TRAVELOUGUE | TALAS | 2020

ALI SAIP PA S H A STREE T Travelogue 2020 | ARCH 332 | Rohma Haq

TALAS an overview

Talas is an old settlement and an important historical district of Kayseri

where

settlement

established

and developed in H.1331 / M.1913 about 2000 years ago; on the surrounding of Ali Mountain. Due to its geographical

location,

Talas

has

witnessed many cultures and civilizations that dominated this geography due to its presence in an important settlement area shaped by the Pre Asian civilizations in history.

It possessed a significant amount of cultural heritage of various qualities belonging to these civilizations.

Through history, the city has been a particularly preferred area for life and

settlement

man-Early

in

the

Byzantine

Late

Ro-

Period

and

the Late Ottoman Period. There are about 35 neighbourhoods in Talas, where

Armenians,

Greeks

and

Turks live together, throughout history and it is known that Turks have the majority in the population settled

in

some

neighborhoods.

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TALAS IN HISTORY

Before WWI; in 1870 the American missionaries made this neighbourhood their spot and erected some buildings here. It was until 1970 till the Ottoman rule was established.

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ALI SAIP PASHA STREET Ali Saip Pasha street is known for its historical houses built about 2000 years ago. The houses now have characteristics of 1970 late Ottoman houses and historically they were connected underground with each other. There are cisterns under square of each neighborhood square also connected underground.

Kiçiköy Gölbaşı Meydan

The street square served as an accumulation point for us where we ventured further into the street for the trip. There were a number of conservation projects done around and was mainly serving as a tourist attraction.

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I INNTTEERREESSTTSS

POINTS OF

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HISTORiCAL FACTS

Tol Mabet (sanctuary) is a rock-carved sanctuary in Kayseri with a unique style of architecture dating back to 1700 years ago. The venue has now turned into a museum and art gallery to display classical artworks

TOL

MABET

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This building dates back to fourth century and now functions as art gallery and museum.

The restoration of this building took nearly four years and won an award from Union of Historical Towns.

The sanctuary has an auditorium which can also be served as conference place.

The building was built on a slope with number of niches portraying the architectural marvel of its time.

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Beneath the bricks lies the steel structure which holds the building together. Arrangements in the structures show us that it served as a church in history. This is a very strong structure built with a magnificent mathematical transaction.

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Ottoman coat of arms on the door of the mosque, which was built by Seraskier Ali Saip PaĹ&#x;a in 1888

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ALI SAIP PASHA VILLA

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Ali Saib Pa�a was an Ottoman vizier who lived in 19th century. He was born in Talas, was educated in this town and was sent to �stanbul. When he became a minister , he became rich but never for gotten his hometown so he built some monument

ALI SAIP PASHA VILLA

The management of the “Talas Ali Saip Pasha Street Conservation Beautification and Promotion Association”, which was founded by the street shopkeepers who came together to add vitality to the his torical Ottoman Street, is preparing to re alize a number of projects to promote the street more effectively and reach the desired value including this Kosk.

ALI

ALI

SAIP

PASHA

SAIP

PAS

MANSION

ALI

SAIP

PASHA

MANSION

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SHA

ALI

SAIP

PASHA

CAMI

MANSION

THE

SCHOOL

OF

RUSTIYE

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THE CONSERVATION

BUILDING NO. 5

PROJECT

The conservation project was in building No 5 in Ali Saip Pasha Street. We were all assigned tasks according to our groups and on the first day we spent mainly making the sketches; which included groud floor plan, sections, elevations and one detail.

The house was three floored including a basement which had a small hidden winery connected to other underground houses through a passage. The ground floor had two rooms and a lounge.

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FRONT ELEVATION 26.02.2020

LONGITUDNAL ELEVATION 26.02.2020

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OUTDOOR WINDOW DETAILS 04.03.2020

ROOM II MEASUREMENTS 04.03.2020

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some

photos

with

friends

while

drawing

the

sketches

THANK YOU Travelogue 2020 | ARCH 332 | Rohma Haq