Research Article

Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s

Volume: 2 Number: 1 October 31, 2024
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Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s

Abstract

This paper focuses on the PTT Directorate Building located in the Ulus, Ankara, investigating its impact on the urban memory and experience of the main street, Atatürk Boulevard. Constructed in the late 1970s to address the growing needs of the PTT, it became a prominent modern structure in Ulus among several Republican and Post-War Era structures. It still dominates the built environment with its cubical mass and large scale. However, since its construction, it has been a controversial structure among the locals, still being discussed to this day. The structure replaced the Post Office Palace, a Republican structure constructed in 1925 on the same site and demolished in the 1970s for the new one, creating a significant transformation and change within the context and the urban memory. Thus, this paper aims to investigate why such a radical transformation occurred and how it created a change in the identity of a governmental structure by discussing the political, economic, social, and, consequently, architectural changes in relation to the developments, necessities, and motivations of the Post- War Period and onwards. Through the examination of scholarly research, documents, and interviews with the actors involved in the design and construction of the structure, the paper discusses the factors leading to its transformation, the ways of implications of modern architecture of the time, and its place in the broader discussions of preservation and conservation. Investigating the transformation will express the significance of the new Post Office building in reshaping the urban memory and its role in placing a new identity shaped with modern architecture in the collective memory.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Architectural History, Theory and Criticism

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 31, 2024

Submission Date

August 13, 2024

Acceptance Date

October 6, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Köksoy, Z. (2024). Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s. Işık Üniversitesi Sanat, Tasarım Ve Mimarlık Dergisi, 2(1), 1-29. https://izlik.org/JA98MK99LD
AMA
1.Köksoy Z. Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s. Işık JADA. 2024;2(1):1-29. https://izlik.org/JA98MK99LD
Chicago
Köksoy, Zeynep. 2024. “Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s”. Işık Üniversitesi Sanat, Tasarım Ve Mimarlık Dergisi 2 (1): 1-29. https://izlik.org/JA98MK99LD.
EndNote
Köksoy Z (October 1, 2024) Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s. Işık Üniversitesi Sanat, Tasarım ve Mimarlık Dergisi 2 1 1–29.
IEEE
[1]Z. Köksoy, “Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s”, Işık JADA, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1–29, Oct. 2024, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA98MK99LD
ISNAD
Köksoy, Zeynep. “Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s”. Işık Üniversitesi Sanat, Tasarım ve Mimarlık Dergisi 2/1 (October 1, 2024): 1-29. https://izlik.org/JA98MK99LD.
JAMA
1.Köksoy Z. Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s. Işık JADA. 2024;2:1–29.
MLA
Köksoy, Zeynep. “Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s”. Işık Üniversitesi Sanat, Tasarım Ve Mimarlık Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 1, Oct. 2024, pp. 1-29, https://izlik.org/JA98MK99LD.
Vancouver
1.Zeynep Köksoy. Reshaping the Urban Memory: The Transformation of PTT Directorate Building in Ankara Ulus in the 1970s. Işık JADA [Internet]. 2024 Oct. 1;2(1):1-29. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA98MK99LD