sinan - the greatest architecture and urban designer
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A brief introduction about Mimar Sinar and his contribution to the Architecture world during 14th Century.TRANSCRIPT
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SINAN: The Great Architect & Urban Designer
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Who is Sinan?
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Was the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for Sultans
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Born in Anatolia, Turkey in 1489
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...built hundreds of buildings including
mosques, palaces, chapels, tombs, schools, almshouses, madrassahs, fountains, aqueducts and hospitals.
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Sinan learnt his father's trade at his youth but he was snatched from his family and
taken to work for the Caliph court.
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With the skills learnt at an early age, he quickly developed his career of
architect from his military service at the Janissary Corps (Turkish Military).
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His travels with the army through a vast geographical region extending from Anatolia to Italy, Central Europe,
Baghdad enriched his architectural knowledge.
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The synthesis of this knowledge was reflected in his famous constructions as seen in his chief work the Suleymaniyye Mosque (1550-1557)
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Sinan has been compared to Michelangelo of the European Renaissance
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Sinan's Architectural Contribution
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Environmental design
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1. The Use of Ostrich egg
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Ostrich egg
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Ostrich egg
These eggs secrete chemical substances into the atmosphere, which
repel spiders and mosquitoes away
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2. Air Purification System
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The Oil lamps and
candle used to lighten,
generate smoke and
burn oxygen
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Drive the smoke to
a filter chamber
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The soot
collected will be
filtered
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And used for
making ink
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In turn, clean air
was driven to the
outside ensuring
sustainability
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The ink protects the
books from book worm
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Subha nallah
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SINAN: The Great Architect & Urban Designer
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Promotes Creativity & Technology
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