Imaging Technologies, Visual Culture, and Architecture From 1962 to Today

Since its beginnings, after caves were covered with paintings that were the extension of the mind, architecture has always been a scaled representation of the perceived and experienced earth world and universe. The aim of the present study was to determine parallel developments between imaging technologies that have made the living inner worlds in medicine seen just like the eye�s extension television glasses which made it possible to watch the conquest of the Moon live and their natural extension, visual culture and the architecture, which have been made visible to distant geographies by the same technological developments. Buildings such as the TWA Flight Center, the Space Needle, Centre Georges Pompidou, AT&T, and 1111 Lincoln Road were investigated through purposive sampling in the present study. The starting point was 1962, when relevant imaging technologies came to the fore. The aforementioned buildings, along with the Tours Aillaud and Les Espaces d�Abraxas, all reflecting different architectural styles from Expressionism, International Style and Brutalism towards Postmodernism came to the fore. And, via the relevant mass media archeological site�s finding context, the stratification processes of the shift from alphabet culture towards the image culture, which is synchronously transforming the architecture, thanks to the imaging technologies, are to be fixed.

Keywords: Visual culture, history of architecture; technology.

1962�den G�n�m�ze De�in G�r�nt�leme Uygulay�mlar�, G�rsel Ekin ve Mimarl�k

Saltuk �zemir
�stanbul Gedik �niversitesi, G�zel Sanatlar Ve Mimarl�k Fak�ltesi, �� Mimarl�k Ve �evre Tasar�m� B�l�m�, �stanbul

Mimarl�k, zihnin uzant�s� olan duvar resimleriyle bezenmi� ma�aralar�n ard�ndan gelen ba�lang�c�ndan bu yana, zaman�na g�re alg�lanan ve deneyimlenen d�nya/yer k�re ile evrenin �l�ekli bir temsili olagelmi�tir. Bu �al��mada, g�z�n uzant�s� uzg�re�/TV camlar�ndan canl� izlenebilen Ay��n fethinden, t�ptaki canl� i� d�nyalara de�in, uzam kavram�n� d�n��t�rm�� olan g�r�nt�leme uygulay�mlar� ile bunlar�n �do�-al� bir uzant�s� olan g�rsel ekin/k�lt�r aras�ndaki ko�utluklar saptanmakta, geni� a��l� bir mercekle de, bu iki olguyla, kendisi de bu uygulay�mlar sayesinde uzak co�rafyalarda g�r�n�r k�l�nm�� olan mimar� aras�ndaki ko�ut d�n��mlerin bir betimlemesi sunulmaktad�r. Ama�l� �rnekleme y�ntemiyle ele al�nm�� olan mimar� yap�lar�n, siyaset ve �ev y�netimi/oikonomia�dan, ruhbilime de�in, d�nemlerine �zg�n yakla��mlarla da e�zamanl�l�klar�n�n da vurgulanabilece�i bu �al��man�n d�rd�nc� boyuttaki �al��ma sahas�n�n ba�lang�� noktas� olaraksa, Seattle Space Needle��n (Uzay ��nesi) hizmete girdi�i 1962 y�l� saptanm��t�r. Bu ba�lamda, TWA Flight Center, Seattle Space Needle �kiz Kuleler, Pompidou Merkezi, Tours Aillaud, Les Espaces d�Abraxas, AT&T Yap�s� ve 1111 Lincoln Road gibi, 1962�den g�n�m�ze de�in, D��avurumcu/�fadeci, Uluslararas� Bi�em ve Brutalist mimar�lerden, �a�c�l �tesi ve �st�a�c�la de�in farkl� yakla��mlar sergileyen �e�itli mimar� �rneklerin �ne ��kt�klar� g�r�lm��t�r. �lgili kitle bas�n-yay�n kaz�bilim buluntular� arac�l��yla da, g�r�nt�leme uygulay�mlar� dolay�s�yla, 1962�den g�n�m�ze, a�amal� olarak abece �a��ndan imge �a��na ge�i�in, mimar�deki d�n��mler ile e�zamanl� geli�en tabakala�ma s�re�lerinin saptanabilmesine �al��lm��t�r.

Anahtar Kelimeler: G�rsel k�lt�r, mimarl�k tarihi; teknoloji.

Saltuk �zemir. Imaging Technologies, Visual Culture, and Architecture From 1962 to Today. Megaron. 2015; 10(4): 536-564

Corresponding Author: Saltuk �zemir, T�rkiye

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