(Ebook) The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkoşa by Ph.D. Candidate MARYAM IRANFAR

(Ebook) The Presence of Modernist Architecture in Government’s educational Buildings at Lefkoşa by Ph.D. Candidate MARYAM IRANFAR

Modernist architecture movement of the buildings in any city reflects the modernity of
that city. Lefkoşa 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 Lefkoşa
for first half in 20th century. The paper focuses on the ideas and experiences of
modernist architects in first half of 20th century to apply modernism elements, and
relationship between architecture form and functionalism in governmental buildings.
Methodology frame work elucidated to conduct the subject. Two School buildings have
been selected from the first half of twentieth century in Lefkoşa as case studies for
modernist architecture. ‘Lefkoşa türk lisesi’ designed by ‘Ahmet vural Bahaedden’,
which was the one of famous modernist architects in Cyprus and ‘Şehit Ertuğrul
Ilkokulu’. The buildings architectural elements analyzed in both schools to
demonstrate relation 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
Lefkoşa 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 Lefkoşa in the first half of twentieth century.
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(1), 22-32.
https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.3653