Mobile Floor for Mataf · Meca

In order to increase the number of pilgrims visiting the holy Masjid Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca each year, a bypass with three entrances has been built in the central part of the square surrounding the Kaaba. The new construction accommodates up to 130,000 pilgrims per hour, while the capacity of the previous Mataf was 52,000 pilgrims.

MCI Group has been the company in charge of carrying out the entire lighting project for the new structure. For this purpose, the R+D+i Department has designed and developed several models of totally custom-made luminaires that integrate perfectly into the architecture, without altering its design.

Circumvallation data

Outer diameter: 94 meters

Inner diameter: 70 meters

Width: 12 meters

Total m2: 3000m2

Luminaires Installed

Downlight 5×5 20º: These luminaires with special reflectors have been installed just below the ring road and are used to illuminate the pilgrims passing under it. The consumption of each downlight is 30W and a total of more than 1100 units have been installed.

Line Grazers®: These Line Grazers® have been placed on special supports and with different formats, type D and type C, and have been installed around the lower part of the ring road and serve to illuminate the pilgrims passing underneath it. These luminaires are fully integrated behind the cladding, which means that the luminaire is not visible at any time and only the lighting effect can be seen. A total of 624 Line Grazers® have been installed (about 1000 meters) with power consumption ranging from 200W (Line Grazer® Type D) to 430W (Line Grazer® Type C).

Street lights: To illuminate the ring road and the entrance bridges, 2 street lights (FG Street Lights and F Street Lights), each 3 meters high, have been designed.

– The Farolas F are installed on the outside of the ring road, and on the three entrance bridges. These lanterns are used to illuminate only the pilgrims who walk around the ring road. They have a power consumption of 240W and a total of 48 units have also been installed.

Masjid al-Haram is the most important mosque in the city of Mecca and the first holy place of Islam. At its center is the Kaaba, in which is embedded the black stone that Muslims try to touch in the course of circumambulations during the pilgrimage. It is considered the largest mosque in the world.

Lighting Engineering: Bartenbach GmbH- Austria

Luminaire manufacturers: Grupo MCI – Barcelona