Tracks of Foreign Architects of the Early RepublicPeriod in Turkey, Franz Hillinger Sample

Abstract

In 30's, the conceptual debates on Modern Architecture in Turkey gained a new dimension by the arrival of german speaking and German avant-garde architects and urban planners. These architects and urban planners have tried to apply the experiences they have gained in their countries in our country. As far as the history of the influences of foreign architects coming to Turkey in the early Republican era is concerned, researches were usually done on architects and urban planners in the first category. However, there are a group of avant-garde / preliminary architects who have played a very effective and influential role in shaping the new architectural discourse, as well as a quiet experience of a backward-looking experience of lesser known specialists / architects. For example, this is the situation of a group of architects working in the Urban Development Bureau under Bruno Taut in Turkey between 1936 and 1938. In this article, information about the Taut and Franz Hillinger, working with him and the immigrant architects in the lower category, obtained from 'Berliner Akademie der Künste, Building Art Archive' will be gathered and illuminated in the 1930s Turkish architectural environment. It is also aimed to increase the knowledge and awareness about the Early Republican period architecture and the related literature and information about the period, which can contribute to the role of foreign architects.

Keywords

• bruno taut
• early republican architecture; franz hillinger; foreign architects