Clay Models

These design sketches, created by Pir Zia, incorporate several symbols important to the Sufi Order, including the heart with wings, which represent the lifting of the human heart to its divine potential; and the four traditional archangels, which represent the four elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air) according to Sufi tradition.

The following sketches suggest a different design approach, emphasizing an open-air, megalithic-type structure with no superstructure, but rather additions to the foundation.