Seyfi Arkan, who was one of the most influential architects between the years of 1930-40,went to Berlin as a graduate student on a scholarship awarded due to his outstanding success as a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in İstanbul. In Berlin, he became a student of Professor Hans Poelzig, who influenced and partially shaped his architectural understandingand practice when he also worked in his office. Upon Atatürk’s invitation Arkan built ÇankayaPresidential Residence in the new capital city of the Turkish Republic, Ankara. On his accomplishment he was appointed to build many other official and governmental buildings in Ankara.( Greenfinch Sea Pavilion , secretary of General Office of the President Greenfinch , City Bank,etc. )This made him the brightest and the most influential state architect of the era. Arkan tragically lost the support of the State and his popularity after Atatürk’s death. Arkan’s architecture is not like other modernist architects of the era abroad. Arkan’s architecture differed from others in the sense that it did not consist of a national identity characteristic which can be detected at first glance. Arkan preferred universal architectural principles overlocal ones but some of his Works, he synthesized universal and local architectural features. Arkan’s buildings are representatives of various interpretations from International style, to classicist characteristics, local and authentic variations, as well as Deco aesthetic, andmodernist styles. Arkan’s attitude was that of an architect’s who softened the canonical components of the orthodox modern architecture, combining them with already existing conditions and Deco aesthetic interpretations through his professional experience and empathy. In Iller Bankası ; for example, Metal gates, columns which shaped by different concrete materials, circular forms were used and this building is a good example for deco aestheic style.The most important factor that gives his designs their spirit was his commitment to the idea of total design. Arkan reflected this attitude in his designs from the smallest artifacts to the larger scale designs like the building itself. Arkan’s projects are not at all stereotypical in Turkish architecture. In fact, Arkan’s attempts are considered to be more valuable than solely reducing modern architecture to principles and replicating one buildingafter another.
İller Bankası had been established to provide technical and financial assistance to local governments. the headquarters building of this bank was built between 1935-1937 and the designer of this project is architect Seyfi Arkan who won the international competition which was arranged for this headquarters building. The construction type of this building is reinforced concrete. In the building, ground floor and first floors is allocated to technical officials and upper floor is divided into four departments, upper block has been covered with a grayish-pink stone which is called Ankara andesites and this separates upper and lower floor from each other as a form and material. Lower floors have contain horizontal lines and curvilinear elements. Contrary to this, on the upper floor rectangular windows which arranged in a vertical way are common. Good use of materials and details are notable in this project. Rich materials, circular forms, decoratively covered exterior, metal gates with a crysal glass surface, columns in different shapes and the classical concept of ground floor which are used in Iller Bankası is called deco esthetic style and can be seen in Arkan’s other building and finally building has been preserved well but the furnitures which was designed by the architect had been changed in60s.
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As the architect was influenced deco aesthetic style , the effects of it is deeply seem in the bank such as curvilinear elements,rectengular shapes,various type of materials,etc. After toruing, people can realize the intellectual background of his architectural design. Large scales were also created in the bank . The mosst interesting characteristic is 'Ankara andesites' which is a grayish-pink stone. It differs from the other floors not unly by material but also by form.
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