This thesis is about taking the outer shell of iconic, every day building
types, and redefining the interior. In order to save those dying typologies,
and resolve the conflict between ordinary building and extraordinary
architecture.
Because of society's progression, lots of culturally important building
typology are lost through time. Some of them have unique structural
systems, others specific curved or slanted walls that are directly correlated
with the function of the spaces that they define. But because of
form-function correlation, it is hard to repurpose them to a function that is
completely different.
I try to achieve this goal by choosing a series of iconic architectcural
typologies. From those iconic outer shells a collage is created. it has the
geometry from the memories. the inherent duty of those buildings is lost,
the symbolism of those familiar building types are returned to hints for the
speciality. Creating a familiar outlook with an unfamiliar internal. This
project is not an adaptive and reuse project, but assignment new meanings
and qualities to existing typologies. In this process of recycling old
programs, the incompatible relationship of everyday architectural and
monumental architecture is softened.
