Domes from antiquity to the present: proceedings of the IASS-MSU international symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, May 30-June 3, 1988

Abstract

Mimar Sinan University is named after the most famous master-builder of the Ottoman Empire who lived in the 16th century and has built the largest and most beautiful domes of the Turkish architecture. This Symposium on Domes is dedicated to Mimar Sinan whose architecture transcended his age. The pecularity of Mimar Sinan University among other Turkish universities ıs its being the first Turkish institution giving besides architecture education on Western Figurative Arts as well, like painting and sculpture. As such it constitutes a land-mark in the westernization process of Turkey. it luckily happened that MSU became alsa the first Turkish university that has organized a Symposium together with the "I nternational Association for Shell and Spatial Structures", with this most prominent society of architects and structural engineers nearly from ali countries of the world. We are very happy about this cooperation and I would like to express my thanks to all the members of IASS and guests who have contributed with their papers, discussions and participation to the success of this first comprehensive lnternational Symposium on Domes. 1 anı especially indebted to the Members of the Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee of the Symposium who ensured the high scientific level of the papers presented. Last but not least my thanks are for Professor Dr. Mungan who has been intensely engaged in the whole planning of the Symposium, such as in the publication of the proceedings ~ volume. As an active member of IASS and of MSU Dr. Mungan has created a strong link between the two institutions and 1 believe that this connection will be of longevity. With such feelings wish to ali the participants of the Symposium a nice time in lstanbul, in this most exciting metropolis on two continents, constituting a connecting link between Eastern and Western cultures./ Prof. Gündüz Gökçe, architect, Rector of Mimar Sinan University