Medrese of Siyavuş Paşa in

Istanbul

Survey and Restoration Project

Prepaired by: Damla Acar, Rahmi Hızır

Süleymaniye from the Golden Horn
 Location

Aerial view of Süleymaniye Area

 History

Pervititch Map 1941

History
History
Medrese after 1940’s
 Medrese after 1940’s

Medrese courtyard before and after excavation

and cleaning.
Medrese after 1940’s
 Cleaning and Excavation

View of the courtyard before and after the excavation

and cleaning of the accretions.
Cleaning and Excavation
 Survey

Classroom and next to it three of the rooms / cells.

North facade (classroom and cells ) facing the street

 Survey

Basement Plan
Survey
Survey
 Survey

Tie rod on the north façade.

North façade
 Survey

Monument Council Archive 1941

 Survey

Steps in front of the classroom

Classroom
 Survey

Mihrab of the classroom

 Survey

Student rooms - cells

 Survey

Holes of anchoring the bases of the columns

revealed after the excavation.
 Survey

İron clamps on the facade of the classroom.

Survey
 Survey
Structural Assessment

Loss of the outer skin of the wall

Courtyard – North façade

 Survey
Structural Assessment

Courtyard – North façade – damaged walls Courtyard – North façade – Missing timber runner beams
 Restoration
Problems of Reconstitution

16th century hipothetical elevation of the porch with timber columns and beams
 Restoration
Problems of Reconstitution

Karagöz Bey Medrese - Mostar

Üçbaş Nurettin Paşa Medrese
 Restoration
Problems of Reconstitution
 Restoration
Conservation and Reuse
 Restoration
Conservation and Reuse
 Restoration
Conservation and Reuse

Intervention map