Dogan Hasol on Architecture and Travel
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What is the importance of architectural tourism?
Tourism is important and architectural tourism is also important. Architecture is a part of culture, so if you travel you learn about the tradition, the history as well as the future of some countries. Architecture represents a country, its cultural level in a way that you see the buildings and even if you are simply a tourist you can learn about the history of the country you visit. If you are an architect you learn a lot about the country visited, are able to compare your knowledge with the buildings of your own country and with your practice.
What is the importance of traveling, especially for Architects and humans in general?
As I explained before, for an architect it is essential to see what is happening in the world, what is happening outside of one’s country and see novelties, technology as well as the mentality of other countries. When coming back one can use the knowledge gained in practice. On the other hand there are many other possibilities for an architect; there are reviews, magazines, books and other facilities, i.e. the internet, but it is very important to see buildings with your own eyes, for example when visiting India, if you see Taj Mahal it creates another feeling, it is not the same when you see it in a magazine. This is really something else.
At the end, can you please provide your personal proposal of 10 buildings (constructed and visitable) which you think as the most important worldwide that someone must visit anyway?
In my opinion among the buildings that one must see are: Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Sinan’s Selimiye Mosque and its complex in Edirne, Taj Mahal in India, Mies Van de Rohe’s Pavilion and Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia inBarcelona, Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye in France, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim museum in NY, Frank Gehry’sBilbao Museum, Oscar Niemeyer’s Cathedral in Brasilia,Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House in Sydney.
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Bio
Doğan Hasol graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1956 and obtained his degree from Istanbul Technical University’s Architectural Faculty in 1961, and for a time worked as a research assistant in the same faculty. In 1961, while still a student, he joined the production team of Mimarlık ve Sanat (Architecture and Art) magazine.
In 1965-66 he was Secretary General of the Istanbul branch of the Chamber of Architects, between 1966-69 was editor-in-chief of the Chamber’s magazine Mimarlık, and also served on the board of the Chamber of Architects.
In 1968, together with a group of friends, he founded the Building Information Centre (YEM). In 1989 and 1992 he was elected president of the International Union of Building Centres (UICB), of which YEM is a member, for two successive three-year terms. At the end of these two terms was elected an honorary member by the UICB General Assembly.
Doğan Hasol has run the Building Information Centre for nearly forty years, and in accordance with its function has initiated the publication of YAPI magazine, Yapı Kataloğu (Building Products Catalogue) and other professional catalogues and books on architecture. In addition he has organised courses, lectures, seminars and exhibitions. In acknowledgement of his publishing activities he was awarded the Press and Publication Prize for the 1994/95 academic year by the Association of Turkish Independent Architects.
He pursues his architectural work within the Has Mimarlık group, which he established together with his wife A. Hayzuran Hasol and his daughter Ayşe Hasol Erktin. In 1990 he and his wife were jointly awarded the National Architecture Prize in the building category by the Chamber of Architects.
Hasol’s Ansiklopedik Mimarlık Sözlüğü (Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Architecture)- in Turkish- which was first published in 1976 and is now in its 11th edition, and his Dictionary of Architecture and Building, a multilingual dictionary in English, French and Turkish, are among the leading reference works in the field. In 1997 his English-French/French-English dictionary Architecture et Bâtiment/ Architecture and Building was published in Paris by the French publishing house Le Moniteur. Hasol has published numerous other books, including Yağma Var!, Her Şeyin Mimarı Var, Mimarî İzlenimler, Galatasaray’da Düşler/Gerçekler, Anılar Kuşlar Gibidir, Mimarlık Cep Sözlüğü, Mimarlar Dik Durur!, as well as a large number of articles on architecture. His articles can be accessed on his website www.doganhasol.net.
In 2004-05 he served as president of the Turkish Architectural Foundation, and in 2009-11 as chairman of the Istanbul Independent Architects Association.
He was awarded honorary doctorates by Istanbul Technical University in 1998 and by Yıldız Technical University in 1999. In 2000 he received the Chamber of Architects’ Award for Outstanding Contributions to the profession, and in 2007 Beykent University presented him with the Award of Honour for Architecture.
:: Photo information and credits:
1-2 > Swissôtel Grand Efes, Izmir, 2003
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3 > Anadolu Health Center, Gebze- Turkey, 2002
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4-5 > Anadolu Comfort Hotel, Gebze- Turkey, 2005
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6 > Aegean Hills Housing Complex, Bodrum- Turkey, 2005
CNBC International Property Award, 2007
Houses Overseas Awards Gold Metal, 2007
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7 > A Single Family House, İstanbul, 1988
National Architecture Award, 1990
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8 > Seaside House on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1994
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09 > EKOBuilding, Istanbul Technical University Campus, Istanbul
World Architecture Community Award, 2008
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10 > Dogan Hasol’s books and his publication YAPI Magazine
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11 > Garanti Bank Branch, Interior, Istanbul, 2010
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12 > YAPI Magazine from the first issue to the 350th
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