Yasser Arafat Mausoleum
Ramallah, Palestine

The complex consists of the burial chamber of Palestinian leader Yaser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the first president of the Palestinian Authority, a prayer pavilion, and landscaped gardens, all situated in a 6,550 sq.m. site. The design of the burial chamber emphasizes openness and takes on a cubic form that is filled with light and placed on a low pedestal in a reflecting pool. A path that begins in front of the burial chamber divides the site into two more or less equal parts and provides access to the prayer pavilion. The rectangular prayer pavilion is treated as a simple meditative space.


Sources:

"2005 News: July 2005." Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE), July 2005.


"2005 News: November 2005." Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE), November 2005.


"2005 News: December 2005." Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE), December 2005.

 

Khouri, Rami G. "Arafat's Mausoleum Represents a Fixed Past and a Possible Future on the Move." The Daily Star Lebanon, 25 June 2005.


Meyhöfer, Dirk, and Stephen Roche. "Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Palestine (Jafar Tukan)." Set in Stone: Rethinking a Timeless Material. Salenstein: Braun, 2009.


Location
, Ramallah, Palestine
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completed 2007
Design 2005
Dimensions
1,100 m²
Building Usages
funerary