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Akseki Mosque


Urban and Architectural


Known as Ahmet Hamgi mosque , The design approach in facade lighting was to create an icon for the city of Ankara.The designers wanted to enhance the perception of the architecture and to define the structure. While the main architectural elements were highlighted, shadows were planned to support it. In order to ensure a positive result in practice, the design team created detailed 3D modelling of the mosque and got many photo realistic renderings from different view angles. 

The moonlight effect on the dome was created by directed-lights from minarets. Narrow beam fixtures were used to accent the star-shaped-section of minarets creating smoothly degrading-light-effect along the body and to highlight balconies.

Lighting the main facade, two opposite lighting strategies were applied to break the routine; while the columns were accented from front, the start-patterned daylight apertures were accented by back lighting which meanwhile emphasized the horizontal structures of the building. V-shaped consecutive columns continuing on all facades were lit smoothly with up lights which also accentuating the bow-shaped structure.  

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34779 Ataşehir/İstanbul, Turkey

Year of Build

2014

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Urban and Architectural

Known as Ahmet Hamgi mosque , The design approach in facade lighting was to create an icon for the city of Ankara.The designers wanted to enhance the perception of the architecture and to define the structure. While the main architectural elements were highlighted, shadows were planned to support it. In order to ensure a positive result in practice, the design team created detailed 3D modelling of the mosque and got many photo realistic renderings from different view angles. 

The moonlight effect on the dome was created by directed-lights from minarets. Narrow beam fixtures were used to accent the star-shaped-section of minarets creating smoothly degrading-light-effect along the body and to highlight balconies.

Lighting the main facade, two opposite lighting strategies were applied to break the routine; while the columns were accented from front, the start-patterned daylight apertures were accented by back lighting which meanwhile emphasized the horizontal structures of the building. V-shaped consecutive columns continuing on all facades were lit smoothly with up lights which also accentuating the bow-shaped structure.  

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