The mosque is located on the European outskirts of Istanbul, in the Buyukcekmece district, on a plot cut off from the highway from residential buildings. High walls protect the structure from noisy surroundings, but the building itself is almost completely sunk into the hillside: its most noticeable element is a thin and long slab of concrete roof.
First, the visitor enters the upper courtyard, and then descends through the small amphitheater-like garden to the entrance to the mosque. Landscaping is also done by EAA.
Emre Arolat strove to get away from the “loudness” and “boasting”, characteristic, in his opinion, of many modern buildings, and to create a “humble” building that expresses the “essence hidden behind its form” and “the essence of the cult space”. Therefore, the mosque almost did without decor, but its exterior, lined with natural stone and the interior resembling a cave, still cannot be called simple, although the architect insists on such an epithet. However, their spectacular forms do fit into their surroundings and, indeed, do not seem to be a recent addition to the natural landscape, as Arolat intended.
In the interior, the main expressive means is natural light falling through the "cracks" and "cracks" on the side of the qibla.
