Adile Sultan Pavilion Teachers’ Lounge and Evening Art School

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Construction Year:

1863

Location:

Üsküdar, İstanbul

Ordered By:

Sultan Abdülaziz

Architect:

Nigoğos Balyan

Changes After Construction:
  • After the use by Adile Sultan, the structure was reorganized in accordance with different public functions at the beginning of the 20th century.
  • During the years of World War I, the structure was used as an educational institution.
  • During the Republican period, the structure served with the function of a health institution for children.
  • In the 1970s, this function came to an end; the structure remained neglected for a period.
  • Following repairs in 1991, it was reopened with the function of a teachers’ house and social facility.
  • In 2014, a museum arrangement was made within the structure, and a certain section gained the function of visitation.
Prominent Features:
  • The structure is known among the public as the Adile Sultan Pavilion.
  • It is a masonry structure and possesses a two-story mass layout.
  • In its floor plan, a wide sofa/hall arrangement stands out.
  • A double-arm staircase arrangement is located on the entrance facade.
  • The ceiling decorations and ornamentation style belonging to its period draw attention in the interior.
  • The building is one of the distinguished examples of 19th-century Ottoman civil architecture in Üsküdar.
  • The palace, located within the Validebağ Grove, is an important part of the historical construction layer within the grove.