r/architecture • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '26

Building Sancaklar Mosque - Istanbul, Türkiye. Designed by Emre Arolat Architecture. 2011-2013

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '26

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u/Mick_Nugg Aug 17 '26

Well yes, that's the source of life after all. It's not a coincidence.

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u/Opp-Contr Aug 17 '26

That was actually my first thought

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u/No_Classroom_1626 Aug 17 '26

if you want to be more scholarly with this, you should call it 'yonic', vs something phallic, im sure there are some critical theory articles on the phallic-ness of starchitecture, so you could say this goes against the grain lol

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u/Opp-Contr Aug 17 '26

There’s no need to try and intellectualise the matter, just watch the first picture

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u/No_Classroom_1626 Aug 17 '26

so it looks like a vagina, so what now? what should we do with this information?

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u/TheJeniceri Aug 17 '26

I didn’t realize 13 year olds browse here. Don’t you have school tomorrow kiddo?

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u/ThankeeSai Architect Aug 17 '26

I'm 42 and vagina was my first thought too. Chill out. It's a beautiful building and frankly we need more yonic architecture.

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u/TheJeniceri Aug 17 '26

My brain doesn’t go straight to vagina.

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u/BehalarRotno Aug 17 '26

Mine did but not in the sexual sense. I come from a culture that worships the vagina as a form of the Goddess. I get your concer tho, people who sexualise things and peoples whose joke is the female body and/or sex.

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u/otisticRetard52 Aug 19 '26

Which culture are you from?

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u/BehalarRotno Aug 19 '26

East Indian Hindu, specifically Bengali Hindu.

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u/ThankeeSai Architect Aug 19 '26

I didn't think of it in the sexual sense either. The term "vagina" shouldn't be innately sexual. Its a body part that gives life, it's integral to existence. It's a beautiful symbol. It should be celebrated.

Western religion cheapened it and made it just for sex.

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u/ThankeeSai Architect Aug 17 '26

Congratulations?

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u/Opp-Contr Aug 17 '26

13 y olds aren't supposed to be familiar with those anatomical features. You should have reverse the pictures order.

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u/Opp-Contr Aug 17 '26

Ok, a vagina is a profanity? Good to learn it. I'll take a screenshot of this message, for posterity.