Projeler/Projects: Ulan Batur/Ulan Bator
Milli mimari meselesi diplomatik binaların tasarımında daha da kritik
hale gelen bir konu...Son 10 yılda Dışişleri Bakanlığı özellikle Avrasya
bölgesinde yeni büyükelçilik ve konsolosluk binaları ile faaliyetini
arttırıyor. New York gibi önemli merkezlerin yanı sıra Ukrayna, Kenya
ve Katar gibi ülkelerde binalar yapmak üzere önemli mimarlar
görevlendirdi. Bu yapılardan büyük bölümü milli bir mimari kimlik
ihtiyacını ortaya koyacak şekilde Osmanlı örneklerinin yeniden ele
alınmasıyla gerçekleştirildi. Burada bir Neo-Osmanlı trendinden
government have seen an increase in the use of a historicist neo-Ottoman
style for many public buildings.
The issue of national architecture becomes even more critical in the design
of diplomatic buildings. In the last decade the Foreign Ministry of Turkey
has been active in building out its presence for new embassies and consular
buildings especially in the Eurasian area. Leading architects have been
commissioned to design diplomatic buildings in countries such as Ukraine,
Kenya and Qatar as well as important centers such as New York. Some of
these buildings have reflected the need for a national architectural identity
based in most cases on a reworking of Ottoman examples. We can speak
here of a trend in neo-Ottoman architecture. But importantly there have
been some architects that have used the functional and material aspects
of Turkish architecture for more practical purposes. This is the strategy that
Han Tümertekin has used in his new Turkish Embassy building in the capital
of Mongolia. The architecture of this building based on a combination of
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