MOSQUEOF

SULTAN
AHMED
//THE BLUE MOSQUE
// CONCENTRIC
LOCATION: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1609 AND 1616

INCORPORATES BYZANTINE CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE

WITH TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

SPATIAL TYPOLOGIES &

POETICS
ANTICIPATION
THE ENTRANCE OF THE
MOSQUE IS JUST A DOOR
FRAME THAT GIVES A
CONTROLLED VIEW OF THE
MOSQUE, WHICH CREATES A
SENSE OF CURIOSITY AND
ANTICIPATION IN AN TRANQUIL
INDIVIDUAL AS TO WHAT
AWAITS WHEN ONE ENTERS
FAR FROM THE BUSY AND BUSTLING CITY
THE SPACE
THE BLUE MOSQUE IS SET ON THE
OUTSKIRTS. AN INDIVIDUAL FEELS
PEACEFUL AND UNDISTURBED WHEN HE
PROGRESSION OR SHE ENTERS THE MOSQUE. THE BEAUTY
OF THE INTERIOR MAKES THE INDIVIDUAL
FEEL CALM AND GIVES THEM A SENSE OF
THE ARCHES AND CURVES PORTRAY BELONGINGNESS
REPETITIVE LAYERS IN AN
INDIVIDUALS LIFE. IT ALSO
INDICATES HOW AN INDIVIDUAL IS ILLUSION
NURTURED WITH THE TEACHINGS OF
THE RELIGION EVER SINCE THEY WERE
YOUNG AND AS THEY GROW UP THE THE CENTRAL DOME IS SURROUNDED
MEANING OF THE FACTS AND THE BY LITTLE ARCHED WINDOWS THAT
TEACHINGS GET DEEPER AND SO BRING IN LIGHT GIVING THE VIEWER A
DOES ONES UNDERSTANDING ABOUT FALSE IMPRESSION OF HEAVEN
THE CULTURE AND THE RELIGION
WHICH IS VISIBLE IN THE MONUMENT
AS THE ARCHES ARE FOLLOWED BY
THE ENTRANCE TO THE LARGE HALL
AND CENTRAL DOME

EXPLORATIVE
THE INTRICATE DESIGNS ON THE WALLS OF
THE MOSQUE HOLDS STORIES AND THEORIES
OF ISLAM CONTRIBUTING TO AN
INDIVIDUAL'S KNOWLEDGE ON THE RELIGION.
THE HALF AND LITTLE DOMES INDICATES
HOW ONE IS GAINING INFORMATION ABOUT
THE RELIGION PROGRESSIVELY, AND TRYING
TO REFLECT ON IT. THE BIG CENTRAL DOME
INDICATES THE UNDERSTANDING AND
GRASPING OF ALL THE INFORMATION
RECEIVED BY LINKING ALL THE PIECES
TOGETHER.
SKETCHES AND CARVINGS ARE A BETTER WAY
TO CONVEY A STORY OR ONES POINT OF
VIEW, HENCE THE MOSQUE IS PORTRAYING A
STORY THROUGH THE SKETCHES WHICH
HOLDS THE PEOPLE CAPTIVATED AND
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