Title: A digital precedent library for classical period Ottoman mosques

Authors: Bige Tunçer

Addresses: Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 20 Dover Drive, 138682, Singapore

Abstract: We have developed a digital environment and a method for the analysis, structuring and presentation of architectural information on classical period Ottoman mosques designed and engineered by the great architect Sinan. This environment and method is targeted at architects and architecture students, architectural historians, scholars, and public interested in classical period Ottoman mosque architecture. The research aims at developing a taxonomy for the classification of the components and aspects describing this architecture and its era, to be used and extended by the target group. Another research goal is to implement a flexible and extensible environment that utilises this taxonomy for the analysis and presentation of this body of architecture. The environment enables the creation and navigation of relationships between information entities enabling associative browsing and creative discoveries. This environment is designed to be accessible online, and can be extended to become an online knowledge centre for classical period Ottoman mosques.

Keywords: digital precedent libraries; digital libraries; classical period mosques; Ottoman mosques; architectural information; information modelling; information visualisation; associative browsing; taxonomy; architect Sinan; architectural history; mosque architecture; classification; information architecture.

DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2013.057770

Journal of Design Research, 2013 Vol.11 No.4, pp.351 - 371

Received: 01 Mar 2013
Accepted: 11 Sep 2013

Published online: 28 Jun 2014 *

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