture Biennale
Architect and researcher Shahed Saleem has created life-size case studies of three London mosques for the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Titled Three Mosques, the Applied Arts Pavilion was created by Saleem alongside curators Ella Kilgallon and Christopher Turner as a part of an ongoing collaboration between the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Top: the Three Mosques installation was created by Shahed Saleem. Above: a 1:1 replica of the Brick Lane Mosque's minaret marks the entrance
The pavilion aims to celebrate Islam and the South Asian diaspora in London by portraying the evolution and adaptation of mosques and local buildings.