ARH MIDTERM ESSAY

Question 1

1: STRATEGIES OF IMPERIAL POWER THROUGH PALACES

Answer 1

• TOPKAPI PALACE
  
  • MEDIEVAL FORTIFIED CASTLES AND SURVEYING LAND
  • BUILT ATOP HILL
  • SERIES OF GATES IN INCREASING PRIVACY
  • AUDIENCE SEEN IN FRONT OF GATE OF FELICITY
  • ARCHITECTURE FUSED VERNACULAR
• ​FORBIDDEN CITY
  
  • ​AXIALITY NS - EW
  • SERIES OF GATES IN INCREASING PRIVACY
  • BUILT AT CENTER OF CITY
  • CONCENTRIC RINGS OF CITY
    
    • ​FORB CITY, IMPERIAL CITY, CAPITAL CITY AND OUTER CITY TO SOUTH
    • KAOGONGJI CITY LAYOUT
    • ARCHITECTURE FOLLOWED DOUGONG SYS

Question 2

2: BEYOND THE PALACE RECREATING IMPERIAL CAPITAL CITIES

Answer 2

• MOSQUE BUILDING & ISTANBUL
  
  • ISTANBUL ADVANTAGES CONNECTION TO ASIA AND EUROPE
    
    • VERNACULAR EMBRACE DUE TO DIVERSE POP
      
      • USED MATERIAL FROM DESTROYED BYZ CHURCHES
    • REPURPOSE HAGIA SOPHIA
    • IMARETS, WAQF, MEDRASA
      
      • ​HELP THE POOR AND PROVIDE PUBLIC SPACE
    • RE-SHAPING VERNACULAR LANGUAGE W/ VAULTED DOMES
    • MIMAR SINAN - THE DOME MODULE - AIDED IN EMPIRE EXPANSION
• BEIJING FORBIDDEN CITY
  
  • CAPITAL MOVED FROM NANJING TO BEIJING (FORMERLY DADU OF YUAN DYNASTY) RESHAPING THE CAPITAL FROM MONGOL TO HAN
    
    • PRESENCE OF FC IN BEIJING FELT - MASSIVE WALLED COMPLEX IN CITY
    • ZHU - CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL CEREMONIES
      
      • EMPEROR RITUAL BRINGING CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
      • EMPERIAL POWER DEPENDED ON STRONG TIES TO MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS BEING INTELLECTUAL AND BEYOND THE PHYSICAL CITY AND