Geometric and ornamental features of the mausoleum of Ahmet Yassaui

Abstract

The article examines the process of developing the project of the mausoleum of Ahmet Yassaui, they used the module, operated with half and a quarter. The modular system determined the dimensions of the architectural volumes, the proportions of internal and external articulations, the proportionality of window and door openings, the proportionality of the sides of the spans, the construction of arches, niches, domes, stalactites, etc. square and diagonal of the main room. The outer walls of the mausoleum have a three-part division and a large-scale girikh and ornamented inscriptions run along the middle plane; an epigraphic frieze runs along its upper part.