Church to mosque : a short account of the recycling of the Pretoria West Dutch Reformed Church

Le Roux, S.W. (Schalk Willem)

UPSpace Home
→
Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
→
Architecture
→
Research Articles (Architecture)
→
View Item

dc.contributor.author	Le Roux, S.W. (Schalk Willem)
dc.coverage.spatial	Pretoria, South Africa	en
dc.date.accessioned	2008-05-30T10:47:45Z
dc.date.available	2008-05-30T10:47:45Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description	An Arabic abstract is included in article	en
dc.description.abstract	In 1941, a new Dutch Reformed church was built in Pretoria West to the design of Gerard Moerdijk. The "Neo-Byzantine" design, developed and defined by Moerdijk homself, was not regarded by everybody as suitable for a Reformed church, but the form was nevertheless found wide spread in South Africa - until it was replaced by a more rectangular shape in the 1960s and 1970s. By the 1990s, the demography of Pretoria West changed. Many of the original residents left the area and new inhabitants, among whom were many Muslims, settled there. A space for prayer became necessary. The church was bought for this purpose. A brief look is taken at the history of the building and its conversion.The ideal spaces for the expression of faith are highlighted and the meaning of the change is considered.	en
dc.description.abstract	ARABIC: Refer to article for the Arabic abstract.
dc.format.extent	526751 bytes
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Le Roux, S 2007, 'Church to mosque : a short account of the recycling of the Pretoria West Dutch Reformed Church', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 22, no 2, pp 98-114. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html]	en
dc.identifier.issn	0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5702
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Art Historical Work Group of South Africa	en
dc.rights	Art Historical Work Group of South Africa	en
dc.subject	Architecture	en
dc.subject	Church	en
dc.subject	Conversion	en
dc.subject	Liturgy	en
dc.subject	Mosque	en
dc.subject	Recycling	en
dc.subject	Argitektuur	en
dc.subject	Hergebruik	en
dc.subject	Kerk	en
dc.subject	Liturgie	en
dc.subject	Moskee	en
dc.subject	Omskepping	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Church buildings -- Remodeling for other use -- South Africa -- Pretoria	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Church architecture -- South Africa -- Pretoria	en
dc.title	Church to mosque : a short account of the recycling of the Pretoria West Dutch Reformed Church	en
dc.type	Article	en