Fredeick John Kiesler And The Körperkultur Movement: Body, Nature, And Perception (Frederick John Kiesler ve Körperkultur Hareketi: Beden, Doğa Ve Algı İle Birlikte Form Anlayışı)
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During the rise of industry, Gottfried Semper’s understanding of tectonics and notions of body and dressing of building highly dominated architecture of Nineteenth Century Germany. Later in the twentieth century, being concerned with the human body and its health, the Körperkultur Movement emerged as an important social change and emphasized the negative consequences of industrialization. After the Korperkultur, the Austrian-born architect and artist Frederick John Kiesler also dealt with tectonics in architecture regarding the relationship between body and dressing of building. His interpretation of architectural form includes references to body, nature, and perception that are parallel to the doctrines of the Korperkultur and shows that how such a cultural movement had a significant impact on architecture. This study seeks to examine how Kiesler interpreted form in his architectural design in terms of the notion of body together with the aspects of nature and perception similar to the approach of the Körperkultur.
Endüstrinin yükselişi boyunca, Gottfried Semper’in tektonik ile birlikte beden ve binanın giydirilmesi kavramlarını anlayış şekli 19. Yüzyıl Almanya’sının mimarlığını büyük oranda domine etmiştir. Daha sonra, 20. Yüzyılda, insan bedeni ve onun sağlığı ile ilgilenerek, Körperkultur hareketi önemli bir sosyal değişim olarak ortaya çıkmış ve endüstrileşmenin olumsuz etkilerine dikkat çekmiştir. Körperkultur sonrası, Avusturya doğumlu mimar ve sanatçı Frederick John Kiesler de beden ve bina giydirilmesi arasındaki ilişki bağlamında mimarlıkta tektonikle ilgilenmiştir. Kendisinin mimari formu yorumlaması bedene, doğaya, ve algıya Körperkultur öğretilerine benzer referanslar içermekte ve böyle bir kültürel hareketin mimarlık üzerinde nasıl bir önemli etki yaptığını göstermektedir. Bu çalışma, Kiesler’in kendi mimarı tasarımında formu beden kavramı ile birlikte doğa ve algı yönleriyle birlikte Körperkultur yaklaşımına yakın bir şekilde nasıl yorumladığını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.
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During the rise of industry, Gottfried Semper’s understanding of tectonics and notions of body and dressing of building highly dominated architecture of Nineteenth Century Germany. Later in the twentieth century, being concerned with the human body and its health, the Körperkultur Movement emerged as an important social change and emphasized the negative consequences of industrialization. After the Korperkultur, the Austrian-born architect and artist Frederick John Kiesler also dealt with tectonics in architecture regarding the relationship between body and dressing of building. His interpretation of architectural form includes references to body, nature, and perception that are parallel to the doctrines of the Korperkultur and shows that how such a cultural movement had a significant impact on architecture. This study seeks to examine how Kiesler interpreted form in his architectural design in terms of the notion of body together with the aspects of nature and perception similar to the approach of the Körperkultur.
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