Sancaklar Mosque
Name of Building
Sancaklar Mosque
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Istanbul, Turkey
Date the building was designed and/or first built
2011- Construction begins
2013 - Construction finished
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Architect - Emre Arolat
Patron - Sancaklar Family
Culturally Specific Time Period
2010s
Geo-Location
41.08920287117727, 28.601852161096396
Materials
Stone
Concrete
Size and/or Scale of Building
Area - 1300 sqr meters.
Architectural Type
Religious
Formal Style
Mosque
Building Description
Sancaklar Mosque is a modern-day mosque created for the Sancaklar family. The building's interior is characterized by its simplicity. It, instead of following tradition, takes the shape of a cave . In a similar manner, the exterior melts into the building'slandscape. The building is a naturalistic approach to the mosque.
Image source
Image 1 - Sancaklar-Mosque-by-Emre-Arolat-Architects_1, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Sancaklar-Mosque-by-Emre-Arolat-Architects_1.jpg
Image 2 - 096-sancaklar-mosque (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/096-sancaklar-mosque.jpg)
Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1 - Creative Commons
Image 2 - Creative Commons
Student First and Last Name
Moanna Dixson
Bibliographic references for the item
https://emrearolat.com/project/sancaklar-mosque/
https://www.archdaily.com/516205/sancaklar-mosque-emre-arolat-architects
Citation
Architect - Emre Arolat and Patron - Sancaklar Family, “Sancaklar Mosque,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/161.
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