... SELEN B. MORKOÇ, The University of Adelaide ... 5 See Sâî Mustafa Çelebi, Yapılar kitabı: Tez... more ... SELEN B. MORKOÇ, The University of Adelaide ... 5 See Sâî Mustafa Çelebi, Yapılar kitabı: Tezkiretü'l bünyan ve Tezkiretü'l-ebniye (Mimar Sinan'in anıları), ed. and trans. ... Autobiographies, p. 74 and Zeki Sönmez, Mimar Sinan ile ilgili tarihi yazmalar-belgeler (Istanbul, 1988), p. 95 ...
Kātip Çelebi (1609-57) was a distinguished and prolific 17th-century Ottoman scholar, whose works... more Kātip Çelebi (1609-57) was a distinguished and prolific 17th-century Ottoman scholar, whose works exhibit openness towards the 'new science' of the early modern period. His geographical work Cihannüma (Displaying the World) shows his awareness of the new geographical knowledge and discoveries unfolding in Europe during his time. Meanwhile his major bibliographical work Kashf al-ẓunūn (Dispelling Doubts) presents a lengthy and sophisticated engagement with the Islamic concept of ʿilm in an attempt to reconstruct its theoretical foundations, to demonstrate its progressive nature, and to emphasise the necessity and usefulness of its rational and philosophical dimensions, which have come under attack in recent years. This chapter examines Kātip Çelebi's last work, Mīzān al-ḥaqq (The Balance of Truth), which captures his inner uncertainty about the significance of ʿilm. Its aims are, first, to show how Çelebi's conceptualisation and definition of ʿilm oscillated between the heart and the mind. Second, the chapter shows the way in which he understood and approached the relationship between reason and faith as complementary rather than opposing instruments of knowledge and elements of belief. In this intertwined conception, rational sciences and philosophy were considered as necessary to religious understanding. Third, the chapter discusses Çelebi's rational approach to answering the 21 controversial issues generated by the Kāḍīzāde and Sivāsī antagonism that were hotly debated within Ottoman circles. These included the legality of music and dance in religious practices and worship, and the morality of social habits new to the times, such as smoking, opium, and coffee drinking.
In spite of these shortcomings, Ottoman architectural historians may profit much from this book: ... more In spite of these shortcomings, Ottoman architectural historians may profit much from this book: it points to a fresh and promising direction of research and study--that is, the reception history of monuments. While there may not exist a large number of Ottoman narrative ...
I propose that the symbolic in general, and especially the symbolic in art, rests upon an intrica... more I propose that the symbolic in general, and especially the symbolic in art, rests upon an intricate interplay of showing and concealing.1 In Truth and Method Gadamer views the study of history from a hermeneutical perspective, presenting a new way of dealing with and understanding historical texts. He sees the wholeness of a historical tradition as an illusion, He argues that the split between the self-conscious historical object and the observer cannot be clear cut. Accordingly, both the historicity of understanding and the prejudices of the observer play important roles in the interpretation process. With reference to Gadamer's revision of the ‘reality of history’ and the ‘reality of historical understanding,’ this paper aims to examine the art historical discourse on Islamic architecture by concentrating on a specific article. Oleg Grabar's “Symbols and Signs in Islamic Architecture.”
The book contains analyses of 50 of the world’s modern masterpieces, constructed from 1950 to the... more The book contains analyses of 50 of the world’s modern masterpieces, constructed from 1950 to the present, through annotated drawings that reveal principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Starting from its site, each work is analyzed through its surroundings, use of natural light, volumes and massing, its programme and circulation, and its details, fenestration and ornamentation, showing how the building works as a cohesive whole.
