Information About the Architect:
Mimar Kemaleddin was the only child of a family from mid-class. He had his education in Istanbul Technical University. He had interested in engineering. After he finished school he had his own Office and he started to design his first pieces. In 1895, he was sent to Berlin ( Charlottenburg Technical University) to get the education on architecture. He studied two years there and after that he worked nearly three years with some architects. After he came back to Turkey he started to teach at ITU. He showed his first ideas and thoughts about national architecture in those years. In this period he was impressed by the Art Nouveau which can be seen in his works. During the ten yaers between 1909-1919 he managed the restoration and reconstruction of important and historical buildings such as Sultan Ahmet and Aya Soyfa Mosques. He designed his own works too, such as Bebek and Bakırköy Kartaltepe Mosques. He stayed in Jerusalem for a while fort he restoration of Aksa-Mosque. After he returned back, he joined some of his collegues to improve and develop the capital city, Ankara. He worked there until his death in 1927. Some of his works in Ankara are Ankara Palace (1924-1927) and Ikinci Vakıf Evi (1928-1930).
Second Foundation Apartment:
Construction Date:1928-1930
The seven-storey building was constructed by using the reinforced carcass system. All surfaces were rendered to give the appearance of cut stone, and there was very little decoration on the building.
Even though designed as a multi storey rental residental building and functioned for a while as so; 2nd Foundation Apartment lost its residential qualities after being renovated in order to be used for governmental services.Ground floor of the building was left for shopping areas,the residental areas were on the upper floors.
A longitudional axis divides the building into two nearly symmetrical parts and there is a large open-air hall in the middle section of the building which was later designed as a theater center by State Theaters.This part of the building rises to the level of the second floor.
In the process of renovations, the separating walls on the corridors of the residential units were removed and a continuation of circulation along the building was achieved.
The staircases of the building are placed along the mid-axis of each façade; by this feature, entrances from all surrounding streets are provided.
The openings of the shopping units which are on the ground floor are in the shape of three centered arches and the remaining windows are left as square or rectangular openings.
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Comments:
2nd Foundation Apartment was the first modern living environment and one of the first reinforced concrete building in Ankara.Thought as a solution for lack of housing in Ankara,its multi-stylistic design distinguishes it from other buildings designed by Kemalettin in Ankara.Despite having some traditional and oriental motifs ; for example, wide eaves and arches of the openings on the ground floor, sharp cornered openings and circular balconies on the edges of the building have rationalist-modernist trails of the era.Because of these important features, the building is an essential example of the Republican Architecture.Kemalettin who is known as a pioneer of the 1st National Architecture Movement combined his traditional style with modern elements and created a unique building.Ankara is lucky for having such a building.
References:
Yavuz,Y. 1981. Mimar Kemalettin ve birinci ulusal mimarlık dönemi. Ankara: ODTU Mimarlik Fakultesi Basim Isligi.
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