Luxury Hagia Sophia Floor Plan 4 Plan. It is a bit of a climb on centuries old cobblestone ramp to get to the second floor. The christian basilica and tomb.
The first inspiration was the longitudinally oriented basilica floor plan. Peters basilica is the best example of this design. His son constantius ii consecrated it in 360.
The original church on the site of the hagia sophia is said to have been ordered to be built by constantine i in 325 on the foundations of a pagan temple.
Desire to create a central plan basilica with axial representation windows at base of the dome illuminates series of rows of mosaics all walls decorated 40000 square feet of mosaics the figures float weightlessly in fields of gold. Hagia sophia combined two main architectural traditions from early christianity. Riba london and university of london. Dwg file in autocad 2000 format.
