Geography’s Impact on

Architecture

Geography’s Impact on

Architecture

Commonalities in patterns around the world

Describe what you see.

Can you identify any geometric shapes in this image?

Can you identify any geometric shapes in this image?

What are the similarities and differences between these images?

What can you infer about the two images?

What might happen if you add on to the patterns in the images?

Do you think these images have equal significance?

What similarities and differences do you notice between these images?

What materials could have been used to create the scenes in these

images?

Why might the artisans have created these scenes?

Window in the Blue Mosque in Turkey

Window in Notre Dame

How are these structures alike?

How does this window differ from the others we’ve seen?

Mosque in Mali

How do you think

geography impacted the

way the mosques were constructed?

How do you think

geography impacted the

way the mosques were constructed?