Following the 1894  earthquake, the Ottoman government decided to  provide a new housing for the imperial observatory, the Rasathane­i Amire. Sismological instruments were provided and a commission including Aristidis  Coumbary Efendi (director of the observatory), Emile Lacoine (technical  advisor), the architect Raimondo D’Aronco, G. Agamennone and an officer were appointed to undertake the construction. According to the  daily  newspaper Moniteur Ottoman, the observatory would be built in Üsküdar. It  seems that eventually the gardens of the Silahhane, the armory at Maçka, was  considered more appropriate for such a project. This paper will introduce the architectural projects of 1895 for the  construction of a new observatory in  Istanbul.

Following the 1894  earthquake, the Ottoman government decided to  provide a new housing for the imperial observatory, the Rasathane­i Amire. Sismological instruments were provided and a commission including Aristidis  Coumbary Efendi (director of the observatory), Emile Lacoine (technical  advisor), the architect Raimondo D’Aronco, G. Agamennone and an officer were appointed to undertake the construction. According to the  daily  newspaper Moniteur Ottoman, the observatory would be built in Üsküdar. It  seems that eventually the gardens of the Silahhane, the armory at Maçka, was  considered more appropriate for such a project. This paper will introduce the architectural projects of 1895 for the  construction of a new observatory in  Istanbul.