Unité d’Habitation – Collective Housing
Most of the houses built in Turkey may have a similar style and structure. Unité d’Habitation tells a different story. Designed by Le Corbusier, this building is an important example of modernist architecture. To share an interesting statistic, the Unité d’Habitation has been in service since its completion in 1952 and is still considered not just a housing unit but a symbol of a lifestyle. The architectural design of this impressive building is synonymous with concepts such as Le Corbusier design, concrete structures and brutalist architecture. At the same time, Unité d’Habitation, a revolution in public housing, is also recognized…
Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp – Modernist Masterpiece
Le Corbusier’s masterpiece that transcends its age, the church of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp is a masterpiece at the peak of modernism. It sheds light on its era with its architectural transformation and atmosphere. Let’s examine this magnificent architecture together…Let’s examine this magnificent architecture together… Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp Tarihi In 1950, Le Corbusier was commissioned to redesign the church of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp, which had been badly damaged in the Second World War. This task involved the restoration of the Notre Dame chapel, one of the first examples of expressionist architecture, located on the Bourlémont…
Radio City Music Hall -Contemporary Deco
Radio City Music Hall, which opened its doors in Manhattan in 1932, is a masterpiece that is said to have been a thing of extraordinary beauty even in its empty state at the time of its opening, part of Rockefeller Center, and for more than 80 years the theater with the largest interior space in the world. The effects of the Radio City stage, which brought a new dimension to the modern entertainment center concept with its Art Deco interiors and machine-like stage, are still seen and felt in similar venues. So what is the history of such a revolutionary…
Villa Savoye – Sank
Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen’ın Villa Savoye modelini batırma eylemi, modern sanatın düşündürücü bir örneğini sergileyerek modernliğin gerilemesini simgeliyor. Sanatçının provokatif eserleri genellikle modernlik, teknoloji ve insan-doğa etkileşimi gibi ilgi çekici temaları iletmektedir. Villa Savoye’yi batırma kararı, modern mimarinin bir başyapıtı olan eserin, teknoloji, modernlik ve doğa, tarih ve insan deneyimi ile olan karmaşık ilişkilerini vurgular ve teknolojik ilerlemenin doğa, tarih ve insan deneyimi ile bağlantıları üzerindeki etkisini ön plana çıkarır.