INDICATOR AND INDICATED: SAMPLING SEMIOTICS IN ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THREE STATION STRUCTURES

Year 2024, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 205 - 220, 31.07.2024

Pınar Öktem Erkartal

Abstract

Architectural form is shaped in the light of many different parameters. This process is influenced by the environmental context as well as the message the architect wants to convey through the building. In terms of revealing how an architectural structure communicates with its environment, semiotic concepts have been guiding throughout history. This study deals with semiotic concepts in architecture through station buildings. The reason for choosing station buildings is that these buildings are nodes that are introductory, orientating and character-emphasising for their surroundings. In the study, the concepts of icon, index and symbol, which constitute the three main branches of semiotics, are examined by interpreting three different case studies that are seen as their equivalents in architectural design. The results of the analyses reveal that these three concepts create form formations of different characters in architecture, but they are effective on the user in terms of the character of the environment, the expression of its historical or unique aspects.

Keywords

Architectural Design, Icon, Index, Symbol, Station Design

Thanks

I would like to thank Pekka Heikkinen and Aalto University Wood Program for sharing information and images with me about Kohta Train station.

GÖSTEREN VE GÖSTERILEN: ÜÇ İSTASYON YAPISI ÖRNEĞİ ÜZERİNDEN MİMARLIKTA GÖSTERGEBİLİM

Abstract

Mimari form birçok farklı parametre ışığında şekillenir. Bu süreç, çevresel bağlamın yanı sıra mimarın yapı aracılığıyla iletmek istediği mesajla da şekillenir. Mimarinin çevresiyle nasıl iletişim kurduğunu ortaya koyması açısından semiyotik kavramlar tarih boyunca yol gösterici olmuştur. Bu çalışma, mimaride göstergebilimsel kavramları istasyon binaları üzerinden ele almaktadır. İstasyon yapılarının seçilmesinin nedeni, bu yapıların çevreleri için tanıtıcı, yönlendirici ve karakter vurgulayıcı düğüm noktaları olmalarıdır. Çalışmada, göstergebilimin üç ana dalını oluşturan ikon, indeks ve sembol kavramları, mimari tasarımdaki karşılıkları olarak görülen üç farklı örnek olay yorumlanarak incelenmiştir. Analizlerin sonuçları, bu üç kavramın mimaride farklı karakterlerde oluşumlar yarattığını, ancak çevrenin karakteri, tarihsel ya da özgün yönlerinin ifadesi açısından kullanıcı üzerinde etkili olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Mimari Tasarım, ikon, indeks, sembol, istasyon tasarımı

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