A stunning aerial view of the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, where Christoph Ingenhoven contributed to the expansion, highlighting the vast scale and spiritual significance of the world's largest mosque.
A stunning aerial view of the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, where Christoph Ingenhoven contributed to the expansion, highlighting the vast scale and spiritual significance of the world's largest mosque.
PROJECTS / AL HARAM MOSQUE
Al Haram Mosque Mecca
The number of pilgrims during the annual Muslim Hajj to Medina (Madinah) and Mecca (Makkah), the holiest sites in Islam, is rapidly increasing. This surge demands significant urbanistic and architectural changes. The "King Abdallah Grand Expansion Project" of the Al Haram Mosque in Mecca, the largest mosque in the world, aims to expand its capacity to accommodate 1,500,000 pilgrims. Currently, maintenance and rescue services are poorly organized, limiting the number of people able to perform Tawaf (circling) and Sa’ee (ritual walk). Additionally, luggage and sanitary services are insufficient or hard to acces
