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dc.contributor.advisorYücel, Şebnemen
dc.contributor.authorBoztepe, Uygar-
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T13:51:42Z-
dc.date.available2014-07-22T13:51:42Z-
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11147/3505-
dc.descriptionThesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, Architecture, İzmir, 2012en
dc.descriptionText in English; Abstract: Turkish and Englishen
dc.descriptionxi, 116 leavesen
dc.description.abstractSome historians called Peter Behrens' designs for AEG as first corporate identity design without a detailed analysis. Another group of the historians claimed that his works for AEG were shaped by only function or machine-aesthetic. Even some of these historians saw Behrens' works as inceptors of functionalism or rationalism in modern architecture. This thesis attempts to fill the gap in literature by analyzing Behrens' works for AEG in order to understand whether his designs formed a corporate identity or not. In order to show the shortcomings of such readings, the thesis explores the symbols that were used in the designs of Behrens, even in his most-functionalist design-works. The discussion was carried out through analysis of Behrens’ and his contemporaries’ written and design works, with materials available in Klingspor, Mathildenhöhe and TechnikMuseum Berlin Archives. This analysis is done through a review of scientific management techniques and their reflections in architectural culture and by parallel readings of literature and architecture in Germany at the turn of the century. As the discussion of the thesis pointed out, Peter Behrens' designs for AEG can be called as first corporate identity design since they have a consistent design vocabulary. While designing for AEG Behrens used scientific management and mass-production techniques in his designs. However these were not the only forces that shaped his design-work. One can see the vestiges of the symbols in his works that are coming from literature and antiquity. The thesis argues that it is not possible to fully understand the architecture of Behrens without understanding symbols. The thesis hopes to make a new reading of modern architecture from a different point of view, which includes a discussion on symbolism in modern architecture, avoiding oversimplification and reductionism present in readings with functionalist focus.en
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIzmir Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject.lcshBehrens, Peter, 1868-1940--Criticism and interpretationen
dc.subject.lcshAEG-Telefunkenen
dc.subject.lcshCorporate imageen
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial designen
dc.subject.lcshArchitectural designen
dc.titleAEG and Peter Behrens: Symbolism in the first corporate identity designen_US
dc.typeMaster Thesisen_US
dc.institutionauthorBoztepe, Uygar-
dc.departmentThesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, Architectureen_US
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