Name: Hyder ali larikroll No#CE15AR11

Architecture of Mosque

HISTORY

THE FIRST MOSQUE OF THE WORLD WAS CONSTRUCTED BY OUR PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) , THE MATERIALS USED WERE PALM TREE PLANKS, MUD .

IN THE STARTING IT WAS JUST A COURTYARD AND A SAMI COVERED AREA.

BUT AS THE POPULATION OF MUSIMIS INCREASED , WE NEED MORE SPACE FOR PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND IN THE NIGHT AND IN WINTER AN IN SUMMER. SO THEY NEED A PERFECT MOSQUE IN ALL THE CLIMATE ,AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE MOSQUES STARTED. TIME PASSED AND SOME EMPEROR BECAME MUSLIM, AND THEY WANTED ROYAL MOSQUES BUT SCULPTURE AN PAINTING IS FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM .

THIS WAS THE TIME IN WHICH MUSLIMS HAD THE COMMAND ON GEOMETRY, AND THEY CREATED GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS, AND FLORAL PATTERNS , THEY STARTED ADOPTING FEATURES OF DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE .

THEY STARTED DOING CALLIGRAPHY ON THE WALLS OF MOSQUE.

Dome painted with floral patterns

Dome from oute side

DIFFERENT PARTS OF

MOSQUE• The architecture of mosque can be defined the following design

elements, which were adapted from churches and synagogues.

• Minarets or towers• Mihrab or niche on an inside wall indicating the

direction of Mecca • Domes• Use of geometric shapes and repetitive art (arabesque) • Use of decorative Arabic calligraphy• Ablution fountains • Arch• Islamis patterns• Islamic calligraphy

Arch designed with Islamic patterns

DOMETHE CENTRAL DOME IS A PRIMARY COMPONENT OF OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE STILL PREVAILING IN TODAY’S TURKISH MOSQUES. IT WAS INCORPORATED INTO MOSQUES TO CREATE A SINGLE BIG VOLUME AND SINAN THE GREAT DESIGNED ALL VARIATIONS OF CLASSICAL DOMED STRUCTURES IN HIS ERA. IN OUR PROPOSAL THE PRINCIPLE OF “SINGLE BIG VOLUME” WAS MAINTAINED, HOWEVER IN SEARCH FOR A UNIQUE FORM THE DOME WAS NOT PREFERRED SINCE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT WIDE SPANNING STRUCTURES ARE AVAILABLE TODAY. 

SULAYMAN MOSQUE COMPLEXISTANBUL, TURKEY

These were the traditional characteristics of mosque.Today we can see there are thousands of mosque all over the world and many of them look like each other To avoid the similarity in design architects now a days design in modern waysfor example shah faisal mosque

The shape of the Faisal Mosque is an eight-sided concrete shell inspired by a desert tentIt is worlds 4th biggest mosqueat a time 10,000 worshippers can pray

Another example of conceptual mosque