Günkut Akın'ın 1984 tarihli doktora tezi yoğunlukla Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anado-lu'da karşımıza çıkan... more Günkut Akın'ın 1984 tarihli doktora tezi yoğunlukla Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anado-lu'da karşımıza çıkan dört ev tipini ele alıyor: bindirme kubbeli ev, hilani, tüteklikli ev ve eyvanlı ev. Belirli bir döneme, stile, hatta bina tipolojisine ağırlık veren alışılagelmiş mimarlık ve sanat tarihi konularının tersine tez " tarihsel " olarak nitelendirilen ev tip-leri üzerinden binlerce yıllık olandan güncele ve evden anıtsal mimariye kadar karşı-laştırmalı bir yorum geliştiriyor. Tez başlıca iki bölümden oluşuyor. İlk bölüm evlerin özelliklerine yoğunlaşırken ikinci bölüm evlerde içkin olan anlamı yorumlamaya çaba-lıyor. Bu keskin ayrım, karşılaştırmanın karmaşık doğasını oldukça net bölümlenmiş alt başlıklar aracılığıyla daha anlaşılır ve kolay takip edilebilir kılmaya yardımcı oluyor. Konusu ve metodu bu denli ilginç olan tez yapısalcılık ve fenomenoloji gibi döne-minde oldukça popüler fakat pek yaygın olarak birlikte ele alınmamış iki metodoloji-ye dayanıyor. Yapısalcılık Panofsky'nin çalışmalarında ikonolojik çözümlemeler üze-rinden sanat tarihi ile daha önce ilişkilendirilmiştir. 1 Fenomenoloji ile mimarlık tari-hinin bağlantısını Norberg-Schulz'un çalışmalarından takip etmek mümkündür. 2 Ancak Günkut Akın gerek tezinin konusu gerekse iki bakış açısının bir araya geliş biçimiyle kendisinden önceki çalışmalardan oldukça farklı bir yol tutuyor. Sanat ve mimarlık tarihinin konusu olmuş pek çok ikonik ve anıtsal yapının tersine Akın'ın evlerinin faili anonimdir. Anadolu, Mezopotamya ve Asya gibi eski kültürlerin yüzyıl-larca karmaşık ilişkiler neticesinde şekillendirdiği fiziksel çevrenin değişimlere rağ-men özünü korumuş ürünleri olmaları sebebiyle tezin yazıldığı güne ait olan evler bile binlerce yıl öncesinden anlamsal ipuçları taşırlar. Mimar gibi bir özerk özneyle ilişkilendirilemeyen mekansal anlamın doğasını Akın imge aracılığı ile kavramlaştırır. Akın'ın evler üzerinden yorumlamaya koyulduğu anlamı yüzyıllarca tekrar eden mekansal oluşumlardan birbirine aktarılan imgeler açığa vururlar. 3 Akın anlamı, henüz temsil edilmemiş olanın tarihini yazmanın meşru bir yolu olarak görür.
Geçmişteki bir uygarlığın altın çağının eserlerine imza atmış olması sebe-biyle mimarlık tarihi y... more Geçmişteki bir uygarlığın altın çağının eserlerine imza atmış olması sebe-biyle mimarlık tarihi yazımında Mimar Sinan geç XIX. yüzyıldan bu yana ilgi odağı olmuştur. Gerek global gerekse ulusal mimarlık tarihi yazımlarında Sinan'a benzer yaklaşımların sergilendiği görülür. Öncelikle deha kavramı çerçevesinde mimar, özerk bir modern mimar kimliği kurgulanarak okunur. Bu kurgunun tarihsel verilerle desteklenemeyen senaryosuysa Sinan'ı başka bilinen mimar kimlikleriyle karşılaştırıp benzeştirerek yeniden üretir. Bu yak-laşımlarda saptırılan, bastırılan ve çoğunlukla görmezden gelinense Sinan'ın tarihsel kişiliği ve asıl içinde yaşayıp ürettiği bağlamdır. Erken Cumhuriyet döneminde Osmanlı kimliğine rağmen bir ulusal kahraman olarak algılanan Sinan'la " Türk Mikelanjı " olarak global mimarlık tarihi yazımına mal edilen Sinan kurgusu kaynak olarak Sinan'a atfedilen mimarlık ürünlerinden besle-nir. Dolayısıyla ikisi de mimarlık ürününden yola çıkarak mimarın kimliğini yaratmaya odaklanır. Mimarlığın yazıdan ya da güncel objelerden farklı olarak çoklu okumalara daha açık anlamsal zenginliği 1 mimarlık ürünlerinden yola çıkan Sinan kurgularının inandırıcılığının da kaynağıdır. Mimarlık tarihinin, sınırları keskin çizgilerle tanımlanmış bir uzmanlık ala-nından öte mimarlığın tüm deneyimlerine açık bir düşünce üretim angajmanı olması gerektiğine inandığım için Sinan historiyografisinin bir literatür değer-lendirmesini yapma çabasının hiçbir zaman bütünsellik iddiasında olamaya-cağının farkındayım. 2 Bu bağlamda Sinan'ı anlamak adına Sinan üzerine yazılmış bir kurgusal metin ya da bir köylünün belleğindeki Sinan imgesi de * Dr., Adelaide Üniversitesi, Mimarlık, Peyzaj Mimarlığı ve Kentsel Tasarım Okulu ders ücretli öğretim üyesi, bağımsız araştırmacı ve mimarlık tarihi danışmanı.
