MimarSinan

Mimar Sinan was one of the most influential architects of the Ottoman Empire. Many people know his buildings, but far fewer know the architect behind them.

I made this website to give him more recognition, and to make his work interesting and accessible for people who don’t know much about architecture.

A conventional information page would have been the easy route. Instead, I explored different concepts for turning architectural history into an experience, and kept iterating on the chosen direction during development.

The final website tells the story chapter by chapter. Architectural imagery, a clear visual hierarchy and interactive elements carry the historical information, and a progress bar at the top shows visitors where they are.

The website was implemented with AI assistance. My part was defining the concept, directing the experience, evaluating what the AI produced, making the design decisions and refining the implementation until it worked the way I intended.

I ran two rounds of user testing. After the first round, I improved the website based on the feedback. The second round was largely positive, with a few smaller details left to refine.

Participants told me they learned something new about Mimar Sinan, including those who already knew who he was.

This project started from personal interest. Telling it as an interactive story, and testing it twice, kept my focus on what visitors actually take away rather than on how much information I could fit in.