Architecture in Philosophy

YEM Yayın's new book in the "Architecture and Nutritional Fields" series, edited by Hikmet Temel Akarsu and Nevnihal Erdoğan, "Architecture in Philosophy" has been published by YEM Yayın.

Architecture in Philosophy was prepared with the belief that an increase in the artistic and cultural weight in the nutritional sources of architecture and design would play a major role in the development of society's aesthetic perceptions, and that designers following this path could use their imagination in a much more striking way.

With this approach, philosophers and theorists such as Socrates, Plato, Hegel, Heidegger, Bachelard, Adorno, Derrida, and Pallasmaa, selected from classical, modern, and contemporary periods, were examined by architects, artists, communicators, philosophers, and academics. The lives and approaches of philosophers who guided the intellectual development of the world were presented to the reader under various categories with the aim of enriching the imagination of all readers, especially architects and designers.

It is recommended that the books "Architecture in Literature, Architecture in Cinema, Architecture in Contemporary Literature," which form YEM Yayın's "Architecture and Nutritional Fields" series, be read together with this work, as it will be both complementary and enrich the reader's imaginative world.

Hikmet Temel Akarsu and Nevnihal say the following about the book in the Foreword:

“In the first of the books we tried to prepare to develop architectural culture and thought, we prepared our collective book 'Architecture in Literature' with the contributions of many academics, architects, writers, artists, and critics. The wide interest and repercussions this book received prompted us to develop this culture within a series we called 'Architecture's Nutritional Fields,' and secondly, we prepared the multi-authored, collective book 'Architecture in Cinema.' Not stopping there, we prepared another multi-authored book titled Architecture in Contemporary Literature, and thus the architectural library gradually became enriched. All the selections created a wide echo and led to a change in discourse in almost every field, including faculties providing architectural education and professional chambers. Many faculty members and architects, intellectuals, began to write space-themed essays, critiques, reviews, literary works, commentaries, and analyses. It was understood that the art of architecture is something beyond average technical education. At this stage, there was one last and very important step we needed to take for our desire to evolve towards a new architectural thought and climate, which was to bring the contributions of great thinkers who had directly endeavored, pondered, produced works, and created doctrines for 'Architectural Thought' to the architectural environment.

The 'Architecture in Philosophy' selection was prepared for this purpose and took its place in the literature as the most comprehensive resource book in this field with the contributions of many competent faculty members from respected universities across the country, as well as architects and writers. In the book Architecture in Philosophy, rather than following a systematic, methodological, and academic philosophical track, an effort has been made to provide basic information and notions that will enable every reader who has received an average architectural education or is intellectually interested in architectural culture to have an idea about the thinkers who have contributed to architectural thought. Undoubtedly, our greatest wish was for our esteemed authors and professors to write freely, and we did not attempt to interfere with their style and examination models. Therefore, the writings and examinations reflect more than a single style or manner. In this way, as has always been the case in all the selections in this series, we prioritized obtaining a 'mosaic' book, a polyphonic selection, a wide repertoire, and an average notion.

We hope that 'Architecture in Philosophy', as the most comprehensive study done in this field to date, will open new and beautiful doors to architectural thought, environment, and future.”