Fifty of the world's greatest modern buildings, from 1950 to the present, dissected and analyzed ... more Fifty of the world's greatest modern buildings, from 1950 to the present, dissected and analyzed through specially commissioned freehand drawings
After a period in which computation-derived architecture―driven by digital design tools, data analysis, and new formal expression―has thrived, students and their teachers have returned to age-old techniques before employing the digital tools that are a part of every architect’s studio. Tired of the perfectly rendered screen image, architects are making presentations that are clearly the work of the hand and the mind, not the computer. This ambitious publication, organized chronologically, is aimed at a new generation of architects who take technology for granted, but seek to further understand the principles of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Each of the fifty works of architecture is presented through detailed consideration of its site, topology, and surroundings; natural light, volumes, and massing; program and circulation; details, fenestration, and ornamentation. Over 2,500 painstakingly hand-drawn images of the buildings of the past seven decades help readers return to the core values of understanding site and creating buildings: looking with the eyes, engaging through direct physical experience, and constructing by hand. 50+ photographs in black and white and 2,500 line drawings
A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture : Text, Context and Hermeneutics
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... more A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture : Text, Context and Hermeneutics
Hardback English By (author) Selen Morkoc
It is widely accepted that documents on Ottoman architects are rare and that little is known about the architectural practice in the Ottoman world. A group of texts that have appeared between sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, however, form an exception to this general assumption. While these texts have been cited and referred to in diverse previous studies on Ottoman architecture, they have not been the topic of a major interpretative approach before. "A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture: Text, Context and Hermeneutics" is the first interpretive and comparative research monograph to feature these texts as its main theme. This is the first translation of these works that contextualizes and interprets their importance in English. The first text is a group of five documents that date back to the sixteenth century. They comprise memoirs and building lists written in prose and verse which belonged to prominent Ottoman architect Sinan. The second text was written under the influence of the first group of documents and is in a similar format. It comprises a memoir dedicated to Sedefkar Mehmed Aga, who worked as the chief imperial architect in the seventeenth century, and also provides information on architectural terms and makes comparisons between architecture and music. The third text is different from the first two: it is a monograph about the Selimiye Mosque written in prose in the eighteenth century by Dayezade Mustafa, who was a complete outsider to architecture. While the three texts have quite different historical and thematic contexts their point in common is their rendering of architecture through narratives. From a hermeneutical perspective, the book compares narratives of the texts with contemporary historiography on Ottoman architecture.
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... SELEN B. MORKOÇ, The University of Adelaide ... 5 See Sâî Mustafa Çelebi, Yapılar kitabı: Tez... more ... SELEN B. MORKOÇ, The University of Adelaide ... 5 See Sâî Mustafa Çelebi, Yapılar kitabı: Tezkiretü'l bünyan ve Tezkiretü'l-ebniye (Mimar Sinan'in anıları), ed. and trans. ... Autobiographies, p. 74 and Zeki Sönmez, Mimar Sinan ile ilgili tarihi yazmalar-belgeler (Istanbul, 1988), p. 95 ...
