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Hagia Sophia
The Church of Divine Wisdom
Hagia Sophia (ah-YEE-ah So-FEE-ah)
Architect
Location
Date
Building Type
Style
Isidoros and Anthemios
Istanbul, Turkey
532 to 537 AD
Church
Byzantine
Hagia Sophia
History
Emperor Justinian ordered the construction of Hagia
Sophia after he won a bloody battle over rioting masses.
He wanted it to be unique and show the power of the
church and state. The construction phase took 5 years, 10
months, and 4 days. The emperor set aside all other items
in his life to focus on his church.
Hagia Sophia
History
In 553 AD part of the church had fallen to an earthquake, it
was rebuilt by the son of one of the original architects. He
also added buttresses to support the dome.
Another earthquake damaged the church in 869 AD which
closed it until it could be repaired and reopened in 994 AD
Hagia Sophia
History
The Turks turned the church into a mosque in 1453 when
they conquered Constantinople. Many of the mosaics were
painted over and other architectural changes took place. Like
the addition of the two minarets in front of the church.In 1935
Hagia Sophia was converted into a museum.
Hagia Sophia
Architects
Anthemios and Isidoros were the
architects ordered to build Hagia Sophia.
Isidoros was an architect, Engineer, and
Scholar. Anthemios was an experimental
scientist and theoretician, who master the
technical aspects of architecture. Their
work on Hagia Sophia was considered to
be more of a math problem than
architectural masterpiece. Many concepts
in their designs were based off of the
examples that the Romans presented.
Hagia Sophia
The original portion of the
church is 250’ x 230’, which is
almost a perfect square. Inside
that exterior rectangle is a 100’
square. The dome and the two
half domes are the most
attractive features. Which are
supported by pendentives.
massive piers support arches
that cross the square to form
the high ceiling.
Hagia Sophia
Design
Design
At 107’ in diameter and 180’ high, the dome is Hagia
Sophia’s signature piece. A feeling of suspended mass is
achieved through the 40 round windows that profile the
base of the dome. Also the massive structural supports are
hidden , and the dome seems to float.
Hagia Sophia
Light suspends the Dome
Church of holy wisdom
Hagia Sophia
Clayton Taylor
Two
Thousand
four
Fall
College of the Sequoias
Division of Industry and Technology
Instructor: Rolando L. Gonzalez, M. Arch. Architect A.I.A.
Arch
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Architecture History 1