SPATIAL INVESTIGATION AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE NARTHEX IN OTTOMAN MOSQUES: THE CASE OF EDIRNE SELIMIYE MOSQUE

Enes Bostan, Burçin Şenol Şeker, Lale Yılmaz

Abstract


Introduction. Anatolia has been home to numerous civilizations throughout history. Many civilizations, from antiquity to the present day, have created various kinds of works. Among these works, mosques offer strong spatial and structural paradigms within the complex group of buildings constructed by the Ottomans. Methods. In this research, the spatial character of the main entrance of Mimar Sinan’s work Edirne Selimiye Mosque, which consists of colonnades that are referred to as the narthex, will be analyzed with semiotic methods and theoretical with architectural background. The second objective is to determine the spatial character as well as, the size (height and span), geometric typology of the columns and material parameters and to investigate the static and dynamic responses to the earthquake factor. In this process, two different parallel models were created for the structural analysis, in addition to the existing narthex of Selimiye, and these three models were analyzed using the finite element method in the ANSYS Workbench environment. Results. Based on the results obtained, the spatial, geometric and structural aspects and requirements of the building are evaluated and structural strategies are proposed.

Keywords


spatial character; semiotic; structural analyses; mosque; narthex; pushdown; pushover analyses

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