Kātip Çelebi (1609-57) was a distinguished and prolific 17th-century Ottoman scholar, whose works... more Kātip Çelebi (1609-57) was a distinguished and prolific 17th-century Ottoman scholar, whose works exhibit openness towards the 'new science' of the early modern period. His geographical work Cihannüma (Displaying the World) shows his awareness of the new geographical knowledge and discoveries unfolding in Europe during his time. Meanwhile his major bibliographical work Kashf al-ẓunūn (Dispelling Doubts) presents a lengthy and sophisticated engagement with the Islamic concept of ʿilm in an attempt to reconstruct its theoretical foundations, to demonstrate its progressive nature, and to emphasise the necessity and usefulness of its rational and philosophical dimensions, which have come under attack in recent years. This chapter examines Kātip Çelebi's last work, Mīzān al-ḥaqq (The Balance of Truth), which captures his inner uncertainty about the significance of ʿilm. Its aims are, first, to show how Çelebi's conceptualisation and definition of ʿilm oscillated between the heart and the mind. Second, the chapter shows the way in which he understood and approached the relationship between reason and faith as complementary rather than opposing instruments of knowledge and elements of belief. In this intertwined conception, rational sciences and philosophy were considered as necessary to religious understanding. Third, the chapter discusses Çelebi's rational approach to answering the 21 controversial issues generated by the Kāḍīzāde and Sivāsī antagonism that were hotly debated within Ottoman circles. These included the legality of music and dance in religious practices and worship, and the morality of social habits new to the times, such as smoking, opium, and coffee drinking.
In spite of these shortcomings, Ottoman architectural historians may profit much from this book: ... more In spite of these shortcomings, Ottoman architectural historians may profit much from this book: it points to a fresh and promising direction of research and study--that is, the reception history of monuments. While there may not exist a large number of Ottoman narrative ...
I propose that the symbolic in general, and especially the symbolic in art, rests upon an intrica... more I propose that the symbolic in general, and especially the symbolic in art, rests upon an intricate interplay of showing and concealing.1 In Truth and Method Gadamer views the study of history from a hermeneutical perspective, presenting a new way of dealing with and understanding historical texts. He sees the wholeness of a historical tradition as an illusion, He argues that the split between the self-conscious historical object and the observer cannot be clear cut. Accordingly, both the historicity of understanding and the prejudices of the observer play important roles in the interpretation process. With reference to Gadamer's revision of the ‘reality of history’ and the ‘reality of historical understanding,’ this paper aims to examine the art historical discourse on Islamic architecture by concentrating on a specific article. Oleg Grabar's “Symbols and Signs in Islamic Architecture.”
The book contains analyses of 50 of the world’s modern masterpieces, constructed from 1950 to the... more The book contains analyses of 50 of the world’s modern masterpieces, constructed from 1950 to the present, through annotated drawings that reveal principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Starting from its site, each work is analyzed through its surroundings, use of natural light, volumes and massing, its programme and circulation, and its details, fenestration and ornamentation, showing how the building works as a cohesive whole.
