Konferans Salonu: Sanayi-î Nefise Mektebi’nden Üniversiteye Bir Mekânın Tasarım ve Değişimi

Abstract

Cemile and Munire Sultans twin palaces was build for Sultan Abdulmecid’s daughters at 1860 in Fındıklı after which was used as Ottoman State assembly building. In 1927 School of Fine Arts moved to Cemile Sultan’s Palace. This comfort would continue to 1948, until an unexpected fire, Academy's efforts for setting up an order halted for a time. The Conference Hall which is the subject of this paper is in the upper level sofa of the former palace. After the fire, building was reconstructed in 1953 by S.H. Eldem and M.A. Handan. The new conference hall planned in the same place, as a manner similar hall, formally as a sofa for exhibitions and meetings. Influence of social and cultural environment of the Academy in the 1960s, a flexible solution for use in multipurpose hall are projected by U. İzgi and E. Suher. Later in the space needs, classroom problems and, with the effect of the new auditorium in the site, the conference hall begins smaller and loses importance in the Academy. This paper aims to document the spatial change of the Conference Hall dating from 1927 to the present day with social and cultural environment of the Academy.