INDICATOR AND INDICATED: SAMPLING SEMIOTICS IN ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THREE STATION STRUCTURES
Öz
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Architectural Design, Icon, Index, Symbol, Station Design
Teşekkür
I would like to thank Pekka Heikkinen and Aalto University Wood Program for sharing information and images with me about Kohta Train station.
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