Günkut Akın'ın 1984 tarihli doktora tezi yoğunlukla Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anado-lu'da karşımıza çıkan... more Günkut Akın'ın 1984 tarihli doktora tezi yoğunlukla Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anado-lu'da karşımıza çıkan dört ev tipini ele alıyor: bindirme kubbeli ev, hilani, tüteklikli ev ve eyvanlı ev. Belirli bir döneme, stile, hatta bina tipolojisine ağırlık veren alışılagelmiş mimarlık ve sanat tarihi konularının tersine tez " tarihsel " olarak nitelendirilen ev tip-leri üzerinden binlerce yıllık olandan güncele ve evden anıtsal mimariye kadar karşı-laştırmalı bir yorum geliştiriyor. Tez başlıca iki bölümden oluşuyor. İlk bölüm evlerin özelliklerine yoğunlaşırken ikinci bölüm evlerde içkin olan anlamı yorumlamaya çaba-lıyor. Bu keskin ayrım, karşılaştırmanın karmaşık doğasını oldukça net bölümlenmiş alt başlıklar aracılığıyla daha anlaşılır ve kolay takip edilebilir kılmaya yardımcı oluyor. Konusu ve metodu bu denli ilginç olan tez yapısalcılık ve fenomenoloji gibi döne-minde oldukça popüler fakat pek yaygın olarak birlikte ele alınmamış iki metodoloji-ye dayanıyor. Yapısalcılık Panofsky'nin çalışmalarında ikonolojik çözümlemeler üze-rinden sanat tarihi ile daha önce ilişkilendirilmiştir. 1 Fenomenoloji ile mimarlık tari-hinin bağlantısını Norberg-Schulz'un çalışmalarından takip etmek mümkündür. 2 Ancak Günkut Akın gerek tezinin konusu gerekse iki bakış açısının bir araya geliş biçimiyle kendisinden önceki çalışmalardan oldukça farklı bir yol tutuyor. Sanat ve mimarlık tarihinin konusu olmuş pek çok ikonik ve anıtsal yapının tersine Akın'ın evlerinin faili anonimdir. Anadolu, Mezopotamya ve Asya gibi eski kültürlerin yüzyıl-larca karmaşık ilişkiler neticesinde şekillendirdiği fiziksel çevrenin değişimlere rağ-men özünü korumuş ürünleri olmaları sebebiyle tezin yazıldığı güne ait olan evler bile binlerce yıl öncesinden anlamsal ipuçları taşırlar. Mimar gibi bir özerk özneyle ilişkilendirilemeyen mekansal anlamın doğasını Akın imge aracılığı ile kavramlaştırır. Akın'ın evler üzerinden yorumlamaya koyulduğu anlamı yüzyıllarca tekrar eden mekansal oluşumlardan birbirine aktarılan imgeler açığa vururlar. 3 Akın anlamı, henüz temsil edilmemiş olanın tarihini yazmanın meşru bir yolu olarak görür.
Geçmişteki bir uygarlığın altın çağının eserlerine imza atmış olması sebe-biyle mimarlık tarihi y... more Geçmişteki bir uygarlığın altın çağının eserlerine imza atmış olması sebe-biyle mimarlık tarihi yazımında Mimar Sinan geç XIX. yüzyıldan bu yana ilgi odağı olmuştur. Gerek global gerekse ulusal mimarlık tarihi yazımlarında Sinan'a benzer yaklaşımların sergilendiği görülür. Öncelikle deha kavramı çerçevesinde mimar, özerk bir modern mimar kimliği kurgulanarak okunur. Bu kurgunun tarihsel verilerle desteklenemeyen senaryosuysa Sinan'ı başka bilinen mimar kimlikleriyle karşılaştırıp benzeştirerek yeniden üretir. Bu yak-laşımlarda saptırılan, bastırılan ve çoğunlukla görmezden gelinense Sinan'ın tarihsel kişiliği ve asıl içinde yaşayıp ürettiği bağlamdır. Erken Cumhuriyet döneminde Osmanlı kimliğine rağmen bir ulusal kahraman olarak algılanan Sinan'la " Türk Mikelanjı " olarak global mimarlık tarihi yazımına mal edilen Sinan kurgusu kaynak olarak Sinan'a atfedilen mimarlık ürünlerinden besle-nir. Dolayısıyla ikisi de mimarlık ürününden yola çıkarak mimarın kimliğini yaratmaya odaklanır. Mimarlığın yazıdan ya da güncel objelerden farklı olarak çoklu okumalara daha açık anlamsal zenginliği 1 mimarlık ürünlerinden yola çıkan Sinan kurgularının inandırıcılığının da kaynağıdır. Mimarlık tarihinin, sınırları keskin çizgilerle tanımlanmış bir uzmanlık ala-nından öte mimarlığın tüm deneyimlerine açık bir düşünce üretim angajmanı olması gerektiğine inandığım için Sinan historiyografisinin bir literatür değer-lendirmesini yapma çabasının hiçbir zaman bütünsellik iddiasında olamaya-cağının farkındayım. 2 Bu bağlamda Sinan'ı anlamak adına Sinan üzerine yazılmış bir kurgusal metin ya da bir köylünün belleğindeki Sinan imgesi de * Dr., Adelaide Üniversitesi, Mimarlık, Peyzaj Mimarlığı ve Kentsel Tasarım Okulu ders ücretli öğretim üyesi, bağımsız araştırmacı ve mimarlık tarihi danışmanı.
