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Worshippers upstairs are assisted by HD displays and an extensive Bose loudspeaker system
The main visuals are provided by a pair of Epson G7905UL 3LCD projectors
The newly constructed four-level mosque is close to Little India
Gaining an Edge in a compromised room Two storeys become four to accommodate the rising number of worshippers at Angullia Mosque, reports Richard Lawn BEARING THE NAME OF THE LATE merchant and philanthropist Mohammad Salleh Eusoff Angullia, an iconic landmark in Singapore’s Serangoon Road and Little India district has endured for 130 years. Accommodating a capacity of 1,500 worshippers on two levels had become the norm at Angullia Mosque but the overflow crowds during Eid and Hari Raya had reached a tipping point. The mosque elders and the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) agreed and decided that the heritage building required a full reconstruction. Having raised the S$6.35 million required, applicants were invited to tender their designs to install an AV system that would provide intelligible audio and assistive visual systems. No stranger to the MUIS, Hazel Bayu Studios was awarded the role of AV designer and consultant for the project. “All mosques generally operate
All you need to host a service – a fixed mic and a tablet in the same manner with five daily prayers, main Friday prayers, Hari Raya and other special events,” explains Hazel Bayu’s Ahmad Lokman. “The main variance between mosques is crowd control.” Systems integrator Avitcom is perhaps more at home in the
corporate space and the classroom. Prompted by an advertisement promoting the open tender, Avitcom’s design was successful. “Hazel Bayu provided us with full schematic plans, documentation, SPL level specifications, audio coverage and other pertinent information,”
comments Avitcom director, Christopher Chong. “We then created and analysed EASE plots, taking into account standard mosque surfaces such as marble walls, concrete, carpeted floors and glazed windows.” The two-storey building was demolished to make way for a new four-level construction that could accommodate the rising number of worshippers. “The first phase of installation involved the trunking of conduits and cabling during the construction phase,” explains Avitcom director, Kelvin Teh. “At this time, the upper levels of the mosque were still being constructed, so the site was congested and dirty. As we were late to site, the general contractor had already completed most of the works, which meant that we had to retrofit the AV works into the fabric of the building and cutting into walls, ceilings and floors. Luckily, we were in time to
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