Earth Mosque no. 1: Blue Oak Ranch Preserve

Earth Mosque no. 1 is a temporary 14 x 20 ft (roughly) boundary constructed of fallen oak branches oriented towards the qiblah. Designed and built onsite at the UC Berkeley Oak Ranch Preserve / Ancestral Thámien Muwekma Ohlone Territory on April 22 2025.

Still from the Earth Mosque no. 1 film. 04 min 41 sec

Earth Mosque no. 1: Blue Oak Ranch Preserve


Earth Mosque no. 1, colored pencil on tracing paper, 12 x 15 in
Earth Mosque no. 1, colored pencil on tracing paper, 12 x 15 in

Facing northeast
Facing northeast

00 min 32 sec
00 min 32 sec

Site
Site

01 min 09 sec
01 min 09 sec

03 min 20 sec
03 min 20 sec

Facing southeast
Facing southeast

Facing qiblah through the mihrab
Facing qiblah through the mihrab