Fifty of the world's greatest modern buildings, from 1950 to the present, dissected and analyzed ... more Fifty of the world's greatest modern buildings, from 1950 to the present, dissected and analyzed through specially commissioned freehand drawings
After a period in which computation-derived architecture―driven by digital design tools, data analysis, and new formal expression―has thrived, students and their teachers have returned to age-old techniques before employing the digital tools that are a part of every architect’s studio. Tired of the perfectly rendered screen image, architects are making presentations that are clearly the work of the hand and the mind, not the computer. This ambitious publication, organized chronologically, is aimed at a new generation of architects who take technology for granted, but seek to further understand the principles of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Each of the fifty works of architecture is presented through detailed consideration of its site, topology, and surroundings; natural light, volumes, and massing; program and circulation; details, fenestration, and ornamentation. Over 2,500 painstakingly hand-drawn images of the buildings of the past seven decades help readers return to the core values of understanding site and creating buildings: looking with the eyes, engaging through direct physical experience, and constructing by hand. 50+ photographs in black and white and 2,500 line drawings
A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture : Text, Context and Hermeneutics
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... more A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture : Text, Context and Hermeneutics
Hardback English By (author) Selen Morkoc
It is widely accepted that documents on Ottoman architects are rare and that little is known about the architectural practice in the Ottoman world. A group of texts that have appeared between sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, however, form an exception to this general assumption. While these texts have been cited and referred to in diverse previous studies on Ottoman architecture, they have not been the topic of a major interpretative approach before. "A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture: Text, Context and Hermeneutics" is the first interpretive and comparative research monograph to feature these texts as its main theme. This is the first translation of these works that contextualizes and interprets their importance in English. The first text is a group of five documents that date back to the sixteenth century. They comprise memoirs and building lists written in prose and verse which belonged to prominent Ottoman architect Sinan. The second text was written under the influence of the first group of documents and is in a similar format. It comprises a memoir dedicated to Sedefkar Mehmed Aga, who worked as the chief imperial architect in the seventeenth century, and also provides information on architectural terms and makes comparisons between architecture and music. The third text is different from the first two: it is a monograph about the Selimiye Mosque written in prose in the eighteenth century by Dayezade Mustafa, who was a complete outsider to architecture. While the three texts have quite different historical and thematic contexts their point in common is their rendering of architecture through narratives. From a hermeneutical perspective, the book compares narratives of the texts with contemporary historiography on Ottoman architecture.
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After a period in which computation-derived architecture―driven by digital design tools, data analysis, and new formal expression―has thrived, students and their teachers have returned to age-old techniques before employing the digital tools that are a part of every architect’s studio. Tired of the perfectly rendered screen image, architects are making presentations that are clearly the work of the hand and the mind, not the computer.
This ambitious publication, organized chronologically, is aimed at a new generation of architects who take technology for granted, but seek to further understand the principles of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Each of the fifty works of architecture is presented through detailed consideration of its site, topology, and surroundings; natural light, volumes, and massing; program and circulation; details, fenestration, and ornamentation. Over 2,500 painstakingly hand-drawn images of the buildings of the past seven decades help readers return to the core values of understanding site and creating buildings: looking with the eyes, engaging through direct physical experience, and constructing by hand.
