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PhD student and Research Assistant of Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Karadeniz
Technical University, Trabzon, 61080, Turkey, E-mail: serappaa@gmail.com, *corresponding author.
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doi:10.5618/arch.2012.v1.n1.4 || Received: 04-2-2012, Accepted: 07-3-2012, Available online: 10-3-2012
Abstract
Creativity is the ability to produce work that is
both novel and appropriate. The conflicts and
conundrums of modern times demand high levels
of creativity from the architect; the success of
architectural solutions rests on the metaphor by
which the oppositional states are resolved as forms
in the imagination of architect-designers. Creativity, with all its social and physical connotations
and implications, is therefore the guiding concept
in architectural philosophy and practice today. In
order to teach, criticize and foster creativity in
architecture however, there ought to be a consensus
on what is actually creative. This article foregrounds that architectural creativity is predicated
upon deconstructive thought and exemplifies this
assertion historically via a re-reading (analysis) of
the Shah Faisal Mosque designed by Vedat
Dalokay in Islamabad.
Keywords: Creativity; Deconstruction Philosophy;
Jacques Derrida; Architectural History; Islamic
Architecture.
1. Introduction: Creativity
Creativity is a broad and vague concept, nevertheless. The criteria of creativity vary from one discipline
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Table 1. The relationship between plan and dome within the main mosque types (Durmu 2009) [31]
Mosque Type 4
Mosque Type 3
Mosque Type 2
Mosque Type 1
Types
Examples
Court-Cloister
(Revakl)
Isfahan Mosque
(760-62) sfahan,
ran
Ulucami (Flat
or single hinged
roofs with
arbitrary domes
or no domes)
Divrii Ulucami
Mosque
(1228-29)
Sivas, Turkey
Single-domed
Multi-domed
Selimiye
Mosque
(1568-75)
Edirne, Turkey
Dome Type
Plan
Description
Most commonly this type of mosque is evaluated
in two subheadings as a rectangular courtyard
and court cloister. Known as the oldest example
of such a mosque is the Isfahan Mosque. This
mosque, built by the Seljuk sultan Malikshah,
has a central courtyard, iwans, arcades, mihrab,
minaret and domes.
(to be continued).
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Mosque Type 8
Mosque Type 7
Mosque Type 6
Mosque Type 5
19th
Century - the
retreat to the
single dome
Ortaky Mosque
(1854)
Istanbul, Turkey
Modern
(irregular plans)
Knalada
Mosque (1964)
Istanbul, Turkey
Modern
(regular plans)
Shah Faisal
Mosques
(1976-86)
Islamabad,
Pakistan
Postmodern
(Eclectic)
TEK Mosque
(1986-88)
Ankara, Turkey
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Fig. 8. The last congregation area of the Shah Faisal Mosque. Fig. 9. The last congregation area of the Shah Faisal Mosque.
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Fig. 12. The feature of the dome and the hills surrounding the Shah Faisal Mosque
3.3 Concluding Statement for the Case
In terms of the particular structure of the Shah Faisal
Mosque, points which differ from tradition and which
evince creativity can be summarized as follows:
The Shah Faisal Mosque approaches the dome not
as an architectural shape but as a theme. The
common shape and uses of the dome have been
rendered through a new syntax.
The hierarchical value is on the dome; other forms
have secondary importance. Meaning becomes
difficult as long as the sign repeats.
The construction is a trace; it points to a dome but
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Figure 5.
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Figure 6.
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ghdfaisalmasjid.jpg&tabid=340&mid=1622
Figure 7.
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ad-faisal-mosque-pictures/4-c-trelewis.jpg
Camisi,
Figure 8.
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ad-faisal-mosque-pictures/faisal-mosque2-sx-atif-gul
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Figure 9.
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Figure 10.
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Figure 11.
http://navedz.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/picture-perf
ect-beautiful-mosques-from-around-the-world/154-ab
lution-at-shah-faisal-mosque-in-islamabad-pakistan/
Figure 12.
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