Park 51 is an Islamic Community Center and prayer space designed by Michel Abboud for SOMA Architects in 2010. Located in Lower Manhattan, a couple of blocks away from Ground Zero, the interconnected webbing façade of this 22-story building takes root in the historical fundamentals of Islamic pattern making.

1. Park 51
by Michel Abboud

2. The Islamic
Community Center
and prayer space is
located in Lower
Manhattan, a couple
of blocks away from
Ground Zero.

3. The 22-story building
façade of interconnected
webbing takes root in the
historical fundamentals of
Islamic pattern making.

4. Due to the strong controversy provoked by the project, the true challenge was to create
a piece of architecture that would propose a platform for mediation of social, cultural,
urban and political differences in one coherent environment that would equally cater
for all parties.