Sinan was the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer born in 1489 in Anatolia, Turkey, renowned for his extensive body of work spanning mosques, palaces, and other structures. His architectural style, influenced by his military experiences and travels, culminated in masterpieces such as the Suleymaniyye Mosque. Sinan is often compared to Michelangelo and is noted for his innovative environmental designs, including air purification systems and sustainability practices.

1. SINAN:
The Great Architect & Urban Designer

2. Who is Sinan?

3. Was the chief Ottoman architect
and civil engineer for Sultans

4. Born in Anatolia,
Turkey in 1489

5. claude.attard.bezzina
...built hundreds of buildings including
mosques, palaces, chapels, tombs, schools, almshouses,
madrassahs, fountains, aqueducts and hospitals.

6. Sinan learnt his father's trade at his youth
but he was snatched from his family and
taken to work for the Caliph court.

7. With the skills learnt at an early age,
he quickly developed his career of
architect from his military service at
the Janissary Corps (Turkish Military).

8. His travels with the army through a vast geographical
region extending from Anatolia to Italy, Central Europe,
Baghdad enriched his architectural knowledge.
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9. The synthesis of this knowledge was reflected in his
famous constructions as seen in his chief work the
Suleymaniyye Mosque (1550-1557)

10. Sinan has been compared to Michelangelo of the
European Renaissance

11. Sinan's Architectural
Contribution

12. Environmental design

13. 1. The Use of Ostrich egg

14. Ostrich egg

15. Ostrich egg
These eggs secrete chemical
substances into the atmosphere, which
repel spiders and mosquitoes away

16. 2. Air Purification System

18. The Oil lamps and
candle used to lighten,
generate smoke and
burn oxygen

19. Drive the smoke to
a filter chamber

20. The soot
collected will be
filtered

21. And used for
making ink

22. In turn, clean air
was driven to the
outside ensuring
sustainability

23. The ink protects the
books from book worm

24. Subha nallah

25. SINAN: The Great Architect & Urban Designer
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