were then presented for the evaluation of the City Council, architecture circles and cooperative partners in an exhibition held in ITU’s Faculty of Architecture of 15 days (Özcan, 1969). The complications which arose during the licensing formalities (the efforts spent by the municipality to dissuade the cooperative from using the shopping center land) were settled with the interventions of the deputy mayor of the time İhsan Bingüler and governor and mayor Refik Tulga. Thus, the construction of the shopping center which covered a total of about 160.000m2 construction area and consisting of 6 blocks has been completed between 1961-1967, in the contractor process guided by Eti Structure Limited Company. At the end of the construction process which was realized in stages, the structure group was completed at a lower cost than first calculated (on the basis of total cost, an excess of 7%). The last stage of Istanbul Linen Drapers Shopping Center competition and construction process has resulted in another competition subject to arise. Especially in the 1960’s and afterwards, with the influence of certain artists and politicians in Turkey, a law was passed in relation to the preservation of placing works of art in state buildings. In this respect, it has decided that about 2% of art works to be placed to all state buildings according to this law (Tekeli, 2001). In this light, the proposal of SİTE Architecture Office to the shopping center’s administrative committee about placing examples of Turkish modern plastic arts by IMÇ structure group was approved. As a result of the plastic arts project competitions which were organized twice, Kuzgun Acar’s Wall Statue, Rüeyo Koral’s Ceramic Board, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu’s Mozaic Board, Eren Eyüboğlu’s Mozaic Board, Yavuz Görey’s Fountain/Statue, Ali Teoman Germaner’s Wall Relief, Sadi Diren’s Ceramic Board, Nedim Günsür’s Mozaic Board were applied to the interiors and exterior facades of the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th blocks (Çil, 2009).
Architecture Project Evaluations
“the more an architectural work, or a group of structures is appropriate to the city area it is in, in other words, the more it is born out of urbanism, the more successful it is. Adaptation to its environments is not only an aesthetical demand or worry, but a complicated issue where social, economic and technical problems can be solved together”. (Özdeş, 1968)
The jury report on the winning project out of eleven proposals as a result of the organized architecture project competition is as follows: Competitions and Architecture 104 Symposium