Depicting the Sancaklar Mosque, commissioned by Sancaklar Foundation and designed by EAA -- Emre Arolat Architects, this film is a semi-documentary salute to this distinguished example of modern architecture, which stands out among Turkey's Islamic places of worship dominated by historicist building typologies.
SGMStudio (Sarraf | Galeyan | Mekanik) has filmed a short documentary on EAA – Emre Arolat Architects’ Sancaklar Mosque -a building that stands out as one of the rare examples of modern architecture among Turkey's Islamic places of worship. SGMStudio’s “Sancaklar Mosque” premiered at Architecture Week Prague and will be on display until October 12th as part of EAA’s exhibition. Concurrently, the film will be available online.
Known for its works at the 1st Istanbul Design Biennial’s “Musibet” exhibition and cooperations with various NGO's focusing on the built environment, creative media practice SGMStudio visualized the transformation of steel, concrete and stone into a place of worship in the “Sancaklar Mosque” film by following every step of the way, from the start of the mosque’s construction until its inauguration.
Sancaklar Mosque, commissioned by Sancaklar Foundation, is a distinguished example of modern architecture that stands out among Turkey's Islamic places of worship dominated by historicist building typologies. In order to reflect and project the creation process of this unique piece of architecture, SGMStudio documented Sancaklar Mosque from the ground up for more than two years.
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A paradigm shift for the Architectural profession. This building has changed religion. Seriously, men and women praying together! Emre stripped down religion to its core essence and nudged it in a new direction. This is not your typical phenomonology-critical regionalism BS. This is a physical manifestation of the power of Architecture.
Finally an architect with ____! Bravo.................!
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