METU Campus Gate A1: an architectural detail

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2022-12-08

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Özsoy, Ayşe Setenay

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This study focuses on one of the iconic examples of modern architecture in Ankara, Middle East Technical University (METU) Campus. The purpose of this study is to investigate the significance of the Middle East Technical University Campus, a prominent modern architecture artefact in Ankara. The METU campus has had a defined and autonomous land since its establishment. As a gated campus, it was interacted with the city through its monumental entrance gate, A1. This complex structure takes place in the urban memory with its symbolic meaning as well as its architectural image and it can be evaluated as an object of representation. Therefore, this study defines the Gate A1 as an interface between the METU campus and the city, Ankara. When the entire campus is considered, the Gate A1 is an architectural element that can be described as a "detail" with its modest scale. The gate will be examined as a part representing the whole, the METU campus. Examining the main entrance gate as an architectural detail will also reveal the structural and material clues regarding the architects’ intentions for the campus’s first impression. It will also compile the readings for the first image designed for the campus. The gate’s structural, plastic, and surface qualities will be revealed by a thorough study of its meticulously drawn plans, sections, facades and detail drawings.

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Architectural Detail, Representation, Gate, Modern Campus, METU

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/101316

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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A. S. Özsoy, “METU Campus Gate A1: an architectural detail,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.