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Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 32, Number 2, pages 213-216 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2021_2_213

THE BABA HASSAN DIN SHRINE BY ARCHITECT KAMIL KHAN MUMTAZ AS AN ARCHETYPE OF DEEP SYMMETRY IN ARCHITECTURE

Rabia Ahmed Qureshi¹, Sarah Javed Shah², Gary J. Coates³

¹ Department of Architecture, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
E-mail: rabiaqureshi89@gmail.com

² Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy

³ Department of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, U.S.A.

Abstract: This abstract is an exploration of the presence of what Michael Mehaffy calls “deep symmetry” in Kamil Khan Mumtaz’s design of the Baba Hassan Din Shrine (2005) in Lahore, Pakistan. The project signifies the creation of meaningful and beautiful architecture in contemporary times, through compound symmetries that interrelate, transform and combine, forming a coherent structure that is considered essential for human well-being.

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