Kalhuvakaru Miskiy

A large-scale study of the 1789 coral-stone mosque known as the travelling mosque, raised here with its timber roof frame left exposed so the joinery reads as clearly as the walls. Built during the reign of Sultan Hassan Nooradeen Iskandhar, it is the only structure in the Maldives shaped from kalhu vakaru — ebony lumber — over a carved coral base. The model records the hirigaa masonry, the tiered roof and the way the whole building can be taken apart and moved.