The Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi (Kazakh: Қожа Ахмет Яссауи кесенесі, Qoja Axmet Yassawï kesenesi) is an unfinished mausoleum in the city of Turkestan, in southern Kazakhstan. The structure was commissioned in 1389 by Timur, who ruled the area as part of the expansive Timurid Empire, to replace a smaller 12th-century mausoleum of the famous Turkic poet and Sufi mystic, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (1093–1166). However, construction was halted with the death of Timur in 1405.
Despite its incomplete state, the mausoleum has survived as one of the best-preserved of all Timurid constructions. Its creation marked the beginning of the Timurid architectural style. The experimental spatial arrangements, innovative architectural solutions for vault and dome constructions, and ornamentations using glazed tiles made the structure the prototype for this distinctive art, which spread across the empire and beyond.[3]
The religious structure continues to draw pilgrims from across Central Asia and has come to epitomize the Kazakh national identity. It has been protected as a national monument, while UNESCO recognized it as the country's first site of patrimony, declaring it a World Heritage Site in 2003.
BACKGROUND //
After the many days of research first I've created this model. I want it so simple then I can add anything upon. Its build on steppes of central asia. Have you ever been in a steppe? There are just sky, earth and you. Its empty and lonely place. And if you look through the horizon, you will see nothing just sky and earth. Like 2 lines, 2 area. And in the middle of this two world there is a door opening to sacred wisdom. This is the idea of mausoleum which appear on my imagination. But owner of the job, a well known new age musician of Turkey, Mr Can Atilla, he gave me a new brilliant idea; he want places in a Sci-fi style and atmosphere. As soon as I've heard the idea i like it so much. But we are in lack of time, and I need quick and powerful solution. For this I've made assets and I also used premade assets to make it sci-fi look. And after we both love the final result.
The final octagonal environment. There are two more mausoleum will be coming at these two holes.
