Architectural Design Products of Students at Istanbul Fine Arts Academy in 1930`s

Authors : Orhan HACİHASANOGLU, İlgi TOPRAK

Pages : 29-36

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Publication Date : 2019-07-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :One of the old school of architecture in Turkey is Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Art historian, archaeologist, painter Osman Hamdi Bey founded the school in 1882 by the name of Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi and began teaching on March 2, 1883. The institution, which is the first art and architecture school of Turkey, was renamed the Academy of Fine Arts in 1928 and thus became the first higher education institution in Turkey to receive the title of Academy. In the project studio known as Egli Cubic Atelier, the aim of the course was to provide students with the modern architecture concept which foresees the functional architecture. With the new system brought, the student has the right to work with different instructors in each project by selecting the workshop group that he wishes without depending on a workshop and the same teacher.  Archive inquiry was used in this study to reach the student work in 1930’ s İstanbul Academy of Fine Arts.  Mimar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Arkitekt);  one of the architectural journal of 1930’ s is the source of this inquiry. Educational reform by Egli and his team was realized in the beginning of 1930’s. The modernist approach as defined in that time “cubic architecture” were preferred by the students in architectural design studios when examples of student’s project were examined in the sources. This article tried to give information about the student projects of architectural design studios of İstanbul Fine Arts Academy and stories about student’s architectural works. 
Keywords : Academy, architecture, design, studio, student work

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