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Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from th... more Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from the University of Southern Colorado. He taught design and theory at the Ohio State University (1991–99), worked at the Atelier Jose Oubrerie (1991–1995), and was Director of Design at the Columbus Neighborhood Design Centre (1998–99), where he designed the Salvation Army Transitional Housing, Friends of the Homeless Dormitory, and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000–04) for experimental projects, speculative works, competitions. He was coordinator of Habitation Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004–09). He returned to Istanbul in 2009 after an absence of thirty five years to teach studio at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts (2009–10). Currently he teaches studio at Istanbul Technical University, and theory at Kültür University. His research concerns the relationship between rites of worship in Islam and the space of the mosque

Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from th... more Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from the University of Southern Colorado. He taught design and theory at the Ohio State University (1991–99), worked at the Atelier Jose Oubrerie (1991–1995), and was Director of Design at the Columbus Neighborhood Design Centre (1998–99), where he designed the Salvation Army Transitional Housing, Friends of the Homeless Dormitory, and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000–04) for experimental projects, speculative works, competitions. He was coordinator of Habitation Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004–09). He returned to Istanbul in 2009 after an absence of thirty five years to teach studio at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts (2009–10). Currently he teaches studio at Istanbul Technical University, and theory at Kültür University. His research concerns the relationship between rites of worship in Islam and the space of the mosque.

Tampere University of Texhnology, Datutop 39, 2020

What makes a mosque a mosque? The form of the mosque is varied but the form of the ritual perfor... more What makes a mosque a mosque? The form of the mosque is varied but the form of the ritual performed in the mosque, the ritual of Islamic worship called salat, has remained fixed across historic, geographic, linguistic, cultural and gender differences. The paper examines the spatial relationship between the ritual and the mosque. It posits that all mosques have in common an underlying organization that serves the spatial requirements of the ritual. It further examines how the gestural sequence requires alignment with Mecca (qibla alignment) and how that alignment, in turn, engenders a universal space back into which the aligned body is reinserted. The mosque in this scenario is the precise location where the two scale intersect. The paper compares two very different mosques built a thousand years apart (Kufa in Iraq and Suleymaniye in Istanbul) to show the similarity in their underlying organization.

and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000-04) for experimental proj... more and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000-04) for experimental projects, speculative works, competitions. He was coordinator of Habitation Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004-09). He returned to Istanbul in 2009 after an absence of thirty five years to teach studio at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts (2009-10). Currently he teaches studio at Istanbul Technical University, and theory at Kültür University. His research concerns the relationship between rites of worship in Islam and the space of the mosque. He has also written about Aalto and Abstract Expressionism.

Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from th... more Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from the University of Southern Colorado. He taught design and theory at the Ohio State University (1991–99), worked at the Atelier Jose Oubrerie (1991–1995), and was Director of Design at the Columbus Neighborhood Design Centre (1998–99), where he designed the Salvation Army Transitional Housing, Friends of the Homeless Dormitory, and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000–04) for experimental projects, speculative works, competitions. He was coordinator of Habitation Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004–09). He returned to Istanbul in 2009 after an absence of thirty five years to teach studio at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts (2009–10). Currently he teaches studio at Istanbul Technical University, and theory at Kültür University. His research concerns the relationship between rites of worship in Islam and the space of the mosque

Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from th... more Eymen Homsi has degrees in architecture from the Ohio State University and biology/botany from the University of Southern Colorado. He taught design and theory at the Ohio State University (1991–99), worked at the Atelier Jose Oubrerie (1991–1995), and was Director of Design at the Columbus Neighborhood Design Centre (1998–99), where he designed the Salvation Army Transitional Housing, Friends of the Homeless Dormitory, and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000–04) for experimental projects, speculative works, competitions. He was coordinator of Habitation Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004–09). He returned to Istanbul in 2009 after an absence of thirty five years to teach studio at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts (2009–10). Currently he teaches studio at Istanbul Technical University, and theory at Kültür University. His research concerns the relationship between rites of worship in Islam and the space of the mosque.

Tampere University of Texhnology, Datutop 39, 2020

What makes a mosque a mosque? The form of the mosque is varied but the form of the ritual perfor... more What makes a mosque a mosque? The form of the mosque is varied but the form of the ritual performed in the mosque, the ritual of Islamic worship called salat, has remained fixed across historic, geographic, linguistic, cultural and gender differences. The paper examines the spatial relationship between the ritual and the mosque. It posits that all mosques have in common an underlying organization that serves the spatial requirements of the ritual. It further examines how the gestural sequence requires alignment with Mecca (qibla alignment) and how that alignment, in turn, engenders a universal space back into which the aligned body is reinserted. The mosque in this scenario is the precise location where the two scale intersect. The paper compares two very different mosques built a thousand years apart (Kufa in Iraq and Suleymaniye in Istanbul) to show the similarity in their underlying organization.

and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000-04) for experimental proj... more and other public projects. He established Studio Noni in Helsinki (2000-04) for experimental projects, speculative works, competitions. He was coordinator of Habitation Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004-09). He returned to Istanbul in 2009 after an absence of thirty five years to teach studio at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts (2009-10). Currently he teaches studio at Istanbul Technical University, and theory at Kültür University. His research concerns the relationship between rites of worship in Islam and the space of the mosque. He has also written about Aalto and Abstract Expressionism.