Post on 08-Apr-2017
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Basic info:
Built By: Bahamani Dynasty Year Of Completion:Approx.1300s (74 Years Ago) Style: Provincial Location: Gulbarga, Karnataka
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Planning Concept: Dimensions:
54m
66m
Main points: Shape: Rectangular
Entrance: North
Mihrab on west end with trefoil arch
No Courtyard No Minarets
Instead of courtyard arcade of pointed arches.
Domes
Vaulted Barrel Roof Above Bays
Domes and barrel vaults: 80 DOMES:
•1 large dome(west)(abovemihrab) •4 medium sized (corners) •75 small domes 27 Barrel vaulted roofs above bays:
•10 bays on both sides of prayer hall
•7 bays on east end
Planning concept : EXTERIOR
WEST VIEW
ARCADE OF ARCHES
DOME ON CLERESTORY
ENTRANCE (NORTH)
BARREL VAULTS ALLEY ON TERRACE
Ornamentation: •Pointed arches
•Trefoil Arch : Mihrab And Circling The Huge Dome
•Interior Archways--“Moorish Stalactite Pendentive Bracketing”… (“Moorish”-north African Stalactite work: also known as “honeycomb work” or Muqrana) •Petal detailing on turrets
•Small niches with a little carving
Construction technology: •Material: Stone masonry with lime mortar
•Form:domes And Vaulted Barrel Roofs
•Ventilation: No Courtyard,but Arcade Of Pointed Arches On Three Elevations
•Huge dome supported with squinches
•Small domes supported by pendatives of archway
•Archways: Low Impost. Wide Span
Dome supported by pendentives
•Acoustic: oMini ventilators=resonators (reduces echo) oMaterial=absorption of sound oConcavity=converges waves(sound audible in all the bays)
SCATTERING OF WAVES ON FLAT SURFACE
CONVERGENCE OF WAVES ON CONCAVE SURFACE