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…
Solís Theater -Restore Inspiration
The Solís Theater in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, was built in 1856 by the Italian Carlo Zucchi. The Solís Theater is located in the city of Montevideo. Although the altitude of the city is only 43 meters, the origin of its name is quite interesting. There are at least two different arguments explaining the meaning of the name ‘Montevideo’: The first is that it comes from the Portuguese “Monte vide eu” (“I see a mountain”) and the second is that it comes from the Spanish “Monte VI De Este a Oeste” (“the sixth mountain from east to west”). The…
Bonnefanten Museum -Social New
Designed in 1995 byAldo Rossi in Maastrich, the Netherlands, the Bonnefanten Museum is the offspring of the Bonnefantenklooster , a museum that dates back to 1884 and was originally housed in a monastery. The museum, known as the ‘Navigation Factory’, was built on a former industrial site called ‘Ceramique‘. Its blend of old and new has given the museum a unique character and paved the way for visitors to find something of themselves in every period. The first floor of the 3-storey building exhibits artifacts dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries and sculptures from the Middle Ages. 2.…
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.