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Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World

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  • Yusuf Civelek
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Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World

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This study aims to underline the importance of reinforced concrete techniques for appropriating Western architectural theories and practices in the post-colonial world. It argues that a firmly based notion in Western architectural thought, imitation, infiltrated step by step into the discourses and practices of the post-colonial world with the help of this plastic material. This article tries to show with examples that the post-colonial architects mainly adopted Auguste Perret’s understanding of imitation as tectonic expression, allowing them to substitute both their pre-colonial and colonial architectural patrimony for a classical tradition that Perret intended to modernize and continue with concrete. To demonstrate the point of this study, a few selected examples were discussed from the works of prominent architects in Turkey, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore. It is argued that the samples chosen from different countries to represent the architecture of the post-colonial world prove that the reinforced concrete structure was instrumental for architects to appropriate Western architectural theories and practices. At the same time, it also allowed them to reinterpret the relevant tectonic culture in their home countries, with which they reinstituted the architectural culture after many decades that passed passively under the hegemony of Western powers. Finally, it is claimed that the architectural culture “resurrected” as such, which facilitated Postmodernism’s global basis, has given up getting strength from its roots and therefore weakened considerably today.

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Araştırma Makalesi

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Yusuf Civelek Bu kişi benim
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

28 Aralık 2022

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4 Mart 2022

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Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Sayı: 20

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APA
Civelek, Y. (2022). Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, 20, 563-595. https://izlik.org/JA79HN86JF
AMA
1.Civelek Y. Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. 2022;(20):563-595. https://izlik.org/JA79HN86JF
Chicago
Civelek, Yusuf. 2022. “Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World”. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, sy 20: 563-95. https://izlik.org/JA79HN86JF.
EndNote
Civelek Y (01 Aralık 2022) Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi 20 563–595.
IEEE
[1]Y. Civelek, “Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World”, FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, sy 20, ss. 563–595, Ara. 2022, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA79HN86JF
ISNAD
Civelek, Yusuf. “Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World”. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. 20 (01 Aralık 2022): 563-595. https://izlik.org/JA79HN86JF.
JAMA
1.Civelek Y. Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. 2022;:563–595.
MLA
Civelek, Yusuf. “Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World”. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, sy 20, Aralık 2022, ss. 563-95, https://izlik.org/JA79HN86JF.
Vancouver
1.Yusuf Civelek. Concrete Imitations: The Reinstitution of Architectural Culture in the Post-Colonial World. FSM İlmi Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi [Internet]. 01 Aralık 2022;(20):563-95. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA79HN86JF