The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkosa

Modernist architecture movement of the buildings in any city reflects the modernity of that city. Lefkosa as a modern city faced many conflicts in the last century. The governmental buildings illustrate how modernism in architecture was defined and reflected in the buildings of the city. The aim of...

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Main Author: Maryam Iranfar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alanya Üniversitesi 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Online Access:https://ijcua.com/index.php/ijcua/article/view/32
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description Modernist architecture movement of the buildings in any city reflects the modernity of that city. Lefkosa as a modern city faced many conflicts in the last century. The governmental buildings illustrate how modernism in architecture was defined and reflected in the buildings of the city. The aim of this paper is to explore the modernism movement in architecture influence on educational governmental buildings in Lefkosa for the first half in the 20th century. The paper focuses on the ideas and experiences of modernist architects in the first half of the 20th century to apply modernism elements and relationship between architecture form and functionalism in governmental buildings. Methodology framework elucidated to conduct the subject. Two School buildings have been selected from the first half of the twentieth century in Lefkosa as case studies for modernist architecture. ‘Lefkosa türk lisesi’ designed by ‘Ahmet Vural Bahaedden’, which was one of the famous modernist architects in Cyprus and ‘sehit Ertugrul Ilkokulu’. The buildings architectural elements analyzed in both schools to demonstrate the relationship between site, interior space, functionality and environmental response, based on using their modern material and character. The paper concluded that the educational buildings hold strong elements of the modernist architecture in Lefkosa and demonstrate how the elements of modernism were involved functionally in the design. The findings contribute useful evidence about the existence of modernism philosophy in architecture in Lefkosa in the first half of the twentieth century.
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spelling doaj.art-25e7820b1b904a6f9acff14d814cc2a52023-12-03T08:47:16ZengAlanya ÜniversitesiJournal of Contemporary Urban Affairs2475-61642475-61562018-06-012110.25034/ijcua.2018.3653The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at LefkosaMaryam Iranfar0Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Bharati Vydiapeeth University, Pune, Maharashtra- IndiaModernist architecture movement of the buildings in any city reflects the modernity of that city. Lefkosa as a modern city faced many conflicts in the last century. The governmental buildings illustrate how modernism in architecture was defined and reflected in the buildings of the city. The aim of this paper is to explore the modernism movement in architecture influence on educational governmental buildings in Lefkosa for the first half in the 20th century. The paper focuses on the ideas and experiences of modernist architects in the first half of the 20th century to apply modernism elements and relationship between architecture form and functionalism in governmental buildings. Methodology framework elucidated to conduct the subject. Two School buildings have been selected from the first half of the twentieth century in Lefkosa as case studies for modernist architecture. ‘Lefkosa türk lisesi’ designed by ‘Ahmet Vural Bahaedden’, which was one of the famous modernist architects in Cyprus and ‘sehit Ertugrul Ilkokulu’. The buildings architectural elements analyzed in both schools to demonstrate the relationship between site, interior space, functionality and environmental response, based on using their modern material and character. The paper concluded that the educational buildings hold strong elements of the modernist architecture in Lefkosa and demonstrate how the elements of modernism were involved functionally in the design. The findings contribute useful evidence about the existence of modernism philosophy in architecture in Lefkosa in the first half of the twentieth century.https://ijcua.com/index.php/ijcua/article/view/32Modern architectureElements of modernist architectureModernism philosophyGovernment’s educational buildingsLefkoşa
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The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkosa
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Modern architecture
Elements of modernist architecture
Modernism philosophy
Government’s educational buildings
Lefkoşa
title The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkosa
title_full The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkosa
title_fullStr The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkosa
title_full_unstemmed The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkosa
title_short The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkosa
title_sort presence of modernist architecture in government s educational buildings at lefkosa
topic Modern architecture
Elements of modernist architecture
Modernism philosophy
Government’s educational buildings
Lefkoşa
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