Germany's Postwar Modern Face Comes to Bahçeşehir

The works of "Postwar Modernism in Germany," a joint project of Bahçeşehir University students with the RWTH Aachen Faculty of Architecture, were exhibited.

The exhibition presents the modern and postmodern buildings of postwar Germany in their various dimensions through highly diverse designs.

Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Eyüce, Dean of the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design, said: "In an increasingly globalized world, we are happy to successfully fulfill the mission we have undertaken as a university. Our students see and study at the age of 17-18 the places I was only able to visit and study the architecture of at 40. So they are lucky. This is an important part of our vision."

In her speech, Assist. Prof. Dr. Elâ Kaçel, one of the architects of the joint project, stated that the 2011 Architectural Summer School Exhibition is the product of original works created from a new perspective.

Prof. Axel Sowa and Prof. Norbert Hanenberg, faculty members of the RWTH Aachen Faculty of Architecture who came for the opening of the exhibition, also gave speeches expressing their pleasure with this cooperation and with being in Istanbul.

Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture students Aslı Tusavul, Nazlı Efe, Didem Dinçkal, Oğuz Orkun Doma, Gözde Uyar, Onur Erkan, Güney Topsakal, Tilbe Küçükönder, Mert Ozan Er and Umut Koç went to Germany for two weeks last summer to study postwar modern buildings on site and carried out architectural studies with German students in designated areas with different concepts. During this time, the students were hosted by the school in Aachen.

Saying that this experience in Germany was very important for them, the students said: "We experienced once again the difference of being Bahçeşehir students. Being guided by a team that knows its job is very different. We now look at areas and buildings we used to view very superficially with a different, almost three-dimensional eye. This excites us."

The exhibition, in which each student group addresses the same space from different architectural aspects, stands out with its original presentation. The "excursion books," designed as handbooks containing photographs and sketches from the trip, are especially worth seeing. Supported by DAAD funding, the exhibition is open to visitors in front of the Bahçeşehir University Türkan Şoray Hall until Friday, 18 November 2011.