SİNAN CAMİLERİNDE YAPI MÜHENDİSLİĞİ SANATI

Nowadays, the architect is moving away from concept of structure system and engineer form. Mimar Sinan’s works which left mark on 16th century, are good examples considering, analyzing, evaluating these two disciplines together. The structural art was put forward established towards end 20th rather than a pure art, centralizing principles economy, efficiency elegance in design. This offers new perspective terms current understanding design Sinan quality his works. In this study, contributions to mosques geometry-form-structure relationship were examined. His evaluated through legacy he inherited, models, own lived century Ottoman Empire worked as chief for 50 years. unique architectural solutions have been subject many studies. period, spectacular style created with non-repetitive, innovative mosque variations inherited future generations. its masonry framework, polygonal baldachin developments enabled construction larger, brighter holistic spaces single-domed built early period. Hiding piers buttresses within upper flats, galleries stairs efficient functional solutions. minarets located at corners also context, being load-bearing elements. Suleymaniye four-pierred Selimiye eight-pierred stand out their size architecture. Having similar plan scheme, Mosque higher Hagia Sophia proportion diameter dome. way, dome load transferred base stages. With increase pier/ area ratio, main arches thickened, outer thrust prevented support weight towers buttresses. Thus, solution semi-domed schema first seen safely finalized. more elegant El Escorial Monastery St. Peter Cathedral sembolically equivalent wall thickness, thickness pier diameter. Among all other domed structures compared, has lowest height smallest floor Despite same diameter, approximately quarter Sophia’s nearly half Paul Cathedral’s. total that Paul’s. ratio (load) (structure system) much lesser Paul. Besides, Sophia, Peter, couldn’t be completed years due problems; sections enlarged re-designed by different architects periods. Comparisons evaluations based drawings calculations show that, economic, material used, element period comparison Escorial, To sum up, extraordinary structures.