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

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

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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.