AA kesiti / Section AA
BB kesiti / Section BB
MİMAR / ARCHITECT: Bütüner Mimarlık
YER / LOCATION: Gölbaşı, Ankara, Türkiye / Turkey
YIL / YEAR: 2006
PROGRAM / PROGRAMME: Cami / Mosque
MALZEMELER / MATERIALS: Taş, beton, cam / Stone, concrete, glass
ALAN / AREA: 300 m2
TASARIM EKİBİ / DESIGN TEAM: Hüseyin Bütüner, Hilmi Güner,
Deniz Esen
vernacular architecture. The mosque consists of three
major sections that reflect the main elements of the
historic typology: a prayer hall stretched alongside the
mihrab wall, a mihrab wall decorated with stained
glass illuminating the prayer hall in parallel to classical
Ottoman examples and an open space courtyard elevated
from the ground level which refers to exterior prayer
areas (namazgahs) that are widely seen in mosques
constructed in rural areas. In this context, the design
respects the traditional interior organization of mosque
types in Turkey: a mihrab placed on the entrance axis,
a minbar and a minaret designed to reflect present
expectations of mosque features.
The basic building elements of the Mogan Lake Mosque
are the Andezit basalt clad walls on its east and west
sides, a succession of concrete walls painted in white
that define the entrance façade and the full glazing
on the mihrab wall. The project is characterized by the
extensive presence of Andezit basalt, so widely used
in construction in the Ankara region that it is known
as “Ankara stone”. It is locally sourced in the Gölbaşı
district as the mosque is very close to the stone quarries
and factories of the area. Processed, cut Andezit blocks
were used for cladding the prayer hall’s walls while
non-processed natural textured stones were used for the
walls surrounding the courtyard. This difference in usage
helped distinguish these perimeter walls with the walls
of the mosque. These variations in stone treatment can
also be seen in the greyish, pink-colored Andezit stone
in the interior in the prayer hall. This masonry treatment
was repeated on the exterior but with a more varied,
multi-tone design of stone blocks.
The main sparely designed prayer hall has no decorative
elements and is instead characterized by its material
treatment in the grey basalt and opaque glass wall in an
airy rectangular space covered by 5 segmented vaults.
This hall is placed on elevated ground surrounded
by stone clad walls due to the natural slope inclined
towards the lake. The mihrab wall becomes a ‘light wall’
illuminating the central prayer space. In the design, the
mihrab wall was constructed by using vertical-structural
glass panels with the only break being the mihrab niche
in its concrete frame. The traditional elements of the
mosque typology can be seen with this mihrab wall
placed on the entrance axis, a functional wood minbar
in the corner and a sculptural minaret in reinforced
concrete that is in stark contrast to the minarets of
historicist mosques. The ablution spaces, technical
spaces and the imam’s quarters on the basement floor
are illuminated by natural light due to the elevated
ground floor.
TEMMUZ - AĞUSTOS 2013 / JULY - AUGUST 2013 • NATURA 87