Mosque Building Mardin, southeast Turkey, Anatolia Architecture, Turkish Religious Design Images
Mosque Building in Mardin, Turkey
19 April 2022
Design: medmim architecture
Location: Mardin, Anatolia, south east Turkey

Mosque Building in Mardin, southeastern Turkey
Design approach:
In the design, it is aimed to express the structural elements that reflect the architectural character of Mardin city such as terracing, use of semi-open space, portico solutions, and create solutions compatible with topography and climate in a modern architectural language. The mosque mass is placed on the south line, which is the highest point of the land, and the service areas, lodging and other areas of the mosque are placed on the terraces at lower elevations formed gradually.
Thus, the mosque mass, which has a symbolic design, was tried to be perceived from both the upper and lower elevations. The connection between the elevations is provided by natural walkways as far as the slope of the land allows, and stairs and elevators in other section.
The fountain, other service areas and the funeral prayer area are designed in the lower courtyard. The pool element, one of the important elements of Mardin architecture, was used in the upper courtyard and integrated with the fountain placed on the western facade of the mosque.

In the facade design of the mosque mass, the dome detail of the Mardin Kas?miye madrasa was interpreted with a modern architectural language (Figure 1). The part of the axi...