Site vs. Religious ValueSabrina Reyes and Rachel Min

The Site of a Structure affects the Religious and Experiential Value of the Architecture

Hagia SophiaJustinian, Instanbul, 1616

The Structure’s Site is in Close Proximity

to Another Religious Structure

Hagia Sophia (left), Blue Mosque (right)

The Site of a Structure on “Government Land”

Sri Mahamariamann templeK. Thamboosamy Pillai, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 1873

The Sri Mahamariamann, a Hindu

temple (point A) is located in a

Muslim dominated

region, “government land.”

St. George Maronite CathedralMonsignor Joseph Debs, Beirut, Lebanon, 1894

The site of a structure is in close

proximity of another religious structure

and the integration of different religious

cultures

The site of the St. George Cathedral being in

close proximty to the Mohammad al-amin

mosque is an example of each issue that the

Hagia Sophia and Mahamariamann temple

face.

The site of a structure is

important as it can distract

from the religious and

experiental value of the

architecture.