zachary c. helmick
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ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER FOR DANCE AND PERFORMANCE

zurich, switzerland \ spring 2010
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The approach taken in this studio was one of research and cultural study. Ackowledging the recent controversial vote in Switzerland banning the construction of minarets, I spent the first half of the semester studying the Mosque of Cordoba, Spain. Following this initial study, a further interest was taken into a particular field of the Muslim culture: dance. Considering the history of dance within the Muslim culture, an extra sense of sensitivity and respect was taken into account with a topic of such magnitude.
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plans, elevation and perspective
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section and channel glass facade study
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  • home
  • about
  • work
    • work experience >
      • alliance architecture
      • pcm+d
      • don hoerr and sons
    • graduate >
      • lemp brewery master plan, st. louis, missouri >
        • small studio, folding farm, urbana, illinois
      • hotel bamiyan, bamiyan, afghanistan
      • 22@ smart city, barcelona, spain
      • solar decathlon china, team pkui, etho
    • undergraduate >
      • lincoln square mall office park, urbana, illinois
      • islamic cultural center, zurich, switzerland
      • dinosaur + archaeology museum, champaign, illinois
      • project find 2.0, san diego, california
      • steel slag, chicago, illinois
    • sketches, models, + other misc. work
  • blog
  • contact