50+ photographs in black and white and 2,500 line drawings
Hardback English
By (author) Selen Morkoc
It is widely accepted that documents on Ottoman architects are rare and that little is known about the architectural practice in the Ottoman world. A group of texts that have appeared between sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, however, form an exception to this general assumption. While these texts have been cited and referred to in diverse previous studies on Ottoman architecture, they have not been the topic of a major interpretative approach before. "A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture: Text, Context and Hermeneutics" is the first interpretive and comparative research monograph to feature these texts as its main theme. This is the first translation of these works that contextualizes and interprets their importance in English. The first text is a group of five documents that date back to the sixteenth century. They comprise memoirs and building lists written in prose and verse which belonged to prominent Ottoman architect Sinan. The second text was written under the influence of the first group of documents and is in a similar format. It comprises a memoir dedicated to Sedefkar Mehmed Aga, who worked as the chief imperial architect in the seventeenth century, and also provides information on architectural terms and makes comparisons between architecture and music. The third text is different from the first two: it is a monograph about the Selimiye Mosque written in prose in the eighteenth century by Dayezade Mustafa, who was a complete outsider to architecture. While the three texts have quite different historical and thematic contexts their point in common is their rendering of architecture through narratives. From a hermeneutical perspective, the book compares narratives of the texts with contemporary historiography on Ottoman architecture.
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Format Hardback | 264 pages
Dimensions 152.4 x 231.14 x 38.1mm | 703.06g
Publication date 15 Jan 2010
Publisher Academica Press
Publication City/Country Bethesda, United States
Language English
Illustrations note index, bibliography, line drawings, photographs, graphs
ISBN10 1933146540
ISBN13 9781933146546
After a period in which computation-derived architecture―driven by digital design tools, data analysis, and new formal expression―has thrived, students and their teachers have returned to age-old techniques before employing the digital tools that are a part of every architect’s studio. Tired of the perfectly rendered screen image, architects are making presentations that are clearly the work of the hand and the mind, not the computer.
This ambitious publication, organized chronologically, is aimed at a new generation of architects who take technology for granted, but seek to further understand the principles of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Each of the fifty works of architecture is presented through detailed consideration of its site, topology, and surroundings; natural light, volumes, and massing; program and circulation; details, fenestration, and ornamentation. Over 2,500 painstakingly hand-drawn images of the buildings of the past seven decades help readers return to the core values of understanding site and creating buildings: looking with the eyes, engaging through direct physical experience, and constructing by hand.
50+ photographs in black and white and 2,500 line drawings
Hardback English
By (author) Selen Morkoc
It is widely accepted that documents on Ottoman architects are rare and that little is known about the architectural practice in the Ottoman world. A group of texts that have appeared between sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, however, form an exception to this general assumption. While these texts have been cited and referred to in diverse previous studies on Ottoman architecture, they have not been the topic of a major interpretative approach before. "A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture: Text, Context and Hermeneutics" is the first interpretive and comparative research monograph to feature these texts as its main theme. This is the first translation of these works that contextualizes and interprets their importance in English. The first text is a group of five documents that date back to the sixteenth century. They comprise memoirs and building lists written in prose and verse which belonged to prominent Ottoman architect Sinan. The second text was written under the influence of the first group of documents and is in a similar format. It comprises a memoir dedicated to Sedefkar Mehmed Aga, who worked as the chief imperial architect in the seventeenth century, and also provides information on architectural terms and makes comparisons between architecture and music. The third text is different from the first two: it is a monograph about the Selimiye Mosque written in prose in the eighteenth century by Dayezade Mustafa, who was a complete outsider to architecture. While the three texts have quite different historical and thematic contexts their point in common is their rendering of architecture through narratives. From a hermeneutical perspective, the book compares narratives of the texts with contemporary historiography on Ottoman architecture.
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Product details
Format Hardback | 264 pages
Dimensions 152.4 x 231.14 x 38.1mm | 703.06g
Publication date 15 Jan 2010
Publisher Academica Press
Publication City/Country Bethesda, United States
Language English
Illustrations note index, bibliography, line drawings, photographs, graphs
ISBN10 1933146540
ISBN13 9781933146546