Architecture in Cinema

“Architecture in Cinema,” prepared for publication by Hikmet Temel Akarsu, Nevnihal Erdoğan, and Türkiz Özbursalı, has been re-released by YEM Yayın with updated content, cover design, and dimensions.

“Architecture in Cinema” was prepared with the belief that an increased artistic and cultural emphasis in the sources that nourish architecture and design will play a significant role in developing society's aesthetic perceptions, and that designers following this path will be able to utilize their imagination in a much more striking way.
With this approach, magnificent works from world and Turkish cinema by directors such as Christopher Nolan, Yavuz Turgul, Peter Jackson, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Lars von Trier, including "My Architect," "Playtime," "Winter Sleep," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Muhsin Bey," "Cloud Atlas," "The Matrix," and "The Lord of the Rings," were analyzed by expert writers. While examining these works, the aim was to contribute to our cultural, critical, aesthetic, and artistic accumulation by presenting approaches to sociological perceptions and ecological problems, thereby stimulating the imagination of architecture, leading one to utopian or dystopian thoughts, and elevating aesthetic and artistic appreciation.

It is recommended that this book be read in conjunction with “Architecture in Literature,” “Architecture in Contemporary Literature,” and “Architecture in Philosophy,” which comprise YEM Yayın’s “Architecture and Nourishment Areas” series, as they will be complementary and enrich the reader’s imaginative universe.

Hikmet Temel Akarsu, Nevnihal Erdoğan, and Türkiz Özbursalı summarize their reasons for preparing the book in the Foreword as follows:

“...In preparing these books, we were driven by concerns such as contributing to architectural culture and education, developing and, if possible, changing the perception and understanding of architecture; creating a new climate in architecture to rescue our cities and living spaces from monotonous ‘architectural’ practices that are becoming increasingly unbearable, and to open the doors to brand new designs. We hoped for the enrichment of the spiritual, emotional, and cultural worlds of architects and aspiring architects, and for these to be reflected in their works...”